The Hidden Rift

Jeff Pearce

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ancient Sun
• ASIN: B00000J5P7
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #288,808 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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asm2005 THE HIDDEN RIFT - Jeff Pearce

The Hidden Rift represents a new approach to atmospheric music. Using only guitars and specialized processing techniques, Jeff Pearce combines lush voicelike textures, icy arpeggiations and patient soaring melodies to create timeless compositions that are both soothing and haunting.

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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE HIDDEN RIFT is a superb ambient/space music album., June 28, 1999

By	Bill Binkelman, Wind and Wire (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews

On THE HIDDEN RIFT, guitarist extraordinaire Jeff Pearce has produced music of sublime beauty, peace and introspection. Using just guitars and studio wizardry, Pearce brings forth slow patient washes of melodic warmth, drifting spacy ambience, and wave after wave of audio bliss. While two songs do sound like a guitar produced the music, the majority of this sounds like synthesizer (but it isn't!). The music is never ostentatious or melodramatic. Instead, it is minimal and suffused with a fragile beauty in the same way that Tim Story's keyboards are. It is ideal music for relaxing late at night, especially in the dark. Haunting, sublime, and exquisitely recorded, it is a must-have for lovers of either space or ambient music.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully smooth and relaxing, April 20, 2006

By	William Sullivan (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

Yet it's better than that -- this music can serve as either background vibes when that's what you want, or interesting and subtle music to listen to carefully. Pearce is one of the best at his genre, whatever that genre is.

5.0 out of 5 stars Another gem, May 10, 2008

By	David Klein (Sebastopol, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Everything Jeff Pearce creates is full of colorful emotion and takes you to otherworldly realms. This is another enchanted journey.