Artist description What is Love Moods: Deep Passion? - Love Moods is "a haunting and evocative work, charged with an earthly intensity and a mystical depth." - James Haig, Music Enthusiast - Love Moods is not a compilation, but a complete album created to touch your soul, move your belly, and open your heart. Love Moods is a symphony of passion. Our goal in sharing Love Moods with you is to have you fall more in love with yourself, and with those closest to you. - Love Moods is passionate music of the first order. With voices that are beyond this world and yet rooted firmly in life itself, Love Moods reaches into and touches your heart. We hope this timeless music brings you and your loved ones closer to one another.

Music Style Enya-esque, Newest of New Age, New Classical

Similar Artists Enya, Manhiem Steamroller, Paul Winter Consort

Artist History Chris White Chris White has a diverse background which includes touring, writing and singing for theater, as well as many guest performances ion Silver Wave recordings and other labels. She also has a vast theater background with original productions to her credit in New York City, Washington D.C., Virginia and Colorado. She honed her acting and writing craft at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute. Her vocal work first appeared on the Silver Wave label on Peter Kater's Homeage release, and was acclaimed on the Migration release. Described as "a lovely voice that really tugs at the heart" by New Frontier Magazine, Chris' voice is captivating, evocative and sensual Peter Kater Peter Kater feels this is an "absolute" collaboration for him from many standpoints. Peter and Chris say that the making of lovemoods was "an adventure into a deep and ancient place…a place of union." German-born, pianist-composer Peter Kater lives and works out of rural Washington, Virginia. He moved there several years ago after thirteen years in Boulder, Colorado. Kater's debut album Spirit, was released in 1983, and thirteen records have followed. These works range from inspired solo piano to full jazz ensemble projects. Four of these recordings have reached the Top 20 on Billboard's New Age Chart, and all of them have topped national radio airplay charts. In addition to his albums he has composed original scores for Broadway, Off-Broadway, television and dance. Glen Velez Glen Velez provides the extraordinary percussion for this recording. Velez is an internationally recognized master drummer, composer, scholar and teacher who has merged his background in Western percussion with the study of tambourine performance styles from around the world. He has taken his experience in these different traditions in frame drumming and forged a new and unique approach to music. He has been the percussionist with the Paul Winter Consort since 1983. Cecil Hooker Violinist Cecil Hooker and saxophonist Bobby Read have given inspired performances that weave throughout the piece, drawing on a diverse background of classical, folk and jazz. Both are members of the group Trapezoid. David Darling David Darling, who was featured on Migration, has joined the ensemble for lovemoods. Darling is a maverick instrumentalist with an international reputation. He has spent a number of years with the likes of the Paul Winter Consort and Oregon, and has since released seven of his own albums. His newest critically acclaimed work is entitled Cello (ECM Records). Darling recently completed the score for Wim Wenders film, Until the End of the World.

Group Members Chris White, Lead Vocals Peter Kater, Piano, Synthesizers, Vocals Glen Velez, Percussion Bobby Read, Soprano Saxophone Cecil Hooker, Violin David Darling, Cello

Instruments Piano, Violin, Voice, Cello, Soprano Saxophone, Drums

Albums Deep Passion

Press Reviews Music Universe Launches As A Haven For True Music Listeners "lovemoods" Sets The Tone For Label Dedicated To Providing Music That Touches And Reflects The Universal In Each Listener November 6, 2002 For Immediate Release BOULDER, CO - Music Universe believes in the serious listener of music. This music lover stops, considers, and carefully makes a choice to set the tone for each special situation. For Alan Kaplan, Founder and President of Music Universe, this is the audience whom he feels has been overlooked in today's recording industry. No stranger to thinking differently about audiences, Alan Kaplan was President/CEO/Founder of the vastly successful and ground-breaking Music West record label, which sold over 2.3 million albums, locked in the #1 spot on Billboard's New Age chart for over 104 weeks, and earned Billboard's "Label of the Year" award two years in a row. More recently, Kaplan founded ClickPLAY Inc., an application software company facilitating the first streaming of movie and music previews directly to GSM cell phones with video screens, enabling consumers to tap into the fast emerging mobile entertainment industry. Kaplan consistently serves those who put thought into personalizing and differentiating their lives in some fashion. Not just "Think Different" but rather "Live Different". Music Universe is about creating a community of music lovers, locally and globally, who understand that the power of the music outshines what the greater music industry often seems to favor: the power of ego, image and the cult of artist idolatry. Music Universe is purely about the music they have found and nurtured, titles that move the emotions, the heart, the body and the soul of the Listener. BUT...Music Universe is not a "new age" label. The hybrid projects will encompass the various genres of World, Trance, Pop, new Classical and Jazz, so the 'true listener' discovers and discerns flavors, textures and depth with each new release. The releases are mined from a mix of new and resurrected music that Music Universe feels will provide their audience the substance and quality that truly moves and inspires. The resurrected releases are remastered and repackaged to reflect the care and focus that today's music lover deserves because of his/her dedication to the joy of music listening and reflection. These people make listening to music a priority for what it brings to their daily lives. The first release, lovemoods | deep passion, is such an example. Now remastered and beautifully packaged to reflect the true artistry, musical greatness, thrill and passion of its music, lovemoods is the embodiment and expression that Music Universe was created for. "lovemoods is a world class project with a special message about Love," says Kaplan. The album was created by its contributing artists not as a compilation of individual songs, but as a single album-length artistic experience devoted to the expression of love and greater passion. "The extended resonating tones and the human voice used as a musical instrument touch...that unknown place in which the spiritual relationship of lovers is formed." - Andrea Honebrink, Utne Reader "For those looking for fresh ideas, one new release is heartily recommended...a refreshing mixture of modern jazz, tribal percussion and a hint of New Age relaxation." - Portland's Willamette Week "Female vocals that soar without words, drums that pound out the uniting of a woman's heart with a man's. Very unique" - WMNF Community Radio Guide To hear lovemoods | deep passion online, listeners may plug into the passion at www.lovemoods.com. lovemoods is available at the site, and at hundreds of yoga studios, gift stores, music stores and book stores.

Additional Info http://www.music-universe.com

Location Boulder, CO - USA

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