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Mantaray - Numinous Island

 

Artist: Mantaray

Title: Numinous Island

Label: Silent

Date: 1995

 

Track listing:

 

01. 05'15" Discovery

02. 03'34" Omniscient

03. 03'39" Auric Field

04. 02'12" Looking Glass

05. 02'59" Mountain Priest

06. 02'14" Messenger Of The Gods

07. 02'53" Floating Chrysanthemum

08. 03'58" Remote Ritual

09. 02'21" Ancestral Echo

10. 02'04" Procession

11. 02'58" Ascension

12. 01'10" The Undiscovered Tribe

13. 01'40" Pilgrimage

14. 04'04" Zentrical Wheel

15. 02'21" Tantric Vine

16. 02'16" Koori Dream Spirits

17. 03'15" Clairvoyance

18. 02'49" Anima Mundi

19. 05'12" Enlightenment

20. 07'07" Departure

 

Review:

 

A fantastic, ambient album. Pure Magic. Simply unbelievable. I can't really

find the words that will do this justice. It's just such a marvellous journey.

For the record, then Mantaray is Ray Castle and Susuma Yokota. Anyway, back to

the review, this album is probably one of the most complete and perfect,

chill-out/ambient albums I have ever heard. It's very tribal, with a lot of

natural sounds, very organic, very vivid and at times so weird and surreal.

But somehow it never gets too weird, it doesn't get too complicated, it

doesn't loose the direction and just head of to nowhere. It remains so

indescribably beautiful. Not because it has a lot of cheesy, cute melodies

(there are actually very few regular melodies in this album), but because

Numinous Island is an expression of something very deep and profound. Like I

said, I can't describe it, you have to hear it! It was with this album I first

realized and experienced the power of music. This album is one of the few

musical pieces which is effectively able to change my mood. No matter how sad

or depressed I am, this makes me fly. Because basically this is a very

successful attempt to describe everything beautiful about the world. Most of

the Individual tracks are very short, which means you can't listen to one

track of this album, you have to listen to the album in its entirety. The

tracks are mixed together so it's one complete journey, from the beginning to

the end. I doubt that this is album that can be found in regular stores

anymore. Too old and too unknown for that I guess. But if you do find it,

don't let it go!! It probably takes some listening before you really grasp the

realms of this album, but once you do, you won't be disappointed! It's a real

gem! Plur - Psylent Buddhi

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  • 1 month later...
Guest wasg[at]lettera[dot]net

This album is great. Aussie Goa's legend Rays Casttle and Susuma Yokota in

Manta Ray make one of the best chill out (and all styles) performances. Worth

to get one!

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Guest BlueSpectralMonkey

ooooh i got it. and its niiiiiice, you know you want it. chillin instruments,

warm, exotic magick. its good because its older and pre-genre. any ambient

lover should have this , like me. love

www.orangebrainunlimited.com

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  • 4 years later...

I only discovered this one a few years ago but I love love love it. One of the best chillout albums in my collection, so mystical and magical.

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