Customer Reviews

Spirits of the Rainforest

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I love this CD! It has been in my car CD player non-stop for the last few weeks. while driving around Portland, Oregon. It is up-beat but at the same time soothing. The sounds of flutes are mixed with sounds of water and my favorite, birdie sounds, yummy!

I've just discovered that there are at least a couple other Arkenston CD. I will be trying all of them!

Thank you for producing such a lovely CD!

In this 2nd Adventure Cargo release, Diane and David Arkenstone take you deep into the heart of the rainforest. This wonderful music, composed of some of the most beautiful instrumentations and accompanied by nature sounds, is very refreshing. Each track is vibrant and yet very soothing. The rainforest is very much alive, and it is breathtaking. Listen to it--you will enjoy it!

I've owned the "African Skies" disc of the Adventure Cargo collection by the Arkenstones for a few months now and absolutely love it, so naturally I had to buy this one. I have yet to be disappointed by any CD by either Arkenstone that I've purchased, and this one carried on the fine tradition of impressing me. This CD is a beautiful ambient experience with almost South American-sounding pipes and birdsong woven into the melodies. Although for some reason I still like the African Skies album a teeny bit better, this one is in no way inferior. All I can think of when I'm listening to it is a lush rainforest river environment, which I'm sure was exactly the artists' intent when creating this CD. All in all, a wonderful album! I will be purchasing the third Adventure Cargo CD (Echoes of Egypt) soon!

I found this to be an exceptional CD. As a massage therapist I am always looking for quality rhythmic music to use in my work. I really like the Adventure Cargo collection. This recording is clean, the instrumentation and composition are seamless, and the instruments like drums, flutes, shakir and the bird and nature sounds make me feel as if my table is planted in the midst of the rainforest, Some songs include beats that resonate to drum or heart beat and are great for massage/energy work. My clients love this - you will too.

This is a great c.d. to have on in the background while you're working or if you're reading an adventure writer like Clive Cussler. It's great ambient music with authentic nature sounds that just add to the experience. You won't listen to it every day, but it can definitely take you away if you let it! I did get the African Skies c.d.; which is cool but this one is better.

I have a home office and I found this music to be perfect while plugging away at bookkeeping. It is not so soothing as to put you to sleep; it has a calming yet spirited sound. I really liked it.

I heard one track from Spirits of the Rainforest on Media Player 11 and had to go see what it was, I immediately ordered from Amazon and I have been playing it in the car ever since (2 weeks ago). Beautiful haunting sounds of the rainforest and every single track has something special. I just love it.

I very enjoy this one at times although watch out for the weather perhaps getting warmer and humid when you put it in. It always seems to coincide with such when I choose to play it. I'm ready for cooler cloud-rainforest selections after its synchronicities so far. (Ok, I typed this and the next time I played it, it was wonderfully cool in the heat of summer.) The bass(?) effect is denser- it isn't something easily played at low volume because it almost swells, obscuring the other aspects of sounds until turned up and balanced out enough, but the quality itself is excellent. (The bass effect isn't one that frays. It's a soft enough denseness, just fairly heavy I believe.) Overall, it is something I want to hear and it feels like a worthy natural immersion-- very real-sounding, excellent balance of animals. Good but makes me want that freer less clothed (ie maybe a less synthesized) though just as virtuous other needed for my harmony somewhere in between. There's a little conflict in that I'm not sure how to resolve. I think just listen to it when it feels right. It does feel like a world that's been "explored by moderns" a bit. I don't get the spirits part so far.

PS The cover has the most awful fake/stuffed parrot. It mars my awe it's so ugly and bad taxidermy-like. Why and how it was chosen and included I don't undertstand.?! I had to outline it a better look with a sharpie. (The other art/design is wonderful.)

Spirits of the Rainforest, released in 2003, is the second installment in the Adventure Cargo series from Diane and David Arkenstone. The music is nicely combined with the sounds of nature--birds, for example. Nine tracks are provided; all segue into one another. I find the album's songwriting, musicianship, and sound quality to be pleasing. My favorite pieces are "Rhythm of the Forest" and "Eyes of the Jaguar." "Rhythm of the Forest" is a fun composition with delectable guitar work. "Eyes of the Jaguar" contains stately, pretty melodies. The CD is housed in a digipack, which includes interesting color illustrations; also, there is descriptive writing from Diane Arkenstone. I think that the album cover artwork is attractive, too. The disc is just over 56 minutes. Spirits of the Rainforest is a recommendable piece of work.