TYA - Akwaba (c) 2004 Sequoia Records
Artist....: TYA
Album.....: Akwaba
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 13
Genre.....: Electronic
Label.....: Sequoia Records
Catalogue#: X115
Encoder...: LAME 3.97
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: http://cdbaby.com/cd/tya
Tracklist:
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01 Olelo Lohi, Speak Slowly 05:24
02 Coming Home 05:47
03 Nonamata, Long Ago 04:44
04 Why 04:26
05 Akwaba, Welcome 05:24
06 Follow The Light 06:13
07 Soft Touch 05:22
08 A Place To Rest 05:25
09 Raindance 05:19
10 Mama 04:45
11 Naked 05:41
12 Daybreak 05:02
13 Why (Instrumental) 04:09
Total:86,9 MB / 67:41 min
Release Notes:
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Release Date: June 01, 2004
Tracks: 13 - Time: 67:40
Produced by: Martin Scherl
Come Home to Ancient Roots - TYA's enticing world-trance sound could be
described as Enigma meets Deep Forest. Indigenous voices blend with
modern grooves in a new sound that is both deep and uplifting. One of
the most requested artists from the bestselling Buddha-Lounge series
and very popular in Europe, TYA (pronounced t-sch-ya), is an Aboriginal
word for mother earth) is the creation of German composer Martin
Scherl, who has spent extended time with the Australian Aborigines and
was profoundly impressed with their ability to see themselves as part
of whole. Feel the pulse and come home to the Earth's ancient roots!
While comparisons of Tya (pronounced Tee-sha-ya) to Enigma and Deep
Forest are certainly not unfounded, they're not necessarily bad either.
Indeed, there are far worse musicians to be compared to.
Enigma and Deep Forest's (primarily their earlier stuff as their most
recent masterpiece, Music Detected, opted for more actual instruments
as opposed to electronic) influence is obvious, but main man Martin
Scherl pulls it off well. Songs such as opener Olelo Lohi/Speak Slowly
are ambient and moody, Rain Dance sounds peppy and optimistic and, like
its influences, has the ability to put the listener in a nice, cozy
trance.
As is the case with world-trance music, some songs tend to slip into a
sort of jammy groove; some might say they meander a little, as in the
case of the tail end of Nonamata/Long Ago. This is less a complaint and
more an advisory that the album is definitely one to explore when in a
certain mindset. If you're not in the mood to get lost in its keyboards
and ethnic samples, you're not going to get the full experience.
Definitely not an album to explore while working out, I found after an
aggravating go at my day job (as if you thought this was my day job, if
only), I settled into Akwaba quite easily.