Fresh Aire 8

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AMAZON
The eighth instalment in the Chip Davis/Mannheim Steamroller Fresh Aire series is actually a soundtrack for a video/DVD production that Davis, the composer/arranger/CEO/svengali behind all things Steamroller, developed concurrently with the music. Independent of the video, the music appears supplemental to the visuals since the 12 selections (the first track is carved up into a five-part "suite") often struggle to deliver much lyricism or linear flow, making the audio-only experience a marginally interesting event, even for Mannheim loyalists. Always thematic affairs, the eighth Fresh Aire (involving the London Symphony) addresses infinity. (Knock an 8 on its side and it becomes the symbol for infinity; it also can be turned into the stylish logo for the disc's commemorative T-shirt.) Davis takes a musical stab at infinite topics such as philosophy, Big Bang theory, math, art, etc. For the topic of "music", Davis creates (and this is not a joke) an ode to "Steamy", a personified steamroller, and the track opens with an electronic hammer rhythmically whacking a synthesised rail. A bouncy saxophone line eventually follows and the liner notes tell us Steamy eventually is dancing with "Dreamy". Hmmm. Davis aims for clean, wholesome, Disneyesque fun in his works, and that's commendable. Yet clean and wholesome can also be compelling and inventive. On its own, this music (other than some exceptions such as the Middle Eastern-flavoured "Night Party" in the opening suite) is neither. --Terry Wood

Number of Discs: 1

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