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Exposed - Living In The Past

Posted By: daedneila
Exposed - Living In The Past

Exposed - Living In The Past (2008)
Ambient, New Age | MP3 @ 320 | 69:07 | 215.17 MB | Rec. 10%

A lovely little tinkling piano melody is joined by slow relaxing rhythm then delicate ethereal pads. As an opener 'Down by the Hills' really couldn't be better. A stunningly beautiful piece of music. 'Inside Time' is very Jarre like, especially the lead line which sounds like something from one of the early albums (which I should be able to place but haven't listened to those works for ages now). Things do progress however as an infectious melodic sequence strikes up backed by rousing rhythms and more ethereal pads. The opener was a hard act to follow but if anything this sets the bar to even higher levels. 'Dragonblood' commences with gentle flute and soft strings backed by gently bouncing sequence. Another real winner that wouldn't have been out of place on a John Dyson album. 'Magic Nights' gets into a real groove with virtual guitar backing. 'Winterdream' brings the return of gorgeous melodies accompanied by simply awesome tinkling sequence and acoustic guitar lead. Bloody Marvellous! 'The Birth' is a jaunty number full of joy. Sawing strings get 'Introducing' underway. Yet another excellent tuneful sequence bounds forward. Both this and the previous track sound a bit like something from Ian Boddy's 'Phoenix' album. Tinkling crystalline sequences form the backing for 'View into Time'. Again the melodies are exquisite, sighing vocal effects hitting the spot perfectly. 'Tales of the Eleven' returns to Jarre territory in the sequence department but the melodies are more playful (maybe a little too 'sweet' this time actually). 'The Voyage' is a dreamy acoustic guitar lead piece that reminded me, as do some of the other tracks here, of Daley and Lorian's first album. Again this is lovely delicate stuff. 'The Dragon and the Moon' oozes gorgeous melodies heightened by sighing choral pads and again reminded me of early Boddy. 'Bagpipes' features a very rough synthesised version of said instrument then lovely acoustic guitar over lush backing bringing up dreamy visions of a Celtic landscape. The title track is initially a flute lead and slightly medieval sounding number which soon swells to uplifting anthemic proportions. 'Middle Earth' is a real stormer, ideal for accompanying any Elf versus Orc battle (with the odd tender interlude in there as well). 'Nightsong' returns us to Celtic sounding realms and is a beautiful gentle acoustic guitar lead piece. 'Wonderland' and 'Solvermoon Dance', as the titles suggest, are quite playful pieces. We finish with the ethereal 'Bells' which has something of a Christmas feel to it and works well at the time of year I am writing this but is not the track I would have chosen to conclude the collection.

So we have a lot of tracks here and I feared that it might come over as a sort of 'snippets' soundtrack affair. But nothing could be further from the case. This is a collection of superb compositions with an average running time of almost four minutes each. It has a softer feel than his other albums but, even to me who usually likes rip roaring tracks which take no prisoners, this is a fantastic album featuring some of the best tracks from Exposed to date. This is really saying something considering the quality of his existing output.
Tracklist:
01.Down By The Hills 03:17
02.Inside Time 06:20
03.Dragonblood 03:59
04.Magic Nights 04:38
05.Winterdream 02:52
06.The Birth 02:44
07.Introducing 02:29
08.View Into Time 04:02
09.Tales Of The Eleven 05:12
10.The Voyage 03:59
11.The Dragon And The Moon 03:50
12.Bagpipes 04:39
13.Living in the Past 04:26
14.Middle Earth 02:50
15.Nightsong 02:51
16.Wonderland 02:58
17.Solvermoon Dance 03:49
18.Bells 04:10