KEVIN ASBJORNSON
Inner Voices
(c) (p) 1999 PianoOne
10tks/50mins

Singings of wind, rustle of leaves, warm summer rain. Far from the virtual
troubles of fussy city, here you can be tete a tete with the Nature, you
can feel the life, you can be in private. And music of Kevin Asbjornson brings
you to that secret place. Its mood is very bright. There is vitality in it,
there is intention to be in this world. And it is easier to be here together
with crystal piano melodies by Kevin Asbjornson...
The melodies have something of the hyaline, clinking pianino of George
Winston. But Kevin Asbjornson's music is special at the same time, it is
simpler, there is a lot of calm joy in it. There is a clear child's vision.
The music is understandable and absolutely real: here it is, you can feel
it. That reality of Kevin Asbjornson's music lifts the listener up, it allows
him being beyond the problems. It makes therapeutic effect, helping to calm
and to refresh.
Inner Voices is the second album of Kevin Asbjornson, following
its successful debut Awakenings. The pianist has included in his new
album not only the instrumental compositions: at I'll Love You From the
Heart you can hear profound vocal of Beth Asbjornson. Different events
had inspired Kevin to create melodies of Inner Voices; he described
them briefly in the album booklet. All the music keeps the same style. But
it doesn't make boring, because you always feel the presence of the composer,
and he communicates with you in a very warm and pleasant manner. You feel
similarly with a glass of good vine, in a company of old, faithful friends,
whom you haven't seen for ages. I especially like the touching composition
Heart Of Gold, dedicated to Karen, the musician's sister.
And - last but not the least - one more quality of this music. Don't
afraid to turn it on in any mood - it will never try to suppress you by any
means..
Serge Kozlovsky |