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Geoffrey Downes & The New Dance Orchestra - The Light Program (1987) {2008, SHM-CD, Japanese Reissue, Remastered}

Geoffrey Downes & The New Dance Orchestra - The Light Program (1987) {2008, SHM-CD, Japanese Reissue, Remastered}

BAND/ARTIST: Geoffrey Downes & The New Dance Orchestra

The Light Program is the debut solo album by Geoffrey Downes. Geoffrey Downes is an English keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer who gained fame as a member of the new wave group The Buggles with Trevor Horn, the progressive rock band Yes, and the supergroup Asia.

This is a very unusual and rather experimental CD. The actual artist for the album is listed as Geoff Downes and the New Dance Orchestra. The liner says that the music the group performs is designed to bring tone and color to the stereo sound spectrum. It lists their further goals are to simultaneously retain "a deep musical foundation, upon which are built a series of images to stimulate the listener in his or her own domain." High ideals indeed, but does the music live up to it? Well, this music is strictly instrumental and quite electronic, but it does contain some very potent sound imagery and power and majesty. Among the other unique qualities the disc possesses is the fact that each of the five main pieces on the disc are divided into separate sections, for a total of 33 tracks. The group encouraged listeners to use the program function of their CD players to create their own personal arrangements of the music by shuffling the different sections around in regard to sequence. They even gave an address for people to share their particular arrangements with other fans. All of these factors combine to make the CD a worthwhile listen, but probably not something you will find yourself going back to again and again.

~ Gary Hill, All Music

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Geoffrey Downes & The New Dance Orchestra - The Light Program (1987) {2008, SHM-CD, Japanese Reissue, Remastered}


Track List:

01. Symphonie Electronique - Prophecy [0:03:44.37]
02. Symphonie Electronique - Mountain [0:01:16.00]
03. Symphonie Electronique - Majesty [0:03:12.04]
04. Symphonie Electronique - Softly [0:03:11.74]
05. Symphonie Electronique - Funkratl [0:01:24.02]
06. Symphonie Electronique - Megalyth [0:01:58.62]
07. Oceania - French [0:01:54.23]
08. Oceania - Daybreak [0:02:24.70]
09. Oceania - Steam [0:01:31.68]
10. Oceania - Surfin' [0:01:27.72]
11. Oceania - Polar [0:01:14.53]
12. Oceania - Seapeace [0:02:30.40]
13. Oceania - Stellar [0:02:28.11]
14. Oceania - Spring [0:03:14.32]
15. Ethnic Dances - Bourée [0:01:46.69]
16. Ethnic Dances - Merrydown [0:02:43.30]
17. Ethnic Dances - Jigtime [0:00:47.38]
18. Ethnic Dances - Jethro [0:01:47.04]
19. Ethnic Dances - Finale [0:01:30.37]
20. Ethnic Dances - Ice Dance [0:03:12.42]
21. East West - Shooters PNO I [0:04:08.48]
22. East West - Chopstik [0:02:35.57]
23. East West - Synthcry [0:01:54.00]
24. East West - Bazaar [0:01:48.35]
25. East West - Indosax [0:01:30.20]
26. East West - Shooters II [0:02:50.60]
27. Urbanology - Groundfunk [0:00:32.45]
28. Urbanology - Geoffunk [0:01:34.03]
29. Urbanology - Stevie [0:02:32.00]
30. Urbanology - Curryclub [0:01:01.61]
31. Urbanology - Safari [0:02:45.25]
32. Urbanology - Redrap [0:02:48.15]
33. Urbanology - Regiman [0:02:54.51]

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  • jojo5
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Thank you so much!!!!It is like the albums:
John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - Never In A Million Years (2006)
John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - Acoustic TV Broadcast (2006)
John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - Icon: Urban Psalm Live (2017)
John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - Icon: Zero (2017)
John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - Icon - Heat Of The Rising Sun (2012)
John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - At Billboard Live Tokyo 11/2/09 (2009)
Wetton / Downes - Wetton & Downes (2002)
New Dance Orchestra - Electronica (2013)
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