I first heard this CD as background music at a friend's house, and was immediately struck by the beauty of the first track, "Overture". I realised that it almost perfectly summed up my favourite listening, the CD as a whole bringing in elements of classical, ambient, electronic and trance music. It is predominantly instrumental music, with occasional vocals from Bryan Adams on "Don't Give Up" and Maire Brennan on the two "Saltwater" mixes. Some of the music is very similar in style to Armin van Buuren - "Overture" is quite a similar start to the CD as AvB's "Prooemium".
The music from the CD is very commonly used as background music on television documentaries. Saltwater (Thrillseekers' Remix) has been used in promotions for tourism in Scotland and Ireland, due to the Celtish sound given to it by the vocals of Maire Brennan (member of Clannad and sister of Enya). The promotional video for Ireland is one of the tracks on the DVD.
Personal favourite tracks: "Overture" and "Saltwater (Thrillseekers' Remix)".
With many CDs clocking in at only 45 minutes, it is nice to find 66 minutes of sublime music on this one. In addition to that, the DVD is provided as a bonus. No extra audio tracks, but some nice, imaginative video to look at, and in the case of the video for Tourism Ireland - beautiful. Very good value too then!
Strongly recommended if this is your sort of music, or if you fancy trying something new. It is also available from iTunes so you can listen to samples there before you buy.
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