‘…when you first listen to Dimitris’ music, you have the strange feeling of a “déjà vu”, that you have already hear it somewhere, somehow before. Soaring in heaven or immersing into melancholy, this music definitely impresses your mind for a long, long time…”
‘…this talented composer will, according to our opinion, continue the tradition of the “first-name-only” Greek composers of modern, new-age, instrumental music…”
‘…you will have to listen to the tracks of ‘Divine Dreams’ over and over again in order to find your beloved one…’
‘…from now on, we expect from Dimitris more surprises and we welcome him to the big new-age music family…’
‘…not a
“me-too-addition” to the vast field of modern
instrumental music, but truly inspired and visioned…strongly
recommended…’
“…I felt awe, the magnitude of
your music was spread, revealing a silent power and the extent of
your inner roving…
you seem so sad though released, so
desperate though serene, so alone though strong and happy, so
great though humble…
I can feel every sensation inside your
music, from the agony of existence to the joy of life, from the
silent grief and loneliness to the absolute freedom…thank
you for revealing a world of harmony and beauty…”
listener anonymous
Bill Binkelman
Editor and Publisher
WIND AND WIRE
The Magazine of New Instrumental Music
http://www2.bitstream.net/~billb/wandw_home.htm
This electronic keyboard-based release is quite varied in
emotional
tone, tempo, and melody, and should appeal to fans of artists
like Chris
Spheeris, Yanni and Suzanne Ciani (circa Hotel Luna). You should
infer,
since this artist is named Dimitris and the three artists
mentioned
above are from either Greece or Italy, that the music has a
Mediterranean feel to it. In addition, it bears some resemblance
to
Vangelis' work when the latter is at his more neo-romantic.
Dimitris has a solid command of his keyboards, both from a
rhythmic
standpoint and also from the aspect of mixing up lush washes,
delicate
melodies, and lively chord progressions. I loved the sweeping
grandeur
of "Divine Dreams of Love" which echoes some of Yanni's
more recent
work.
Not everything on the CD is overtly neo-romantic, though. Some of
this
has a quasi-Vangelis texture to it, if not even spacier textures
(e.g.
"Inner Pulse"). There's a little whimsy here as well
("Nostalgia") as
well as forays into more progressive EM fields
("Echoes"). Overall,
Dimitris succeeds remarkably well in touching many bases and
maintaining
a high standard for composition, as well as performance. Many of
the
songs on Divine Dreams are memorable and your CD player's
"repeat"
button might get a work-out, I'd wager. Some listeners may be
frustrated
that some of the better songs here (and there are eighteen of
them!) are
quite short, i.e. under three-minutes (e.g. the somber
"Oblivion" and
the moody "Destiny"). Also, there is one small mis-step
on the album, an
attempt at a neo-jazz piece, a la Richard Bone, called
"Jazzen." It's
not necessarily bad, but it's jarringly out of place amidst the
rest of
what's here (especially since it sits in the middle of the disc).
On balance, though, I definitely recommend this recording to fans
of the
artists I referenced. Divine Dreams is ambitious, well-done, and
contains some very lovely music".
- Bill Binkelman -
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