Somnium Vivus

Somnium Vivus

  • 流派:New Age 新世纪
  • 语种:英语
  • 发行时间:2011-06-20
  • 类型:录音室专辑

简介

"Atmospheric, eerie, and lingering, this musical composition by Johnny Clyde feels like it belongs in a Michael Mann movie. The song lures you in (especially if you follow his advice and listen with headphones) and unveils an array of majestic sounds. The tempo rises and falls, and then rises again, while the feeling you get from the experience stays with you after it's all over."-Matt Conley "This is a very understated piece that lingers in a surprising way, like a luscious scent from an atomizer about ten minutes after the flame has been extinguished. It’s odd too in that it seems to morph according to your mood. I listened to it with a terrible hangover beating in my temples and it seemed a balm and then later, feeling revived and fresh and new after a day of good friends and good food and good banter, it seemed an improbable companion to camaraderie and shared experience. Strange. Please listen if you haven’t. Then listen again when you are feeling different. Compare."-Lara Armitage "he said he wrote a song for your imagination, and he did just that."-Vickie Bottelson "Put on your headphones for this one and blow your mind, folks. This piece settles in nicely with themes reminiscent of Philip K. Dick's 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' (Of Blade Runner fame). Great book, great movie. Johnny's [Vivo Vixi Victum] entices my mind to hum with delight. Science Fiction themes are the best"-Metric Mars "I like Johnny’s dream at the origin of the song. It’s a great audio record. I love the sounds he used, I love the melody. The song itself creates a story, it transports you in another universe. It’s also can be felt as a sort of dramatic and hypnotic trance adventure in a new world, an exploration of new dimensions. Anyway, I love this track."- For the song 'Vivo Vixi Victum: "I like Johnny’s dream at the origin of the song. It’s a great audio record. I love the sounds he used, I love the melody. The song itself creates a story, it transports you in another universe. It’s also can be felt as a sort of dramatic and hypnotic trance adventure in a new world, an exploration of new dimensions. Anyway, I love this track."-Melanie Le Forestier For the song Niveus: Again, another Johnny’s record in my re-rec album. But what can I do? I love this music. And I can say now that Johnny is definitely one of my favourite musician artists. This song is quite different from the previous song I recommended, but it still Johnny’s style. I’m not good at describing music style but I would say that Johnny’s music is usually made up of a “classical” melody and instruments and an addition of some electronic sounds. And this combination of “classic” (I don’t like this word but I don’t know which one I could use) and electronic is very graceful and it gives a poetic side to his music. And I think I like this style for this original association of sounds. Niveus is more a “lovely little tune” like Lindsay wrote, and it “nails that mood” like Amferraro wrote, but even if it’s less dark than 'Tristis', I wouldn’t say it’s completely the opposite. It’s not an innocent or naive piece; I can feel some melancholy in it. For me, this song describes the end of innocence actually, as if it would be the end of childhood for example. When you enter in adulthood, when you don’t see the world with your child’s eyes anymore, when you start to see the world like it is and not like you dream or think it is, you know. If I would listen to this song while I was writing something (yes, I listen to music when I’m writing), it wouldn’t be for a light piece. It would probably be for a text about consciousness and more particularly about the turning point in the awakening of a person, when he or she starts to see the world differently."-Melanie Le Forestier

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