Bjorn Lynne - Return to Witchwood.nfo
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Album: Return to Witchwood
Artist: Bjorn Lynne
Year: 2003
Genre: New Age / Electronic / Rock / Folk, World, & Country / Ambient
DESCRIPTION
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This is the sort of album which wouldn't usually be reviewed within these pages but I am making an exception because firstly the standard of musicianship and composition is top notch but also because Bjorn's last album 'Colony' as well as CDs from his 'Divinorum' side project have all been big sellers for us. Bjorn has always had prog leanings however and on this album they are combined with some almost folk type elements giving it a very whimsical feeling.
It is also a highly emotional CD so good to listen to with the wife or girlfriend, even if she isn't into Electronic Music (as this really isn't an EM album). There might be a lot of tracks here but five of them are short minute long interludes, one of them starting the album off and is a combination of bird song and acoustic guitar. The first proper track is 'On the Morrow of Today' which combines some nice faintly Celtic drumming with a beautiful highly melodic dreamy lead line. It all then becomes very playful as we keep going into a rather folksy, dancy section between which more uplifting synth shines through. 'The Alchemist' begins with acoustic guitar and cello. The cello momentarily disappears and the guitar mixes with restrained percussion. When it returns the melody is picked up with plucked strings, this time combining with flute. It is mainly an acoustic track, the electronics providing faint colouring.
In the fourth minute proceedings are given added bight when an electric guitar soars over the top. 'A Life of Moments' combines acoustic guitar and flute together most tenderly, even romantically, turning into a bitter sweet mood later on. 'Under the Bard's Tree' has a medi evil feel; you can just imagine a minstrel group playing for Henry the eighth. As we go on it sounds more like a track from John Williams or Sky! 'Beneath the Surface' is suitably subterranean, water dripping from the roof of a cavern sounds combined with dark string pads. An acoustic guitar then plays a gentle melody over more soft melancholy strings. A piano lead backed by still more acoustic guitar gets 'The Ice Maiden' underway. Despite the title it actually seemed quite warm and playful to me. It's very relaxed and pleasant. 'Greenfields' and 'Spellcraft' are both piano dominated tracks, the latter with a delicate rhythmic backing and soft synth colouring, I swear there is even a sequence in there somewhere! 'The Camp on the Riverbank' uses running water under peaceful flute then a piano and pleasant electric guitar / acoustic guitar combination. 'The Meeting Place' initially has ethnic tinges both in rhythm and flute though more conventional western flute also mixes nicely with the whole.
It's a real nice one; got me air drumming to it. 'The Old Tower' had a wonderful piano / cello combination then harpsichord, reminding me a little of my wife's chamber group! The pace quickens and tabla type drums are added creating quite a different almost sinister mood. We soon return to piano, cello then flute however, all going together beautifully. We then get a moody strings section before the usual array of instruments return for the finish. Wonderful stuff! I would usual call 'Ripples' rather twee but basically being a very pleasing (and well played) piano solo it fits the mood of the album well. 'Mystery Forest' mixes acoustic guitar, synth pads and windy sounds with some very faint rhythm in the background then even a little harp. It's all rather serene. We finish with the title track. It uses the same palette of sounds / instruments as on the rest of the album but with the addition of a few more electronics. The overall feel is triumphant with optimistic lead lines and rather more of a punch. The track's running time is over ten minutes; the last two and a half however are pure nature sounds.
Let me sum it up this way, my five year old son wandered into the office and said 'Daddy, why are you listening to proper music?' His mother has far too much of an influence on him. The quality here can't be denied however. (DL)
http://www.synthmusicdirect.com/retwitch.cfm
FILE INFORMATION
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Number of Tracks: 19
Total Duration: 1:10:59
Total Size: 402 MBs (including scans, m3u, cue, log, spectrums, and nfo)
Parity Archive: Yes, 7%
Ripped By: NMR
Files Created on: NMR
Ripped With: NMR
Encoded At: lossless, FLAC / 44.1 KHz
ID3 Tags: Yes
NFO Created: 3 September 2015
Tracklist
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01) Ambience: Morning
02) On The Morrow Of Today
03) Ambience: Horizons
04) The Alchemist
05) A Lifetime Of Moments
06) Ambience: Reflections
07) Under The Bard's Tree
08) Beneath The Surface
09) The Ice Maiden
10) Ambience: Afternoon Sun
11) Greenfields
12) Spellcraft
13) The Camp On The Riverbank
14) The Meeting Place
15) The Old Tower
16) Ambience: Evening Rain
17) Ripples
18) Mystery Forest
19) Return To Witchwood
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