Monday 30 June 2008

Bernward Koch

Bernward Koch   
Artist: Bernward Koch

   Genre(s): 
Other
   New Age
   



Discography:


Journey To The Heart   
 Journey To The Heart

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 11


Journey to te Heart   
 Journey to te Heart

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 11


Laguna De La Vera   
 Laguna De La Vera

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 14


Still Magic   
 Still Magic

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 14


Flowing   
 Flowing

   Year: 1989   
Tracks: 12




German-born New Age keyboardist and composer Bernward Koch debuted in 1990 with Flow; subsequent releases include 1993's Lagoon de la Vera, 1997's Still Magic and 1999's Travel to the Heart.






Wednesday 25 June 2008

The Beatles guru Maharishi dies aged 91

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the man who taught the Beatles transcendental meditation, has died. He was 91.
The Indian mystic became famous in 1968 when the Beatles travelled to the foothills of the Himalayas to learn his techniques and he was also filmed with Mike Love of the Beach Boys, the singer Donovan and actress Mia Farrow.
Love said: "His passing is profoundly sad. But I for one, am among the millions who are grateful for what he shared with us. We will miss you, but your great light will shine on."
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi moved to the village of Vlodrop in Holland in 1990 and died there last night.
The Maharishi built a business empire worth billions, including property dealing and a company selling ayurvedic medicine and cosmetics.
He set up universities and schools all over the world and his Natural Law Party has campaigned in elections in dozens of countries around the world.

Wednesday 18 June 2008

CD releases for the week of June 10

Here's a list of some new CD releases for the week of June 10:



Priscilla Ahn - "A Good Day"

Warren Barfield - "Worth Fighting For"

Biohazard - "Urban Discipline"

Blur - "Modern Life is Rubbish"; "Leisure" Brother Firetribe - "Heart Full of Fire"

Chimaira - "Pass Out of Existence"

Leonard Cohen - "Under Review: 1978-2006"

Rob Dickinson - "Fresh Wine For The Horses" (2CD)

Jakob Dylan - "Seeing Things"

Brooke Fraser - "Albertine"

The Fratellis - "Here We Stand"

Emmylou Harris - "All I Intended To Be"

Tim Hockenberry - "Back in Your Arms" Vanessa Hudgens - "V" (Deluxe Edition)

James Hunter - "The Hard Way"

Jonas Brothers - "The Bonus Jonas Edition"

Mark Knight - "Toolroom Knights"

Patti LaBelle - "The Essential Patti Labelle"

Lil' Wayne - "Tha Carter III"

John Mayall - "Running with the Blues"

Sergio Mendes - "Encanto"

Bret Michaels - "Rock My World"

Montgomery Gentry - "Back When I Knew It All"

Alanis Morissette - "Flavors of Entanglement"

My Morning Jacket - "Evil Urges"

N.E.R.D. - "Seeing Sounds"

Nightwish - "Wishmaster"; "Angels Fall First"; "Oceanborn"

The O'Jays - "The Essential O'Jays"

Buck Owens - "All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 and 2" Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner - "Duets"

Sandi Patti - "Songs for the Journey"

Sam Phillips - "Don't Do"

The Presidents of the United States of America - "The Presidents of the United States of America" Prozak - "Tales from the Sick"

Return To Forever - "Anthology"

Rev Theory - "Light It Up"

Alvin Slaughter - "Overcomer"

Sloan - "Parallel Play"

Sam Sparro - "Sam Sparro"

Squeeze - "Argy Bargy" (Deluxe Edition) Terror - "The Damned, The Shamed"

Tom Waits - "Under Review: 1983-2006"

Cassandra Wilson - "Loverly" Johnny Winter - "Raised on Blues"

Tammy Wynette and George Jones - "Duets"

Various Artists - "Gotta Have Gospel" (Special Edition)

Various Artists - "The Love Guru" Soundtrack

Sunday 8 June 2008

Kevin Braheny

Kevin Braheny   
Artist: Kevin Braheny

   Genre(s): 
New Age
   Electronic
   



Discography:


The Way Home   
 The Way Home

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 2


Secret Rooms   
 Secret Rooms

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 16


Galaxies   
 Galaxies

   Year: 1988   
Tracks: 16


Lullaby For The Hearts Of Space   
 Lullaby For The Hearts Of Space

   Year: 1986   
Tracks: 2




Multi-instrumentalist/composer Kevin Braheny began exploring music at historic period four-spot, starting with the pianissimo; by geezerhood seven-spot, he began composing his own music. He discovered woodwinds, the basis for his suppurate workings, at 11, and played in hellenic, jazz, and rock candy settings throughout high school day and college.


When he touched to Los Angeles in 1971, Braheny discovered electronic music and synthesizers, and worked with electronic medicine pioneers like Malcom Cecil, a Moog synthesizer, and Serge Tcherepnin, a modular synthesizer inventor. With Tcherepnin, Braheny built prototypes of advance analogue synths, and developed "The Mighty Serge," a modular analogue organization that he still uses in his medicine.


This imaginative and creative drive light-emitting diode Braheny to modify or build about of his have instruments, resulting in a unique, hand-tailored gist to his melodic work. Most of his music features the Steiner EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument), the perfect blend of his interest in woodwinds as a child and electronics as an adult. Braheny worked as a recording railroad engineer during the '70s and later on in his life history, developed innovations in three-D binaural recording that gave his solve an regular more wide, remindful feel.


In 1980, Braheny released his first base album, Lullabies for the Hearts of Space. 1984 proverb him become the first gear signing on the Hearts of Space label, world Health Organization reissued Lullabies and as well released 1988's Galaxies, 1991's Secret Rooms, 1995's Rain, and 1996's Spell. These last deuce albums included collaborations with Tim Clark, another electronic music open up. Clark has been a composer-in-residence at New York and Toronto planetariums, along with composing music for international radio and television, and recording his have solo electronic works.