REVIEW: GROOVE GARDEN - SOULFOOD

 

GROOVE GARDEN - SOULFOOD (Soulfood Music., 2001):

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Produced by Soulfood

Track List: 1- Chamber 12 Edit, 2- Chamber 13 edit, 3- Chamber 11 remix, 4- Chamber 14 remix, 5- Flamenco Soul, 6- Radiant Minds remix, 7- Tulku´s Palace remix, 8- Sky Spirit Remix, 9- Manitou edit, 10- Peacekeeper edit, 11- Evolution edit.

This CD consists in tracks from differnt styles. There are four tracks of Wingmakers who play a strange mix of electronics, world beat and tribal chants (with some female vocals here and there to add more mystery to this mixture). After that we have one track from flamenco guitarist Pedro Cortez, combining his guitar with some sitar or instrument like that, with excelent duet phrases and a great spanish feeling through the whole track. Then, Entering Dreamtime showcases their chants and a lot of keyboard progressions in a style more eastern sounding with some tribal percussion and melodies thata re typical from Middle Eastern cultures, mixed with some electronic effects. After this, is the turn of Sky Spirit, a project consisting in a lot of flute melodies, and this is the quieter part of the recordings. The last project to be featured here is Steve Kuether´s tranquility who takes us to songs based on piano, almost new age sometimes, full of phrases and melodies of great beauty. Favborite tracks: "Chamber 11", "Flamenco Soul","Tulku´s Palace" and "Evolution". Contact: www.soulfoodmedia.com