James Johnson :: Lightness
Track Listing Lightness
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Drawing from the studio sessions of Environment 1, "Lightness" is a single long form work of sublime atmospherics and beautiful cello/violin loops and passages. With a total playing time of almost 30 minutes, Lightness carries the listener on a journey from winter's somber passing to the coming of spring's renewal.
Reviews:
"This is a beautiful and soothing New Age album by James Johnson. He blends acoustic instruments into a drifting sound collage that clocks in at just under 32 minutes."
"James Johnson's "Lightness" release continues along the same exploratory paths of his earlier disc "Environment 1". A single piece spanning almost 30 minutes, "Lightness" uses a combination of pads and waveforms combined with more organic string instrumentation to create a beautiful example of the atmospheric ambient genre. Pads travel through the soundfield in slow arcs, ebbing and flowing like the drift of tides. A mournful cello passes throughout the piece playing notes that fall like tears from hooded eyes. Sparse piano plays at intermittant points, a
sound of hope, of brighter tommorows. It's all so beautiful, so perfect, so natural." |
