Ran Kirlian releases with Oöphoi & Jaja

Two new collaborative releases from Ran Kirlian are now available: The Physics of Heaven, with italian ambient master Oöphoi and Cosmos Vol. I with german based electronic alchemist Jaja:

The Physics of Heaven is a collaborative work with italian ambient master Oöphoi (Gianluigi Gasparetti). It is a bright and ethereal jouney that explores the transition between life and death thru different spiritual traditions and mythologies.
"Oöphoi and Ran Kirlian have left us with more than just the soundscapes to contemplate but the eternal."


Dave Ebacher, 2013

Sadly Oöphoi passed away last week, so this albums also acts a personal tribute from Ran to the awesome work of the artist that was both a friend and a mentor to a lot of us, ambient lovers.

Here some previews on the mystical sound of The Physics of Heaven:


Cosmos is the first collaborative work between Ran Kirlian and the german based electronic ambient composer Jaja (Jana Rockstroh).
When Ran Kirlian and Jaja meet first time in 2012 they recognized the same deep bond about space and music. They immediately thought of doing a collaborative work to share their visions and to bring out the best of their both worlds. What followed was a fulminant adventure and a truly colorful journey into deep space territories, a powerful flow of pure space-ambient music based on improvisations on synthesizers.
The result of this work is a bast and poweful flow of pure space-ambient music based on improvisations. It is also the first album on a series of electronic space-ambient dedicated to the magnificence of the Universe and the figure of one of its biggest explorers: Carl Sagan.

Mindglide - Down the Light

Spanish ambient label Altera Orbe recently released Down the Light, a gorgeous space ambient work full of nostalgic and beautiful melodies surrounded by a complex universe of synthetic sounds created by Mindglide. This is the first album by thespanish ambient artist, which was recorded back in 2007 and now remastered and rebuilt for this new digital release.

In Mindglide's words:

Down the light is my first electronic music album, a work free of all standards and prejudices, an intimate feeling converted in to the music that approaches me to the cosmos, my  primal roots. It is inspired by the contemplation of landscapes where light writes the history of the universe throughout its existence, traveling in all directions through space and time and showing us the great spectacle of creation. A landscape of infinite magnificence, where everything is part of life.

Down The Light album_Medley by mindglide

Mindglide is the electronic musical project behind Rafael De Julián, an independent artist born in Valencia, Spain, with a deep influence from  electronic music, progressive rock and jazz. He started studying and creating music in the early 90’s attracted by synthesis and sequencing as a way of composing and developing his ideas with the main objective of evoking rich and deep feelings onto listeners.

More info about Mindglide at Altera Orbe and his website.

Giles Reaves: Space Music Improv

Giles Reaves: Space Music Improv on the Synapse Antidote Synthesizer. Testing my new Nikon D600, and the new Synthesizer from Synapse Audio: Antidote (for Reason 6.5). I created the patch from scratch in real time, as shown in the video. To keep in the "space music" theme, I used my night time time lapse footage from a recent trip through Southern Utah and Northern Arizona (including shots at Arcosanti, AZ).

Skoulaman - Without boundaries

Great electronic live jam by Skoulaman:

Description:

I found this beauty setting of the Waldorf Q. Its a nice sample of a full resonant opened filter'(notch). It is controlled by the Moog Little Phatty (by the arpeggiator and the modulation wheel) and the funny thing is that although the Moog isn't velocity sensitive the keys are and it works perfect for other velocity sensitive MIDI instruments. Its sends also polyfonic. I tweaked some Juno 106 noise together with the Moog sequence.

The solo pieces are from the Concertmate MG-1 and the DS8. The pads came from my favorit DS-8 and a low string sound from the Korg 05r/w. In opposite is the string and e-piano sound from the Lamda. All processed with Lexicon, Yamaha, Ibanez, Alesis and Electrix effects. It is best listened with good audio gear then you here the rich harmonics of the Waldorf, I filmed and recorded everything live without overdubs (I mostly don't use that).

More info: skoulaman.nl

Also, please notice that AKS (Attorks, Keesvangelis and Skoulaman) will go live on stage for the first time.at 27-10-2012. See the teaser preview of this exciting performance:



Visit E-live.nl for more information, the EM music festival in the Netherlands. 

Symatic Star - Transmissions (Live Recording)

A live performance and recording by Symatic Star, released on Ethereal Live Records. This is a shorter edit of the album long-form single track. This is a lush textural drone, ambient and space music composition also incorporating didgeridoo, mbira, and voice as well as a group of analogue and digital synthesizers. Enjoy :-)

The music from the albums Transmissions, available at Ethereal Live Records website, was recorded live at the electro-music.com streaming concert Autumnal Equinox 2011. "Symatic Star executes this live set with grace and precision. “Transmissions” carries captivating dynamics and flow throughout the 35 minute set keeping the listener’s attention throughout the journey. We think you will enjoy “Transmissions” for almost any activity, and most especially for your next trip to the stars."

More info about Symatic Star: symaticstar.com , The music of Symatic Star in Soundcloud

Ran Kirlian - Formations and Mystical Veils

Ran Kirlian released his latest album Formations, a masterwork that combines space and tribal ambient based on live improvisations.

This album defines a journey to the core of Ran Kirlian's tribal-ambient landscapes prevously visited on albums like Sleeper, Melting Point and Limbo. With a continuous flow of expansive and complex soundscapes accompanied by subtle melodies and tribal grooves, this album conforms an excellent immersive process in to the electro-acoustic tribal flavours of Ran Kirlian musical career.

Most of the music of  Formations is based on live improvisations subjected to a large evolutionary process, including the high privilege of counting with the ambient master Max Corbacho on the final mastering process.

The track of the next video, Aerthanna, is one of the pieces included in Formations, the new album of Ran Kirlian. The video version, published in september 2009, is a live improvissation and is mostly the same version included in the album, capturing the fresh and primordial essence of a raw creative process.

Formations is now available at Altera Orbe in CDr (limited edition), FLAC and MP3 formats. Also, as a special offer until November 5, the purchase of Formations comes with the mini-album Mystical Veils (Woomh Series 1), the first volume in the Woomh Series. It is an EP that collects 3 electronic pieces recorded live in 2009 in a different style Ran Kirlian music uses to be, with pulsating sequences and textures, a bit away from classical ambient genres.


The Woomh Series is a special product line which items are presented in mini-albums formats, containing unique, strange and isolated musical passages from the artists belonging to Altera Orbe or even special guests. 

This is a preview of Formations album:

Ran Kirlian - Formations (preview) by Ran Kirlian

More info: rankirlian.com, alteraorbe.com

Jaja - Talis

From the album Ascend from Jaja. More info: Jaja at Cyan Music. Jaja in Soundcloud

Joxan Ruiz - Beyond the Stars

Video and music by Joxan Ruiz. Images from NASA.

More info from Joxan Ruiz: Altera Orbe, Relaxed machinery Community , Soundcloud

Ran Kirlian - Apeiron

Apeiron is a Greek word meaning unlimited, infinite, or indefinite. It is also the title of a track included in Continuum, the latest album by Ran Kirlian.

Ran Kirlian - Apeiron from Ran Kirlian on Vimeo.

Continuum marks the return of Ran Kirlian to space ambient atmospheres and ethereal soundscapes, collecting music recorded from 2005 to 2010 and finally mixed and mastered during 2011. This album is a deep and intimate voyage that offers a continuos flow of evolving soundscapes and harmonic structures both from the outer space and the inner void.

Continuum is available at Altera Orbe Ambient Label in downloadable FLAC and MP3 formats and as a limited CDR edition of 25 copies. More info at rankirlian.com

About the video: 3D graphics, animation and music by Ran Kirlian.