Marián Varga is a composer and keyboardist from Slovakia, born in 1947. After leaving the school - he joined the band Prúdy, which he left again after recording their cult album "Zvonte zvonky" (Jingle Bells). Right after he left, the formed the first art rock band of Czechoslovakia, Collegium Musicum. Heavily inspired by The Nice and later Emerson, Lake and Palmer the band became big in their country. Not surprisingly, given their music, Varga got the nick name "The Czechoslovakian Keith Emerson"…

Carl Orff's Stravinskian rabble-rouser retains its appeal. The pagan high-jinks, driving rhythms, and dips into semi-hysteria can be irresistible given the right performance. And, of course, with its dynamic range, from delicately colored quiet passages to heaven-storming climaxes, it's tailor-made for showing off hi-fi systems. Telarc is known for its outstanding sound, and this one's well up to the house standards.

Jaakko Manninen is MD, a Finnish artist who records for Merck Records (Miami, Florida), is also beginning to create sonic ripples in the experimental ocean of electronics. It won’t be long until people across the globe begin to pick up on Jaakko’s digital symphony of complex music. Many of the tracks on Appelsap run parallel to the crisp and percussive rhythm’s of Art-Tek recording artist Fizzarum. With the tiny melodies and loose beats wrapped around Appelsap, your brain cells begin to slowly re-energize with each listen while the drifting ambient undertones sweep your thoughts away.
The first 11 tracks on this 64-minute full-length are produced by MD. Tracks 12-17 are remixes from various friends…