Marc is quite a new comer yet he takes you on for a pleasure ride like a maestro through his Unbounded. Composed of 12 tracks, the album feels like a fragrance of memories tuned to your memories. As Marc puts it on his video preview of his album, the album is an “Escape”, escape from this world of limited reality into unbounded world of thoughts.

I re-lived my whole life up until now, listening this beautiful album, some most joyful and some most painful. Particularly, listening to Night in the Seine and Solitary Journey, I felt like reading through the pages of In Memoriam by Alfred Lord Tennyson — the memories of a loved ones who are no more…

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The track listing of the album:

1. Forbidden Island
2. Taken Away
3. Unbounded
4. On to Forever
5. Moonlit Dreams
6. Kalliope’s Courtyard
7. Empire Bluff
8. Memories in the Sand
9. The Summit
10. Mare Nostrum
11. Night in the Seine
12. Solitary Journey

I remember still, that I didn’t answer my own question. What’s cinematic piano, BTW? Listening to Unbounded, I felt there is some ‘new’ness… some harmony… I felt the depth of emotions contained in it but what’s ‘cinematic’ about it? Video preview is quite helpful to understand it. I felt like taken to Titanic and then through the misty clouds of DreamWorks. But still, it doesnt answer fully. Well, I’m no better to explain that than Marc himself. I had a few ‘email’ chat with Marc on his music and here he answers…

Marc: Cinematic piano is a blend of beautiful piano melodies with touching orchestral arrangements to create emotionally charged themes like those heard in dramatic film scenes.

Shankar: Are you bringing in a new genre (sub-genre) by your music, which you call Cinematic Piano?

Marc: Yes I would like to. I have found a few artists with a similar style but not many. I would like to create a new category of music in this style so it becomes a recognized sub-genre. Not sure if it will happen but that would be very nice.

Shankar: What will be your future albums like…. Can one expect “Cinematic piano” style?

Marc:Yes…you can expect Cinematic Piano for the next album.

Shankar: Where do you draw inspiration for your music?

Marc: Musical influences include Jim Brickman, Yanni, 2002, Tim Janis, James Horner (film composer).

Shankar: Do you practice any kind of meditation or intend your music to help listeners to meditate or relax deeply?

Marc: The music has helped many listeners relax, become calm, deal with pain management, enjoy a massage, perform yoga, etc. So yes, it has that side benefit.

Shankar: Whom do you thank for your wonderful music talent?

Marc: My mother and grandfather. My mom is very musical (sings and plays piano) and her father was a country music radio pioneer (you can read about this at http://MarcEnfroy.com/about.html )

That’s all for the brief chat we had. Marc also gives a free mp3 music when you join his newsletter. And he ‘talks’ with you really, hears your voice and doesn’t make you feel like your emails go to his spam bucket. I think that’s very cool to feel like being a close group.

Where to buy Unbounded? Unbounded goes on sale on August 26, 2008 at http://MarcEnfroy.com. CD’s can be pre-ordered at MarcEnfroy.com between August 1 and August 25, 2008 (buy 1 CD, get a 2nd CD for half off during the pre-sale promotion). Once the CD is officially released on August 26, it will be available for purchase at MarcEnfroy.com, CDfreedom.com, iTunes, Napster.com, eMusic.com, Rhapsody.com and AmazonMP3.com.

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All the dreams there are to know
Paint the sky with stars
Who has paced the midnight sky?
So a spirit has to fly
As the heavens seem so far
Now who will paint the midnight star?

Night has brought to those who sleep
Only dreams they cannot keep
I have legends in the deep
Paint the sky with stars
Who has paced the midnight sky?
So a spirit has to fly
As the heavens seem so far
Now who will paint the midnight star?
Place a name upon the night

One to set your heart alight
And to make the darkness bright
Paint the sky with stars.

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Primarily a composer, Dimo Mitchev developed a keen ear for the ethnical sounds of the world’s many musical styles, like mostly exposed to Medieval and Renaissance music.
These experiences, along with an appreciation for the inherent beauty of the sounds lead him far away from his homeland into the cold Moscow, where he recorded “Bard’s Fly” with the help of students from Russian Academy of Music (Gnesin).

Most of the compositions revolve around the classical instruments as harp, violin, violoncello, bassoon, oboe, flute and etc. In the context of his music, however the mix of Ancient and Modern helps to transport the listener into new realms bound only by the imagination.

When listening to his music, one can feel a concern for the planet and an awareness of the dangers to life in a shrinking world. But there is also a sense of hope and a positive life energy that balances these concerns. In a world facing complex and overwhelming difficulty, his music creates an atmosphere of calm, peace and understanding.

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Since when I got this album last week, I kept listening to it for I don’t want to take a quick sip and base my review on it. First, I like to thankful for the Goldin’s wonderful work of art. Having a taste for Wordsworth, Francis Thompson, Robert Frost and so forth, I couldn’t keep myself away from commenting on the simple yet deep moving thoughts and feelings captured through the lyrics–short crisp well chosen words, to be concise.

Into light
Into sound
Into time
Let love surround
Let love surround

Lyric (from Deliverance of the Heart) as simple as above through her enigmatic voice conveys a lot, emphasizing the lines in the liner notes:

Noting the lack of lyric-centric works in contemporary New Age music, through Origins Jillian emphasizes her belief that words and music together have the potential to traverse exciting terrain, weaving an elaborate tapestry of sound and thought that is unique to one’s own perceptions.  The album is as much an exploration in text as in music, unified by themes of mystery, plight, and catharsis.

Reading the credit section of the album, I was quite surprised to note that Jillian Goldin has written the lyric for all songs, performed all of them and composed music for most of them. Origins composed of 9 vocal tracks and 2 instrumental tracks (11 in total) is a creation of Jillian Goldin (lyric, music, and performance) and Andrew Aversa who has taken the production and Engineering for the album.

Track Listing

1. Hajime
2. Red July
3. The Winds of Change
4. The Secret Guards of Kalé
5. Wildland                             (Instrumental)
6. Twilight Chaser
7. To the Forgotten Temple…    (Instrumental)
8. Breathe and Dive
9. Avalon
10. Shadows
11. Deliverance of the Heart

To be fair, I must acknowledge that the very first track Hajime hasnt impressed me anyway. I felt the lyric howsoever good doesn’t fit into the music and the music seemed like a foot cutout (and puffed in) to fit the size of the shoe. Except for that track, I enjoyed listening to Origins and it’s a worthy collection in my music library both for its literary and musical value. I wish Jillian Goldin and Andrew Aversa a very good future and look forward for more promising albums in future, also.

PS: About the Enya vs Goldin stuff, I still feel that Enya stands apart for what her music feels like. Goldin may or may not be compared to Enya, but all that, I feel, cannot be concluded by Origins, alone. Time decides….

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