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  • Summary: The London-based Austrian handpan musician and seven other musicians were recorded (and filmed) while performing eight tracks in the Alps at different altitudes.
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
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  1. Sep 28, 2018
    90
    Parasol Peak is a remarkable project and an auditory feat; you're unlikely to hear a more ambitious album this year.
  2. Sep 28, 2018
    90
    Parasol Peak works very well as a stand-alone, audio-only experience. The music is that good, and the musicians make an exceptionally tight ensemble. But the accompanying video pays off immensely.
  3. Sep 28, 2018
    80
    From start to finish Parasol Peak delivers a unique and fantastic experience that just has to be listened to in order to be fully appreciated. It's accompanying film is bound to be just as captivating.
  4. Uncut
    Sep 28, 2018
    70
    The routine comparisons with Terry Riley/Steve Reich/Michael Nyman all apply, but there's something more mystical and elemental at work, too, with echoes of the Third Ear Band and Comus. [Oct 2018, p.27]