Sunstruck

Kit Watkins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 18, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: East Side Digital
• ASIN: B000000PLG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #389,472 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Solar Grain

2. Capricious Skies

3. Heavy Water

4. Moon Watching Me

5. No Energy Crisis

6. Third Planet Suite: Earth/Air/Water/Fire

7. Phoebus' Dream

8. Mirage

9. Canopy

10. Upon Reflection

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Happy The Kit! A Stellar Collection, October 4, 2002

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Douglas J. Hultsman "doogie_rigel4" (Corinth, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sunstruck (Audio CD)

This 1990 follow up the the fantastic "Azure" album gives us yet more of the aural magic that Kit Watkins weaves from an early assortment of Yamaha, Korg, Roland and Kurzweil synths at his home studio in Linden, VA.

Upbeat at times, at others totally ambient with floating textures that send you into space, this one never gets boring or repetitive.

Just listen to the lovely start to THIRD PLANET SUITE. Ambient synth washes paves the way for some beautiful piano before lapsing into a pseudo classical feel at the 3:40 mark. Finally, at 5:45 a lazy string section sets the stage for a lonely bell, signaling the brilliant finale, with a spacey synth bass line laying the foundation for a muted synth horn solo. It is so good, you forget that 12:45 has gone by!

The 1st track on the album is the upbeat SOLAR GAIN(not Solar Grain), full of nice sequenced pieces that fit together like a good puzzle. Several of the other cuts find that same groove, and there is also some lovely slower pieces like HEAVY WATER to even out the mix.

The dreamy MOON WATCHING ME is so good, it leaves you wanting more, but alas, at only 3:27 it's just too short!

Also notable are the ambient masterpieces MIRAGE and CANOPY. At 13:34 and 11:52 repectively, these are as good as it gets. People that like the ambient spaces of John Serrie, Steve Roach, et al, should find these delicious.

I just can't find enough words to describe how good this one is. Get it before it's too late!

4.0 out of 5 stars Relaxing, mellow Prog, May 2, 2005

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Noel Pratt "Kaviraj" (Washington, D.C., and better places) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sunstruck (Audio CD)

This is the kind of album you can lay aside for a while, trying not to blame it for being so innocuous, yet play on the right kind of day (maybe a rainy Monday at work?) and come to truly appreciate. If light keyboard-wizardry music were my mainstay, I'd give this disc 5 stars. I know I'm in good hands, "Happy" hands, and the mastery of Kit's years evokes a swell of gratitude.

4.0 out of 5 stars 4 1/2 really again. Kit is Wonderful!, March 22, 2003

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Carl Johnson "budbear_5000" (Detroit, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sunstruck (Audio CD)

This record, Kit utilizes his expertise with the odd time signature, making it virtually transparent to the listener! It is sort of new age sounding, but the melodies are luscious and interesting. None of the intense punctuation from his Happy The Man days, but very satisfying all around. Fantastic spin!