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Another Slumberlicious experience...mighty tasty...

okkarma | all along the watchtower | 06/26/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Ok, so i admit to falling hook, line and sinker for the first Slumberland CD but this new more energetic episode matches it note for note in q-u-a-l-i-t-y -- another finely crafted compilation from the waveform kitchens! Be sure to check out Klaus Schulze's mesmirizing 18 minute ending "Druck" track with former Santana percussionist Michael Shrieve along with apparently none other than his sidekick Carlos Santana playing guitar (uncredited for all the usual reasons) along with Ashra guitarist Manuel Gottsching and of course Schulze! Is that cool or what?"

Fantasic Compilation CD

Guardian of the Zen Sea | Looking after the sun and surf | 03/07/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Hey it even has CANADIANS on it!!! This is a great compilation CD of electronic, ambient, slow trance music. From start to finish the music flows well, has a lot of depth and interest and comes to a satisfying close. A nice, astral experience. I am a real fan of Mychael Danna and Tim Clement (the CANADIANS), and you get a lovely cut from some of their earlier collaborative work on this CD. You also get one of Tim Clement's really remarkable music with a message tracks (Beautiful Lady). This is an interpretation of a dream experience as narrated by an insightful male voice. Now, don't get put off!!! These tracks he produces using experiences set to music are very hard to describe but fascinating to listen to. I had several calls and even received snail mail inquiries about *Beautiful Lady* when I played it on a Public Radio program in Alaska. Overall, this is a wonderful CD, and I think it is even better than the first *Slumberland* compilation. Waveform puts out some finely selected music, and this is no exception. Give it a chance if you like interesting electronic soundscapes with melody...."

Eerie, Atmospheric Electronics

chuggy | south of the border | 11/20/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"There is a fascinating state of reality that is equal parts of sleeping, dreaming and being awake. It is sometimes labeled "Slumber." If we can accept the premise that in the bigger picture of existence there is no such thing as "time," but instead just the passing of events in a linear, measured fashion, then we can also accept that we have spent literal eternities in this "state of Slumber."The first installment of the Slumberland compilation series presented dreamy, atmospheric recordings, as one possible interpretation of our state of slumber. In "Episode Two : Awake & Dreaming," the direction is toward a more energetic form of musical expression that ventures into that realm we loosely define as the spirit world.There are some timeless classics here, including Canadian Tim Clement's disembodied, "Beautiful Lady" and the mesmerizing 18:33 minute opus, "Druck," from German electronic music pioneer Klaus Schulze's "Richard Wahnfried" project -- which includes performances from Shulze, former Santana percussionist Michael Shireve and his famous sidekick guitarist fictionally named here as "Karl Wahnfried," as well as Ashra guitarist Manuel Gottsching."Slumberland Episode Two" is both eerie and exotic. It therefore encompasses a substantial portion of our sensory environment and that strangely familiar place that has come to be known as ... "Slumberland.""