MEDWYN GOODALL
Comet
(p) (c) 1999 New World Music
10tks/56mins

From the farthest limits of the infinite space they come - messengers of unknown stars and wonderful worlds. It seems that they try to bring us some message. What do they bring us: a hope or a menacing omen? And where these restless wanderers will go further on? Comets always have enchanted and surprised people, awaken the imagination and troubled minds. And Medwyn Goodall has turned to namely this topic. This most talented musician keeps on surprising us! He has created such a large number of albums, every one of which is very special, and is not similar to the others. And, at the same time, 1999 was marked by a new turn in the creative work of Goodall - his going to a space-cosmic subject. At first "Millennium", and then "Comet" were released with a small interval. The "Comet" can be named an original continuation of the "Millennium". And at the same time it is quite different. The "Comet" is unexpectable from the very beginning.

It starts with "Future Written", which is full of romanticism and conciliation, with an unearthly and ethereal-cosmic vocals by Juliana. And you are floating on the waves of this warm sea, sparkling with many-colored lights, and suddenly the melody unexpectedly changes, and other colors appear: enters Cosmos, it fills everything around, and this space begins to widen more and more…

Melodic turns of this kind would be enough for any other musician for a creation of several "normal" compositions. But for Goodall's inspiration this is absolutely unnecessary. Lightly, without effort, he continues his flight, at first softening colors in "Lagoon Nebula" and then intensifying dramatic effect and inner alarm in "Ice Crystals" and "Earth Passing". Further action develops very organically. Soaring, and stretching to the lost worlds like a tracery "bridge" "Starseed" , imposing "Inherit The Stars", being worthy musical "brush" of Vangelis, only intensifying an interest to the inspired journey of Goodall, and intriguing, bringing trouble "Behold The Darkness" foreboding fast outcome. And it comes in "Twin Moons". And this composition suddenly happens to be very light on its mood. It contains something naked and piercing, a sound of something very high and beautiful. And concluding compositions "Stargate" plus a shortened version of "Future Written" (o magical vocals of Juliana!) as an afterword, elegant touch of the Master, delight for the listener.

I need to say, that "Comet" is an album with classical structure, it is compositionally constructed and completed, its music contains an epic origin. Music by Medwyn Goodall is very opened, it is open wide and broadness. At the same time, still it is more Earthly one. The Earthly origin prevails in this music with all the cosmic nature of its sound. This a look at the Cosmos by an earthly man, born on this small planet, third from the Sun. Though, who knows… Maybe this is a firstly-born elf is longing for his cosmic Motherland, and is gazing into a sky, filled with stars, trying to find this very star…

Our story about the album by Medwyn Goodall will be not complete, if we will not say, that the musician masterly plays parts on various instruments: classical guitar, piano, oboe, flute and on many others both living and computer instruments. He has recorded "Comet" in his home studio.

Listen to "Comet". This is a completely new and fresh sample of a timeless music, a melody of Love and Eternity.

Serge Kozlovsky