Name: Opal Fire
Brand: REAL MUSIC.
SKU: 238372
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Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

Opal Fire

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Album: Opal Fire
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Sugar Coated Love	More Info...
2)	Morning Rain	More Info...
3)	A Vision of You	More Info...
4)	Last Dance	More Info...
5)	Waves of Emotion	More Info...
6)	Farewell For Now	More Info...
7)	Unity	More Info...
8)	Innocence Lost	More Info...
9)	So Far	More Info...
10)	Gypsy Woman	More Info...
11)	Longing	More Info...
12)	Opal Fire	More Info...

Album: Opal Fire
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Sugar Coated Love	More Info...
2)	Morning Rain	More Info...
3)	A Vision of You	More Info...
4)	Last Dance	More Info...
5)	Waves of Emotion	More Info...
6)	Farewell For Now	More Info...
7)	Unity	More Info...
8)	Innocence Lost	More Info...
9)	So Far	More Info...
10)	Gypsy Woman	More Info...
11)	Longing	More Info...
12)	Opal Fire	More Info...

Performer Notes

Personnel: Omar (piano, keyboard); David Dial (synthesizer).
Personnel: Omar (piano, keyboards); David Dial (synthesizer).
This one-name-only new age upstart -- who, as the son of a UN diplomat, grew up in places like Cuba, Switzerland, and Afghanistan -- creates a wide range of musical atmospheres and exotica around the core of his beautiful acoustic piano. Most of this kind of music is pleasant and very predictable, but Omar is more about unexpected twists and turns. The opening track, "Sugar Coated Love," begins gently and builds slowly toward a rich orchestral crescendo before exploding into a (synthesized) rhythmic jam featuring the sound of an oboe; what opens as a ballad becomes a spry piano number. "Morning Rain" doesn't get quite as bouncy, but breaks from the tender, melancholy opening into a pop/rock piece complete with electric guitar crackle. "Last Dance" incorporates a little flamenco, slightly reminiscent of some of Ra£l DiBlasio's work. "Farewell for Now" draws more on Omar's classical background, but doesn't forsake his obvious passion for rock. Other numbers sound like pure, sweeping film scores. It's the rare new ager who can find unique ways to keep songs interesting all the way through, but Omar manages to do the trick. Very promising. ~ Jonathan Widran

Professional Reviews

New Age Voice (12/02, pp.13-14) - "...Beautiful, passionate, haunting melodies...along with plenty of variety in other instrumental sounds combine to make this debut album one of the most enjoyable contemporary instrumentals this year..."