SUSTAINING CYLINDERS
(Continuum Montage CM 1002) MC
This also has one piece per side. The title track features an instrument called the Eikosany Vibes, which produces a hauntingly beautiful pattern of curious and melancholic bell-like sounds resulting in a very minimal, slowly moving and almost ambient soundscape. Sleeping Conches utilises mainly natural sounds. The washing of waves, conch shells and delicate bell notes interweave to form a relaxing, elemental and meditative carpet (or should I say ocean?) of sound.
JEWEL
(Sonic Atmospheres 208) MC
Another album of two tracks! In Morning Michael once again employs natural sounds:- bird song, children's voices, insect chirpings, etc. (recorded live at dawn in the Arizona desert and a Mexican jungle it seems) to evoke the arrival of dawn. These natural sounds then merge into a beautiful and uplifting symphony of acoustic, electronic and wordless vocal music glorifying the beauty and freshness of a new day. New Age music with a difference, instead of just relying on virtuosity and technique which produces a cold and clinical aspect, Michael imbues his music with a feeling of and for humanity. 'Organic' rather than 'inorganic' New Age music is how a chemist might describe it. This music lives! Jewel is a hypnotic ambient piece produced with the Eikosany Vibes and a female chorus. The music shimmers and glistens like some immense precious stone slowly revolving and reflecting a warmly glowing light. Absolutely spellbinding!
(reviews by Peter Harrison in Audion #2, September 1986)
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