Terra Firma

Sounds From The Ground | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 30, 2000)
• Original Release Date: May 30, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Waveform
• ASIN: B00004T6LM
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #157,187 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #68 in Music > Indie Music > Dance & DJ > Ambient

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Killer atmoshpere and grooves on this cd!, August 13, 2000

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"amberose" (FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Terra Firma (Audio CD)

This is nothing less than an excellent follow-up and probably an even better album than SFTG's first album "KIN". "Terra Firma" is full of the deepest and most exotic atmospheres with some of the trippiest, dubbiest, and chill-out beats I've heard yet. There are parts of this album that make me feel like I'm in a maze, or a carnival, or in a submarine. So many unique sounds just come out of nowhere on this album and considering the music has rather slow tempos, it still keeps me on my toes. I've come to expect nothing less than the best from Waveform Records and I reccomend every cd released on that label.

I have to go through literally hundreds of electronic dub and trip-hop cds to find the right one - and this one definately stands out as one of the best. I can't simply can't get over track 5 on this album "Bodega Bay".

A most highley reccomended album!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An introspective nightwalk through an urban underbelly., May 14, 2001

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J.M. Leonard (wheaton, il. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Terra Firma (Audio CD)

My title bests sums up what "Terra Firma" comes across as to me. It's beautiful! Another great late-night drive or chill album from the Waveform label. I don't have "Kin" yet so a comparison cannot be made, but I love what I hear. "Drugstore", "Marsmellow" and "Mineral" have an especially urban flavor. The former being rather ominous and the latter, with it's sassy and sultry saxaphone sample, seems perfect for cruising the red-light district of some european city. "Marsmellow" is mid-tempo funky fun. "Shine" seems perfect for playing Hackeysack. (I hope that's how it's spelled). "Rye" is arguably my favorite piece. Very mysterious and meditative. Feels like something is "building" while we sleep in the night.

Only tracks four and nine seemed week to me. Not bad!

Very addictive. I won't get tired of this one anytime soon.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous!, October 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Terra Firma (Audio CD)

Absolutely a fantastic CD, that could not have existed in the vinyl age, because excessive playing would not make it last long! The only minus of this CD is that some tracks have disturbing 'static' noise, that seems to be included in the samples. The music however is superb. Brilliant ambient music that keeps surprising the listener.