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within the depths of silence and phormations - CMI.38

Within the Depths... is the third Raison D'être album for CMI, and it sees a return to the themes, and musical expressions of the Prospectus I album. Where Enthralled by the Wind of Loneliness sounded slightly new age, Within profits on the excellence of the Gregorian Chants, subtle percussions, and ethereal keys, and choirs. Raison D¥Ítre is the kind of ambience that only comes with years of work, and it is a triumph to hear such orchestrations with the degree of balance that these pieces possess. Rich, dark, mysterious, and enlightening. There are few that reaches the grandeur and expansive elloquence of Raison D'être.

Jason M. Healy