Break-In Master 27th May 2018 | | CD AlbumSolar Quest - Orgship (1994) | ReviewThis album is GREAT to listen to at night with all (or most) of the lights out, especially in bed with someone you love, as long as they like this kind of stuff, too! There IS one track I tend to skip, though. Not because it's a bad track, the whole album is great. It's just that, the first two tracks spend nearly 20:00 getting you onto a nice mellow mood, then the third track starts with this loud alarm sound buzzing away for the first few moments and RIPS you right out of that mood!!
"Requiem" is a REALLY nice minor key piece! If you're into minor key stuff, this might even induce a tear from your eye! It's not sad, it's just done in such a way that it's quite strong, emotionally.
"The Belle Of Atlantis" has a really cool bass line to it that keeps switching back & forth. At the end of one line, there'll be two notes played one right after the other, at the end of the next line, you hear both notes played as one, at the end of the next line, those two notes are played separately again, but this time, there's a wider space between them and they're played off the beat!
"Singtree" is probably the most mellow piece on the album! One thing that helps make it that way is the sound. I don't think there is any tape hiss on it, but sure sounds like there's a lot! Also, although there's not much deep bass on it, it CAN shake things a bit. And that's from one of the much higher droning notes!
SPOILER ALERT! Don't read this next bit if you want to just experience the album for yourself and be surprised, but, "Liquid Sky" has two parts in it where it sounds like the tape it's recorded on slips partway off the heads! After a few bars, it goes back to normal.
They had 8:15 left on the CD, I wish they would've filled them!
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Break-In Master 27th May 2018 | | CD AlbumSolar Quest - Sola Luna (2008) | ReviewIt's a good album. I like it, but, it's not quite as good as their "Orgship" album. For me, there's something missing. It just doesn't have the feeling the first album did. It's really nice to listen to, but, because of what's missing, it makes it kind of annoying to listen to. For me, anyway. I guess I'm expecting something and it's not being delivered and that's probably what annoys me.
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