SEASONS OF SERENITY The artist's that created this new release are Kathleen swann and ken kaufman. The style of the art would fit in ambient/relaxation music. The quality of the recording is fantastic and the mood that it sets is amazing, it takes you to a relax state of mind where all is comfortable and at one. Kathleen's voice is soothing and relaxing as she guides you through moments of emotions and does this with the use of spoken word. The experience Kathleen has acquired through her nursing career definitely is delivered through her tone and guidance in the music. The presentation of this release is at a professional level, and you get your full $ worth within the 54 minutes of this CD. The second CD from is from Ken Kaufman called Seasons of Tranquility, again fantastic. It is like the first CD with no lyrical content just instrumental. I feel this would be ideal if you needed no directional and wanted to explore your imagination with the use of music. Extremely calming. Even writing this review with it in the back ground I felt at ease and relaxed, so again I have nothing but great things to say about this CD. Out of 10 I give this a 9.5 Defiantly a sensational buy. Keep up the great work guys. www.relaxwithswann.com
MANIGRA An album of contemplative, melodic, rhythmic compositions. This debut album by Manigra titled "To Be Treated As One" is both high quality production as well as high quality material. Not mainstream in the traditional sense, but definitely appealing all the same. Mixing vocal tracks with instrumental tracks, it becomes increasingly obvious whilst listening that many tracks, whilst not 'commercial hits' are definitely film score material. A majority of the tracks feature a "World Music" undertone, whilst a couple of tracks used this genre in a stronger way. Composer Fred Leduc has demonstrated depth and versatility on this collection of songs and to his credit has also demonstrated a high level production album. The vocal work on many tracks is sublime, a truly talented vocalist chosen to compliment the music. Overall, very fresh album, good listening and great potential. A guarantee buy, a must have Out of 10 I give this a 10 Amazing. www.manigra.com
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