TALE FROM A LONG FORGOTTEN KINGDOM

• Dance Of The Fairy-Children Visions , 1981
• Phase 4 Gate To Infinity The Universal Play, 1987
• Stones Of Wisdom The Stones Of Wisdom, 1992
• Face In The Mirror Gallery Of Dreams (featuring Steve Hackett), 1992
• The Ancient Secret Path Barakaya - Trees Water Life, 1997

Insufferable new age-ish muzak laced in with heroic fantasy, make this album a real dud!! The kind of music tailored for people playing way too much D&D games beit in their living room or intthe woods with the ruins of an old house serving as dungeon. This is the kind of stuff Eno missed upon when he did his Ambient Music series: Ambient Music for Old Castle Ruins.......;-)

All kidding aside , this mid-80's album is filled with boring stuff (however filled with analog Kbs and some acoustic instruments) rates as a second rate Oldfield or third rate JM Jarre! If you really want to indulge in some of that music , I may advise you to look (and hear) early Bo Hanson material. Much meatier (even for the vegetarians) and all together much better executed.

Send comments to Sean Trane (BETA) | Report this review (#45732) | Review Permalink
Posted Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Beautiful music to chill out to in my experience. Having only recently discovered Gandalfs music by his association with Steve Hackett on Gallery of Dreams, and finding something very appealing in that I decided to investigate Gandalfs canon in a bit more depth (albeit warily) as this sort of ... (read more)

Report this review (#84061) | Posted by Gog/Magog | Tuesday, July 18, 2006 | Review Permanlink

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