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® REVIEWS stunning and the price is so inexpensive for CDs. Nick Coetzee, now Brisbane-based, is a fine talent who really deserves success. AUDIO DOLPHIN DREAMTIME Narration by Tara Andre Music by Glenda Lum Produced by Cloud Nine Productions RRP: $25.00 (cassette), with bonus folder on dolphins and healing Available: Cloud Nine, 27 Duke Road, Doonan via Eumundi, Qld 4562, phonef/fax (074) 49 1186 (see ad p. 65). The dolphin and its image has captured the imagination of millions throughout the world. Swimming with dolphins has been proven to cure people from diseases, and saved others from stress and incurable ill- ness. The dolphin and its sounds are the delight of children around the world. Tara Andre, relaxation consultant from Queensland's Sunshine Coast, has, through her experience with music and visualisation in stress management groups, combined music with the sound of dolphins and her own voice to produce a guided imagery relaxation tape. The flowing music with natural ocean and dolphin sounds slows the heart and breath and soothes the mind. Dolphin Dreamtime has been used around the world in hospitals, in counselling, in business, in cancer support groups, in schools and by psychotherapists. Dr Horace Dobbs, English medical researcher and dolphin expert, has used the tape with stress release projects and found the results amazing. He has written about his work and the tape in his two most recent books on dolphins. The dolphin calls are beautifully spell- binding. I can thoroughly recommend the tape for bringing a sense of relaxation from tension and inducing peace. Great for soothing the troubled brain. RAINMAKER by Nick Coetzee Produced by Rain Music RRP: $15.95 (cassette), $19.95 (CD) Available: Majestic Music, PO Box 66, Moorooka, Qid 4105, phone (07) 277 1843, fax (07) 277 5352; and selected music stores. Rainmaker is Nick Coetzee's third album and his best yet. He won two Queensland 1992 Sunnie awards for it with Best Album and Best Song ("Somewhere Heart"). I was recently playing it over a PA system at a local expo and people came up asking, "What is that amazing music?" They bought it on the spot. It opens with a pleasant orchestral piece titled "Coming Home". Next is the title track, "Rainmaker (China)” which opens slowly and moves to an upwardly spi- ralling sound that tempos along. "Soweto" is the fourth track. It conjures up the sounds of South African music, Nick's homeland. Next is "The Hinterland", a quietly relaxing piano solo. The hope for children around the world is expressed in “Children of Somalia” with a floating flute and orchestral lift to it. "Voice in the Wind" is a great guitar piece. Then comes “Fijian Dream", an 8-minute track which is a light and happy keyboard lilt. The most uplifting number is "Somewhere Heart" which is an extended version of track 3. The strong vocals and beautiful voice interweaving create a spirit- rising experience which certainly gives it the accomplishment to earn the 1992 award for Best Song. I loved the whole album and can thor- oughly recommend it. The cover design is NEXUS¢71 Se OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1993