Mike Rowland Release Date: 14 March 2000 Format: CD Publisher: Oreade Music ISBN: 0798308802425 ISBN-10: 5555455836
The newest release from New Age legend Mike Rowland is a lovely work that explores the magical changeability of water and the nature beings associated with it. Combining the gentle strains of the piano with melodic, synthesized strings, Rowland breathes life into the twelve ethereal tracks including "Neptune," "Dance of the Twin Sylphs," "Pisces," "Out of the Blue" and "Grace." The result is a sensitive, hauntingly beautiful album of grace and simplicity that listeners will want to immerse themselves in time and again.
Track Listing
1 Neptune 04:15
2 Star to Guide You 05:34
3 Never Alone 02:36
4 Fly Away 05:31
5 Dance of the Twin Sylphs 06:04
6 Grace 03:45
7 Out of the Blue 01:41
8 Pisces 03:28
9 Lady from the Lake 05:06
10 Out of the Mist 03:41
11 Garden of Treasures 04:51
12 Longing for you 06:59
About the Artist Mike Rowland is a British composer and artist who touches and inspires people all over the world with his relaxation music. His sensitivity and musical talent in combination with his involvement in his audience and nature results in unique piano compositions. Mike begins composing music as a young adult, having learned the piano as a boy. When he is a little older, he travels a lot and learns to listen; not so much to different types of music but to the sounds of nature.
His musical career begins with a stroll through a forest in Stanstead, in the early eighties. While he is walking, he suddenly hears, out of nowhere, beautiful almost unworldly music. This experience affects him profoundly. Back at home he plays the music he has heard in the forest and that still lingers in his head, on the piano and records it with a microphone and a simple cassette player. This results in his first album, The Fairy Ring, a new age classic that sold more than a million copies and is considered one of the most important releases in healing music to this date. More relaxation and healing albums follow, all highly successful.