I pride myself on having a wide taste in music. There are very few genres I haven't like altogether. For the most part, rap is about the only thing that I can't stomach. Sure, I enjoy the occasional Snoop, Dre or Eminem track but for the most part, when I fire up ye olde mp3 collection, I'm after a certain sound. Sometimes I want to hear roaring guitars with a vocalist whose primal growls are just as powerful. Sometimes I'm in the mood for something that makes me wish I in a pub having a good old time with close friends. Other times, it's a powerful or soothing orchestral experience I'm looking for. Through Pandora Internet radio and its stupidly now-limited-per-month free listening, I've discovered several bands I was more than happy to add to my collection. Recently, though, through a channel created with multiple artists, I discovered an artist named Heinz Strobl who releases albums under the name Gandalf. In listening to these serene, beautifully melodic pieces, it feelsas if the very act of skipping to the next track or even pausing the current track is one of the most atrocious crimes I could ever commit. I have yet to make it through the whole history of his works but even what I have heard has instilled more peace in me than I've felt in years. It is the ultimate collection for relaxing, calming down, waking up, going to sleep or anything else one would associate with the concept of soothing. There aren't enough words in all the languages of all the worlds to do it justice and I cannot recommend it strongly enough to anyone searching for the perfect expression of calm and soothing.
Gandalf - Colors of a New Dawn
Gandalf - In The Presence of Angels
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