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Artist: Paul Avgerinos
Website: magnatune.com/artists/avgerinos
Track Name: Muse of the Round Sky
Playback: mp3/flash
Download?: Yes

I wanted something lush today. I have been thinking and reading about Casablance and Michael Curtiz recently and it brought up the memory of Max Steiner’s wonderful score. I mean his arrangment of “La Marsellaise” and “Lied der Deutschen” in the “singoff” scene at Ricks is awesome. But I digress… as I was saying. I wanted lush.

So a quick trip over to Magnatune, I type in lush and found

Paul Avgerinos: beautiful ambient space music
By the time Paul Avgerinos graduated from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in 1980, he had already performed as a bassist with The Beaux Arts Trio, Baryshnikov, Isaac Stern, Jean Pierre Rampal, and many other world renowned classical artists. After graduation, Paul served as principal bass of several major symphony orchestras around the world, and also performed solo at festivals in Tanglewood, Aspen, Grand Teton, Taos, and Spoleto (Italy).

Expanding into more popular genres, Avgerinos then toured with Charles Aznavour, Liza Minelli, and the jazz legend Buddy Rich. Eventually, however, Paul decied that he wanted to further his original composition skills and childhood passion for electronic music, so in 1984 he built Studio Unicorn?a comprehensive digital/analog recording studio.

Not bad eh? Paul is quite an accomplished musician and composer. The album Muse of the Round Sky fitted the bill perfectly especially the title track. I got my lush strings and textures (thet remind me of Ligeti in a way), a rather yummy acoustic guitar and as a bonus, music that fitted the mood I was looking for.

Worth a listen? Absolutely. (Max Steiner and Casablance, not by several light years, but as I said he captuered the mood I wanted perfectly)

thatch is fascinated by guitars, music, guitars, production, silly noises, guitars and used to be a musician. Did I mention the thing about the guitars?
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