The Greek Yanni emigrated to the United States, graduated there as a psychologist, but immediately afterwards threw himself into music. The self-taught keyboardist and composer made a name for himself as a studio musician, composer of jingles and as a producer. His instrumental, New Age-leaning albums have earned Yanni cult status and fans all over the world, from the West to Asia. A striking feature
… of Yanni's thirteenth album Ethnicity is the extensive use of vocals (on ten of the twelve tracks); solo singers and a female choir in the style of Adiemus. Ethnicity's music exudes the atmosphere of a multicultural tapestry, partly due to the addition of Scottish bagpipes, the Australian didgeridoo and the Armenian duduk. The album goes through different moods, from the anthem-like Rites Of Passage to the upbeat For All Seasons to the ethereal At First Sight. Yanni's philosophy 'One world, one people' is attractively packaged in Ethnicity in lyrical melodies and harmonies in ethno pop style. (SvdP)more
