Point of Faith [Enhanced]

Aeone | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 14, 2002)
• Original Release Date: August 14, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Angleterre Music
• ASIN: B00006IZXS
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,117 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Aeone is not just an outstanding singer/songwriter/producer: she is, without a doubt, a weaver of the most astonishing musical tapestries that have adorned the same halls of innovation as Kate Bush, Enya, Marie Brennan, Maddy Prior, Sandy Denny, Sally Oldfield, Clannad, Delirium and countless others. There is a remarkable depth of faith, emotion, passion, femininity and sensuality in each and every song and it seems to me that we need more albums like Point of Faith if we truly wish to be both moved and healed by the power and beauty that lies in music in all its various forms. --Colin Lynch - International Onine Music

Product Description

Music as an awakening. Aeone (pronounced ay-own) delivers a powerful body of work in this 13-song cd. Point of Faith is multi-layered listening, uplifting to the heart and the spirit. With the unique vocal sound that has become her trademark, along with lush, cinematic arrangements and production, this beautifully-crated album takes one on a journey from mystical etherea to the dark and ancient longings of the soul in a tapestry of story, voice, sound and rhythm. A lyrical message of the human experience. Aeone creates rich thematic tracks by blending ethnic instruments and pads with strings and heavy grooves, alongside players such as Irish and Blue Grass fiddles allowing her voice to rise above it all. This album is a journey of huamn experience and is inward facing. It began as one song, Point of Faith, that was about belief in the self after great loss and great sadness and forgiveness of the self for all the mistakes of life that ends in an awakening. From there it grew, with each song a comment on a particular quality of the self and the spirit. A view from a window. There are different levels of meaning and different layers and qualities of sound within the music, simply because that is how I believe we are and how I see life. Multi-faceted and multi-dimensional. I am spiritual and at the same time, I am also physical and sensual. Ethnic instruments with strings, East West sounds and multilayered vocals with ambient grooves underscore the concept that we are all a part of everything, a part of each other. There is no separation really. Reviewers describe this album as ... more than compelling, Point of Faith is complex and powerful while etherial and haunting.... and ...Aeone has written, composed, arranged and produced a tidal wave of beautifully crafted contemporary music for the mystical half of our hearts and souls...

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Customer Reviews

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Aeone-it, you should too, November 10, 2003

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S. Collins (Council Bluffs, IA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Point of Faith (Audio CD)

There's 13 songs, half of which are absolutely stunning, haunting, mystifying, the rest are pretty good with only 1 so-so. Similar to Loreena (later stuff)in richness and depth of music, and does on a few songs sound like Kate Bush. Put this and Kate Price's Isle of Dreaming in your cd player, and settle in for a great 2 hours. For people who like: Loreena McKennitt, Secret Garden, Kate Price, Capercaillie, Amethystium and perhaps even Kate Bush fans. :o)

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Aeone just keeps getting better!, February 25, 2005

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Richard Craig "audiophile" (Joliet, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Point of Faith (Audio CD)

I accidentally discovered Aeone on MP3.comback in 1999. Ever since then, her music has haunted me, spoken to me, reached into me and brought out the Celtic heritage I never knew I had. Her music is powerful, sensitive, stirring... her music is truly a work of art. I'm ecstatic that Umbra Nihili is finally on a CD... that song sends a shiver down my spine every time i hear it... for any artist to be able to harness that kind of power in a song is a miracle just waiting to be heard. The rest of the album follows suit, bringing forth an almost supernatural presence withits beauty. I can't stress enough how much I love Aeone... one listen,and I'm sure you'll agree.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a wonderful album, October 16, 2002

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Jasmin (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Point of Faith (Audio CD)

I've been a fan of Aeone since I bought the soundtrack of 'The Mists of Avalon'. She has a hauntingly peaceful, yet strong feminine voice which is wonderful and relaxing to listen to.
Her songs are deep and meaningful that reaches inside your heart and translates its beats and rhythms into music and lyrics.
Anyone who loves to listen to celtic music should buy this album. Definitely recommended!