Track Listings (21) - Disc #1| All Artists: John Foxx Title: Vol. 1-2-Cathedral Oceans Members Wishing: 2 Total Copies: 0 Label: Edsel Records UK Original Release Date: 1/1/2003 Re-Release Date: 6/9/2003 Album Type: Import Genres: Pop, Rock Style: Number of Discs: 2 SwapaCD Credits: 2 UPC: 740155172626 |
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 | John Foxx Vol. 1-2-Cathedral Oceans Genres: Pop, Rock
John Foxx describes Cathedral Oceans as being ''Music for a vast, half-submerged, ruined cathedral.'' Others might describe it as the ultimate chill out music. The shifting, shimmering voices & echoes place it betwee... more » |
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Album Description John Foxx describes Cathedral Oceans as being ''Music for a vast, half-submerged, ruined cathedral.'' Others might describe it as the ultimate chill out music. The shifting, shimmering voices & echoes place it between New Age soundscapes & the likes of Brian Eno's Music For Airports. This mid-price 2 CD set is beautifully packaged in a gatefold double digipak, with imagery designed by John Foxx himself. Recording originally began in 1983, & whilst Volume I was previously available as a limited edition, Volume II is previously unreleased in any form. 21 tracks. Edsel Records. 2003. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsCathedral Oceans SystemStructure | town, WA United States | 04/28/2005 (4 out of 5 stars) "Dive into a ethereal and submersive work of art in Foxx's "Cathedral Oceans." An original concept album that deals with something along the lines of a vast, invisible church that exists... somewhere. As for the music itself, it is very much as the name would suggest, with vast and wide church choirs set amidst ambient phrases. Without a doubt, it fills a gap in my record collection (Christian vocal music). John Foxx sure is an interesting character. After being left behind in the New Wave 80's rock scene he started cranking out these deep, abstract concept albums left and right. My favorite of all his works is the one he did with minimalist composer, Harold Budd. It was on the double album "Translucence and Drift" that Foxx did some of his most amazing work. I think Harold's minimalism is a good counterpoint to Foxx's wall of sound. Indeed, there are times on "Oceans" that I wish Foxx had simply left a minimal ambient track without vocals here and there. Regardless, it is a refreshing though slightly New Agey work of art that I welcome with open arms in this age of shallow, transient flotsam. Best tracks are : Shimmer Symmetry City as Memory Aven Collonade Through Summer Rooms" Inspirational 12 Eloquent Dots | Sitting next to that girl right over there. | 03/30/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "This album is beyond words. John Foxx is truly an innovator. He separates himself from the "creative geniuses" of his age with this collection. David Sylvian and John Foxx have become the only musicians from this era that are standing-out, yet releasing other cds that show they can rock. Bravo John. If Dead Can Dance could have only done something like this, their cds would have been worth keeping."
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