After that, you have to wait a few minutes for the music to soar and to build momentum, but don't worry, because when it does, it really does. The album begins with a few spoken words by the narrator, who will come back later, but fortunately ocupying very little space on the record. 'Sanctuary' is his first solo album and as such, he plays each and every instrument with obvious glee and mastery, fueled by the Tubular Bell inspiration.Īs much as the Part One was primely devoted to the musical universe of Mike Oldfield in style and sound, this Part Two plays the same role, but taking as the object of devotion the enchanted folk pastoralia of Anthony Phillips, mimicking mainly the orchestral-like setting of his first solo album, The Geese And The Ghost. So when he considered the solo album option and figuring out that a true solo album is when you do everything yourself, Reed had the challenge of saluting one of his heroes, the mighty and legendary Mike OLDFIELD (also still going strong what with his recent 'Man on the Rocks' release). Robert Reed needs little introduction, a talented multi-instrumentalist that has been creating delightful prog music since his early days with CYAN as well as the THE FYREWORKS, then forming the brilliant and still strong MAGENTA, as well as the recent KOMPENDIUM project featuring a busload of prog superstars (HACKETT, HARRISON, DONOCKLEY, DUNNERY, BEGGS, COLLINS, BARRETT, JAKSZYK, MITCHELL among many others).Ī thorough multi-instrumentalist on both guitars, bass and a vast variety of keyboards, as well as adept on percussion when needed, REED is also a composer and producer of high repute.

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