Suzanne - In The Path Of Angels
Tracklisting: 1. Emmanuel 2. In the Path of Angels 3. Living Water 4. The Constant Nature of God (Can't Help It) 5. Meditation-Think on These Things 6. Peace 7. Brighter 8. This One Thing 9. The Love of God 10. Sunrise 11. A Still Small Voice 12. The Lord is a Warrior
Before beginning to write this review about Suzanne's In The Path of Angels, many questions came to my mind about it, and how I had to deal with it. The fact is, this album is a beautiful piece of music, calm and relaxing, but it is also a kind of testimony of what Suzanne discovered within herself during the past few years, and how her faith became a large part of her life. The question was: how can I write a review about this particular piece of music, which reflects her abilities to write music, and her true and deep faith when she creates melodies? But, as a reviewer, don't I have to remain distant and equal to everybody, whatever their convictions would be? Believe me, Suzanne's album is a great invitation to respect and tolerance, artistically, and more deeply.
While listening to the whole album for the first time, the most striking thing about it is its simplicity and opening to everybody's mind. I'm not thinking about low and ridiculous easy-listening, I'm talking about a simple and pure music, that each one could listen to, without misunderstanding it. Like musicians such as Enigma (In The Path of Angels), Enya (Living Water) Moby ( The Constant Nature of God) or Mike Oldfield ( Brighter), Suzanne gives simplicity but efficiency to her mystical and moving tunes. All these influences, whether she wanted it or not, join and melt into Suzanne's pure and immaculate hands, and make the album a combination of aerial synthetic music. Every tune shines into our souls and faces, and leave us impressed and peaceful.
Behind a certain optimism also lays an inner melancholy, which makes us think about our soul and question about ourselves; and this vision of music brings an exciting purity into our hearts, which is really rare to find nowadays. By personaly exposing her soul and talent, Suzanne offers us pieces of music which contain a simplicity that is really interesting and good to be heard. Coming back to the essence of new age music, she also lets us appreciate its sweetness and ethereal side, and is like a kind of long breath in our musical universe. She then shows a cinematographic side of her work, close to composers like Michael Nyman (The Love of God) or Vangelis (Meditation - Think on These Things), inspired by celtic or, sometimes, trip-hop music (Sunrise). And here appears one of the main reasons for this music to exist: Suzanne's own revelation and faith has to be shown to people, thanks to artistic expressions like images and music. It then becomes an artistic exhibition, given to each listener, whether he or she likes it or not.
So, the most powerful and interesting part of Suzanne's In the Path of Angels is due to her courage and convictions when bringing this art to everyone. Writing about her one's beliefs and faith is sometimes hard to do, and she found a way to do it thanks to her ability to compose and create music. And she does it really well: while playing and recording these atmospheric and moving little tunes, she also gives a language to the unheard, and a testimony of her inner self. Then, far from simple thoughts about faith, the listener is invited to contemplate and think about her meanings, as if he was watching paintings in a small and shiny room. As for a traveller passing through well-known lands and discovering their new aspects, which he had never seen before, Suzanne's music brings a candle in darkness, and a path that people could follow or not, but out of their own decision. And she has to be congratulated for this...
In the Path of Angels is a diary to be read, about self-consciousness and faith; it is like a painting to be seen and explored, in order to find every detail contained in it. But most of all, it is a pure and amazing album about Suzanne herself, about her everyday life, faith, beliefs and thoughts. And that's why everybody should go and listen to it, in order to have their own vision of that ethereal journey through heart and soul...
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While listening to the whole album for the first time, the most striking thing about it is its simplicity and opening to everybody's mind. I'm not thinking about low and ridiculous easy-listening, I'm talking about a simple and pure music, that each one could listen to, without misunderstanding it. Like musicians such as Enigma (In The Path of Angels), Enya (Living Water) Moby ( The Constant Nature of God) or Mike Oldfield ( Brighter), Suzanne gives simplicity but efficiency to her mystical and moving tunes. All these influences, whether she wanted it or not, join and melt into Suzanne's pure and immaculate hands, and make the album a combination of aerial synthetic music. Every tune shines into our souls and faces, and leave us impressed and peaceful.
Behind a certain optimism also lays an inner melancholy, which makes us think about our soul and question about ourselves; and this vision of music brings an exciting purity into our hearts, which is really rare to find nowadays. By personaly exposing her soul and talent, Suzanne offers us pieces of music which contain a simplicity that is really interesting and good to be heard. Coming back to the essence of new age music, she also lets us appreciate its sweetness and ethereal side, and is like a kind of long breath in our musical universe. She then shows a cinematographic side of her work, close to composers like Michael Nyman (The Love of God) or Vangelis (Meditation - Think on These Things), inspired by celtic or, sometimes, trip-hop music (Sunrise). And here appears one of the main reasons for this music to exist: Suzanne's own revelation and faith has to be shown to people, thanks to artistic expressions like images and music. It then becomes an artistic exhibition, given to each listener, whether he or she likes it or not.
So, the most powerful and interesting part of Suzanne's In the Path of Angels is due to her courage and convictions when bringing this art to everyone. Writing about her one's beliefs and faith is sometimes hard to do, and she found a way to do it thanks to her ability to compose and create music. And she does it really well: while playing and recording these atmospheric and moving little tunes, she also gives a language to the unheard, and a testimony of her inner self. Then, far from simple thoughts about faith, the listener is invited to contemplate and think about her meanings, as if he was watching paintings in a small and shiny room. As for a traveller passing through well-known lands and discovering their new aspects, which he had never seen before, Suzanne's music brings a candle in darkness, and a path that people could follow or not, but out of their own decision. And she has to be congratulated for this...
In the Path of Angels is a diary to be read, about self-consciousness and faith; it is like a painting to be seen and explored, in order to find every detail contained in it. But most of all, it is a pure and amazing album about Suzanne herself, about her everyday life, faith, beliefs and thoughts. And that's why everybody should go and listen to it, in order to have their own vision of that ethereal journey through heart and soul...
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