LORRIE SARAFIN
Second Wind
(c) (p) 2005 Lizard Dance Productions
16tks/60mins

Once having seen the greatness of the desert,
You will enjoy the life as ever stronger,
And wonder at it…

        This music captures you from the very first chords. It prompts to forget everything and plunge into its boundless profundity. The American Indian flute fascinates, a percussion rhythm leads you gently and covering sounds of a synthesizer create placatory environment. You can renounce all affaires, get rid of all rot splashed out on you by surrounding world and be in safety together with this music. It helps you to relax and turn out to be in private with yourself without thinking what will happen tomorrow. And which will it be? But you know every day is unique and it’s impossible to foresee what will expect you in future. And is it worth wasting precious time which is destined for your being on this beautiful planet?..

      Lorrie Sarafin’s music creates an impression of a desert: severe, silent and at the same time full of life. You see lifeless stony slopes and erubescent rocks in the distance. You can feel how sand crunches under your feet and big drops of a spring rain fall on your head, the rain that, in a matter of minutes, can bring back to life these lands which seem to be dead. But here it stops raining and again becomes a time of a drought which seems to be endless. And all this comprises an indescribable charm of the Earth's nature which is constantly changing and always beautiful…

      On the whole a refined taste inheres in Lorrie Sarafin’s music. It shines through both drawling sounds of an American Indian flute, and bright rolling rhythms, and through excellent, sharp-cut in details sounding of the album itself. “Second Wind” is not a simple picture painted with different colours, it is three-dimensional, it is full of space. And this silent space incoming together with music makes this album so attractive. It possesses one more important feature, Lorrie Sarafin’s music is very light and delicate, it does not suppress a listener.

      The “Second Wind” album is a brilliant debut. An inspired Lorrie Sarafin’s music is ideal for meditation, relaxation and recovery. “Second Wind” is a waterfall of sincere emotions that soothe a heart and elevates a mood.

Serge Kozlovsky
http://sergekozlovsky.com

P.S. Translated by Tatyana L. Permyakova.