Kevin Bartlett - Near Life Experience

Kevin Bartlett / Near Life Experience
Жанр: Neo-Prog, Ambient, New Age
Год издания диска: 2003
Страна: United States
Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac)
Тип рипа: tracks+.cue
Битрейт аудио: (lossy + lossless)
Продолжительность: 73:06
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Треклист:
1. Gayatri (10:33)
2. Tripping Over Torn (7:26)
3. Miserere Mei (8:33)
4. Sockdolager (8:12)
5. Across My Heart (8:07)
6. The Best Laid Mice... (7:21)
7. Outer Marker (7:26)
8. Lighting Is Everything (5:09)
9. Standards and Practices (7:56)
10.I Miss You So Much (I can hardly stand) (2:20)

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Содержание индексной карты (.CUE)

Об исполнителе (группе)

KEVIN BARTLETT has a very extensive background in the music arena stretching back almost 40 years. He has provided lighting and stage management to the likes of JANIS JOPLIN, LED ZEPPELIN, JEFF BECK, THE WHO, and THE MOODY BLUES among others. He has scored music for television commercials and has also written music for Sesame Street, including Big Bird's alphabet song. He has been running his own record label, Aural Gratification, for the last 25 years. He worked as a manager and buyer for a large record retailer. And he has played in numerous bar bands and worked on various musical projects since the early 1970's.
In the early 80's, he began scoring music for theatre and dance. He also released 10 90-minute soundscapes for museums and art galleries. He founded Aural Gratification for his own musical endeavors, but also released music by various other artists including HAPPY RHODES. His label released two compilations of ambient music which included seven tracks from Bartlett.
In 2003, Kevin released his album Near Life Experience, which combined ambient instrumental music with neo-progressive keyboard and guitar soundscapes, as well as the occasional vocals. It took him five years to complete his follow-up album, Glow in the Dark which featured more of the same style: expansive, flowing, ambient pieces with some neo-styled lead guitar and keyboard flavors.

Об альбоме (сборнике)

The music explored on this album is of a style and manner that most people will categorize as new age. Synthesizers and keyboards dominate, the compositions are slow moving and atmospheric, guitars are used mainly as an effect, the same can be said with most rhythms in the form of drums and various forms of percussion, and even the slight input of human voices now and again is one of effect rather than vocal performance as such.
Bartlett makes more complex creations than most though. Multiple melody lines, several additional layers of sounds and effects, numerous breaks and changes in mood and intensity; and exploring spacey as well as ethnic-tinged landscapes. Careful use of dissonances and contrasting melody lines adds textures and nuances to this production rarely seen elsewhere in albums like this one - and although there's nothing here that is truly stunning you won't find anything uninteresting either; as long as you find the general style interesting.

Состав

- Kevin Bartlett/keyboards, guitars, drums, bass, vocals
- Sophia Ashton/additional vocals
- Kerry Arden Noel/additional vocals