Media Review from LA Yoga Magazine

Musician/Producer Mark Peacock combines elements of ambient groove, electronica, trance and world beat on this 14-track album of instrumental compositions.

This is a very smooth, tasty album that is easy to listen to. It does, however, stay on a pretty steady vibration.
I enjoy this album and I do want to recommend it for something, I’m just not sure what. This is as “advertised” an “ambient” album, yet won’t work for meditation because it does have a lot of fluctuation and calls attention to itself too much, It isn’t intended for yoga rooms. Nevertheless, all the tunes here are sweet, ethereal and provide a mystical flow that feeds the listener’s imagination and inspire very positive, soothing emotions.

Peacock’s guitar and bass contributions are top notch, as are the superb violin tracks by J’Anna Jacoby who has credits with Rod Stewart, Michael Tovar, known for his work with Los Lobos, and Chaka Khan, plays some lead guitar.

The album’s consistent theme in memories and reflections and it does succeed in producing music that is memorable. There is nothing wrong with this ambient album, and I think massage therapists might really want to check into using it for background music.
Momentos is a solid sophomore outing by a group of respectable and talented musicians who have the right idea.

-Michael R. Mollura

Spirits in Ambience: “SIA”
The music here is kind of a cool, electronica-disco. It’s not Ambient, with a capital ‘A’, but it’s got some smooth atmospheric pleasure-dome effects to it. I tell, you though, it’s pretty hard to like the first cut when you keep hearing Hitler’s voice over and over (track #1, “Submission”)
Anyway, the rest of this four-song EP has some midnight-black, ominous-sounding dance-jams that would not be out of place at your local downtown nightclub; there are stylish guitar loops, a flashy drum machine, a sexy-sounding female singing in French and pulsing electronica wigging out in many layers. It would go well for your date with that tall blond German girl. Check out the website – http://www.aurorablue.com – KM.

Spirits in Ambience (s/t)
This is kind of a concept album – there is an accompanying paper that came with my copy on which every song title is deconstructed and the meanings of the songs are spelled out for interested listeners. Spirits in Ambience is the project of producers Mark Peacock and Greg Vossberg; they’ll take you on a magical dance journey and you’ll be gyrating non-stop before the whole thing is over. Mark Peacock is the progenitor and proprietor of Aurora Blue, an ambient music society that is putting out this trippy essence of ether. This is their pet project but they have big plans for the future, which will be bright, indeed.

The music on this CD is much more laid back, ambient stuff than the dance-y four-song EP, “SIA”. “Spirits in Ambience” is a more grown up, chill-out record, a fabulous, swirling vortex of the stuff dreams are made.

It sort of reminds me a little of Orbital, the 1990s trippy dance-ambient sensation, albeit SIA add a touch of the earthy along with the ethereal. Instead of getting up to dance, “Spirits in Ambience” will make you want to get down and make love, go on a nature hike or slip into a blissful trance.

Interwoven with the mechanized electronic dance dubs is some flamenco guitar, some bluesy electric guitar, a bit of violin with a pick up played through effects pedals and other humanizing touches that add a great flair to it, that give it all some soul. Especially in the last few cuts, things let loose, hair is let down and the disco energy is adulterated with some electric bugaloo microdots
To get in touch with your inner Spirit in Ambience -KM

Spirits’ shifting paths of synths and beats, ribbons of violin and crisp 
guitar are smooth and easy to listen to, making this a pleasant and 
enlivening CD to perk up the doldrums. Their brand of ambience may be a bit too smooth and new-agey for some, although composer Mark Peacock isn’t afraid of the dark or of the unknown.
Tracks like “Voyage of the Argo” tremble with approaching revelation, and “Bailar con la Luna” coils up and springs; there’s also a trove of underworld mythology hiding here. Blended with trip-hop, tribal rhythms, expansive rock, and dashes of flamenco and Eastern flavor, Peacock’s versatile guitar guides the way with creative changes. It’s good to take it easy once in a while rather than laying it on 
too thick.

Reviewed by Carolee for Gothic Beauty Magazine

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