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The Scent of Light | 
 enlarge | Artist: Ottmar Liebert + Luna Negra
Label: Spiral Subwave Records International LLC
Category: Music
List Price: $16.99
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 970
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 2012
UPC: 678277164826
EAN: 0678277164826
ASIN: B001AR019M
Release Date: June 17, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Up Close: Beginning | | • | Streetlight (Marseille, August 1999) | | • | Silence: No More Longing (Utah, May 2005) | | • | Firelight (Cranada, February 1992) | | • | Morning Light (Khan, October 2006) | | • | The River: Writing in Water (India, November 1978) | | • | Candlelight (Xiao Rem, February 2008) | | • | Three Days Without You | | • | Moonlight (Koeln, April 2007) | | • | Up Close: Embrace |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
With one of his two 2008 releases, emThe Scent of Light/em, Nouveau Flamenco pioneer Ottmar Liebert opens up his music into horizons that are new, yet also recall his 1993 CD, emThe Hours Between Night + Day/em. Like that album, many of the songs here are inspired by Liebert's travels, and similarly, rather than fiery flamenco, he takes a more introspective path with subtle, spacious arrangements. Ambient music, which he explored in the 1990s on emOpium/em, remains an influence in Liebert's music. He uses electronics to gently shape the acoustic space around his guitar and band with reverse percussion echoes on "Firelight," call and response guitars on "The River: Writing in Water," and a tamboura drone and tabla on the haunting "Candlelight." Mellotron flutes and reverse guitar bring "Moonlight," the most arresting melody on the album, to a haunting close as it dissolves into birds and wind. The centerpiece of emThe Scent of Light/em is "Silence, No More Longing." It's an 11 minute excursion that builds from a solo flamenco alap to multi-tracked guitars adding ambient electronics, bass, percussion, and finally unleashing a quiet electric storm from guitarist Stephen Duros. Like the album, it takes you from a world of interior ruminations to exterior vistas. -- emJohn Diliberto/em
Product Description
While bThe Scent of Light/b is Ottmar Liebert + Luna Negra's first studio album featuring the band since 2004's bLa Semana/b, the recording picks up on the spacial sensibility of the recent binaural CD bUp Close/b by spreading the sound across the full stereo field to create superb listening depth. While Ottmar has stepped away from the recent minimalism of his 2007 Grammy nominated solo album bOne Guitar/b, you still sense the high resolution, beautiful clarity, and live combo dynamic. It's a layered recording, with the multiple guitars, basses, keyboards percussion subtly exchanging altitude, rooms, and dimensions. The excellent detailing and positioning leaves a lot of space for the imagination to roam, resulting in a big sound, big pictures, big stories.
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| Customer Reviews:
ENCHANTING! December 2, 2008
librababe (Littleton, CO)
Another marvelous album by Ottmar Liebert! Whenever I play it, I always make certain to hit "Repeat"!
Beautiful - Everyone should own this!! December 1, 2008
irene (new york city)
I turn my cable tv station to the soundscape channel when I want to relax and I have been finding that a lot of beautiful music I would not normally hear on the radio or tv or otherwise is on this channel. I dont know who this man is but he is very talented and touches the soul. This is one of the best albums I have ever heard in my life and it made me feel so good. I am buying them for Xmas gifts to give to friends.
The Scent of Light November 25, 2008
Dr Adam Weiss (Buffalo Grove,IL.)
Ottmar does it again. The sounds are crisp and the tempo is one of a kind. I never get tired to listening to this cd. A big fan and it's nice to hear without the brass this time around. Highly recommended!
TSOL September 6, 2008
Ana H. C. Smith (TX USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Ottmart Liebert music is usually a pleasure to listen to. An this last album is among the best he has realeased along with Winter Rose, Poets and Angels. He understand the music and the "moods" that goes with it. A must listen to.
Superb! September 1, 2008
R. Anderson (San Diego,CA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have been listening to Ottmar for many years. This is an awesome achievement on his part, I think. I have not stopped listening since I bought it. A definite must for Ottmar fans!
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