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Wind Journey

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The last Eric Wollo CD featured wonderful virtuoso guitar, most closely akin to a "fingerpicking" style. Each piece was different, almost like a "best of" CD. This CD is completely different in that the artist uses the guitar as part of a series of thematic atmospheric tone poems based on the idea of wind and its forms and effects. The overall feel of the music is very ambient, with the guitar used less as a melody-maker, and more as a symphonic, electronic instrument, almost like a timescape. The orchestration includes atmospheric electronic soundscapes within which the artist creates mood music of the highest quality. I was absolutely fascinated by the CD on first hearing it, and it only gets better with each re-playing as I discover new nuances to the music. What a master of the guitar this man is. I highly recommend that you take a listen to this CD, and take a journey into the wind with Mr Wollo. This is a thinking person's delight!!!

I have purchased cd in the summer of 2002. Back then, all I could think of doing was listen to 88.5 on the radio and hope that they will play music from Erik Wollo. The first song I heard was "Dream Lines". The music didn't seem familiar to me at first. I didn't consider it really ambient but it turned out that it was. After listening to it, I was into it very much. I never heard such a song played like that before and I knew it was something I would like. Wollo plays the guitar in a way that the sound echoes in my head and makes me feel like Im somewhere far and distant. In a short time, I heard "Wind Journey 1". That was amazing. After I listened to it few more times, I was into it so much that I couldn't help buying it from Amazon.com. Just about every beat and sound seems to echoe as if it was played outside where nothing surrounds you and where the music can travel and be heard. Listen to the samples and decide. Buying this cd is something to consider.

Excellent album of acoustic guitar sound. Rich ambient sounds on all tracks.
A great new age work.recommended to all who enjoy world music.

Does every Erik Wollo CD start to sound the same, regardless of instrument? It seems like that might be the case. Still, "Wind Journey" was the first thing I heard from him, and I've played it a lot. CDs that take more time saying what they need to say really appeal to me.

Since picking up this, my first Erik Wollo album, I have enjoyed his music so much I have added Blue Sky, Red Guitars, Emotional Landscapes and Guitar Nova to my iPod collection. All of Eric's music is terrific and really sets a mellow mood. Although he can get it going too.

I really liked the first 4 or 5 songs on this , but after that it seemed to get very stale. I really don't think that this is Erik's best work so i would definitely give another CD a try,