Ian Boddy Jade (New Age, 1987,1992)

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General Information
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Type ................: Music
Media ...............: CD
Artist ..............: Ian Boddy
Album ...............: Jade
Label ...............: Something Else Records
Year ................: (p) (c) 1987 / 1992
Genre ...............: New Age
Duration ............: 46:50
Number of Songs .....: 06
Number Of Files .....: 10
Covers ..............: Yes, Front/Back/Label, Hi-Res 720 DPI, JPG Quality 9
Total Bytes Needed ..: 84.575k (With Covers And This Info File)

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Software Information
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Audio Format ........: MP3
Ripper ..............: EAC v0.95b5 Secure Mode
Encoder .............: LAME v3.96
Settings ............: Alt-Preset-Extreme
Bitrate .............: VBR
Hz ..................: 44,100
Channels ............: Joint Stereo

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Hardware Information
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CD ROM (Used As Reader): Plextor Plexwriter 40/12/40S SCSI
CPU ...................: Intel P4 3,1 GHZ
Ram ...................: 1 GB Dual Channel RAM
Audio Card ............: Soundblaster Audigy 2
System Hard Disk ......: Maxtor SATA 120 GB
Storage Hard Disks ....: 2470 GB Online (200-250-300 GB
Internal And External Hard Disks Powered By Maxtor)
Scanner ...............: Epson Perfection 2450 Photo

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Review
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From 1987 and an album of sonic grace, passion and delicacy; a kind of 'new age with substance' as a set of quite expansive, vast tracks mix an endless ocean of synth backdrops with a gorgeous top layer of majestic melodies, possessing a heartwarming quality, a wide array of textures and rhythms, with classic filmic qualities including sinuous violin-like synth flows, delicate piano and solid harpsichord-like passages with Oriental-sounding sections, all of which combine upon an exotic array of rhythmic and melodic undercurrents to produce a dynamic set of music that spans a range of synth music tastes from '80's Richard Burmer/Braheny to Kitaro, I.C. label andbeyond, yet somehow still managing to be original and organic.