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Release Date: 10-12-2003
Label: Valley Entertainment
Catalog Number: 00702
Barcode: 15882007023
Musical Style: Mystical
Reviews:
'The sound of the universe calling as you are transfixed by something you don't understand and yet are in absolute awe of hearing.' - CD Services
'Faces is one near hour-long track of cosmic/space music distilled to its purest essence. It's the sort of music that crosses all the boundaries between dark and light without losing any listeners at either extreme end of the space music spectrum. This is the sound of the universe calling as you are transfixed by something you don't understand and yet are in absolute awe of hearing.' - CD Services
Description:
Faces of the Christ is the soundtrack to an Avalon Productions film of the same name. The CD has four separate compositions with seamless transitions between them. In essence, the soundtrack is one single 59-minute piece. Demby has a reputation for creating and performing deeply spiritual and sacred atmospheres. This soundscape is reverent, dynamic, and triumphant with somber overtones.
Biography:
An irrepressible personality with an infectious joie de vivre, Constance Demby is also a sincere spiritual seeker. A fifth generation Californian born in Oakland, Demby began classical piano studies at the age of eight. At twelve she moved to Connecticut where her artistic studies also included painting and sculpture.
Throughout the 70s, she gave concerts, workshops and visual/musical presentations all over the eastern seaboard. During this period, she began to develop new forms of contemplative classical music. By the end of the decade, she had established her own label and released her first albums of meditative and sacred spacemusic (Skies Above Skies and Sunborne).
Demby's music blossomed when she returned permanently to northern California in 1980 and began experimenting with electronic instruments. Two years later, she released Sacred Space Music Vol. 1, an enduring album featuring hammered dulcimer, acoustic piano and synthesizer (re-released in 1988, HS11010).
Soon after the arrival of digital sampling keyboards, Demby integrated symphonic instrumental sounds into her music and began recording in her own 16-track studio. There she produced Novus Magnificat (1986, HS11003). Her 1989 release Set Free (HS11016) added rhythms and influences from Bali and Africa to her contemporary classical base and was hailed as a first-rate release by an artist in her prime. Several international tours followed, to Europe, South America, the Canary Islands, Japan, Indonesia and beyond.
With the help of Jim Miller of Stratus Sounds, Demby updated her entire studio in the early 90s, replacing many of her early synthesizers with an impressive array of the latest electronic instruments and recording technology.
Additional Attributes:
| Relaxing | Uplifting | Meditative | Exercise | Healing | Chant |
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