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Ambient Voice
Dean Frenkel
Ambient Voice features Dean Frenkel's haunting harmonic vocals strategically placed over and within the music of outstanding Australian composers, including Mark Clement Pollard, George Dreyfus, Andrew MacGregor and the group Invention in Time.
This fascinating and beautiful CD also has a bonus CD-ROM section that features MPEG movie footage of Dean Frenkel performing live and demonstrating the ancient art of vocal harmonics, together with Tom Lewis (didjeridu), Christopher Young (clarinet) and Linda Laasi (vocals). Press quotes:
“isn't it amazing what people can do with their voices ... amazing sounds ... a euphoric soundscape.”
— Philip Adams, ABC Radio National “get outta here!”— Afternoon Show with Mel and Charlie, Triple J “a very special talent”— Andrew Denton, Enough Rope “it is Frenkel's haunting, otherworldly vocals that will lull you into a state of meditation, sleep or blissful calm. At last, something of merit in the New Age section. **** (4 stars)”— Stephen McKenzie, Melbourne Weekly “it's wonderful. I don't understand it [but] it's wonderful.”— Glenn Winslade, Opera Australia “a symphony of sound”— Harb Gill, Herald Sun “extraordinary vocal work ... a very powerful effect ... amazing stuff”— Peter Clarke, 774 ABC Melbourne “[Frenkel's voice] sounds like a hammond organ!”— Jon Faine, 774 ABC Melbourne “It's fantastic”— Michelle Nicole, jazz vocalist “magically ambient”— Sonnington Leader “The music just washes over you.”— Derek Guille, 774 ABC Melbourne Audio preview:
Mirror of the Sky / Sea download Track Listing:
Mirror of the Sky / Sea
(originally Bathing in Stillness by Mark Clement Pollard) Summer Waves (originally Summer Etude by Kate Adam and Ariel Valent) New Year's Dawn (originally Sweet Light of Day by Mark Clement Pollard) 90 Mile Dream (originally Odyssey for a Lone Bassoon by George Dreyfus) Symphony of the Earth (originally Gratitude by Andrew MacGregor) Walking on a Sea of Moonstone (originally The Travelling Dimension by Kate Adam and Ariel Valent) Wishmaker (originally Between Home and Heaven by Mark Clement Pollard) The Wisdom of Bones (originally Nature by Kate Adam and Ariel Valent) Catalogue Number: MD3240
Price: AU$26.00
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Dean Frenkel has used his throat singing technique to smash the world record for singing a continuous note. He broke the record on the ABC show Enough Rope broadcast on Australia's ABC TV on 28 March 2005. Dean combines the ancient Tibetan technique with modern compositions, creating a unique hybrid musical form.
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