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Soaring With The Angels

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"Soaring With the Angels" is keyboardist Frederic Delarue's second American solo release after last year's "Voyage of the Soul." As with the first album, the pieces are mostly very light and ethereal. Several of the tracks have a sameness about them that make this a consistent listening experience, and a very relaxing one. As an active listener, it got a little thin at times, but as a mood-lifting musical experience, Delarue succeeds in his intentions. A near-death experience as a child left Delarue with the ability to summon and communicate with his angels and beings of light, and he says "I simply let them guide my hands to compose melodies that may enlighten your beautiful soul and illuminate your heart." Delarue also does a lot of spiritual healing with his music and composes pieces to go with people's names. Interesting stuff. All but one of the tracks are recorded with Kurzweil, Roland, and Korg keyboards - "Celestial Lullaby" (unplugged version) was recorded on a piano. Favorite tracks include "A Moment of Bliss," a mostly ambient piece with lots of open spaces and a floating melody; the title track is also very open and minimalistic, but has a strong sense of serenity and peace; "Celestial Lullaby" is a little more up-tempo and has a very sweet and beautiful melody - wistful and a little melancholy; and "Stillness of the Aurora," which is again very ethereal and serene with wordless vocals and sounds that evoke colors and dreamy visions, at least for me. At his best, few can top Delarue with this type of music, although a few of the pieces are a bit formulaic and pop-ish. For relaxing, meditation, massage, and other healing activities, this is a really nice collection.

My experience with Frederic Delarue began with his "Eyes of Your Heart" CD, the most beautiful music I have ever heard. It is not only beautiful ethereal piano composition, but more importantly, it is so vibrationally superb. Soaring With the Angels is my fourth Delarue CD and Frederic's second album and it is very beautiful. It is from 2003. On the back cover, he writes " The blissful melodies get your immediate resonance and fill your mind with only good thoughts. They are so full of love that you can only respond with love." Every album he makes is remarkable and these albums leave you "feeling" the vibration of the music long after you have finished playing them. It's like giving your soul a drink of fresh, cool, sparking water--the kind of water I got when I drank from the Athabasca glacier in Alberta, Canada.

This album is soft, melodic, peaceful, relaxing and it has a light and airy feeling to it, even sometimes playful. Soaring with the angels is a good title for it. I can visualize it as such. It begins with what sounds that like angelic voices in a brief 2:18 track. The rest of the album is instrumental until the very last track, when you hear angel voices again. There are 12 tracks, with names that fit the album's angelic sounding music, totaling about 46 minutes. It's difficult for me to break down each track, as I normally do with music, because Frederic's music is different. It all flows together, with only a slight pause in between tracks. It flows like the oneness we should all feel with each other.

1) Heaven Sent - 2:18
2) A Moment of Bliss - 5:39
3) Good Thoughts - 3:08
4) Soaring With the Angels - 3:57
5) Whistling Grace - 4:14
6) Celestial Lullaby - 3:58
7) Pursuit of Dream - 5:09
8) Cherubs' Ballad - 4:22
9) You Have the Face of an Angel - 3:02
10) Ethereal Glory - 5:42
11) Celestial Lullaby (Unplugged version) - 3:14
12) Stillness of the Aura - 2:08

Frederic is a gentleman originally from France who now resides in the Palms Springs, California desert. As a 12-year old boy, he was in a horrible auto accident that ejected him from the car and busted him up badly. Following the accident, he had a near death experience (NDE) that forever changed his life. His music is so beautiful and so vibrational, he surely must have brought it back from Heaven as a result of the NDE. This is the kind of vibration that you feel, not hear, that I am talking about. This is VERY special music. You will want to play his albums over and over again. By the way, Frederic chooses to make lemonade when he is handed lemons, as you will see if you read his new book. He has a positive outlook and refuses to get caught up in the negativity, thank God! His music is obviously reflective of his positive outlook.

This music is well suited to meditation, reiki, acupuncture, and other healing modalities. You can play it in the car, or at work, or use it to fall asleep with--just about anything. If you use it for healing modalities, it has a nice comforting vibration. If you have someone very sick, it could be comforting to them.

By the way, I have to mention "Whistling Grace". It feels special. It's like a see an angel slowly and patiently walking along, one step at a time, kicking feet up with each step, hands clasped behind his/her back, and whistling one note at a time. Maybe the angel is waiting for his/her human to get off their tail and do something they are supposed to do. I also have a special love for Pursuit of Dreams. It has a moving feeling. And then there is Cherub's Ballad. Oh, Lord! They are all wonderful.

Honestly, if you buy all his albums, I don't think you will be disappointed. I have 3 more I haven't heard yet but I know I am going to love them. I am determined to review one at a time. (Yep. After I heard one, I had to have them all.)

Hey! It's neat to play them at work, even if you play them low. It seems like they permeate the area with their vibration and change the energy flow in the whole office. Cool!

Namaste'

Frederic Delarue channels a soothing angelic message that will be loved by anyone seeking a contemplative and calming escape into sound that illuminates the heart. "Soaring with the Angels" feels very grounded in a deep contemplative spirit with a sincerity of purpose and meditative quality.

While "Voyage of the Soul" makes you soar in vibrant bliss and "Dolphins: A Message of Love" takes you on an oceanic escape far beyond the ordinary, "Soaring with the Angels" takes you on an inner journey to a silent place within. I feel especially calm while listening to this CD and feel this would be perfect for anyone seeking a meditative experience where inner silence is the goal.

"Whistling Grace" is a very unique musical exploration that sounds like someone in space is whistling across time and space. A soothing wave of sound embraces the whistling and this almost has a lullaby quality. "Celestial Lullaby (2 versions are included)" follows with waves and an almost child-like joy and a feeling of awe. My favorite track on this album besides "Pursuit of Dreams" with idealistic undertones that seem to speak of the hope a heart feels when dreaming of the future.

"Stillness of the Aurora" completes the journey as it began in "Heaven Sent." We are serenaded by an angelic voice interwoven within a healing musical embrace.

If you listen to one Frederic Delarue CD, you will want to own them all. Each CD presents a place for your soul to escape and you can choose from vibrant energy, relaxing oceanic textures or soul-stirring contemplation.

Highly Recommended for soul-calming and spiritual healing!

~The Rebecca Review