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Lotus Land - Gandalf
Price: $14.95
The longing for a place where all
creatures may live in perfect harmony and
peace is probably as old as mankind itself.
All our striving and struggling on Earth
is initiated by this deep and insatiable
longing. It appears that what we are searching
for is much closer than we might imagine.
It is not a place in this nor in another
world but much more a state of our own consciousness.
It is in the eyes of our children and our
beloved ones and it is right inside our
heart, like the sleeping seed of a lotus.
If we learn to develop pure and unconditional
love for all living beings, we will find
the key to the most precious heavenly gift.
Our love unlocks the gates to the Light
that makes the lotus unfold its marvelous
blossom, shining brighter than a million
diamonds.
Music being played from the very depth of
the heart reflects a glimpse of the secret
paradise within all of us, the boundless
eternal Lotus Land.
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Track Listing
1. A
Seed Dreaming Inside 6:27
2. Life
is Love 7:06
3. Where
the Heart Finds a Home 6:40
4. Love
Opens the Gates 7:05
5. Just
a Glimpse of Paradise 4:14
6. Mystic
Voyage 7:11
7. A
Heavenly Gift 4:22
8. The
Lotus Unfolds 5:10
9. Waves
of Delight 7:57
Reviews
"Very little is cooler & more exciting,
new-age-musically speaking, than opening a pack
of promo CDs and finding a new release from Gandalf,
the Austrian musician who took his stage name
from Mr. Wizard of Lord of the Rings. He's the
cut-above in the new age world, 'new classical'
is what he's been called by some, where you can
actually listen to the music, or just have it
roll over you in the background.
Lotus Land is in ways
much like his earlier releases, but much different,
in that you're not going 'Oh it?s the same damn
thing!' You can play it over and over, the same
smooth rolling guitars, keys, English horn; a
bit more sitar this time, melodies reprising when
you don't expect it, just very nice driving-in-the-dark
or I-have-that-special-someone kind of music.
Could be the orchestration, the fact that he uses
a variety of instruments, it's well thought out
what plays where, it's all lush and peaceful and
does what it's supposed to do.
I like 'Life is Love,' which takes a sitar into
a more western sonic landscape; that same simple
melody comes back later in the CD, a bit more
subtly. This Sitar comes back in 'Just a Glimpse
of Paradise,' which almost gives you just a glimpse
of the tune from "Life if Love." The
start of Mystic Voyage has a great sounding 'synth
pad over bells' going, then in comes the piano;
it's how he handles the simplest of chords that
makes much of this so nice.
Remember the land of the lotus eaters from The
Odyssey? If you ate the lotus, you were really
really happy and wouldn't care about your wife,
kids, or the rest of your life. This won't quite
do that, but it'll 'take you away' in a very nice
way. Very pretty stuff."
-Jerry Rabushka, Music Reviewer
"Another artist with a history of strong
albums, Lotus Land picks up where Gandalf
left off with Sacred
River. Once again, Asian spiritual
undercurrents are omnipresent, with a nice rhythmic
mix of guitar, winds, piano and ethereal synths.
A pretty album, not to mention that it’s
sure to set a lush, mellow mood."
- Music Design
"Gandalf makes no secret right from the title
about how he wants this to be your next yoga session
soundtrack. At once peaceful and spiritually uplifting,
this set of gentle and graceful music is state
of the art audio getaway for life in a stressed
world."
- Chris Spector, Midwest Records
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