Odyssey: The Mind's Eye Presents Luminous Visions

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Summary: Cool music, cool animation!
Review: This video is a great introduction to the animation of Yoichiro Kawaguchi. Unlike many other animations, this one has structures that appear very fluid and organic. Some appear to be modeled from actual organisms (e.g. hydra, manta ray). Everything is moving, growing, changing. Coloring may be subtle or bold, and the viewpoint is often moving as well. All in all, quite entertaining to the eye. When combined with the scintillating music of Tangerine Dream, you have something that can keep you in rapt attention (or just sit back, zone out and enjoy it as 'eye candy'). Included with the DVD is a CD of the music used in this video but with full-length cuts: several (not all) have driving techno-dance rhythms and pulsing bass lines. All have interesting synthesizer and piano melodies and patterns. Too bad the DVD wasn't mixed for Dolby Digital 5.1. Nevertheless, the stereo mix is good, and the tunes kept playing in my head days later, which is rare for instrumental music. If you like Tangerine Dream's music, you'll LOVE this DVD, and the CD is a great bonus!