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A beautifully lush and animated journey out of mind.

Vision Quest is highly melodic and compelling music. Some of the more subdued pieces could be called “relaxing,” but I like to describe the effect of this music in the right setting as “transcendent.” I enjoy music that takes you out of yourself for a little while. Botielus makes this journey out of mind extremely pleasant--full of twists and turns of melody, tempo and instrumentation. Botielus uses nature and acoustic instrument sounds to create a rich atmosphere upon which he builds lush synthesizer sounds and percussive undercurrents. “Saturdays” is somewhat reminiscent of Vangelis and yet grooves in a way Vangelis could only dream about. “Excito,” sounds to me like an exciting journey through the night sky. Other pieces like “Omri” are somewhat mysterious and seductively dark. On “535,” Botielus renders up a bluesy tune that would fit perfectly in a roadside café off of the Karma highway. Vision Quest is definitely not airy, forgettable background music. Instead, Botielus has created music that is complex and animated—sometimes relaxing, sometimes picking you up and carrying you along in a wave of transcendent music. Fans of new age music will find this CD to be familiar and yet an entirely original experience.

- Jeffrey Olson

Enjoy samples from two of his albums

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