Diese CD hatte ich seit längerer Zeit verloren und nun bei Amazon gefunden. Die bestellte CD ist nagelneu. Ich liebe diesen tollen Sound und bin wieder total relaxt und sage Namasté
As a subscriber to Radioio.com, one day I heard a fantastic remix of Conjure One's "Tears From The Moon" on the Beat channel. I had to have it. After some research on Cduniverse.com, I found this album on amazon (slightly cheaper). This CD has two disks. The first has all of the tracks listed above. The second CD has 4 remixes, each (about) 10 minutes long. DISC 2: BONUS DISC: 1. Tears From The Moon - (Hybrid's twisted on the terrace mix) 2. Redemption - (Max Graham's dead sea mix) 3. Sleep - (Ian Van Dahl mix) 4. Tears From The Moon - (Robbie Rivera mix) The Hybrid remix is particularly outstanding, and was the reason why I bought the CD. The other remixes are pretty good too, but the Hybrid stands out. As for disk #1 with the original songs: They are all very good. Atmospheric Middle-Eastern sounds is how to best describe it. If you liked Sting's "Desert Rose," then add a bit more syth and expand the accented singing and unique instruments, and you have a basic idea of this cd's sound. If you go to cduniverse, you can hear samples from all the tracks on both disks.
It's not often that both halves of an effective partnership can go solo with and still maintain high levels of creativity without self-indulgence, but both Leeb and Fulber have done it, much to my delight. Fulber has made the computer /mixing board a virtuoso instrument a la the Stradivarius violin--it adds a sound all its own, but serves mainly as a tool to express the musical invention of the composer. And what invention! Drawing on a world of musical traditions, primarily middle Eastern, with classical, eastern European, jazz, rock, and disco rhythms and melodies, Fulber has woven an intricate musical tapestry without a single false note. It could not have been done without amazing technology, yet at back, there is very much the heart and soul of gifted musicians. My personal favorite is track 6, "Redemption", but all have something to offer, if you like this hard-to-characterize genre of "New-Age-World-Techno-Synth." I don't know why other mediocrities (I won't name names) are the darlings of the media, while talent of this magnitude is never mentioned at Grammy time, but at least those of us who appreciate the genius of originality, melody, rhythm, and harmony have something to savor until the next Delerium or Conjure One Album comes out.
If I could give this 4 1/2 stars I would. Conjure One's first album is a beautiful introduction to their sound - surreal, spacious, with a bit of a Middle Eastern flair. There are several "similar" bands out there, like Balligomingo, Delerium and Dreamside, and I like them as well, but C1 is truly in a class by itself as its sound is the most unique and distinctive. There is really nothing else that sounds quite like C1, so I find this band scratching an itch that no one else can reach. The only reason why I would hesitate to give it a full 5 stars is that Exilarch takes this sound to the next level - a level you might not have suspected existed if you had listened to this excellent album alone. The only real weak point is Tears from the Moon, but even that isn't bad, just not great and not quite a good fit with the rest of the album.