Nicholas Gunn - 30 (2025)


30 is a graceful retrospective that celebrates Nicholas Gunn’s 30-year musical journey since The Music of the Grand Canyon. Structured as a continuous sonic voyage, it spans acoustic and electronic realms with equal warmth. Vocal collaborations (Alina Renae, Chris Howard, Jordan Grace, Brittany Egbert) bring emotional depth, while instrumentals like “Campfire,” “Blossom,” and “Desert Sky” evoke his classic flute‑based New Age sound. Tracks like “You Move Me” and the title song “30” showcase his evolution into trance‑inflected downtempo world composition. The album concludes with trance remix renditions that reinterpret earlier songs into club-ready expansiveness. Critics and fans hail 30 as a defining statement: nostalgic yet forward‑looking, intimate yet vast—a heartfelt anthology and new chapter wrapped into one. 




Genre: Downtempo Electronica
Country: US

Final Verdict: 73% (Very Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 23th / 521

Highlight: 30


Made me think of:
Deep Forest
Yanni
Róbert Erdész

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