Reaves, Giles

Artist: Dave Fulton + Giles Reaves
P: 2007
Dave Fulton and Giles Reaves met at the "Different Skies" festival. The two of them hit it off musically and, after nearly four years of collaboration, their CD The Range was produced. Why did it take four years? The answer is as complex as the inspiration behind the music. Many of the songs were written during heightened emotional periods as intricate life matters intertwined with the creative process. More practical concerns, such as proximity to one another, provided interesting fodder for collaboration as well.
Songs began as single cells, then flew back and forth over the Internet until they had grown into complex organisms. The ability to let go of a pre-conceived outcome allowed the true spirit of collaboration to fertilize the ideas. A decision from the start allowed for any instrument, tool or feeling to propel each song.
The duo's ability to deal with the technical aspects of a long distance collaboration helped immensely but soon it became necessary to meet and finish the recordings side-by-side. The summer of 2006 allowed the basic overdubs to be completed in Salt Lake City. Afterwhich, long distance mix down began. The result is a diverse but cohesive collection of songs that range from Ambient to Progressive Rock, and incorporate influences from Tribal to Electronica to New Age.

Artist: Giles Reaves / Jon Goin
P: 1989
The first, drummer and keyboardist and the second guitarist. The album is awesome as explores a lot of different rock moods, all instrumentally, but really entretaining in every single minute of it. If you like Mike Oldfield, specially the QE2 - Five Miles Out time this album will amaze you. Jon Goin's guitar, although played with plectrum, has an unarguable similarity with the classic overdrive sound by Mike Oldfield.

Artist:  Giles Reaves
P: 1992
"Sea of Glass" is consistently tranquil but with an exciting edge, like a really good movie soundtrack, but without the dramatic swooshes. Reeves is much more subtle with his synthesizers than say, Vangelis, and less airy and predictable than Kitaro, and far less pretentious than either.

Artist: V/A
P: 1992
Universe compiles the fall 1992 releases by the US Hearts of Space label.