Fountains of Paradise

Loop Guru | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 15, 1999)
• Original Release Date: June 15, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cleopatra
• ASIN: B00000J5ZG
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #295,833 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Zen Bowls

2. Semar's House

3. The Empty Amulet

4. Buru Guru

5. 45 Fallen Cages

6. Drumming for Creation

7. In the Summerhouse

8. Aslymn Tree

9. Katmandu/Crabpeople/The Works of the All Powerful/Sleep Is an Activity

10. Danger Has No Favourites/Concentration Is Not Attention

11. Sin Dial

12. Volcano Garden

13. Quiz

14. Maralay

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ambient to the nth degree, June 23, 2000

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The Pete (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fountains of Paradise (Audio CD)

My first Loop Guru CD was Loop Bites Dog, and I thought it was phenomenal! At first listen, I didn't like this CD much. There are really no "songs"; the tracks are more like what the liner notes term "imaginary soundtracks". Each track is merged with the next so they are linked together into an hour long journey of sorts. You can almost imagine a movie (a wierd movie) playing out against it. I don't think I've ever heard anything quite like this.

I listen to this CD to relax or when I want to be quiet. The music(?) affects me the way some people say new-age music affects them, but I hate new age music and this stuff doesn't sound at all like that. It's an evocative mix of world music, muted trance, sampled effects, loops, and meditation music. This is goa that you can't dance to, but your imagination will dance to it.

Definitely not for everyone. If it is for you, though, you'll be REALLY glad you bought it!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some good tracks but overall it is only 52 minutes long, June 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Fountains of Paradise (Audio CD)

I am a Loop Guru fan and have waited long for a new album to come out. When I first listened to this, I was a little disapointed but on a second and third listening it got a lot better. Overall it is missing a direction that most of the others seem to have. Since this is a remix of a previous release I hope that they are working on new material for another release soon.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Loop de loop, December 16, 2007

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Cali "Great Googly Moogly" (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fountains of Paradise (Audio CD)

Listening to the Guru is like eating new & strange food. You might not like it at first but then you find yourself wanting it again because it was different. This is real ambient since you really don't pay attention to enjoy it. It just takes you. You put it away & then later you want to hear it again...like eating cilantro.