Rating:
Genre:
New Age
Release Date: 06/30/1992
Run Time: 74:35
This is the second compilation release from
Hearts of Space, the label outgrowth of the popular public radio program dedicated to
space music.
Bill Douglas,
Raphael, and
Robert Rich return from
Universe Sampler 90, but
92 also features a few notable newcomers.
Giles Reaves gets things started with the pensive, black hole-gazing
"Evolutions/Twilight," while
Tim Story turns in two of the album's strongest pieces in
"And Evening Falls" and
"Her Cathedral." The latter track especially shows the depth of
space music; while it's predominantly a piano-driven composition,
Story is nevertheless able to evoke a bottomless range of depth with just a few carefully placed plinks of the keyboard. The song also points to the
HOS imprint's aggressive roster expansion (in addition to its already rampant mind expansion) --
Universe Sampler 92 features the tasteful
new age ivory tinkling of
John Boswell, who tempers the spacy elements of
"Eastern Sky" with a more conventional song structure. Guaranteed to land safely in the backyard of
space music aficionados everywhere, this
Hearts of Space comp also tosses a lifeline to listeners curious about the genre's particularly amorphous gravitational pull.
~Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide
Cart 0 items
Listen
