Customer Reviews

Eleusis

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This album, rather a few selections from this CD were first aired on the nationally syndicated program, "Hearts of Space". I spent roughly 7 years looking for CD. This is a prime example of the quality of material routinely played on the show.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Omen (8:42)
2. Initiation (9:59)
3. Dunes (6:35)
4. Eleusis (12:42)
5. Tropic (4:09)
6. Berceau De Soie (12:06)

This CD from 1992/1994 is virtually impossible to find, so if you like Sauvanet's Hearts Of Space albums and you see this for sale used at a reasonable price, you should consider picking it up.

This very intriquing work as Eleusis is a little more electronic/ambient/drifting in nature than his later, more consistently symphonic sounding Hearts Of Space works. But "Initiation" alone is worth the price as it sets the tone for the symphonic type works to come from him. The title track "Eleusis" is a strong, mid-tempo electronic work unlike anything I've heard on a Sauvanet CD previously. "Tropic" is tropically atmospheric. "Omen," "Dunes" and "Bercaua de Soie" are thematic drifters in the vein of Mark Isham's VAPOR DRAWINGS or Brian Eno's THURSDAY AFTERNOON, but with Sauvanet's signature sound.

I have been looking for this CD for a long time and it was worth the wait. Beautiful relaxing music.