now/ele rock/new age
A new remix project focusing on Mike Oldfield’s 1973 genre-defining new-age smash Tubular Bells ends on a stirring note, as the multi-instrumentalist is joined by ex-Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen on the finale “Never Too Far.” Oldfield has found, in the Finnish three-octave wonder, someone whose voice fits seamlessly into every flowing eddy, every rivulet of sound, as he creates yet another spacious, one-man soundscape. After years, and years, of trying to reconfigure, reimagine and otherwise update his masterstroke debut, Tubular Beats offers, at long last, a reason to reinvest. “Never Too Far” is for everyone who stuck around for David Bedford’s Orchestral Tubular Bells, which followed in 1975, and then Oldfield’s Tubular Bells II in 1992, III in 1998, The Millenium Bell in 1999, a completely re-recorded version called Tubular Bells 2003 and, most recently, the remastered original in 2009. That’s to say nothing of the seemingly countless live versions.
01 Let There Be Light – York Remix 07:35
02 Far Above the Clouds – York Remix 07:28
03 Ommadawn – Mike Oldfield & York Remix 10:16
04 Guilty – Mike Oldfield & York Remix 07:53
05 Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield & York Remix 10:39
06 To France – York & Steve Brian Radio Mix 03:35
07 Northstar – Mike Oldfield & York Remix 04:06
08 Moonlight Shadow – York & Steve Brian Radio Mix 03:32
09 Guilty – York & Mike’s Electrofunkmix 04:53
10 Tubular Bells 2 – Mike Oldfield & York Remix 07:53
11 Never Too Far 08:46