M'Ocean
Originally released in 1983 as "Light Play". Much of the material on M'ocean originated in Michael's early live performances which took place between 1978 and 1982.
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Michael Stearns fans must be in heaven this year, as he has a plethora of both new releases and reissues. M'Ocean was originally released in 1983 on cassette, a year later on CD on the long defunct Sonic Atmospheres label. Now digitally remastered and repackaged, it is thankfully available once again. The music is full of shimmering brightness, balancing low deep drones with elegant metallic highs. It is rich with texture.
I absolutely love the majestic build up on Sirens, which seems to escalate so much at the 2:00 mark that its going to crash, and indeed it does a few seconds later, passing away into oblivion, leaving tinkling bells over quiet electronic atmospheres. The music floats quietly for awhile, but then becomes incredibly intense once agai...
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Michael Stearns fans must be in heaven this year, as he has a plethora of both new releases and reissues. M'Ocean was originally released in 1983 on cassette, a year later on CD on the long defunct Sonic Atmospheres label. Now digitally remastered and repackaged, it is thankfully available once again. The music is full of shimmering brightness, balancing low deep drones with elegant metallic highs. It is rich with texture.
I absolutely love the majestic build up on Sirens, which seems to escalate so much at the 2:00 mark that its going to crash, and indeed it does a few seconds later, passing away into oblivion, leaving tinkling bells over quiet electronic atmospheres. The music floats quietly for awhile, but then becomes incredibly intense once agai...
