11 Dec 08 Moments with Gulan from Latvia

The Cassiopeia album opens up the true Gulan Theatre: widely arranged pads, sequencial loops, strong lead, warm chords taking over, thoughts will fade, feelings will take over. The music reminds us of some songs by Vangelis, Gandalf, Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze. Gulan now has it’s unique twist, his unique touch: surprising the listener with bubbles full of special treatments and special effects.

The title tracks are Cassiopeia part 1, 2 and 3 and they start our journey on the album. All three show us a bit of the Gulan Universe: call it Space music, New Age, Ambient, we prefer the album not to be filed under any specific genre. The music is different everytime your hear it! The Infinite - this is closer to the core, this track is 100% timeless and gives the head a spin and a serious weightless impulse sort of speak…. from there The Infinite 2 starts a pleasant sweep and bleep phase and Gulan takes care of the environment: his music builds up a scene and includes blankets, candles, wine, cheese and protection against boring tones: all ingredients are fresh and do taste delicious on all portable players, HiFi sets, car stereo and BIG cinema sets!

Return Home - this track does the trick, now you will get lost for sure! The crystal sweet melody starts playing and invites you to open up another door. This door opens up @ 2 minutes and there you are…. the Deep, the Big and the Unexpected. This feels great! 100% in Space. Maybe it had to do with the Sony Playstation screensaver, showing the earth from space while we played the album….returning home is for later, just enjoy the space trip in full effect!

After Submergence - which gave us plenty of time (bit too long perhaps…) to think about bits and bytes, the Delerium track has the sequence, the subtle rhythmic sauce we were looking for now, the cinematic side too. The lead synth as a guide, showing you bells, winds, dolphins, water; not really there of course, but one can imagine easily…. At this stage we found ourselves healed. Fresh. Charged. Cassiopeia did it.

This album is one you’ll never forget. It’s a journey you’ll make more than once. You’ll play it and play it again. It’s beautifully arranged, typical Gulan style. Surprising. Clean. Clear. High production level. Space!