Although the elegant, atmospheric-minded pianist took a few successful sojourns into light funk, smooth jazz territory in the '90s, he's always been one of new age music's true greats.
What could be a better fit for him to continue his love affair with spacious sounds than joining with Real Music, a label committed to the type of lightly rhythmic, healing music new age is famous for.
Air is one of four discs Peter Kater has recorded as part of the Elements Series, a collection he says came "from that essential place we all aspire towards: that place of tenderness, love, trust and intuition." Dreamy, floating, and relaxing, the four-track Air collection (the longest being the 20-minute "Wings of Sound") truly breathes on the wings of four elements: natural ambiences; Kater's lush melodic flow; Richard Hardy's bamboo and silver flutes; and Grammy-nominated Paul McCandless' pennywhistles, oboe, bass clarinet, and soprano sax.
Sometimes track titles on collections like these come across as generic, but if you let your spirit give in to the soothing journey, you'll find a connection with "All Souls" finding a gentle joy in finally reaching "Heaven's Gate.".
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wings of SoundPeter Kater | Peter Kater | Play | 20:22 | 46 MB | 102 MB |
| 2 | Flying DreamPeter Kater | Peter Kater | Play | 16:20 | 37 MB | 94 MB |
| 3 | All SoulsPeter Kater | Peter Kater | Play | 15:12 | 34 MB | 85 MB |
| 4 | Heaven's GatePeter Kater | Peter Kater | Play | 14:37 | 33 MB | 81 MB |
| 66 mins | 152 MB | |||||
| 66 mins | 363 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Hardy | Bamboo Flute, Flute, Flute (Soprano), Main Personnel |
| 2 | Peter Kater | Arranger, Audio Production, Composer, Engineer, Liner Notes, Main Personnel, Mastering, Mixing, Piano, Primary Artist, Producer, Sequencing, Synthesizer, Vocals |
| 3 | Richard Laeton | Artwork, Design |
| 4 | Paul McCandless | Clarinet (Bass), Guest Artist, Main Personnel, Oboe, Penny Whistle, Sax (Soprano) |
| 5 | Terence Yallop | Executive Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |