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Headphone Commute Review, Mar 16 2008
By Headphone Commute - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: River Arms (Audio CD)
Balmorhea (pronounced bal-mor-ay) is a duo from Texas, Rob Lowe and Michael Muller, creating simple and enchanting music with ambient spaces, relaxing places, acoustic guitar, and a piano. For their second album they have expanded the group to a quartet, adding a cello and a violin. The style floats among folk, modern classical, and acoustic ambient. The production incorporates sensitive microphones recording live instrumentation, and the effect is immediate - the barely audible rustling and shuffling sounds teleport the listener into the studio, placing the ear near the frets, the keys and the bow. Unlike the duo's first self titled album, Rivers Arms is more mature in quality of production, and the vastness of field recordings used to offset intertwining melodies with a string accompaniment. It is especially a great headphone treat, as the sound is crystal clear and perfectly balanced within the stereo field. I recommend to grab their two albums together and play alongside Library Tapes, Eluvium and Goldmund. Favorite tracks: The Winter and Barefoot Pilgrims.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Fantastic, Oct 15 2009
By Matthew J. Warren "J.DUB" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: River Arms (Audio CD)
Love listening to this while walking to school during the winter. This is the type of music that makes you forget about all your worries in the world. If you like this you'll love "Soundtrack to a Vacant Life" by The Flashbulb.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Pretty Pretty music, Mar 6 2008
By Amanda - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: River Arms (Audio CD)
the strings, simple surreal vocals, wonderful listening experience. truly.... a more acoustic, stripped down AIR and a more vamped up (ish) sigor ros. thanks for the music