00 - Visionary The Ultimate Narada Collection.nfo
General Information
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Album: Visionary: The Ultimate Narada Collection
Artist: David Arkenstone
Copyright: 2002
Genre: New Age
File Information
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Number of Tracks: 25
Total Duration: 2:00:46
Ripped By: NMR
Files Created on: 16-Aug-2014 09:19:51
NFO Created: 28-Aug-2014 10:17:41
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Track List
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File Size MB Duration File Name
01 31.99 0:05:18 101 Papillon
02 33.68 0:05:23 102 The Magic Forest
03 23.16 0:03:45 103 Night Wind
04 40.56 0:06:26 104 City in the Clouds
05 26.88 0:04:45 105 The Great Wall
06 26.34 0:04:19 106 Under the Canopy
07 34.78 0:06:09 107 A Thousand Small Gold Bells
08 19.60 0:03:21 108 Heartfire
09 20.69 0:03:14 109 Dark Dunes
10 38.02 0:05:28 110 Rendevous
11 40.10 0:06:40 111 The North Wind
12 41.84 0:06:45 112 Ride into Midnight
13 37.56 0:05:21 201 The Journey Begins
14 36.44 0:06:30 202 Chosen Voices
15 24.11 0:04:09 203 Bullet
16 22.90 0:03:56 204 Ancient Legend
17 41.01 0:06:02 205 Inshallah
18 30.27 0:05:01 206 Trail of Tears
19 23.20 0:04:42 207 Voices of the Anasazi
20 28.93 0:04:50 208 Another Star in the Sky
21 44.68 0:06:08 209 Dance in the Desert
22 31.81 0:05:33 210 The Temple of Vaal
23 22.54 0:03:37 211 Valley in the Clouds
24 24.74 0:04:11 212 Desert Ride
25 32.83 0:05:22 213 The Southern Cross
Description
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David
Arkenstone's career has been a long and unusual one. On one hand, he makes new age music that takes influence from composers like John Williams, Brian Eno, and Tangerine Dream. On the other hand, most of his songs are highly based in fantasy and science fiction, taking their inspiration from the works of Mercedes Lackey and J.R.R. Tolkien. It is this bizarre mishmash of influences that produces some of the most recognized and respected instrumentals of the '80s
and
'90s. The album is programmed quite nicely, taking the listener on a sonic journey through Arkenstone's
career by attempting to capture certain moods and styles from song to song. The
transitions are flawless, leaving the listener without any tracks to skip
through or slow moments. Arkenstone's compositions are quite beautiful, moving slowly with lush keyboards, ringing guitar, sparse percussion, and the occasional lone female vocal haunting the background. While most composers of this kind tend to overindulge or make music so ambient that it loses the listener, Arkenstone makes music that is subtly engaging. The strong melodies and gorgeous flourishes are hidden right below the surface, so it is easy to both actively listen to his music and zone out to it. Either way, this collection is a beautiful representation of a career that has lasted for years based on strong, influential new age music.
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