"Storm"
Reviewer: michaeleve from Miami, Florida
Less techno and more exploratory
than 'The Violin Player' - her previous non classical album.
Here Vanessa Mae get's into all sorts of sounds, moods and feelings.
Some of the influences are Chinese 'Happy Valley', Latin 'Leyenda',
French 'Embrasse Moi' and even one than conjured up, for me anyway,
a western saloon with dancing girls - '(I) Can Can (you)' There
are adaptations of classical songs 'Bach Street Prelude', Scotish
Poetry 'Doun', a hymn 'The Blessed Spirits' and a monster disco
hit from the '70's - Donna Summer's 'I Feel Love'. Yep, I think
that qualifies this album as experimental, but more importantly
- does it sound good? Fortunately it does. I say fortunately
because with all the various mixes, it could have ended up sounding
like a cacophany rather than anything symphonic. As it is there
is one track that is a little jarring - 'Retro'. The best pieces
for me are the title track 'Storm' - lovely sythesized thunder,
'Leyenda', 'Aurora''I Feel Love' and 'Doun', which contrary to
what the CD sleeve says - is not a Robbie Burns poem. |
