Search - Kenneth Newby :: Ecology of Souls

Don't know what you're missing!

M. Watkins | 04/25/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I bought Ecology of Souls years ago while visiting

San Francisco's Amoeba Records and it was one of the

best items I picked up (along with some Alio Die).

Ecology of Souls would typically come under the ethno-

ambient brand of music - a brand I had heard quite a bit

of as it had become a bit more accessible to mainstream

listeners and made popular by everyone from Steve Roach

and Robert Rich to Engigma, among others.



The market did reach a saturation point though and a lot

of what was coming out was starting to sound the same. As

a result, I moved away from buying much of it. However,

there are worthy releases that stand away from the crowd, and

Ecology of Souls is a strong and rewarding effort. There is

some real hoo-doo on this disk. It's simply a wonderful and

mysterious sounding cd that conveys a sense that one has

penetrated into the remains of some deep Peruvian-like jungle

and encountered the rarely seen but often rumored. Synths and

flutes convey us down the Congo of the Collective Unconscious

and aurally reminds us that what may have been forgotten may

once again arise.



Well, that's just my way of saying that I just felt there was

something special about this album that is otherwise not easy

to express.



I recommend it for those into ethnic, ambient, ethno-ambient music

- even those who may have grown shy of it over the years. Ecology

of Souls is an original offering that defies an easy catagory or

comparison, yet remian confident in its power to convey its awareness

of mankind's inherent mystery.



"

Very Good

Oliver OZ | New York, NY USA | 08/24/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Not just your average New Age music. You can feel that there was a lot of research done in the composition. One of the very best I have heard."