From the Sky

Ryan Farish的这张新专辑《From The Sky/迷幻天空》同样是热情的颂歌和优雅的音乐。Ryan Farish深入研究各种各样的世界民族音乐、New Age和灵魂的声音，用悦耳的琴调与极富抽象的音符表达出来。Ryan Farish向我们展示了一派热情乐观的迷幻般的神秘景象。 《The Promise 誓言》以悦耳悠扬的钢琴为主线，穿插着土著人声的吟唱，旋律包含中东音乐元素；《Joy》欢快动人的节奏旋律；《Pacific Wind》中加入了隆重的弦乐，随着弦乐减弱梦幻般引入女声吟唱，欢快的加勒比节奏，呼应童声唱颂的诗歌，编织出一幅优美祥和的画面；《From the Sky》象是沐浴在光辉里，更预示着Ryan Farish更辉煌的将来。他的音乐能带给我们欢欣，我们仿佛能感受到天空总是蓝的，草总是绿的... Ryan Farish音乐风格没有具体的派别，可以说是新世纪乐、冥想乐及电子乐的综合，而Ryan Farish则充满阳光气质。Ryan Farish在04年出过一张专辑《Beautiful 美丽》并取得非常好的成绩。 Composer Ryan Farish is heard most widely by those who consult The Weather Channel on a regular basis; his talents have also been utilized for in-house purposes by such major corporations as IBM and Sun Microsystems. These two facts may lead you to expect numbingly pleasant, utterly boring music with a professional sheen and a saccharin-sweet favor. You'd be only about one-third right. It's true that Farish's music is about as intellectually challenging as People magazine. But that's not to say that it's either boring or syrupy. Remember the Ramones: intellectually speaking, their music wasn't even up to People standards (it was more like The Weekly World News), but that doesn't mean their songs weren't spectacular. While Farish is no Joey Ramone, his ability to mix luscious, piano-driven chord progressions with funky breakbeats and faux-ethnic vocals (a vaguely African-sounding children's choir here, a vaguely Celtic-sounding female singer there) makes his most simplistic compositions both genuinely listenable and even, at times, downright fascinating. Not all of them, mind you -- "Legacy" is pretty embarrassing -- but many of them. Note the artfully wielded vocal samples on "Miles Away," for example, and the subtle trip-hop intimations in the gently swinging title track. Recommended to those who are embarrassed to admit that they like new age music.