Blue Wolf Reviews

Tag: drifting

  • Time Traveler

    Time Traveler

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    2002 or the wonderfully talented duo of Randy and Pamela Copus have released their 2024 album Time Traveller, a small masterpiece in ambient music, which in composition and styles spans the years since their first release Wings in 1992.

    Since those early years their distinctive sound has changed, influenced by many varying style of music being incorporated into their compositions. The most notable over the past eight years is, the addition of their daughter Sarah to the group, a young, multitalented performer within her own standing.

    Time Traveller takes a whimsical journey across the seas of time in a beautiful craft woven of magic and gossamer, to discover destinations yet unfound. Casting off with The Morning Breeze, a rich and sumptuous piece of violin, guitar and flute the sails are set, the delicate craft then to be led by Falling Stars, charting a course of harp, soft percussion and soft ambient wash.

    Time flows by and the Seasons Fade floating by on delicate colours of change, each season captured in small but perfect segments woven into one singular thread created with the use of harp, piano, synth and guitar.

    Love of my life is gently discovered with the use of flute, piano and washes of sound in an etheric song of pure romance, hinting at a time long ago when romance was celebrated in heartfelt song and verse.

    Is the Time Traveler the one of dreams and mystery or a nebulous form that is sought in reflective moments in time? Only you, the journeyman will know before The End of the Journey arrives in dulcet tones, the little craft coming safely into a world Beyond the Veil; a place peace and great beauty.

    But the Essence of a Dream is palpable, floating tantalisingly within recall, but distant, captured in a dreamy, almost mesmeric song.   Adrift in Memory offers a safe haven to reflect, to return to years past in acceptance and wonder before the final song Where Are You is discovered; a song of lightness, clear purpose and perfect for returning the soul to the mortal realm, guided by the pure voice of an angel.

    Time Traveler is a story in song which takes the emotions of the listener on a journey into a world of wonderment, peace and reflection. Whether 2002 intended the music to have such a profound effect is unknown, but the emotion and pure love encapsulated within each song will make this a deeply personal time of enjoyment and reflection, as the music softly wraps you in a gentle barque upon which to sail the seas of life.

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  • Clear Light

    Clear Light

    Switching, or rather returning too to new age electronic ambience, from NuJazz, has seen Stephanie Sante in a contemplative mood, creating a sound palate to inspire, intrigue and evoke the many aspects and moods of the oceans of the world.

    Growing up with a love of the beach and ocean and then in later life becoming a member of Greenpeace, supporting their efforts to save the oceans and the mirid of sea life under threat, she is using her music as a metaphor to help draw attention to the ongoing threat to the oceans of the world as well, as the breathtaking beauty to be discovered below the surface.

    Anyone who has ever dived deep below the ocean never ever fails to be astounded by the wonder there to be enjoyed, but in more recent times, confronted by the disrespect shown to what is considered as the lifeblood of existence, with the death of coral reefs, pollution, global warming and the use of our precious oceans as the dumping ground of humanity!

    Sante commences her work with the theme of the ebb and flow of these massive bodies of water, with the delightful tune Clear Light, also the title of the Album, with a fresh, gentle introduction to the world of underwater mystery to come.

    Salacia’s Dream is in homage to Salacia, Roman Goddess and daughter of Neptune, who presided over the ocean in ancient time. I wonder what they would think of the state of their beloved watery world of today!

    Jade Resonance is once again drawing attention to the kelp forests, often jade in colour, home to so many of the smaller inhabitants of the deep and vital to the production of oxygen in the water.

    Introduced with a soft flow of singular notes, followed by what could almost be considered as a whale’s call, the Colour of Coral moves into a richness which forms the fascination to be found on a healthy coral reef; the colours, majesty and intrigue shown by by all the many aspect of the dwellers of the reefs. This track also draws attention once again to the devastation caused to this important environmental ecosystem, through man-made catastrophes.

    Creatures of the deep as are vast and many, with one of the more intrigue species Starfish, with more than 2,000 species, of which little is still understood. This intrigue has been captured in the fantasy piece Moonlit Starfish. Delightful, drifting and most relaxing.

    Bringing to a close is the eerie Mariana’s Trench, the deepest point in all the oceans of the world. A trench so big, measured at 6033.5 fathoms deep, and approximately 180 million years old it was discovered in 1875. It still holds far more information than has yet been discovered and even with the modern technology is giving up its secrets slowly.

    As a return to new age music, Stephanie Sante has composed a stand out ambient music collection with Clear Light, skilfully capturing the power, beauty and mystery of the oceans of the world.