Matthew Lien – Bleeding Wolves (1995/2005)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 / 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 00:50:55 minutes | 3,08 GB
Genre: New Age, Neofolk | Publisher (label): Wind Music – TSCD-007
Bleeding Wolves is a collection of epic pieces full of texture & colour, which celebrate the beauty of nature, life & love. The title is both a reference to the Yukon government’s wolf kill program (euphemistically dubbed the “caribou enhancement program”) & a metaphor for some of the more cataclysmic dealings of humankind upon the natural world, which are reflected throughout the album with moving orchestrations.
Bleeding Wolves involved more than 30 musicians, with instrumentation ranging from piano, to Uilleann bagpipes, to wire harp, to orchestral & other instruments. Styles range from celtic (“Flying Squirrel Creek” & “Tears Over Shetland”), to European folk (“Before the War”), from world (“& Then There Were None”), to light jazz (“These Wings”), & from love songs (“Bressanone”) to classical (“Of Strength & Sorrow”).
The musicians on this album are of the highest calibre, including such renowned artists as Peter Sprague, Fred Benedetti, Bob Magnusson, & Mike Keneally. The album was recorded at Signature Sound in San Diego & mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.
Matthew Lien – Arctic Refuge (2004)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 47:04 minutes | Scans included | 3,07 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 890 MB
Matthew Carl Lien is a Yukon, Canada based World music singer-songwriter and producer. His primary lyrical and musical focus is on environmental and cultural themes. Preferring his native San Diego to Los Angeles, he discovered Signature Sound recording studios in San Diego, California, which is owned by his friend and musician/producer Luis Arteaga whom he met earlier at Mix Masters, where he recorded most of his albums to date, with the exception of his Hybrid SACD “Arctic Refuge” which was recorded at Bryan Adams’ Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He now has a fan base of millions in Taiwan and China, where he is known for his environmental music and his work with aboriginal and traditional cultures.
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