"Regneration" by Earthonika

03/14/2010 Random Music Review
Song:	"Regeneration"
Artist:	Earthonika (CJ Williams)
Genre:	New Age / Electronic / Instrumental

Another beautiful production from CJ Williams. This fantastic and moving instrumental features many unique and interesting musical elements. Sweeping pads and synths move the listener with interesting subtleties combined with nice climaxes. The only thing lacking in this composition may be the length, because when it ends it seems like there should still be more.

The audio production is crisp, clean, and sharp. The video features cut scenes from the movie "The 5th Element" which seems quite fitting for this piece of music. All in all, CJ has brought us another wonderful creation.

"When Love Leaves" by Earthonika

02/18/2010 Random Music Review
Song:	"When Love Leaves"
Artist:	Earthonika (CJ Williams)
Genre:	Instrumental New Age / Easy Listening

This very relaxing new age score begins gently with soft string pads and progressively builds throughout the entire song. CJ creates a very warm atmosphere first with an amazing oboe melody and then kicks it up a notch by adding some gentle percussion and fantastic choir backing to accent the overall feel of the score. The score climaxes very close to the end, leaving the listener yearning for more. Replay is a wonderful thing!

The samples used to produce the music are pretty good. The productions quality and audio levels are great throughout. The video starts with a Poem written by CJ followed by nice scenes of water, nature, and some abstract transitions.

"Into The Sky" by Earthonika

02/02/2010 Random Music Review
Song:	"Into The Sky"
Artist:	Earthonika (CJ Williams)
Genre:	New Age

What a refreshing young artist! Earthonika combines layers of his own vocals with instrumental arrangements to create a fun and refreshing new sound. His newest creation, "Into The Sky" demonstrates this perfectly. This relaxing new age production features smooth acoustic instrumentals samples while showcasing his exemplary ability to record multiple instances of his own vocals and then layer them together many times to create a harmonizing style of music reminiscent of Enya.

The lyrics leave the listening audience with the feeling the story is about a broken love, a love the story teller refuses to let go of in his own heart. Was it a breakup? Maybe he is just dreaming of a love he's never had. Is he pining? Is he dreaming? Has he passed on into another existence leaving her behind? The story leaves a lot to the imagination.

The video visuals are borrowed from someone else. Even though they are not his own, the imagery is very fitting for the song and is a perfect match.

The composition and arrangement of the music is great with lots of variety, yet it is always gentle and relaxed throughout the entire work. The production is superb with sharp crystal clear sound and absolutely no distortion or clipping.