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Product Identifiers

Record LabelCD Baby, Cdb

UPC8715164000170

eBay Product ID (ePID)15046042437

Product Key Features

Release Year2010

FormatCD

GenreNew Age

ArtistDer Heijden, Eric Van

Release TitleDa Capo

Dimensions

Item Height0.40 in

Item Weight0.25 lb

Item Length5.60 in

Item Width4.90 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Tracks9

Number of Discs1

TracksTempo Rubato - Guesstimate, Berceuse Dolce - Field of Dreams, Andante Volante - Walking on a Cloud, Da Capo - the Light Beyond, Coda Piccolo - a Tiny Tale, Attacca Con Brio - AC Powered, Futura Immacolata - the Innocence of Tomorrow, Crescendo a Due - Evolution for Two, En Log - Testosterony's Epilog

NotesDa Capo was one of the first pieces I composed for the new CD. Somewhere in 1995 I combined the one note sequence with the melodic parts. The sequence changed a bit but the rest is still the same. OK the tittle, 1993 till 95 was a period with a lot of problems, but somehow I kept smiling and wanted to see everything positively. Da Capo means : start over again, from the top, in music it is very often used. That's why I choose this title, with the sub-title The Light Beyond, after a dark period there comes always a lighter period. Tempo Rubato - Guesstimate, Tempo Rubato : in music it means that you can freely play, your own tempo. Guesstimate : guess or given an estimate of that tempo´ Berceuse Dolce - Field of Dreams, Berceuse is in music a 'lullaby' a sleep-song, Dolce is soft. Field of dreams after the movie with Kevin Costner Andante Volante - Walking on a cloud Andante is the tempo name for walking tempo, volante is light, with wings. So walking an a cloud Da Capo - The Light Beyond see above Coda Piccolo - A Tiny Tale. Coda is the end, the tail of a music piece, piccolo is little, a tiny tale ( tail ??? ) a short story Attacca con Brio - AC powered. Attacca : the word for : attack. Con brio : lively AC powered. A= Anneke my eldest daughter, C=Charlotte : the second one. AC/DC ´.. driven /powered by the energy released by the love of your children Futura Immacolata - The Innocence of Tomorrow. Futura : the future. Immacolata : innocent Crescendo a Due - Evolution for Two. Crescendo is in music the increase of volume. A Due : for two Evolution for two : in a relationship you grow, it evolves 'Hidden Track' Epilog - Testosterony's Epilog. Written when I was 36, after a rather wild period I 'wrote' the epilog for my testosteron, the male hormon. 1998. Eric van der Heijden Well, I knew before that 'Da Capo' was quite good, particularly the title track, but I happened to have gone back and played it in it's entirety again and couldn't believe I had overlooked some of the other gems that were on this CD! All I can say is that this is one of those fantastic CD's that's out there! Lots of melody combined with the feel and of power of an orchestra. Highly recommended to anyone who likes their EM sweet and powerful! All I can say is WOW !! It's been spinning continuous all last night and today. Frank Arellano Eric is a long-time collaborator with Kees Aerts and Ron Boots, who helped to produce and engineer, of Groove Unlimited, but this is his first solo CD release in seven years, a new beginning (hence 'Da Capo') partly due to his having moved studios half way through production. So every track title has a special meaning to Eric, although we're not really let in to what they may be; 'Guesstimate' is orchestral, ponderous, Vangelis-like, while 'Field Of Dreams' layers insect sounds and choir under soft electric piano. 'Walking On A Cloud' is gentle and New Agey, building up a little sequencer power but mostly dominated by a gentle acoustic guitar feel, while 'The Light Beyond' adds pan flutes and a simple, Vangelis-like analog sequencer rhythm. 'A Tiny Tale' is again dominated by electric piano over distant choirs, while 'AC Powered' opens with sounds of children playing and moves into a rapid, bubbly sequence, layering it under building, deeply reverbed drums and added, multiple synth patterns - probably the best track on the album. 'The Innocence of Tomorrow' starts with sea and symphonic string sounds, developing into a rather Celtic-influenced, gentle New Age piece, while the closing 'Evolution For Two' builds from an extremely gentle texture to a powerful, crashing drum break. Plus there are 27 hidden tracks, totally silent and no more than a few seconds long each, followed by a bonus 36th piece - uncredited on the sleeve (but identified as Testosterony's Epilog' on the CD label), it comprises more than 9 minutes of extremely powerful music, filled with trilling sequences, big drum crashes, cutting solos and strong