Yanni - Ethnicity (CD)

response to matthewcadarette: yanni's aw

By zhao1701b  Feb 14, 2003 | 3 out of 3 found this Ethnicity review helpful

what kind of crackhead would actually call yanni's music boring??!?!?!?!?!If you think his music is a bunch of 4 measure repeats and hasn't evolved, over a period of 20 years, you must be a very miserable person because music just doesn't get much be...tter. ...and what's wrong with a major 2nd modulation? If you're calling the general audience strange for responding to it, then you must be the queer one, since you're just one against 50 million. Based on your review, i doubt you could even play 4 measures and repeat it 300 times(even tho that isn't what yanni does). Or maybe your ear just can't handle the awesomeness of Yanni. You think ure so smart, matthew?Ure a dumb@$$!1. Yanni doesn't write in 5/4 time. 2. I'd like to see you hire an orchestra, you peon of a man who calls yourself a critic...3. And if you got an orchestra, i'd like to see what you could do with it. Reading your review, it wouldn't get any better than a middle school orchestra sound. 4. And if Yanni hired clowns, you'd be a part of his ensemble by now.5. Non-threatening modes? Do you even know how many of his works go up to 4 or 5 flats? You try to impress us with your musical technobabble jargon, hahahha. doens't work on me. i'm smarter. And as for my review of Ethinicity...It is dynamic, it is different, it is exciting, it is unquestionably Yanni. The best thing about Yanni's new albums is that you don't know what to expect because his style is always changing. I especially enjoy Rainmaker, where Yanni uses the aboriginal didgeridoo as a rhythmic instrument to give a tribal flavor. Highlights also go to Almost a Whisper and The Promise, where lyrics were added to previously composed works. However, the most dynamic element in the album is the use of electronic instruments indigenious of techno/trance and the increased use of bass drum, which is also original to techno/trance. Many sound effects commonly associated with electronica are used, and in Play Time, overdriven distorted guitars can be heard in the background along with the other electronic instruments.Also surprising, is the extensive use of the female voice. Althought he may have potentially overdone this, it does add a spirtual taste to the entire album. And, for the first time, Yanni is putting in a little touch of Irish music along with the oriental accents that are present (I would kno cuz i'm Chinese). I am really looking forward to his 2003/04 tour. Based on what I have heard, it is supposed to be the best tour yet. Read more Less