Food for Fantasy - The Secret of Dreamin' - Newage 2006

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Artist : Food for Fantasy (Robert Schroeder)
Album : The Secret of Dreamin'
Source : CD
Year : 2006
Genre : New Age
Label : Spheric Music http://www.sphericmusic.de

Codec :
Quality : VBR, average 129kbps, joint stereo

ID3-Tag : Yes, Version 1 & 2.3

Posted By : on 17-09-2006


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Playlist (M3U)
Frontcover

Tracklisting
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01 (05:54) Remember Double Fantasy
02 (05:30) The Secret of Dreamin'
03 (03:00) Create Yourself
04 (09:34) The Spirit of Freedom
05 (10:40) Fast Food (Dinner Version)
06 (01:27) Missing Reality
07 (09:05) Night Lights
08 (06:28) Fantasy Refresher
09 (06:21) Long Running Highways
10 (04:34) Fundamental Relaxing
11 (10:39) Keep on Searching
12 (03:58) Fast Food (Snack Version)

Playing Time : 77:10
Total Size : 71.7 MB


Buy this cd if you like the music :)
http://www.sphericmusic.de/shop/pd306888078.htm?categoryId=63 <- Order from here.

Spheric is a good New Age Music label and mailorder.


To some it might come as a surprise that Robert Schroeder's greatest success sales

wise was not under his own name at all but instead under the pseudonym Double

Fantasy (along with guitarist Charly McLion). Their album 'Universal Ave' even

made it into the US charts! This project has now been rejuvenated with the new

name 'Food For Fantasy', Phil Molto replacing Charly on guitar. Enough of history

though- on with the music. A rhythm keeps emerging above mysterious undulating

drones then disappearing to silence again as the opener 'Remember Double Fantasy'

gets underway. Maybe it is supposed to represent the awakening of some deep

pleasant memories of the first album. Eventually the infectious rhythm solidifies

its presence and we bounce forward in pleasant fashion. The title track comes next

as guitar licks dreamily ring out. A superb foot tapping rhythm comes to join the

guitar and it is hard to keep the head from nodding as well. This is really

lovely, relaxed but also with just that right amount of bite.

'Create Yourself' is all rather moody, synth touches mixing gently with subtle

guitar tones then flute type sounds. All very ethereal stuff. 'The Spirit of

Freedom' uses whooshy type effects to conjure up images of soaring high in the

air. A steady rhythm soon comes in and it isn't long before we are beginning to

motor along pleasantly accompanied by some lovely sunny Sunday afternoon type

melodies. Joyous and uplifting. 'Fast Food (Dinner Version)' has more similarities

to Robert's solo work than the other tracks so far. Think of a cross between

'Galaxie Cygnus A' and 'Paradise'. It really gets into a groove with lots of

melodic touches. Personally, I could have done without the orchestral stabs but

that could just be me. There is some great guitar that really lets rip. Things

then become rather edgy in the third minute only to explode into life again in the

fourth. 'Missing Reality' is very short at only a minute and a half but it is a

gorgeous moody number combining soft tones and gently strummed guitar. This

moodiness is continued through to 'Nightlights'. Melancholy guitar mixes with a

slow head nodding rhythm. Lay back on the sofa and chill.

'Fantasy Refresher' starts as if we are in some sort of cosmic storm out of which

an excellent sequence pulses into life. Again this is much more like traditional

Schroeder but with the addition of some sympathetic guitar work. It's an excellent

track and probably my favourite on the album. 'Long Running Highways' in many ways

has a similar feel to the previous track but without the sequence. Instead there

is a lovely jaunty lead line which duets wonderfully with the guitar. There are

hints of later Schroeder albums such as 'Mindwalk' here but with an overall more

'mainstream' than New Age EM feel. 'Fundamental Relaxing' has a soft floatey

backing over which acoustic guitar melodies weave a melancholy spell. It is a

short rhythmless number. Simple but beautiful. 'Keep on Searching' has a similar

feel to the beginning of 'Fast Food (Dinner Version)' in that there are hints of

earlier Schroeder but given the super chilled treatment. The rhythms are slow

combining perfectly with almost seductive melodies. 'Fast Food (Snack Version)',

as might be expected, is a shortened mix of the 'Dinner Version', I suppose more

suited to radio play. All those who bought 'Universal Ave' as well as fans of

Robert's solo album 'Brain Voyager' should like this album. Don't expect a

demanding listen (Berlin School this ain't!), just first rate chilled out grooves

and melodies. I much preferred it to his recent CD 'Brainchips'. (DL)