Nights and Days

This is an album of instrumentals featuring a mix of synthetic and natural instruments which could be a great soundtrack, though is quirky enough to be enjoyed without a counterpart. While there's an epic classical feel driven by strings and marching band percussion, it's restrained to a point where the compositions are never overbearing, suit repetition and allow transitions leading to minimalistic intimacy. There are some really lovely sounds on this album where acoustic and synthesis smoothly collide (natural and synth strings with a slow attack for instance). While some musical purists may dislike the tracks lacking the nuances of human performance (it's all computer sequenced), there is an admirable quality to fine-tuned sequenced music, and this album is fine-tuned to listening perfection.

This is my first review on Jamendo, moved to write by this beautiful music - an inventive, but always elegant, blend of sounds. I love the emotional depth that characterises this album, from the reflective passages and moments of pure beauty that feel like being part of a sunrise or floating with the clouds, to sweeping grandeur, heart-racing urgency and the hint of menace which occasionally emerges from beneath the surface. Here can be found so many of life's emotions and experiences, not as caricatures but as complex and intense things, sometimes changing from moment to moment, often recurring. The music is surprising, moving, and impressive from start to finish.
I hope you will produce more music and wish you très grande chance in your musical career. There's no question of 'average quality', I too believe you have an amazing talent. Thank you for your generosity in sharing this with us, John.

Realmente siempre he sido consciente que existen artistas que nunca conoceremos. Ahora la realidad es distinta y este espacio que descubrí por casualidad, me ha hecho plantearme el significado de la música.

Recomiendo a quien le guste la música con piano de fondo este magnífico trabajo.

Mi favorito es el nº 2 "Home Journey".

J'adore vraiment cet album et l'écoute en boucle depuis que je l'ai découvert!! Au fil des morceaux, se succèdent beaucoup d'émotions et de ressentis en moi: vécus ou imaginaires, qui laissent rêver ou nous renvoie à des souvenirs... Toutes sortes d'images défilent devant mes yeux. Une alternance de douleur, de douceur, de rêve, de tristesse, d'espoir...
Un mélange d'instruments magnifique!!!
J'attends la suite avec impatience et te dis bravo très très sincèrement. Continue comme ça!!!
Et merci!!!

Dire que j'allais paser à coté de si belles musiques !
Merci mon ami de me l'avoir recommandé (il se reconnaitra).
Oui, pourquoi quitter son havre de paix alors qu'on y est si bien ? On écoute l'album et la vie s'écoule, douce et tranquille. Un moment de bonheur qui n'appartient qu'à soi.