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Artist: John Balint
Album: Connected
CD Review: It’s not often I request another CD after hearing someone’s previous music. But with John Balint, it had to be done. Sure, there are other cds sitting here that might’ve come in earlier, and they are piling up. But when ‘instrumental music for relaxation’ like this comes in, I can’t wait to get Connected.

1. Connected (4:24)
2. Dreamtrance in 11/8 (3:54)
3. Friend Coming Home (5:29)
4. Leaving Together (3:53)
5. Finding the One (3:44)
6. Sanctuary of Moments (4:25)
7. Simultaneity (4:52)
8. In a New Age Country (4:54)
9. 100 Years From Now (2:08)
10. Knowing What to Save (5:48)
11. Beneath the Blue III (3:39)
12. It's What You Make of It (5:36)

are played by the composer of Paradise Within, which climbed to #2 on the new age voice top-100 radio chart last year. Connected is just as good, if not better. It’s called music for massage, relaxation, contemplation and thoughtful listening, and I’m not swift enough to expand on that. That’s just what I think.

Okay, I’ve put the CD on again and can think more clearly. This isn’t your typical new age music, it is memorable and pop first, but it’s also gentler than a baby wipes commercial. Very special. But you must make it special. John can only help you so far. Your mind and spirit must do the rest.

www.johnbalint.com