Middle Path by Paradiso

MIDDLE PATH debuted at #11 of the Top 100 on the NewAgeReporter.com radio airplay charts, which includes world, ambient and new age radio and satellite and internet spins, and hit number 4 on XM Satellite Radio Ch.77. It is perfect for yoga, massage and meditation, featuring an electronic crossover with a full range of male and female didjeridoos complemented with exotic sounds such as drums, bells, Tibetan bowls, vocals, keyboards, percussion and other electronic instruments. 5% of your purchase goes to the Tropical Rainforest Coalition Jim Brenholts, Awareness Magazine V. 15, no. 3: May-June 2008 Middle Path, by Paradiso, is another rare gem. 2008 is only three months old but this CD stands out as the year's best. Indeed, it will take a brilliant effort to surpass it. While Paradiso guards his birth name closely, he does not make any effort to protect his mission. He is a Shaman and is crusading to enhance humanity's relationship with Mother Earth: "We are at a time when Mother Earth is going through a transition. We are the granted souls who are witnessing the change through human eyes." This CD, while divided into 11 tracks, is actually one large soundscape with several subscapes. Paradiso's sound design incorporates exotic instruments (didgeridoos, Tibetan bowls and a Theremin), simple chants, percussion and electronics. He uses simple drones as his base. He builds atmospheres from the drones. He surrounds the atmospheres with rhythms and airs to create deep introspective space music. Thus, musical greatness surrounds listeners and fills the environment with awareness and sensitivity. Deep listeners will be rapt as the music takes hold and guides them on a search for and of the soul - the soul of the essence of life! The resonance and overtones are powerful! This CD is that brilliant as well. It is a collector's dream - an ambient high - to find albums that have such an impact. It can be transformational in its own right. Billy Bunker, Music Reviews Paradiso Turturici has set goals for his music worthy of a Shaman. He would like to heal the world with didjeridoo, keyboard, Theremin, drums, Tibetan bowls & bells, vocals, and percussion. The album "Middle Path" purports to be "music for yoga, meditation & massage." Despite the audacity of these claims, he may at least play a part in the transformation of the current chaos into the one world of New Age legend. What sets this album apart is that didjeridoo. This music is tied to the breath. I don't know what makes music out of the bag of tricks that make up an instrumental album. It's more than enough for me this music helps me sleep at night. For the entire review, click here Bill Binkleman, New Age Radio Yes, the "didge" here still "sounds like" it usually does, with its familiar bark, growl, and buzzing. However, the way the artist merges these sonic footprints amongst the assortment of electronic keyboards (which themselves vary from new age to ambient to spacemusic to electronica) is something which surprised me, which shouldn't since the CD cover states that the album is "Electronic Crossover with Didgeridoo." Well, I believe that statement now; Paradiso's ambient/new age electronic music is more than compelling and mesmerizing enough that the didge can be heard merely as a contributing factor to the overall musical motif, not defining it. As such, if ambient /spacemusic fans can look past the new age cover art, they're liable to enjoy this as much as those for whom I imagine the artist intended it. I enjoyed exploring this relatively undiscovered aspect to the Australian instrument and I recommend the album. ℗ 2008 5th Element Music