Labels:text | electronics | screenshot | font OCR: AM/FM << BASEMENT TAPES >> SYNOD INN WRITTEN & PRODUCED BY JOE WADE NARRATION BY JULIA WADE REVIEWED BY CRAIG JONES AN AM/FM EXCLUSIVE Have you ever wondered what it would be like to swim with dolphins and whales? Well now you can (without getting your feet wet) by listening to a new composition by Joe Wade. Entitled SYNODINN (after a village in mid Wales where the Marine Life Rescue Centre is based) this is 52 minutes of the most beautiful New Age music that I have heard in a long time. By using just one keyboard (the Roland D50), a sample player (the Akai S330) and an Amiga Joe manages to coax the most evocative voices, samples and effects to lead your imagination on a voyage with these intelligent creatures. Side One titled "THE THEME" is the only track on side one and is unusual in that it is a single composition lasting 26 mins (although time seems to pass you by whilst listening to it). It starts with the clicks and squeecks of the dolphins (very reminiscent to this listener of J-M-Js Waiting for Cousteau) and is soon joined by the D50 in what can be only be described as an aquatic duet. The music is frequently added to by the calls of the humpback whales and is a very hypnotic blend of nature and technology. Side Two titled "THE INNER JOURNEY" is a remixed version of Side One and has the added attraction of having Joes wife Julia narrating a meditation to aid relaxation over the top of it (dont let this put you off, it works!). This is the most relaxing way of passing 26 mins that I have come across yet. Joe has been composing this piece on and off for over a year and was finally given the capital, by a person who believed in what he was doing, to produce the tape himself, but, because of the way in which he was given the inspiration, which is described on the cassettes inlay cover, he is donating over 50% of all the proceeds raised by this tape to the International Dolphin Watch Organization, a group which is dedicated to the preservation and conservation of all dolphins and whales worldwide. So now is the chance for AM/FM readers to help wildlife, and, in the process, own a most superb recording. If you thought I liked this recording, think again, I love it! The tape costs (7.99(inc p&p U. K.only) and ú9.49(inc p&p elsewhere) and is available exclusively from :- JOE AND JULIA WADE 58 HANBURY ROAD, STOKE HEATH, BROMSGROVE WORCESTERSHIRE B60 4LU. TEL: +44 0527 874214 All cheques, postal orders, please. (All prices quoted in sterling) international money orders made payable to Joe As a footnote, Joe is considering starting up his own New Age label and is wondering whether any readers would like to be involved ? If anybody is interested (and Im sure there is) would they please submit demo tapes/enquiries to the above address and remember, New Age music only please. AM/FM
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