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Reviews
"..incredible music..... unlike anything else. It's dreamy, it's toe-tapping, it's catchy"- JACK HEEGER, Napa Register California Staff Writer
“As Fascinating as it is is beautiful” Reviewer: Judy Sarriss -Editor Gourmet Traveller Wine
"Surprisingly Beautiful." Reviewer: Max Allen-The Australian
“very impressed with the quality and effort you have put into this”-Reviewer :Maximilian Riedel (11th generation owner of Riedel Crystal Glass)
"Loved it!....terrific music"-David Kilby -ABC Radio music reviewer
"A Glass Of Wine Never Sounded So Good."
If there is anything as appealing to the ear as Tony King's The Sound of Wine, then it is the story of its composition. Wine Music is an aural feast, with a beautiful collection of sounds, melodic, harmonic and rhythmic, all made from sampling wine bottles, glasses, barrels and corks. The sheer technical implications of this would be enough to make most musicians either give up, or just drain the damn bottle and pass out! This, however, was not to be the path for Tony King. Technical brilliance aside, the music itself, devoid from its creation stands alone as a wonderful, immersive experience. Indeed, many composers do not acheive the sort of complexity and beauty with a wide array of instruments and musicians playing their music. From the dreamy "Toast to Old Friends" to the classical sounding "A fugue good wines" the incredible does not cease to amaze. While listening to the bouncy "Scarecrow Jig" you could be forigven for thinking that you are listening to a skillful panflute or tin whistle player, but the occasional percussive use of a cork popping open brings you back to the unbelievable reality of the Music - that is made from various wine related implements. The only things that aren't made of wine are the CD and cover themselves - but I'm sure Tony King, being as resourceful as he has thus far proven, will eventually overcome even this barrier!!!Seriously, this is more than just a novelty idea, this is some creative and enjoy!! Reviewer: Tom Dickins
TONY
KING "The Sound of Wine" Two years in the making. For two years
Tony sampled individual sounds from wine bottles, wine corks, wine glasses,
wine barrels, anything connected with wine. Imagine the pains-taking reseach;
"Damn, I just opened this bottle of red for the cork sound but, bugger
me, I'm going to have to drink it to save it from waste." Ah, the suffering
of the artist. Seriously, this is more than just a novelty idea, this is some
creative and enjoyable music. Tony must be producer of the year for one thing;
the fidelity on this is beautiful, this bloke knows how to tweak. Every single
little sound crisp and level, sequenced and mixed together immaculately. What's
great is that the sounds neither truly leave their origins to become something
alien, but are exquisitely musical enough to carry the tunes. The music also
expresses a duality between being laid back and relaxing, and involving and
expressive at the same time. Just like a really good bottle of plonk. If I
had to nit-pick, I'd say some of the tracks are a tad too short (although
given how labour-intensive making them must be you can forgive that), and
that the melodic sounds tended to remain static throughout the album; although
they come into their own on the Bach-esque "Fugue Good Wines": the
spirit of Walter/Wendy Carlos lives!. I love the percussive sounds best myself,
their really rich and satisfying. But there's such a wealth of ingenuity poured
into this, and it's succesful in it's mission to be played whilst dining and
wining, or for my part relaxing after a meal with something a tad exotic in
the glass...Amazingly beautiful.meditative.exotic
textures.Crystal glasses can sing! Reviewer:
IAM
This
Album is amazing! It is as beautiful as it is interesting.It is as if Crystal
Glasses and Bottles could sing! The Barrels sound like Irish drums.It is perfect
for dinner music. None of my friends could guess what the instruments are
and nobody can believe all the sounds come from Wine. It grows on you and
is stuck in my CD stacker. Well done!! Reviewer:
Phil James
