020 CD REVIEWS
Elysian Peace
Bill Canty
I ’ve never much meditated
to music before. So it was
quite a shift putting on
this CD and settling in to
discover that it was nigh on
impossible to go blank and
empty when listening to
such fantastic, textured, uplifting music. The music is visually
Song of Love for Magic Sounds
stimulating, evocative of shape-shifting moods. Angels
the Animals CD by Dean Frenkel
singing, lounging on comfortable clouds, their busy glowing
fi ngers effortlessly cascading up and down their harp strings.
CD by Lia Scallon & Linda Laasi
A giant in rubber boots, humming to himself as he waters his I might as well say it, I have a This music CD is wonderful. The vocals are
fl oating garden, his watering can causing a summer sun- homicidal cat! That is I did, until naturally resonant and powerfully uplifting,
shower to fall. A space ship bursts through the atmosphere, I played him the pure sounds of and yet also soothing.
then another. They burst like comet-fl owers, spraying spores this beautiful and calming CD. Our The tracks comprise of Linda’s pure
of pink across the ocean, the sun shimmering like a dance. normal scratching and biting maniac, sonorous voice and the harmonium, Dean’s
Track 3 has a catchy hook and a classic feel, as does track aka Jinx, was stretched out on the amazing harmonics, the didgeridoo and a jaw
4 which suggests a movie set in colonial-era tropics until fl oor purring as the sweet sounds harp, and crystal bowls by Arrayah.
a jovial string section starts to jig, and the scene fl ips from fl owed over him. I will be playing It’s beautiful to meditate to or to prepare
sunset plains to a ballroom dance – long dresses swishing this as much as possible in the hope you for sleep. However, because it is so rich
below stiff collared chins. we don’t have to put a straight and varied in texture, it is also perfect to
Track 5 is my favourite, for the sheer strength of the main jacket on him! simply enjoy for its music. Indeed, I don’t
dramatic hook, but it is track 7 that affords me the headspace Even if you don’t have a pet, normally enjoy ‘relaxation’ music, probably
to meditate. The music widens, the scope expands, and my it’s worth having this CD to hear because my love of classical music has trained
mind follows suit. Lia’s beautiful voice yet again. Take my ear to listen for complexities and fullness
Later I am listening again, trying to do some work, but the it outside and play it to soothe the in music.
music is powerful. It is the stuff of daydreams, not mundane animal kingdom in your garden as I also get SO irritated by repetition in
details. I put down my pen and stand to stare out of the well. most relaxation music that it drives me to
window at the autumn trees. distraction and has the opposite effect. So I
“No more work today”, the music seems to say, “Not now”. Reviewed by Simon Burke played this CD with a little trepidation, and
I close my eyes and I am fl ying, Peter Pan style. I swoop RRP: $29.95 was delighted. It lives up to its name.
down into the valley, then up and over the hill... Distributed by: Planet MGM and
Check it out at BillCanty.com Brumby Books and Music Distributed by Move Records
Published by: Lia Scallon, The RRP $26
Reviewed by Seamus Anthony Sounds of Sirius Reviewed by Elizabeth Stephens
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