Quiet Expanse By Jim Gelcer & David Vito Gregoli

 

Quiet Expanse

By

Jim Gelcer & David Vito Gregoli

Written by

Steve Sheppard

 

There have been some amazing new releases in what is loosely called the new age music genre this year, the style is certainly full throttle now, and a plethora of beautiful releases are now on offer, much like this one from Jim Gelcer & David Vito Gregoli entitled Quiet Expanse, this soothing new release is just what is needed right now, so let’s take a voyage of tonal delights with the artists on this latest offering.

From the very first track we are gifted an oasis of calm and serenity, from its acoustic guitar roots, the flowing keyboards drift over our horizon to create a tranquil space, and magic is born with the opener Forgiveness. This breath taking offering is part of a 10 track collection of some of the smoothest and most tranquil pieces ever.

As an example of that aforementioned tranquillity, we can drift on the vibrations of one of my favourite pieces, one that includes ethereal vocalisations, guitar and handpan drums, and called Resilience (Expanse Remix); this is a perfect example of a compositional structure manifesting space, room and awareness for the listener.

Gymnopédie No.1 will now doubt breathe a sense of familiarity into one’s senses, Erik Satie’s delightful opus will always remain with fondness in the hearts and minds of us all.

This quite unique collection of cathartic arrangements is filled to the brim with opportunities to let go and just be in the moment, the track Healing is without doubt one of them, a fluent, deep and penetrating synth based narrative that has rising meditative energies within.

The penultimate musical narrative is entitled Letting Go (Expanse Remix), for us to move forward in our lives this is a fundamental facet of one’s growth, here Vito and Gelcer gift us a truly blissful eastern mood, with sitar, bass and hovering contemplative keyboards, the added rhythmic percussion also manifested a deeper dimension to allow the healing to continue.

Our final gift from the artists is Floating Waves, a single released earlier on this year, here we have a sensitive electronic, new age crossover of a piece to glide with, the multi instrumental nature of this track alone is utterly idyllic and a great way to leave the album.

Quiet Expanse by Jim Gelcer & David Vito Gregoli is an album that anyone would be proud to have in their collections of peaceful instrumental music, it reminds me of the golden years of the new age genre at times, which is always good, but here we have an album that has grown from that point into a simply fantastic collection of curative and restorative compositions, and is without a shadow of a doubt, one of the best releases in the new age genre this year with ease.