Journey
First Released: 1987
Re-released on CD & digital platforms: 2024
Released on CD for the very first time in 2024.
Tony’s first album, Journey, was released in 1987 under the banner of ‘creative relaxation music’. Only ever available on cassette and now a collector’s item sold for hundreds of dollars for those lucky enough to find a second-hand copy, Journey was the album that started it all.
Tony had been working with psychologists and masseurs to create music for inducing a relaxed and calm response within the listener. Feedback from therapists provided Tony with invaluable information about sound, melody and the positive effect music could have on the listener.
Journey quickly became popular with a diverse range of professional therapists and natural health care specialists around Australia, and by 1990 Tony had created and released two more albums, all available only on cassette. To his surprise, these albums were also discovered by a very dedicated mainstream audience across the country. Beyond the effect of enhancing relaxation, listeners had connected with the very special melodies and instrumentation that would soon become Tony’s signature sound.