Cyclotimia – CelestisLabel: Shadowplay Release – SPR 114, Zhelezobeton – ZHB-XXIX, Monopoly Records – noneFormat: CD, Album, Limited Edition, ReissueCountry: RussiaReleased: 30 Oct 2010Style: Downtempo, Experimental, Ambient Cyclotimia’s album “Celestis: Space Ceremonial Music” is inspired by the activity of a well-known American aerospace company Space Services Inc. which among other things specializes in sending human ashes into space (via their subsidiary Celestis Inc.). Moreover, the compact discs with this music have prowled the outer space twice while being on board rockets launched from the spaceport America in New Mexico. This happened for the first time in April 2007 (“Legacy” project), and for the second time in May 2010 (“Pioneer Flight”…
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Eonic – Secret Land
Eonic – Secret LandLabel: Zhelezobeton – ZHB-XXVIIFormat: CD, Album, Limited EditionCountry: RussiaReleased: 05 Apr 2010Style: Downtempo, Ambient Secret land lost in an unknown dimension… Like ancient ruins this place hides the traces of stories, which are told in this new album by the St. Petersburg project Eonic. This is their 6th release (and 2nd “professional” CD) and it easily combines different stylistic approaches, making its own way to the listener’s heart. Ethno-gothic in vein of Dead Can Dance and Arcana is layered over tout electronic rhythms a la Delerium and Enigma and spiced by pleasant psychedelic arrangements. Musicians don’t hesitate to step on the territory of pop-ambient and even new-age,…
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Marc Behrens – Sleppet
Marc Behrens – SleppetLabel: CrónicaFormat:CD, AlbumCountry: PortugalReleased: 14 Oct 2009Style: Abstract, Musique Concrète, Experimental Sleppet originated from a sound art project in 2007, when six renowned artists — Natasha Barrett, Bjarne Kvinnsland, Steve Roden, Chris Watson, Jana Winderen and Marc Behrens — recorded sounds on a 10-day trip through the Norwegian Westlandet region and used the nature experience for a couple of sound installations and music pieces. Sleppet leads back to Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, for whom contemplation of nature and its influence on the artistic creation had high significance. Sleppet deals with the energy and the transformation processes of the early springtime. In the frame of the composition, realized…
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Tomas Phillips & Luigi Turra – Vignettes Amplifié
Tomas Phillips & Luigi Turra – Vignettes AmplifiéLabel: Nitkie – patch fiveFormat: CD, Album, Limited EditionCountry: RussiaReleased: 20 Apr 2011Style: Experimental Limited edition of 500 copies in a digisleeve.The first ever collaboration between prolific american composer Tomas Phillips and prominent italian newcomer Luigi Turra, “Vignettes Amplifie” presents a sequence of subtle sound constructions characterized by minimalistic and contemplative approach. Quiet field recordings, soft acoustic sounds and organic electronic arrangements builds panoramic view on two levels. The acoustic gestures like bells, manipulated objects and drone fragments are coming from silence and disappearing after some time. On the other hand, there is a kind of reflection of these sonic events in the…
