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CD album: A Winter In Summertime Audio CD (1998) Label: No Image (NICD12) Available to buy with Paypal. Price: £4.50 Price includes postage and packaging to anywhere in the world. (CD's are listed in UK Pounds, but Paypal allows you to buy in several currencies including US Dollars, Euros, Yen). |
Available from this website and IN STOCK NOW. Dispatched from the UK within 24 hours using first class mail in the UK and Airmail for the rest of the world. Postage & Packaging is FREE to anywhere in the world. Buy CD's from this website with complete confidence - click here for further information. More buying choices: UK: GFT-CYCLOPS, US: BIG BALLOON, Other worldwide sellers Tracks: i. ... From A Deep Sleep (4.05) ii. Covert (4.06) iii. Second Sight (3.25) iv. The Excavation Site (3. 05) v. Transference (6.08) vi. Nightfall (3.41) vii. Fatal Flaw (2.50) The first Karda Estra release - a 27 minute mini-album CD album. A 7 part suite inspired by a by a factual book on church archaeological excavation sites. A gothic flight of fancy around the thought that maybe some things are better left undisturbed... Composed and performed by Richard Wileman (classical, electric and bass guitars, loops, samples and sound effects, keyboards, acoustic drums and percussion). with Ileesha Bailey (vocals, recorder), Zoe King (flute, clarinet) and Rachel Larkins (viola). Recorded and Mastered at the Twenty First - 1998. Produced by Richard Wileman. Artwork and design by Alan Read REVIEWS: “...THE MUSIC HERE IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT...THE INSPIRED USE OF LOOPS AND VOICES FROM SYNTHS AS WELL AS THE SILKEN LARYNX OF ONE ILEESHA BAILEY ALL PROVE HOW MERE MUSIC CAN MAKE YOU DRIFT OFF SOMEWHERE ‘ELSE’.” Guitarist magazine “VERY ACCOMPLISHED, DEEP, ATMOSPHERIC TRACKS, PERFECT FILM SCORE MATERIAL.” Future Music magazine 'Gaining a unanimous thumbs up from other reviews, it’s not hard to see why people like the Karda Estra CD. Musically, it offers a combination of the classical and the electronic that is not only accessible melodically, but also freely experiments with interesting harmonic concepts and sounds. The first track is a perfect example, a soundscape halfway between romance and horror vividly captured using multitracked vocals, strings, piano and ‘off camera’ ambient noises. Yes, something is sneaking up behind you. Sound On Sound magazine. '..27 minutes of real quality. At times the music is uplifting and then it becomes sombre and sinister, a really diverse piece of work. It seems to me that some of the inspiration behind the music comes from the work of Mark Hollis and it certainly is worth checking out....hauntingly beautiful.' Terry Craven Wondrous Stories. Much of the progressive rock world today is highly redundant, but A WINTER IN SUMMERTIME transcends stylistic imitation.' Eurock (US Distributor) www.eurock.com '...A sonic experiment of large proportions, dark moods and multiple personalities. Arty, interesting and very nicely executed.' Ben Kettlewell, Alternate Music Press http://www.alternatemusicpress.com Quite a superb album, as I've come to expect from Richard. Mick Magic, Music & Elsewhere http://music-elsewhere.hypermart.net 'A Winter in Summertime is a fascinating album - ... definitely one of the best albums I've heard this year.' John M. Peters - Borderlands Webzine www.mpeters77.freeserve.co.uk\borderland.html All of Karda Estra's three releases, however, are magic passages to fields of imagination and illusion, and this debut, haunting and attractive in its romantic eeriness, is no exception. Marcelo Silveyra, Progfreaks. http://www.progfreaks.com
'BRILLIANTLY ORCHESTRATED WITH NUMEROUS THEMES RUNNING THROUGH THE PROCEEDINGS...OTHER WORDLY VOCALS ARE SUPPLIED BY ILEESHA BAILEY, ADDING A SERIOUSLY SINISTER EDGE TO THE TRACKS. IT’S AS SUBTLE AS ANYTHING AND IT WORKS AN ABSOLUTE TREAT...THE PLAYING TECHNIQUES AND ARRANGEMENTS ARE AWESOMELY ORIGINAL.” The Mix magazine 'Original and beautiful.' Rose Tinted Windows 'An orhcestrated synth-loophead delight, it sweeps you up from floor level and drifts off into original realms of swirling pleasure.' Ptolemaic Terrascope 'An album to be enjoyed in the evening, to relax to, but never to fall asleep to. Lives & Times are dead, long live Karda Estra!' Kev Rowland, Feedback & Rock 'n Reel kev_rowland@safeway.co.uk 'a tour-de-force of very original music - I found the whole CD an absorbing experience, overflowing with ideas and wonderful music.' Kindred Spirit. '... When I put the CD on, I knew it was going to be a good listen. Within a few moments, I'd stopped whatever I was doing to listen further because we're talking here about music that is very dense, detailed, beautifuly crafted and highly textured instrumental music ... Ashley Franklin (BBC Radio Derby 'Soundscapes'). 'This is without a doubt one of the most beautiful albums I think I´ve ever heard!!! Mike Reiss, Prog Net http://www.prog.net 'Holy moody soundtracky ambience! Beautifully done I might add! This gorgeous EP is just a half-hour taster. I'm ready for a whole album now...' Ian C. Stewert - AutoReverse (Magazine, Website and On-line Radio) http://www.autoreverse.net |
