Search - Marshall Styler :: A Face In The Clouds

Slam dunk

Joy Owen | Central Texas USA | 09/17/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Well, so far the two out of two CDs I own of Marshall's have been amazing. His latest, Face in the Clouds, is just awesome. I can play it over and over (and have) on long trips and never get tired of its calming, soothing melodies.



I do massage part-time, and the music makes for extremely effective background. If I want to get people into the zone, there's no better way than to put on some of Marshall's tracks. Heck, forget the massage! :)



Seriously, I only write reviews on the rare occasion something has really made an impact on me. I hope you'll enjoy his music as much as I do."

Southing and relaxing music

L. Omland | New Jersey | 02/29/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a perfect CD to come home and listen too after a hectic day at work.

It makes you feel like you are floating in the Clouds. I will buy more music from Marshall Styler in the future.



A must have for your music collection."

PIANIST AND SYNTHESIST MARSHALL STYLER CREATES GENTLE, IMPRE

Cali | 10/19/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"MARSHALL STYLER

A FACE IN THE CLOUDS



For the past decade-and-a-half, pianist and synthesist Marshall Styler has been building a strong following of fans who enjoy his brand of gentle, dreamy, impressionistic new age instrumental music influenced by both strong human emotions and the Central Texas scenery he finds extremely inspirational. The music on his ninth solo album, A FACE IN THE CLOUDS, follows that same path with equally strong results.



Here is what Styler says inspired the compositions on the new CD:



The son of a fireman killed in the World Trade Center on 9/11 sees a face in the clouds and feels that his father is watching out for him from the heavens. A ballerina dances across a stream on a bridge in an autumn forest. Good friends and family, who have passed on, leave warm memories. In the early morning a neighborhood wakes and the city begins to bustle with activity. An old German town in Central Texas is surrounded by orchards, vineyards and wildflowers. Picture late-night rain on a city's downtown warehouse district, an old house on an abandoned road, and the view from the top of a dam that separates two picturesque lakes.



This is warm, soft, relaxing new age music. It is interesting that Styler is one of the few musicians who combines modern state-of-the-art synthesizers with old-school partially-analog "old school" synths as well as piano to create a unique blending of old and new which is a different sound for today's marketplace.



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