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Release Date: 16-08-1997
Label: Hearts of Space
Catalog Number: HS11043-2
Barcode: 25041104326
Musical Style: New Instrumental
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sky Opens | 5 | First Man (Watakame) |
| 2 | Earth Island | 6 | Places Inbetween |
| 3 | Curandera | 7 | First Blessing |
| 4 | Melting World | 8 | El Mitote |
Review:
'... three of the few musicians who can effectively merge the pri- mordial and the present with both mesmerizing force and gal. vanizing power.' - I/E, Darren Bergstein.
Description:
Following their highly acclaimed debut Forgotten Gods, Suspended Memories demonstrates why they've been dubbed 'the Ambient Supergroup' and embraced by progressive fans from new age to acid rave.
With its mammoth beats, ceremonial rhythms, wailing Mayan trumpets, growling didgeridoos, Mexican field recording fragments, alien tone colors and surrealistic electric guitar melodies, Earth Island conjures up swirling apparitions from the past and the future. There were no boundaries, only waves of sound splashing against the big island we call Earth, washing relics from some distant clan onto new shores, eroding the conventions of the present and carrying the remains out to sea.
1994 NAIRD New Age Album of the Year
Biography:
STEVE ROACH
Already respected for his collaborations with musicians like Robert Rich, Michael Stearns, Kevin Braheny and Michael Shreive, Steve Roach was primed to join forces with an international ensemble the caliber of Suspended Memories. He remains best known, however, for his work as an innovative solo artist with over a dozen such albums to his credit, including Now, Traveller, Empetus, Structures from Silence, Quiet Music (3 vols.), his classic double CDs Dreamtime Return and World's Edge and his fall 1993 release Origins. In recent years, Roach's influence abroad has extended beyond his own concerts and recordings. Artists from Canada, Australia, Germany, France and Belgium have enlisted his services as a producer and guest artist, often traveling to Roach's Tucson-based recording studio The Time Room.
JORGE REYES
Though Jorge Reyes has studied classical flute, played in rock bands and explored the music of other cultures during travels through India and the Middle East, he is most profoundly influenced by his Mexican heritage. Ranging across his homeland, he continues to collect Pre-Columbian instruments, make field recordings of native Indian performers and immerse himself in the rituals from which the music emerged centuries ago. Reyes' own style is a neo-shamanic combination of the latest electronic innovations and the most ancient roots of ecstatic Mexican music making. Previous recordings include Bajo el Sol Jaguar, Comala, Nierika and Cronicade Castas (with Suso Saiz). El Costumbre, his most recent project as a leader, was released on the Australian-based Extreme label.
SUSO SAIZ
In Spain, Suso Saiz is a sought-after producer and composer with projects spanning jazz, pop, world and avant-garde music. After studying guitar at the Madrid Conservatory of Music, he established himself as an iconoclast in the European new music scene by forming numerous experimental ensembles. His solo work has long explored multicultural trance rhythms and the psychology of ambience. Along the way, he developed a sophisticated, other-worldly approach to the electric guitar. Using highly personal techniques of sonic processing, Saiz's guitar work emphasizes texture, emotional potency and liquid manipulations of tone color. His most recent recordings include Simbolos, Mirrors of Pollution, Hypnotics and Musica Esporadica (with Glen Velez).
