David Arkenstone has released 81 solo albums plus a fair few soundtracks. I suppose his stuff typifies what one might imagine new age music to sound like – in fact some of those 81 albums are titled Spa – Bliss, Spa – Reflection, Spa – Touch, for example. It’s pretty formulaic if you ask me. How on earth can anyone find 80+ albums in them?? Crazy. Anyway – there it is! I don’t think it can be true, or possible, that all his music is insubstantial or tinkly winkly, so I tried – I listened to his most recent album, Winterlude, which was suitably brittle and frosty but I found it a bit boring after a while so went back to hear 1991’s In the Wake of the Wind which was more appealing. He’s a factory. What can I say! The thing with him is that I don't think I'd hear something and be able to identify it as being David Arkenstone - if that makes sense. I'm sure he's the royalty of the genre, along with Diane, below, however, probably not much my thing but then again, there are bound to be exceptions, surely - in 81 releases!
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