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A note from Mars:
Shortly after arriving in the USA from Australia I made a compilation of my recent work and sent them out to various labels. Out of the dozen or so tapes we sent, we had a strong reply from Real Music CA. This lead to my first artist contract. "Olympus" was a compilation of new and old material. I sketched out an idea for the cover and faxed it to the label, they were thrilled and the result is as you see the cover today. "Awakenings" was inspired by the Robin Williams film "Awakenings". "Black Elk" was written after working on a documentary about the Declaration of Independence and learning about the history of the Native Americans. I found some similarities between these people and the Australian Aboriginals.
Tracks from "Olympus" were used during the 1992 Winter Olympics. In fact. an official wrote me about how my work captured the spirit of the games.
After the cover was painted it all came together. Tracks like "Victory", "Champions" and "Mount Olympus" came to life and it became clear that "Olympus" would be a collection of personal victories. Shortly after its release the album was being played in heavy rotation on radio across the USA, I was pleasantly surprised and knew there was something to this life long experiment of mine - Let's do more!!
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Composer/synthesist/keyboardist whose tunes were used during the 1992 Winter Olympics broadcasts releases a 13-tune set of atmospheric songs including cascading "Flight Of The Phoenix," jangle "Gypsy Legend'" and soaring, pulsating "Victory." Also noteworthy is "Awakenings," inspired by the Robert DeNiro/Robin Williams movie.
A CD to be Heard, June 23, 2000
Reviewer: Sifu Zhou from Miami, Florida
To be honest, I purchased this thinking that many tracks would be the same as on the main albums, Track 4 is my favourite, catching a dark eastern atmosphere, followed by Black Elk. There are some tracks which don't quite hack it like track 2, sounding like an Arabic budget fairy tale series theme. It's all orientated to middle eastern new age, as you would expect, with spot-on cover art. A good mix of tracks are here giving a 'different' atmosphere - definately one for fans of new age or for unusual backing music. Some of these tracks could have easily been used in films like 'The Mummy'.
5.0 out of 5 stars *****
Anyone remember Shen and Zhou's 1998 Olympic long program?, February 4, 2009
By Michael Schur
I became interested in mars lasar's music when I watched the 1998 World Figure skating pairs long program on television. The Chinese pair of Xue Shen and Zhou Hongbo used music from Tracks one & six off this album for their program. I like this album very much. The music is modern, very innovative and very exciting..
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Olympus review *****
by Moot Mabin- Jul 09, 2008
LI bough this when it was first released and loved it. I still have the cassette! I find it very relaxing and if you are into a meditative state the music proves a good pathway.
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