Guest Psylent Buddhi Posted October 16, 2000 Share Posted October 16, 2000 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest step_beyond[at]yahoo[dot]com Posted October 17, 2000 Share Posted October 17, 2000 An excellent release from Demon Tea Records,it is a classic !! Smiles : ) alexis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wasg[at]lettera[dot]net Posted December 5, 2000 Share Posted December 5, 2000 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlueSpectralMonkey Posted February 13, 2002 Share Posted February 13, 2002 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycosmo Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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