Asura: Lost Eden

Asura's "Lost Eden":http://www.thestore24.com/Music/Album.aspx?p_id=P+++385791&a_id=R+++693772&search=asura&sec=all%20music&prodid=TVM9041.2&si=rhino floats out of speakers like nimbus stratus aural puffs as soon as "play" is pressed. New Age heads looking for something interesting in the atmospheric pop vein will get their kicks with "From the Abyss" which offers wails from way past Pluto's zip code. With just under a full hour of tunes, you can open your chakras with the upbeat, yet soothing "Land & Freedom" or "The Battle of Devas" which clocks in at just over 10 minutes and builds into a lugubrious sashay -- solid. Taken as a whole, Lost Eden is a set of very kicked back cuts that are very good for, well, kicking back. Although there are a couple "lets-noodle-on-the-keyboards" Jan Hammer sequences, they're forgiveable. If you're a fan of "Vangelis":http://www.thestore24.com/Music/Album.aspx?p_id=P+++112251&a_id=R++++83742&PersonID=P%20%20%20112251&prodid=POR839518.2&si=rhino, "Deep Forest":http://www.thestore24.com/Music/Album.aspx?p_id=P++++38333&a_id=R+++685222&PersonID=P%20%20%20%2038333&prodid=SNY86472.2&si=rhino or even "Sweetback":http://www.thestore24.com/Music/Album.aspx?p_id=P+++194920&a_id=R+++241515&PersonID=P%20%20%20194920&prodid=SNY67492.2 (Sade's backup band) then go ahead and round out your collection because this album will do you no wrong. B++