Editorial Reviews The next track, "Forsaken by Sky", is a light introspective song that builds upon the Shakespearean axiom "the fault lies not in the stars but in ourselves". Accented by a stirring violin melody and acoustic guitars, "Forsaken by Sky" engages the listener with its enthusiasm and energy. "Julia" leads us back in to the darkness. Driven by strumming acoustics and haunting vocals by Babbo, the song pleads for the title character to "wake from her trance" and live again. This dark poetic piece resonates with Dalin's violin, which circles around the ear. The EP closes with the instrumental, "In This Heaven Once More". Melodic guitars float over atmospheric synths to provide traveling music for the ascent into the ether.
Divinity
Side-Line magazine
classic ethereal collage of beautiful delicate male and female vocals surrounded by dark whirling guitar melodies.
brainwashed.com
A good debut which should be appreciated by all lovers of ethereal music with female vocals.
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The DIVINITY EP begins with the title track, a trippy dark lament inspired by Milton's Paradise Lost, which swirls around the beautiful vocals of Kit Messick. The sympathetic voice consoles one who has lost everything and is condemned "wandering a circle on and on".
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10 Years GMF Berlin Compilation
Paul van Dyk , DJ Divinity , and Super Zandy Manufacturer: Vandit ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000F8PZ7K Release Date: 2006-06-20 |
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Over the past 15 years, Berlin has emerged as one of the world's leading party capitals! The weekly house/electro club night GMF, located in Café Moskau, has played a leading part in Berlin's party-culture since it's formation in 1996. GMF premiered as a `Gay Tea Dance', but has evolved into a full bodied party institution catering to a colorful and diverse party-populous.To celebrate this decade of exhilarating nights, GMF has teamed up with its top residents to create a party-timepiece, capturing the style and energy of the GMF-groove throughout the years including all time classics like Pete Heller's "Big Love", Mousse T. with Emma Lanford's "Right About Now" or BBE's "Seven Days And One Week".
Berlin's own Paul van Dyk has been a good friend and frequent guest artist at GMF since the beginning. Paul has remained an inspirational force on the GMF partyscape.
This spring, PVD has teamed up with GMF Resident DJs Divinity and Super Zandy to produce a 10th year club mix, a compilation as tribute to the club and a city they call home!
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Pastoral Hide and Seek/Divinity
Gun Club Manufacturer: Buddha ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000053UVW Release Date: 2000-12-12 |
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goooood.......2005-04-03
I detected you by the ringing bells..........2003-10-28
If you are brand new to this band, you may want to supplement this purchase with a copy of either "Fire of Love" or "Mother Juno", as this album is more of an epilogue to that segment of the band's lifetime. If you are already a fan, however, you ought to have sought this out long ago. So go now and find it quickly, before the ebay prices skyrocket.
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Eden in Ashes
Divinity Destroyed Manufacturer: Escapi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0007VF27I Release Date: 2005-03-29 |
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Uniqueness finally unveiled.......2007-05-21
Divinity Destroyed. ...:).......2006-03-02
If you like very non-orthodox styles..........2005-06-14
Let Divinity Destroyed Begin Their Reign!!!!.......2005-05-29
Amazing Music.......2005-03-31
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Divinity at Dawn: Raga Bairagi
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma Manufacturer: Navras ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0009J2S4S Release Date: 2005-05-31 |
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Divinity
Manufacturer: Junkyard Distribution (www.jydist.com) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000EOU3AY Release Date: 2006-02-14 |
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Executive Producer: Unity Klan
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Doorway to Divinity
Paul Ramana das Silbey Manufacturer: third millennium magic, inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000KP6LD0 Release Date: 2006-10-01 |
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Inspired spontaneous piano composition and performance... a Deeksha benediction and blessing... for deeper experience in relaxation, massage, yoga, meditation and Deeksha transmission.
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Divinity
ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005UP4C Release Date: 2001-11-01 |
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The DIVINITY EP begins with the title track, a trippy dark lament inspired by Milton's Paradise Lost, which swirls around the beautiful vocals of Kit Messick. The sympathetic voice consoles one who has lost everything and is condemned "wandering a circle on and on".The next track, "Forsaken by Sky", is a light introspective song that builds upon the Shakespearean axiom "the fault lies not in the stars but in ourselves". Accented by a stirring violin melody and acoustic guitars, "Forsaken by Sky" engages the listener with its enthusiasm and energy.
"Julia" leads us back in to the darkness. Driven by strumming acoustics and haunting vocals by Babbo, the song pleads for the title character to "wake from her trance" and live again. This dark poetic piece resonates with Dalin's violin, which circles around the ear.
The EP closes with the instrumental, "In This Heaven Once More". Melodic guitars float over atmospheric synths to provide traveling music for the ascent into the ether.
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Truly beautiful and moving music..........2003-02-06
Another few points of interest to some may be that Kit Messick, who had previously worked with Unto Ashes on the "Moon Oppose Moon" CD, performs the lead female vocals on this EP. Also, Joanna Dalin, formerly of Backworld, contributes some tasteful and well-placed violin passages. All this combined with the lush acoustic as well as processed guitar work of James Babbo, and you indeed have a winning combination.
One of the first things about The Mirror Reveals that won me over was that they are without question responsible for truly beautiful and moving music. A lot of bands claim to be soothing and Romantic, and try desperately to appear that way. But few bands are as genuine and convincing as The Mirror Reveals, and it seems as though this mastering of emotion comes naturally and rather easily for the band. For a lack of a better description, this music is very sweet and just nice, and rarely do I find that to be a virtue in a band. I am always seeking excessively dark and dreary music, and it is rare that I enjoy `lighter' and more pleasant music. But this is exceptional, and has the ability to hold the attention and calm the senses all the same.
There are four tracks total on this EP, the follow up to the band's debut full-length "Frames Of Teknicolor." Each of the tracks seems to reflect a different side of the band, yet there is an obvious continuity and flow to the disc. The title track immediately grasps the listener's attention, for as soon as you press play, Kit's vocals appear, accompanied at first only by soft strains of flanged, reverberated guitars before subtle electronics work their way in to keep the rhythm and the song plunges into multiple layers of peaceful yet arresting romance. Lyrically inspired by Milton's "Paradise Lost," "Divinity" illustrates the popular 19th century readings of the epic poem, where Lucifer is seen as the forsaken hero and struggles with his jealous envy of God and Heaven.
"Divinity's out of your hands/when all you have has been taken/and no one else can see you as you are/...while everything else falls down"
"Forsaken By Sky" brings us `de profundis' for a lighter, jangling track that recalls some of the B-side ballads on the mid-eighties Cocteau Twins singles. A simple and delightful song, which contrasts well with the more pensive tracks that surround it.
"Julia" is probably my favourite track on the album, a haunting acoustic driven ballad featuring the brooding vocals of James in place of Kit's feathered alto. The song seems to skate upon the edge of an obsession, a slightly threatening bridge that sinks into a darker key but before the darkness is entirely indulged, the chorus pleads with an earnest sweetness and morose romanticism. This track will definitely appeal to fans of apocalyptic folk like Backworld, Death In June, and such, if not also to early 4AD fans. I heard a tinge of "The Jeweler" from This Mortal Coil in the heavily reverberated vocal delivery.
This EP closes with a wistful instrumental, relying heavily upon the band's characteristic ethereal appeal, but there is also an underlying sense of psychedelia to it. Whatever the case, it is a beautiful track and when the subdued synths and melancholic violins fade and the final guitar chord rings out, you definitely find yourself wanting more.
The "Divinity" EP did much more than simply wet my appetite to hear more of The Mirror Reveals; instead it made me ravenous and twice as anxious to pick up the debut. If you are a fan of swirling, romantic ethereal music and female fronted outfits like Love Spirals Downwards and the earlier work by the Cocteaus, don't delay any longer in checking out this starkly charming band.
* Extracted from my review at StarVox.net
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For What Is the Journey
Manufacturer: Earthwork ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000CADIRK Release Date: 2004-06-01 |
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Who Would You Be Without Jesus
Manufacturer: Cross-N-Her-I ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000CAK4OK Release Date: 2003-12-16 |
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Divinity
Various Artists Manufacturer: Navra ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00001ZU5T Release Date: 1999-08-16 |
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Magnificient!.......2000-09-26
If you like Native American suites of relaxing music, this will be a great find for you. (I know, I know, this CD is "Indian," not "American Indian," but both types of music -- when done well -- pull me into a transcendental and otherwordly state.)
If you're from India, or know Indian 'aartis' or 'ragas', you'll instantly recognize some of these tracks as beautiful instrumental versions of those traditionals. Don't be put off -- these arrangements add a new, intense dimension to the bhajans/aartis we learned as children. The artists have done very good justice to the originals. You WILL fall in love with these interpretations instantly.
I am also a fan of the long, instrumental pieces of Genesis. Also a fan of "smooth jazz"(instrumental) and of Irish/Celtic music. This is to say that anyone who loves melodious instrumentals from any genre will also like this CD. I like music which stimulates my imagination, and "takes me away to whereever..." This CD is one of the best of its kind. I want more from Mr. Desai and company.
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