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Here is just a very small selection of the hundreds of glowing reviews and

site awards from all parts of the world for christopher rye songs. Scroll down using the up/down arrows at the bottom left of the text box...

Ghost

“I really like what you are doing here. Kinda like Moby of the future. The

vocals arrangement works so well, AWESOME job guys. Five star.”

­ SymphonicReverb from Fishers, Indiana (garageband.com)

“WoW! Something Different! Great Work! I was really relieved to hear something a little more experimental. I like the eastern sound. The vocals work well with this. The mood is very trippy. I'm digging this!”

­ Charlie_Manner, South Africa (garageband.com)

“Totally phat yo. What a beat and what vocals. I think you have something here. Very catchy. Great mood. Great sound. Good work. Extra Credit: Production, Beat.”

­ robsimmons Jersey City, New Jersey (garageband.com)

“It's the driving rhythm and synths, with the high, plaintive vocals over it all. Awesome.”

­ SwordFishData (amiestreet.com)

• Garageband Awards: Track of the Day on 13Dec2007 in Alternative Pop; Best Female Vocals in Alternative Pop, week of 10Dec2007; Best Production in Alternative Pop, week of 10Dec2007; Best Beat in Alternative Pop, week of 10Dec2007; Best Mood in Alternative Pop, week of 10Dec2007; Chill-Out Track in Alternative Pop, week of 19Nov2007.

• Chart placing: amiestreet.com Electronic chart No. 3 throughout January 08.

Rainy Night Sunday

"Ten out of ten to the listener who recommended that. Anyone waiting for the next album from the Blue Nile would do well to download this."

- Tom Robinson, on air, BBC6music

"Fucking gorgeous song, btw."

- Tom Robinson, in an email to christopher rye

“This is a excellent track well recorded with rich vocals, everybody have a listen

to it xxx.”

­ Lil Lulu (amiestreet.com)

“Fantastic new song from one of my favorite artists here....get it!”

­ robert waddington (amiestreet.com)

• Chart placing: amiestreet.com Electronic chart No. 1; New Releases chart

No. 1 on day of release; Alternative chart No. 1 on day of release.

September Loves You

"Coolest TV, Film, Movie Song Ever! The opening of the song is captivating. This is one cool track for a tv, movie or film. Keyboards are perfectly match with the vocals, it gives body to the music. Productions is great, and the arrangement is brilliant, creative and spontaneous. I love it. Great job! Extra Credit: Male Vocals, Keyboards, Production, Lyrics, Beat, Coolest Chill-Out Track."

- Alexen, Los Angeles, California (garageband.com)

• Garageband Awards: Alternative Pop Track of the Day 14th October 08

The Shadow Man

“Powery power: Wow, this song is surely pumping. The beat is quite a strong one, and the panned chords are really all that is needed in this song. It creates quite a big wall of sound. Vocals are very very cool and they remind me of Morrissey. Very energetic song, quite modern and unusual. I like it.”

­ Zock, Croatia (garageband.com)

“Driving, powerful, melodic and epic.”

­ terrapin (amiestreet.com)

“Awesome sound and a real grower of a song: like a dark, symphonic Bowie. A very original piece: shades of the 80s, layered vocal harmonies, and a lightness of touch, but with an understated power that pulses through the track and never lets up, and huge, clattering drums. A song about 'the shadow aspect', perhaps?"

­ hierophant (amiestreet.com)

"I like Shadow Man it should be a sound track to a action movie or something. keep it up!! :)."

­ rockville (stereofame.com)

• The Shadow Man was shortlisted in April 08 for US TV, Internet and cinema ad campaign for a top Japanese car brand.

• Garageband Awards: Alternative track of the Day, 30th December 07.

• Chart placing: amiestreet.com Electronic chart No. 1. throughout January 08.

Telethon!

 Justice with a Mum Lick: Most electronica/techno listeners pay attention to electronica greats like Justice and Daft Punk, but little times to you find artists who pay attention to what the listeners are listening to, and then create a hybrid song. Now I'm not sure this artist tried to sound like Justice or Daft Punk or not. But the production sounds like somebody knows how to write music. And knows how to make it sound like it was made by a pro. I enjoyed the beat of this song very much, along with the wonderful production of the entire song. This song creates a dark intense mood that keeps the listener's attention. As a matter of fact my attention has been so focused on this particular song, that I stopped in the middle of this review to listen to the song 2 more times so I can find even more great sounds and techniques to write about. Now earlier I wrote about a "Mum lick." I was reffering to an icelandic music group called Mum. The mum lick is mirrored in the string melody line. It keeps in time and key, but shows something different, something more natural than the electronic beats moving around it. Mum licks are very highly esteemed mostly because it involves mixing 2 sounds that are unrelated, so they sound as if they were related. A seemly difficult task that this band has made very simple. Overall a wonderful sound, song, experience. This artist did a wonderful job of keeping the listener in mind, and also keeping the listener very very happy.

- seangoesP0P from Dansville, New York (garageband.com)

"Its been a while on here but i think i finally found what im after with this track its amazing. The sounds and production are great and its the icing on a great track."

­ slotvent, Reading, UK (garageband.com)

"Everything is mixed very well. Production value is almost impeccable. Melodys cut right through the mix. A very interesting piece of music. Extra Credit: Programming, Production, Grooviest Rhythm."

- rwidenho, Clemmons, North Carolina (garageband.com)

• Garageband AwardsL Electronica Track of the Day 20th September 08

The Sky Patrol

• Garageband Awards: Alternative Pop Track of the Day, 16th October 08

Ghostwriter A

"Groovy. Wow, this is taking me in...what a fine house tune! Very sophisticated clear sounds spoil my ears. Lush patterns take me into a dream world, forgetting everything around me. I'm mesmerized by the excellent composition and harmony of all sounds. Keyboards: Fantastic choice of sounds, and great play. Mood: Mesmerizing, Chilling, Relaxing. Sound: Excellent, Professional All I can say is wow! I wished I was at your level! Can't wait to see if you have more of the same. Keep it up!”

­ Pixelfrog, Novato, California. (garageband.com)

• Garageband Awards: Track of the Day on 14Dec2007 in Electronica; Best Keyboards in Electronica, week of 17Dec2007; Best Programming in Electronica, week of 19Nov2007; Best Production in Electronica, week of 19Nov2007; Best Mood in Electronica, week of 17Dec2007.

• Chart placing: amiestreet.com Electronic chart top 5 throughout January 08.

Robot Man / Turn Me On

“Fantastic. It is always interesting when people blend disparate, not obvious noises together to make experimental music. Sometimes they succeed, other times they fail. In this case, a success... and with flying colours. This tune is an atmospheric and compelling journey through a landscape of sound. It would be the perfect endpiece for a weird, leftfield movie like Donnie Darko or something of that ilk. Extra Credit: Production, Originality.”

­ Captain_Melted, Glasgow, Scotland (www.garageband.com)

“FUFUFUFUFUFU! This is pretty much scaring me out of my wits right now in the dark. Go away scary telephone and fucked up vocoder! Good stuff though, experimental as Elizabeth. You could put together some good film music I reckon. Mood is brilliant; sound is mastery of brilliance. I like it.”

­ Vanishers, Sherborne, UK (garageband.com)

“Honey drizzle with infinite possible directions to fall. Dreamscape or nightmare straight off I was not entirely sure... It starts out as a strange blend of the both - a somewhat formless, dischordant honey drizzle with infinite possible directions to fall. As a first time listener, your not sure where you're going, but stick with it- the beats lovely and keeps you safe whilst leading you onwards... This is chill sesh! but then at 3.00 it blooms spectacularly into a dreamscape for sure with lush acoustics and creamy girl vocal. I like this more and more – I'd say give it a few listens to allow it the space of mind it deserves. Nice one!”

­ mattgentle from Harrogate, United Kingdom (garageband.com)

“Cool ambient noises, great mood & feel. Love the guitar that comes in around 3:00. Not just ambient, great melody too.... Excellent.”

­ robert waddington (amiestreet.com)

“Part dreamscape, part nightmare.... mysterious and oddly beautiful. A lonely robot walks along the seashore trying to make contact with humanity, perhaps? The vocoded main vocal is unsettling, and Laurie Anderson-like. Then after a couple of minutes the song unexpectedly blossoms into a beautiful love song with acoustic guitars, burbling synths, and falsetto vocals chanting 'turn me on' Completely unlike anything I've heard before. Very original. Perfect soundtrack material.”

­ terrapin (amiestreet.com)

• Garageband Awards: Track of the Day on 14Dec2007 in Experimental Electronica; Track of the Day on 19May2008 in Electronica; Track Of The Week on 3Mar2008 in Experimental Electronica; Best Production in Experimental Electronica, week of 7Apr2008; Best Beat in Experimental Electronica, week

of 31Dec2007.

• Chart placing: Garageband Experimental Electronica chart No.4; amiestreet.com Electronic chart top 10 throughout January 08.

When Garbo Laughs

“Hmm... rhythm is well made. Vocals are amazing, I can't see if this is vocoder or auto-tune but i love this. Cool guitar sound. Cool strings. good mood. congratulations. well constructed song.”

­ Gil_monteverde8 from Estoril, Portugal (garageband.com)

“Smile in the Dark! Nice slamming intro that slams into the vocals that give the song its main them. The mix is even with most elements fitting well into the overall frequency spectrum. The cool 1:20+ synth lead is a nice effect. Give a new twist to a lead. The arrangement is well executed and keeps the listener moving along the song intended path. The vocals play well a contrasting female/male play. The outro was a bit short!”

­ Digital_Motion from D-Fw Metroplex, Texas (garageband.com)

“Future sex. The drum pattern programme was awesome.. I loved the first 5 beats having a closed hi-hat while the last 3 beats had the open hi-hat!! This song puts out the vibe of "lust". Like a slow-motion sex scene in a movie that takes place in the future.”

­ Psick, Ridge, New York (garageband.com)

“Great song with a cool, hip vibe. Wicked cool drums, vocal is perfect.”

­ robert waddington (amiestreet.com)

“A great remix, the background totally evokes Black Tie, White Noise era

David Bowie. Which is never a bad thing.”

­ granite121671 (amiestreet.com)

"haha! instantly thought of depeche mode! very crazy with the vocals and the beat! i love it i love it i love it! Extra Credit: Male Vocals, Female Vocals, Drums, Programming, Production, Lyrics, Beat, Mood."

- asystemoftrance, Menomonie, Wisconsin (garageband.com)

• Garageband Awards: Electronica Track of the Day, 25th August 08

The Prince of Serendip

"Chilly in here. Hey i liked this,vocals are cool and effects and instruments are well used, excellent production,well mixed, flows along nicely, well done. Extra Credit: Production, Mood."

- Digamma (garageband.com)

• Garageband Awards: Ambient Track of the Day, 12th August 08

One Dark Horse

“For some reason, this song reminded me if PRINCE wrote the soundtrack to STAR WARS. Groovy and spacey, with the just right filiment of unusual sounds and dancable beat. Crafty guitar riff and use of effects.”

traumadolls, Norfolk, Virginia (garageband.com)

“Yeeahhhhh. Slick. Makes me wanna strut somewhere. Nice guitar licks, and good drum beats. Danceable and groovin.”

MintyG, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada (garageband.com)

• Garageband Awards: Track of the Day on 9Dec2007 in Experimental Electronica.

Moonbeach1

“Drifting away; atmospheric, and hypnotic , this song has an excellent value , and could be the best song I have heard on garageband. Haunting melody , and memorable melody, flawless piano, and synth."

­ kenfusion from Snydertown, Pennsylvania (garageband.com)

• Garageband.com Awards: Track of the Day on 2Nov2007 in Ambient; Best Keyboards in Ambient, week of 29Oct2007' Best Keyboards in Ambient, week of 5Nov2007; Best Programming in Ambient, week of 5Nov2007; Best Production in Ambient, week of 5Nov2007; Best Production in Ambient, week of 31Dec2007; Best Melody in Ambient, week of 5Nov2007; Best Melody in Ambient, week of 31Dec2007; Best Mood in Ambient, week of 5Nov2007; Best Mood in Ambient, week of 31Dec2007; Most Original in Ambient, week of 31Dec2007; Chill-Out Track overall, week of 5Nov2007; Chill-Out Track in Ambient, week of 5Nov2007.

• Chart placing: amiestreet.com Electronic Chart No. 1.

Stay with Me

“Epic but simple love song, with shades of the Cocteau Twins in the multi-layered female vocals. And what a voice.”

­ hierophant (amiestreet.com)

This Time (Right Time)

“What a wonderful journey this takes you on. A great blend of guitar traditional

and electronica. I like what I hear!”

­ pinkmafia (amiestreet.com)

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