Valley of the Giants

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VOTG is a stunning collaboration of indie pedigree featuring members of Broken Social Scene, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Shalabi Effect and Do Make SAy Think.

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Valley of the Giants

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MARS LASAR A LA CARTE'

Yosemite, Valley of the Giants
Mars Lasar
Manufacturer: Gemini Sun Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Environmental | New Age | Styles | Music

General | New Age | Styles | Music

Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music

Nature | New Age | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000GFRIO0
Release Date: 2006-08-01

Tracks:

Mirror Lake 4:55
El Capitan 4:42
Sentinel Meadow 2:38
Tioga Road 4:09
Merced River 4:57
Wilderness Trail 4:19
Yosemite Valley 4:52
Glacier Point 4:38
Half Dome 4:26
Nevada Falls 4:53
Valley of the Giants 3:38

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Yosemite: Valley of the Giants is another National Park evocation from Mars Lasar, who has been creating music like this for years. His Yanni-esque electro-orchestral compositions, full of sweeping strings, seductive rhythms, and soaring melodies, are perfect for the gift shops at these sites. All he has to do is slap titles like "El Capitan," "Merced River," and "Glacier Point" on his songs and you have an instant memory. Using instrumental samples, Lasar creates an orchestra of sound from strings to flutes and percussion, and he's as good at it as anyone. "Yosemite Valley" is one of the more ominous pieces, opening up with wind and bird cries that evolve into a tribal, vaguely native rhythm topped by gothic voices. "Half Dome" is a triumphant excursion of swelling voices, tribal drums, sampled flute melodies, and, for some reason, Irish uillean pipes--all accompanied by chirping crickets. It's pleasant, but ultimately generic. --John Diliberto

Album Description

It is true - our blue planet is an indescribably beautiful place, and we are merely visitors here in the last second of our cosmic calendar. Our show of respect for planet Earth, if not through music alone, can leave giant impressions upon the muddy marshes and plains to be preserved for eternity. Yosemite can be best described as a "Valley of Giants." Its' towering cliffs and awesome majesty leave millions breathless each and every year. One can only imagine the giant footprints left here as our ancestors marveled at the work created from millions of years of living earth. Join Mars Lasar as he journeys through space and time while capturing the reverence of this magical place, a musical portrait so amazingly beautiful it simply glows with love and respect for our home. Our gift to you is this music, and with your purchase, a portion of proceeds will support the Yosemite National Park.

Customer Reviews:

MARS LASAR A LA CARTE'.......2006-10-05

This is in my opinion the best album Mars Lasar has released.
Just listen to track 4 Tioga Road or even better track 11 Valley of
the Giants - this to me sounds a lot of Vangelises "Heaven and Hell"
with the beautiful vocals.
But I think the entire album is beautiful crafted, of course only in my
opinion. And make no mistake, you must like this type of music
to appreciate it. This is truly the "Valley of the Giants"

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Indeed a valley of giants, but check out BSS and Godspeed before you go there
Ursus the White Reviews Valley of the Giants' "Westworld"

Valley of the Giants
Valley of the Giants
Manufacturer: Arts & Crafts
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00018U9LG
Release Date: 2007-01-08

Tracks:

Claudia & Kids
Westworld
Cantara Sin Guitara
Beyond the Valley
Waiting to Catch a Bullett
A Whaling Tale
Back to God's Country
Bala Bay Inn

Album Description

VOTG is a stunning collaboration of indie pedigree featuring members of Broken Social Scene, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Shalabi Effect and Do Make SAy Think.

Customer Reviews:

Indeed a valley of giants, but check out BSS and Godspeed before you go there.......2007-04-24

While not at the same level as the giants that make it up, this combination of artists from some of post-rock's greatest acts delivers a very good album.

"Valley of the Giants" can get a little too self-serving at some points, but for the most part, you can definitely hear the sounds of Godspeed You Black Emperor, A Silver Mt. Zion, Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene in here. If you can imagine their sound with touches of the music you'd expect from Apostle of Hustle, picturing yourself in a barren southwest landscape, that is fairly close to the image you develop in your head as you listen to this self-titled album.

If this is your first attempt at post-rock, however, I'd recommend almost any Godspeed! or BSS album before you try this one out.

Ursus the White Reviews Valley of the Giants' "Westworld".......2004-02-24

Here we have the debut album from this collaborative outfit that includes members from some pretty big Canadian names (Godspeed You Black Emperor, A Silver Mt. Zion, Do Make Say Think, Broken Social Scene, Shalabi Effect, and Strawberry). It's important that you not go into this one expecting something similar to BSS's "You Forgot It In People" or G!YBE's "Lift Your Skinny Fists...", because you won't find anything of that nature here. Regardless, what we have here is pretty impressive in its own right. It seems the foursome went into this project with the goal of capturing the ambience of the "Old West" (just take a look at the cover) and for the most part accomplish that quite well. Five of the eight songs are barren instrumentals that each end up building into something quite a bit more sprawling and grandiose by the end, sending your mind off to a place where tumbleweed traverse the dry desert ground and vultures circle over cactii in search of fallen cowboys. Only three of the tracks on Westworld feature vocals and one is just a story - a compelling account of a cute, little penguin's encounter with a whaling crew, told by a gentleman with a thick French-Canadian accent. Being a polar bear myself, I quite liked this one.
Anyway, as a whole, I thought Westworld made for an interesting experience and one that was well executed, but ultimately there was only one track - the title cut - that I'd want to go back and listen to with any regularity.