Customer Reviews

Halcyon Days

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I love this CD. It's one of the best ambient recordings ever. The first time I heard it was in the car. When Calyx Revelation started, I had to pull over and just listen. It is awesome. If you have never heard Steve Roach's music before, this is a good one to start with. This is what he is all about. Not to take away from Newby and Kent, who also rise to the occasion.

Well...what can you say...Hassell has gone Miles meets Dub and someone had to carry the "Fourth World Torch" for us pan-global junkies. Steve Roach has mutated from a Schultz/T.Dream inspired cheese-wiz synthesis in the 80's (which sounded cool then - but the filter sound dates it) to developing an earthy, sub-earth timbre in the 90's. Add that to Lights In A Fat City / Trance Mission devotees Kent & Newby - and you have one of the most Swampy meets red dust recordings you can find. It is similar in nature to Roach's Artifacts and Origins works, and even slightly to Newby's "Ecology Of Souls" CD. In other words, Didgeridoo, swamp/earth keys, found sounds, REAL percussion, some cool fake percussion sounds, and conceptually going in the right place melodically/harmonically. Gila monster music.

Ian Naismith

This is an effective meditation aid, and may drift one into sleep. First heard it on TV--New Age Music. Usually some sections of a CD are better than others, as is the case with Halcyon Days; yet, overall provides a calming effect on the listener.

I really love digeridoo music, so I thought this would be a great addition to my collection. However, I find most of the songs to sound too similiar for me to distinguish one from the other. The only track on this album that I really like is #2. It seems awfully dark, almost scary and ritualistic sounding. The rhythm is unusual (in 5/4) so it intrigues me. Other than that, I fouind this purchase to be disappointing.