View Larger
Rate it!
Avg: 4.5 (14 ratings)
- Date Released: April 27, 2004
- Genre: New Age
- Label: Real Music
-
They Say...
Even as Real Music kicks up its release schedule to include more Eastern meditation projects, the label has committed to more pop-minded new age artists who beautifully blend relaxing atmospheres with tight, colorful melodies and grooves. Pianist/composer Omar thanks piano legend David Lanz in his liner notes, and like Lanz has done recently, takes a radio-friendly smooth jazz sojourn on many of the tracks here. Every other track alternates between soaring, self-produced atmospheric and exotic pieces and more in-the-pocket rhythmic tunes produced by smooth jazz keyboardist Gregg Karukas (who has also produced Lanz). Working with top outside musicians (from violinist Charlie Bisharat to saxman Eric Marienthal), Omar creates a wonderfully diverse collection which allows him to remain firmly at center stage. On the title track, his sensual musings are given dreamy and elegant harmonic support from Bisharat, while other pieces involve interaction with strings and percussion ("Passage Into Midnight") or gentle, electronic grooves. No label release would be complete without some ode to Indian instrumentation, and Omar's nod to the Orient is the sensuous and atmospheric "Beauty Unveiled," which begins in an ambient trance state with intermingling sitar and flute before the pianist enters and begins a more upbeat adventure. For all the lush production values, it's Omar's piano, beautiful in its elegance and rich in its quiet rhythmic power, that proves the most unforgettable element.
“ The indie iTunes — Hardcore music fans are migrating to eMusic, the iTunes Music Store's cheaper, cooler cousin.”
Rolling Stone
eMusic Tip
Paid downloads are counted towards an album discount but free downloads are not.
COMPLETE FOR FREE!
You can download the rest of the tracks from this album for free! Just click the Complete Album button.
We’re sorry this album can only be downloaded using paid subscription download credits.
We recommend you Save it for Later by clicking the Save for Later button shown just above this message. For a list of related albums you can download right now, check out these recommendations.
| 01. |  |
Free as a Bird |
5:05 |
|
| 02. | |
Passage into Midnight |
4:23 |
|
| 03. | |
A Day With You |
5:09 |
|
| 04. | |
Falling Through the Rain |
4:48 |
|
| 05. | |
Beauty Unveiled |
4:27 |
|
| 06. | |
Dancing With the Wind |
4:53 |
|
| 07. | |
Surrender |
6:42 |
|
| 08. | |
Riding the Current |
4:00 |
|
| 09. | |
Never Let Go |
3:35 |
|
| 10. | |
Trust Unspoken |
4:01 |
|
| 11. | |
Flight of Mystery |
5:04 |
|
11 Total Tracks, 52:07 Total Length
Loading...
Playlists If you like Omar, check out these member playlists
Credits
- Gregg Karukas - Arranger // Gregg Karukas - Arranger // Gregg Karukas - Keyboards // Gregg Karukas - Keyboards // Gregg Karukas - Producer // Gregg Karukas - Producer // Gregg Karukas - Drum Programming // Gregg Karukas - Drum Programming // Gregg Karukas - Mixing // Gregg Karukas - Mixing // Gregg Karukas - Overdub Engineer // Gregg Karukas - Overdub Engineer // Gregg Karukas - Percussion Programming // Gregg Karukas - Percussion Programming // Charlie Bisharat - Violin // Pedro Eustache - Flute // Pedro Eustache - Nay // Pedro Eustache - Duduk // Eric Marienthal - Sax (Soprano) // Ramon Stagnaro - Guitar // Chris Bellman - Mastering // Robert Sebree - Photography // Caroline Myss - Quotes Researched & Compiled // Omar - Piano // Omar - Producer // Robin Algaze - Art Direction // Robin Algaze - Design // David Dial - Synthesizer // David Dial - Arranger // Alex Galas - Bouzouki // James Karukas - Piano Technician
Choose from over 6 million
music downloadseMusic features legendary and emerging artists in every genre: classic rock to classical,indie to international, soundtracks to spiritual, jazz to country and many more.
MP3 downloads work on any digital media player
With eMusic, you OWN your music without any restrictions. Burn music to a CD, play it on your computer, mobile phone or any digital media player - including iPod®, Zune® and Walkman®.
Songs available for 50¢ or less
eMusic subscriptions start at just $11.99 a month for 24 downloads - that's just 50¢ per song! And it gets better from there - our plans go as low as 42¢ per song!
Music Discovery
eMusic is about discovery. We make finding new music fun again with music recommendations from our award-winning team of music experts, member playlists and new music features.
Cancel anytime
With all the great music and site features we're pretty sure you will love eMusic. If not, no problem. You can cancel at any time and keep the music you have downloaded.
© 1992 - 2009 All Media Guide, LLC