New Mike Oldfield!
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Topic: New Mike Oldfield!
Posted By: socialcrawl
Subject: New Mike Oldfield!
Date Posted: April 22 2008 at 18:41
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Is anyone
into electronica/ experimental music? Well, one of the pioneers and greats of
this musical genre, Mike Oldfield just came out with a new CD called Music of
the Spheres! I just thought I would let everyone know because I bought it the
other weekend and I cant stop listening to it. Stressed in traffic...I listen
to Music of the Spheres, when I come home from a long day at work... I listen
to Music of the Spheres. It is perfect in every way. http://www.myspace.com/michaeloldfield Eden UMGD |
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 22 2008 at 19:58
Hooray and huzzah! Fontana Distribution finally plug a Progressive artist on the forum 
However....
This just happens to be Mike's first Orchestral/Classical music album (discounting the Orchestral Tubby Bells, which is more of a David Bedford reworking of the original). Arrangement and orchestration is by Karl Jenkins with guest appearances by pianist Lang Lang and vocals on "On My Heart" by Hayley Westenra.
Reviews so far on the PA indicate that this is a good, but not essential album from Mike, and the ratings suggest it's not one of his best., however it is selling well in the UK peaking at #9 in the album chart and #1 in the Classical Chart. I've owned my copy a couple of weeks now and unfortunately it rapidly dropped down my playlist and I would rather reach for The Songs Of Distant Earth if I were stressed in traffic and needed some Mike Oldfield to de-stress me.
However...
It is an Orchestral album, with absolutelty ZERO electronica (in fact no Electronics at all - Mike plays acoustic guitar throughout and I'm pretty confident that the members of the Sinfonia Sfera Orchestra also play exclusively acoustic instruments) and absolutely NO experimentals what so ever - this is probably the most unexperimental album you'll hear this year. Not that Mike Oldfield was ever a pioneer or even an exponent in the electronica/experimental music genre let alone one of it's greats.
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