Villa Galaxia

Saul Stokes (Author) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• ASIN: B001GKSTR4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #707,436 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2008. Always one of the most popular artists on the Hypnos and Binary labels through the years, Saul Stokes is also one we've been very proud to "launch" into the ambient/electronica world. The first new work by Saul Stokes on Hypnos/Binary since Fields in 2005, this is certainly one of the most hotly-anticipated discs we've released in years. Saul Stokes says: Stokes' 8th solo album to date, Villa Galaxia is a hyperfusion of sonic exploration seeded in Stokes' seminary music past, while arcing into a completely new genre defining collection of songs. Stripping away any notion of ambient drone or chill out labeling, Villa Galaxia surfs its own ocean of contemporary electronic music culture with eccentric listenable experimentalism wrapped in catchy lyrical orchestras of electronic fireworks.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An electronic excursion, July 4, 2011

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William Merrill "eclecticist" (San Antonio, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Villa Galaxia (Audio CD)

Much of the electronic music these days seems to be in the "ambient" style, which is something I do enjoy (especially by the Ambient Master, Eno). However, the synthesizer themes on Saul Stokes' 2008 album Villa Galaxia represent individual melodies with rhythm lines. Some of them such as "Blaze" could be played as lounge music in an interstellar night club. Others, like "Night Painting," are spacey enough for observatory or planetarium use, but they would only work with a really funky planetarium show! This music follows in the footsteps of the great ones, J-M Jarre and Vangelis, which is nothing to be ashamed of!