KINGDOM COME

New Age or relaxation music........... whatever.

I have to admit that this type of music is not for me so please feel free to ignore the star given. Read my description of the music instead and make up your own mind if you want to invest in this album or not. Giving out stars here is a bit pointless.

The music here is...... well....... very film music like with long passages of keyboards, some electric and acoustic guitars and........ well, that's it. There is hardly any change of rhythms here and sadly, no melodies either. The tracks just floats into each other with no meaning whatsoever. Relaxing music ? This album seems underdeveloped and incoherent. I have also paid money for this album. That makes my blood boil. I am therefore not relaxed. Not the slightest. The programmed machine drums, a nasty throwback to the 1980s, also makes it hard to relax. But the bottom line is; I do not see the point of this album. If I want to relax; silence is the best way. What is wrong with silence ? I think silence is an undervalued entity. So where is the market for an album where nothing happens during seventy-two minutes ? I don't know. This is not for me, I am afraid.

1 star

US artist JEREMY has released albums as Jeremy and Jeremy Morris since the early 80's, and has a back catalog so extensive that it dwarfs the output of artists with a much longer pedigree, and one that tends to hold a consistently high quality at that. "Kingdom Come" dates back to 2002, and was released through Jeremy's own label JAM Records.

Instrumental landscapes of an ambient nature is what Jeremy's 2002 album "Kingdom Come" is all about, with references to artists such as Gandalf and to some extent Tangerine Dream for the most electronic dominated parts of the contents, but where the greater majority of the landscapes explored contain acoustic or psychedelic elements that in sum makes this production one not directly comparable to those fairly well known providers of ambient and electronic landscapes respectively. Sophisticated ambient music with psychedelic and pastoral elements is probably the best way for me to summarize my impressions about this CD, especially if the word sophisticated is used in this context as well. And if that sounds like compelling music for you, I suspect you'll find much to enjoy on this disc.