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The Magic Dragon
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Price: $14.99
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0634651061228
Label: Guidance Recordings
Manufacturer: Guidance Recordings
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Guidance Recordings
Release Date: 2003-04-08
Studio: Guidance Recordings
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Customer reviews of The Magic Dragon
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: Works for All Types of People
Comment: What's interesting is that out of all the CDs that I own, and out of all the different types of people that I know - I always get asked "who is this? Cause I like it."
Blows me away - from people who listen to hard rock, to country, to electronic, to classical, to rap music.
This whole album makes people stop and relax. Very nice to play for groups, and just nice to play for yourself on a day off!
--Interesting sidenote. The band "Weekend Players" took several pieces of music off this CD and used it on their first album. Did anyone else notice besides me? Shows you how good it is - bands are using their music! Just don't forget who wrote it first...Caia did.
Customer Rating:
Summary: ABSOLUTE DOPE
Comment: Purchased Caia on a humbug because of Any Catos association with it,blown away instantly.Definately a smoother sound than any other Cato produced projects except maybe Weekend Players,also recommended. Caia has become one of my favorite downtempo gems.
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Summary: This Might be the Best Chill-Out Album Ever
Comment: Yes, I know, you've never heard of this obscure band called "Caia". But let me tell you, I've listened to a lot of downtempo/chill-out music, and this is my favorite album. This music will simply make you happy. It's just one of those inexplicable things. Caia's music is soft, light, refreshing, with many nice beats and great synth work.
Remembrance is one of the all-time best ambient tunes. So good that it may bring tears to your eyes. Other great songs on here are The Love Room, La Telecabine, and Jericho. Along with the Dining Rooms, Caia ranks as my favorite Chill Out band!
Do yourself (and your ears) a favor and get Caia's The Magic Dragon. You won't regret it.
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Summary: can't really think of a worthy title for my review of Caia
Comment: ITunes is a great tool, isn't it? Now, even tho I'm hella asian, I don't know anything about computers and technology and all that jazz. I do know I like certain songs and artists and what not. So, I pretty much have no life, although when I spell it out it doesn't seem all that unusual. I'm a 25 year old bartender who sits at the computer and plays online poker in his spare time. That could easily describe 2 million people. But when I'm pokered out (or when I'm flat broke from pokering around) I go to amazon and read people's reviews, then go to limewire and get songs based on reviews. I must do this 20 hours a week. I work 40, play poker another 40, sleep 60, and do this for 20. I told you I have no life. When I made my profile 5 or 6 years ago, and I was prompted to put down a profession like teacher, or student, or whatever, I said "music is my life, by default", and the statement still holds true today. Why am I going on this long winded narrative about my life, or lack thereof? I'm not sure, I just want to stress that I'm a music lover, and I love Caia.
So ITunes, it keeps track of what songs I play. Weekend Players is number one, with Aquanote not far behind. But I've had those guys a lot longer than Caia, and Caia is proudly number 3 right now. And the reason I'm writing this review is because I've had "Remembrance" on repeat for 50 minutes now. I just had to share how good this song and album is to people who might care. There is no other song in my vast ITunes library that I would put on repeat, let alone 8 times. If you're like me, who likes to browse and download based on reviews, get Caia's "Remembrance". It's not for everyone, but you'll be glad you're not one of them.
There are other delicious songs on here as well, and I'm sure like everyone else, I went through a phase where I liked "Rose Room" the best, or that Subway song, or "Summer Lightning". It really doesn't matter anyways, everyone has their own tastes. I'm just saying, that right now, a music junkie with no other life, I love this album the best. Maybe I'm not willing yet to put it ahead of OK Computer by Radiohead yet, but it's in the same discussion. I never thought I would say this because OK Computer is well, OK Computer. Just check it out, ok?
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Summary: Relaxing Magic
Comment: This is very definitely a chill-out album, so many of the normal buzz words apply - blissful, melodic, electronic, etc. Each track is beautifully composed, but not overwhelmingly so. There is a sense when listening to Caia that the music is subtly and sophisticatedly put together and produced. Mostly, it's an instrumental album though female vocals stand out on 'the rose room' and 'subway freedom', 'Whose blues' along with saxophones, and soulful crooning and tribal chants appear on 'heavy weather'. However, the vocals are minimal and the music is always the main impact on the listener.
Favourite tracks for me are:
'the rose room': a real funky opening with a heavy beat, scratches, dub, and a luscious bass line.
'La telecabine': its a track filled with soothing synths and crashing base, but its composition seems to change when you least expect it. It keeps you on your toes.
'afterwards@the bar': a real end of the night tune. Deep mellow acoustics and piano, a jazz feeling, full of soul and gentle passion.
If you are into chill-out, you'll love this, particularly if you like Groove Armada as Andy Cato is said to have helped out on production. The album also shares musical similarities with Bonobo, Thievery Corporation, and Weekend Players.
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2003 long player debut from Japanese recording artist Maiku Takahashi which was produced, recorded, arranged and engineered by Andy Cato of Groove Armada fame. Digipak. Guidance Recordings.
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