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Dr Bogenbroom Group: Members Posts: 57 Joined: June 2015 Posted: July 31 2015, 08:04 I haven't heard half of Mike's output yet, but I've come back to Islands quite a bit as it is so good, but do you think it's an odd album? I refer mainly to Wind Chimes, which changes tempo a lot after what seem like short snippets of great music. No criticism as I love it, but I wonder how he came to compose such a piece of music? The construction is very eccentric. -------------- Dancing the Entropy Tango Back to top

qcfoetus Group: Members Posts: 111 Joined: April 2013 Posted: July 31 2015, 16:32 Brace yourself for Amarok and Music from the balcony! All joking aside, perhaps there's a pattern here. Mike's music seems to have gotten mellower after the Virgin era ending in 1991. Back to top

Dr Bogenbroom Group: Members Posts: 57 Joined: June 2015 Posted: Aug. 01 2015, 03:22 Quote (qcfoetus @ July 31 2015, 16:32) Brace yourself for Amarok and Music from the balcony! All joking aside, perhaps there's a pattern here. Mike's music seems to have gotten mellower after the Virgin era ending in 1991. I'm not far from reaching Amarok now, but I've been mostly exploring all the different Tubular Bells recordings, including II and III. -------------- Dancing the Entropy Tango Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Aug. 05 2015, 10:13 Quote (Dr Bogenbroom @ July 31 2015, 08:04) No criticism as I love it, but I wonder how he came to compose such a piece of music? The construction is very eccentric. It may have something to do with the "multimedia" aspect of the album, as it was released in VHS with lots of computer-generated visuals and whatnot. I've never watched the whole video, but I figure it would be more visually interesting if the music was very dynamic with several radical changes. As it has been mentioned, the trend was carried forth to Amarok and Music from the Balcony, so I guess Mike liked the style and found it worthwhile to explore it further (thankfully! ). What I find the oddest about this record is the production; all airy, slick and metallic; very, very 80's. Also, it's notorious for me personally, as it has my least favourite Mike Oldfield song of all time (Magic Touch). But I really dig Flying Start. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

sEIGu Group: Members Posts: 59 Joined: Feb. 2001 Posted: May 18 2016, 09:54 Everything was very "Fairlight" that days. The video to "the wind chimes" was done complete on the Fairlight CVI. -------------- sEIGu Back to top

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