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A Diary of Occurrences
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The Ritual Space
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Shane Morris and
Dan Minoza

 

A Pale But Lasting Hope
by Mystified

 

Mystery of Light
by Deuter

 

Prayer to the Mystery: The Gathering 2
by Little Wolf

 

Cream
by Robert Schroeder

 

Fusion
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Transcendence
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Releasing March 25, 2013

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Michel van Osenbruggen
aka Synth.nl

 

Remy Stroomer


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Primitives AV talks to Remy Stroomer & Michel van Osenbruggen aka Synth.nl

After they first met at the E-live festival in 2007 and several other electronic music events, it soon became clear that they had a common interest in synthesizers as well as the music of Jean Michel Jarre. He influenced them both, but their own styles evolved in different directions. Eventually during one of their dinners they decided that it would be cool to make some music together or at least give it a try. So they started doing some studio sessions and found out that their approaches were completely different. Remy started yelling musical terms and Michel had no idea what he was talking about. Where Michel can’t even read notes, Remy is classically schooled. In the end they found out that they shouldn’t talk too much and should just listen to each other and improvise. That turned out to be a good idea and in the end they made a lot of useful material. During this process they became good friends and I think you can hear that on the album itself. They think that this album is a good representation of both their musical styles and something that they wouldn’t have created on their own. They hope you enjoy listening to this album as much as they did creating it.

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MMichael Foster
Editor AV

AV's Upcoming, New and Notable Releases

Phase Shift
by Hollan Holmes

9 Years
by Side Liner

Dal Segno
by Francois Couture


PrimiTiveS
by Remy & Synth.nl

Paint the Sky
by Bradley Joseph

Future Flows
by Steve Roach


Cristofori's Dream... Re-Envisioned
by David Lanz

Solar Winds
by Chronotope Project

Language of the Ancients
by S1gns of L1fe


Images From a Parallel World
by Richard Bone

Colors of Asia
by Logical Drift

The Separate Ones
by eyes cast down


Windows
by Bryan Carrigan

 

AV's Spotlight Review

Windows by Bryan Carrigan AV Spotlight CD Review

You’ve probably heard Bryan Carrigan’s work many times in the past but have been unaware that you were listening to something that he had helped to produce or engineer. Bryan is one of those people who work behind the scenes to make great music sound even better. With job titles such as music producer, engineer, music editor, programming and sound design it might be understandable that you didn’t know of Bryan’s involvement in the soundtrack of one of your favorite movies or one of those television shows that you watch all the time but nevertheless he was there. And while this is Bryan’s bread and butter so to speak in terms of a day job he has also been working on music that is more personal to him and for which he is totally responsible. And I mean that in the most literal way since Bryan composed, performed, produced, recorded, mixed and mastered the whole album.  While Bryan is very proud of what he has done in the studio for other musicians, composers and artists I suspect that he is a lot more proud of the material that he is putting out under his own name as an electronic musician.

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The Day I Met Myself
by Kevin Keller Ensemble

 

AV's Spotlight Review

Kevin Keller’s latest album is called The Day I Met Myself and of course that title brings to my mind the term walkabout.  This term comes from the Australian Aboriginal and essentially means that a person mentally or physically leaves everything behind and goes on a journey of self-discovery. Or perhaps I should say a journey of rediscovery because sometimes it is more about finding a part of yourself that you had at one point in time and now it is gone. To find that which was lost or left behind as life crowded out the essence of who you are and leaves you as person adrift and searching for meaning. I don’t know if this is what Kevin had in mind with the music on his new album but as I listened to the compositions I could feel the emotions rising to the surface of what a journey like this would entail.

There are 10 songs that comprise The Day I Met Myself and the titles alone seem to indicate to me that they are the story of someone setting out on a similar journey of finding oneself amidst the din of modern life that strikes dissonant chords in most of our minds. It is an effort to quiet that noise and bring back to mind who we really are and then to integrate that essence back into our lives going forward. Compositions like Searching, Remembering, Beckoning, Reluctance, Waiting, and Reverence and then Ascending also bring to mind a spiritual journey as well but I think it will depend more on the listener as to how they will understand these compositions in regards to the emotions that surface while they absorb this music.

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MMichael Foster
Editor AV

AV's Editor's Blog

!!!Happy 2013 From Ambient Visions!!!

As we stand on the cusp of a new year it is a good time to pause for a second or two and bid farewell to 2012 and to welcome the possibilities that 2013 might hold for all of us. I use the term “possibilities” here in a very positive sense as it would be a horrible way to greet 2013 if we had nothing but negative thoughts and emotions in our hearts and minds. 2013 is a blank canvas at this point filled with potential and it can be filled with whatever we want to create on it whether that creation is positive or negative depends on what fills your heart and mind. Every year has its highs and lows as did 2012 but we shouldn’t carry over the negativity that occurred in 2012 and allow that to contaminate what still could be a very positive year in 2013. The point is if you go into 2013 expecting the worst that can possibly happen to you then in all likelihood you will find negative things manifesting all about you. The year will unfold in the way it was meant to and it is always best to hope for the good and face the bad when it crops up.

2012 was filled with change here at Ambient Visions and though not all of it was exactly how I had hoped it would be I am filled with anticipation in hopes that 2013 will be a year that sees a cornucopia of new music and new artists creating compositions that will continue to shine the light on what independent artists can do without the benefit of large corporate record labels. It seems that each year that goes by I think to myself that I have seen or heard it all and that nothing will come out that will equal what I have heard the previous year but each year I am delightfully surprised when I do indeed hear new music that is as good as and in many cases better than what came out last year. It is a wonderful cycle to be caught in where expectations are met and exceeded with each new release that comes out.

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Cristofori's Dream by David Lanz

 


 

 

Drinking scotch, smoking cigarettes, and hanging out with
Feldman, Rothko, and Budd
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Special Guest: Harold Budd is an American composer and poet who is known for his soft pedal piano style and his ground-breaking projects.  In this podcast we talk about how he started his training, meeting Morton Feldman and Mark Rothko, some of his earliest albums, and much more. Interview conducted by Jason Hoffer.

Click here for the podcast link


Doug Hammer


Travels

 

 

AV's CD Focus Interview

Travels AV talks with Doug Hammer

Doug Hammer is a highly sought-after musician, composer, producer, arranger, and engineer. Music has always played an important role in Doug's life, as he was called to it at a very early age. He showed musical interest at age three and began piano lessons at the age of six. He had some wonderful teachers in contemporary, jazz and classical styles of music. 

He began composing songs while in high school and then went to Berklee College of Music in Boston on a partial scholarship to study songwriting, commercial arranging, and jazz. He helped put himself through school by doing solo piano gigs at local bars, restaurants, hotels and Boston's Faneuil Hall. Because of his composing skills, he gained a lot of studio experience at Berklee. 

Doug has always enjoyed the recording and production process and later decided to open his own project studio and production company, Dreamworld Productions. His company grew and later included his wife Emmanuelle's graphic design talents, which now became Dreamworld Productions and Design. They moved north of Boston and built and opened a larger studio in 2000 which includes a Schimmel concert grand piano.

Click here to read  Doug Hammer's interview about Travels


Other AV's CD Focus Features available on Ambient Visions


Bill Fox

 

AV's Q&A

Galactic Travels: AV talks with Bill Fox

This time around Ambient Visions' Q & A has a go at Bill Fox, the long time host of a spacemusic radio show called Galactic Travels. Bill has been broadcasting Galactic Travels since 1996 out in eastern PA on WDIY calling the faithful to his weekly shows that spotlight the best that spacemusic has to offer. What's that you say? You haven't heard of Bill or his show? Well then you are in for a treat as we ask Bill all those difficult and hard to answer questions that keep you up at night trying to figure out the answer to. What's your favorite color Bill? If you could be an animal what animal would you be? And of course who is your favorite Beatle? After these difficult questions we got down to talking about spacemusic and his work as a musician to round things out. If you wanted to know about Bill Fox, Galactic Travels and how it all came to pass then this is the interview for you. Seriously, join us now as we talk to Bill Fox about his ongoing love for and involvement with spacemusic.

Click here to read Bill's interview.


Other AV's Q&A Features available on Ambient Visions


New Reviews on Ambient Visions

Stillness

by Various Artists

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Spirit of Nature

by Kenio Fuke

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Meditation

by Liquid Mind

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Divine Dimension

by Rajendra Teredesai

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Miles Tones
by General Fuzz

 

Logical Drift
by Logical Drift

 

Orange Skies
by Patrick Geren

 

Avatara
by Steve Brand

 

Paradigm Shift
by Steve Halpern

 

The Desert Inbetween
by Steve Roach
and Brian Parnham

 

Immersion Five -
Circadian Rhythms
by Steve Roach

 

Among the Nebulae
by Phillip Wilkerson

 

Eprom
by Willaim Edge

 

 

Ambient Visions News from Around the web

  • January 20, 2013

Ambicon 2013: The Hearts of Space 30th & 40th Anniversary Celebration & Music Conference

In January 1983, after ten years as a local program Hearts of Space began national syndication on the NPR satellite system with 35 stations. Within three years the program signed its 200th station and became the most successful and widely heard program of contemporary “space music” — a tastemaker in the genre. Hearts of Space has created its own format, featuring music of a contemplative nature drawn largely from the ambient and electronic genres, while also including new age, classical, world, Celtic, experimental, and other music selections. Now in its 30th year of national syndication, a one hour program airs weekly on almost 220 stations, including a majority of the top 50 U.S. radio markets. The program's longevity comes from a unique concept, consistently high production quality and sensitive, discriminating music programming.

More information and contacts here.

  • December 17, 2012

Michele Ippolito's Drifting In Dreams Makes Best Electronic Albums of 2012 List

New Age Music World names the best electronic albums of 2012 including Meditation by Chuck Wild, Windows by Bryan Carrigan, Connected by David Wright and Mysterious Garden by Julian Ray. Check out the complete list by clicking here.

  • December 8, 2012

Real Music artist Omar Akram nominated for a Grammy award. Check out the other nominations by clicking here.

Hear the Echoes interview with Manual a.k.a. Jonas Munk in the Echoes podcast. Check out the Echoes blog by clicking here.

  • May 28, 2012

Bruno Sanfilippo is a classically trained musician and composer, resident of Barcelona, Spain, and cofounder of the ad21 label <http://www.ad21music.com/> . He has collaborated with such notable artists as Mathias Grassow, Byron Metcalf, Max Corbacho and Alio Die.  

Sanfilippo's work ranges from more melodic and structured to ambient drones with more a subtle and subdued musical component. *Urbs*, Sanfilippo's first project released with Hypnos Recordings, falls nicely in the middle ground among the artist's previous work. It's an intriguing combination of ambient textures with location sound recordings, along the lines of the classic Hypnos releases Sonic Continuum (Modell and Mantra) and Silence Speaks in Shadow (Paul Vnuk Jr.), but with more of an urban or cityscape flavor.  

The title *Urbs* derives from the prominent incorporation /urban/ sound environments, recorded by Sanfilippo in urban environments such as train stations, streets, bars and other public areas to explore the boundaries between the textural sounds which surround all of us day to day, and the nature of composed sound art such as music. These "real world" sound textures merge with more traditional electronics such as synthesizers and samplers, leaving no doubt as to the composed and "intentional" nature of these soundscapes.  

Gentle and evocative, subtly textural and transporting, *Urbs* is something we genuinely expect to become a long-term favorite among Hypnos releases.

Purchase for $12.99 ($8.99 until May 28) on Hypnos Online Store

  • April 1, 2012

The Return of Planet X - Ron Boots, REMY & friends
Live at the Great Church of Haarlem
Saturday May 19th, 2012 
Doors open: 19:00 / Start: 19:45 

The three part programme combines electronic music with classical elements at the unique site of the Grote of St.Bavokerk, situated in the city centre of Haarlem. Headlining musicians Ron Boots and REMY (Stroomer) will play in front of the world famous C. Müller organ.

REMY performs one hour of music, exclusively composed for this occasion. Besides using electronics and the grand piano, he will be accompanied by violinists Wouter de Ruyter and Dick Bijlsma and cello player Martine de Ket, members of the Symfonie Orkest Bloembollenstreek.

Ron Boots' part consists of a 45-minute set, inspired by the late 70s period music of Klaus Schulze and also contains completely exclusive music. He will be accompanied by fellow synth player Eric van der Heijden and percussionist Harold van der Heijden. Two musicians Ron has collaborated regularly with in the past twenty years.

The third part of "The Return of Planet X" will see Ron Boots and REMY performing together. Details about this set will be announced shortly. 

Schedule
19:00                Doors open
19:45 - 20:45    Concert REMY
20:45 - 21:05    Break
21:05 - 21:55    Concert Ron Boots
21:55 - 22:15    Break
22:15 - 23:00    Concert REMY & Ron Boots 

Tickets

Tickets (12 euros) are now available from:
Internet:
http://shop.desertedislandmusic.nl/greatchurch
Physical: Great Church of Haarlem, Grote Markt, Haarlem / VVV, Verwulft, Haarlem 

More information
Website:
www.desertedislandmusic.nl/greatchurch
Information and contact:
info@desertedislandmusic.nl

  • Posted January 22, 2012

James Murray set to release Floods on February 1, 2012

On the flood plain where James Murray grew up, twin rivers rose each winter fed by rainfall from nearby Welsh mountains. Breaking their banks they swept over pastures and hedgerows, tore at the fabric of the land and isolated remote villages. It was here, in a makeshift studio on high ground, that James began to explore sound using scavenged instruments and homemade electronics. 

Floods returns to that landscape; an acknowledgment and celebration of the destructive and regenerative power of the waters. It is also an attempt by the artist to reconcile with his personal floods, those mental waters that rise to submerge the will, that can at times be opposed and must at others be allowed to overwhelm.   _____________________ 

Written, produced and performed by James Murray at Slowcraft Studio. Dedicated to the Waters.   (c) & (p) Slowcraft Records 2011

  • Posted January 21, 2012

Kori Linae Carothers Kickstarter project for funding her new album Fire In the Rainstorm

I really want to continue to create and release my music. The past year, I have been writing some very innovative songs. Being influenced by so many things this time, friends, family, the ocean, poetry, history, current events - this album has been an extremely emotional journey. ( Which is a good thing! )  I am very excited to share with you, the music that is coming out of me. 

Will Ackerman ,  founder of Windham Hill Records, and,  Grammy Award Winning guitarist, is my producer. This is my fourth album and is the second album he and I will be working together on.  He believes in my ability as a composer otherwise - he wouldn't work with me in order to create a solo piano album worthy of a Windham Hill production. 

Everything is set in place; the producer, studio, engineer, songs. I need a little help from you to make this happen!  Every dollar will go towards the album: paying  engineer(s), studio time, getting the piano in tune, mixing/mastering everything that makes a record a truly wonderful creation of music.  

DiN releases Ian Boddy & Erik Wollo-Fronties on March 13th 2012

Frontiers (DiN39) is a musical travelogue through lands unknown although the sonic climate is very much influenced by the two musicians shared Northern European heritage. The album is book-ended by Vista & Ascension which feature Wøllo's panoramic chordal backdrops over which Boddy plays his now famous "Ondes Martenot" glissando synth lead lines. Between these two beautiful, haunting tracks the album is built around four sequencer driven pieces, each gaining in intensity and culminating in the intense penultimate title track Frontiers. These are interspersed with more abstract and atmospheric interludes, featuring field recordings the two artists have made in their own personal travels through their respective native landscapes. Constantly shifting in mood and tone, the album leads the listener across vast, open, icy sonic landscapes whilst periodically sheltering in more warm humane zones.  

Expertly crafted by two renowned musicians Wøllo & Boddy produce a work of complex musical maturity that will open up it's secrets over repeated listenings.

  • Posted January 20, 2012

New Deep Exile Podcast now online from David Helpling & Jon Jenkins

This 16th Deep Exile Podcast is filled with adventure as we embark on an epic quest to deliver a message that will change the world forever.  Start your journey now and hear from the artists themselves:  listener mail, new exclusive ringtones, iPod craziness AND a sneak peek of the new record currently in production.

  • Posted January 6, 2011

WVKR-FM Secret  Music Top 25 Albums for 2011

See if your favorite albums from 2011 are on WVKR-FM's list of  best of 2011. While you are on the Charts and Playlists page be sure to check out what other shows around the web are playing this week and be sure to visit their pages for more information about the music they play.

  • Posted January 4, 2012

New Age Music World talks with Al Conti about his Grammy nomination and more

John Olsen of NewAgeMusicWorld.com check's in with Al Conti for this in-depth interview oabout what inspires and moves the 2012 Grammy-nominee...and how it feels to be he only new nomininee in the New Age Album category

Saito Koji - Guide OUT NOW!

And December ends with another new release by Saito Koji. His follow-up to the earlier released album "Music" is called "Guide". The eight tracks are 3 minutes long, the classical radio hit length. The music is very dense. Starting with very distorted, thick and layered sounds shifting to a clear and calmer atmosphere in the end. All pieces are rather short in the field of ambient or drone music but Saito filled the pieces with an enormous richness and concentration. Overtones are swirling around in your head, layer over layer of crackling noise is added to a this warm blanket of sounds.

New releaese coming from Berlin Heritage called Land Of The Rising Sun in February

Berlin Heritage is a new name in the field of electronic music, who is going back to the roots of the 70s era of electronic music: At that time Berlin school artists like Klaus Schulze or Tangerine Dream took their time to develop long compositions.

You can hear mysterious, hypnotic slow motion-like atmospheres that lead to old-fashioned sequencer patterns that sometimes remind us of the early work of Bernd Kistenmacher.

The nostalgic mellotron sounds and the deep space sound clouds create a fascinating bizarr atmosphere.

By the excellent blend of timeless soundscapes and lovely old sequences you can enjoy the whole album like a smooth and unique Berlin School journey. Dream and drift away!

Audiocast Productions releases new album by Kifthi Graßner

Even though kifthi is more well known as a writer (poet) of different kind of lyrics, you could say that he has also some artistic musical abbilties.

His debut album now released by Audiocast Productions will demonstrate his talent. Each track describes his feelings (admiration, love, affection and faith) These feelings are packed in his tracks and he wants to share every single track with the most important audience  YOU and hopes you'll enjoy listening as much as he enjoyed creating.

  • Posted November 20, 2011

New Igneous Flame album Lyra is now available

Since his 2003 debut release 'Tolmon', Igneous Flame has sought to create an evolving body of work and whilst 'Lyra' continues in that theme, it differs in that the approach taken to creating this work was significantly different to that taken for his previous albums.

The work was created using a previously unused set of tools and processes in order to experiment and explore in new directions. A diverse range of sounds sources and textures were employed and extensively processed. The primary instrumentation being electric guitar, nylon string guitar and synthesizers. 

The work was created whilst engaged with the natural world as a primary source of inspiration - work in progress mixes were auditioned whilst walking through local woodland and re-worked back at the artist's studio. This process was repeated many times, until they were felt to be finished. 

The material is primarily ethereal and meditative, with intermittent high-energy bursts and characteristic 'trans-tonal shifts'. In terms of production, a 'clean' approach was employed - full dynamic range was observed and preserved.

  • Posted October 28, 2011

[EL008] Emerald Adrift - Within the Purple Forbidden Out Now! 

Delighted to announce the newest release from Ethereal Live with Emerald Adrift's beautiful adventure "Within the Purple Forbidden" Download or listen free Flac, Mp3, Ogg!

The Complex Silence Series is proud to welcome and share a contribution by Shane Morris to mark the twentieth release of the Series. 

Shane is well-known in the ambient universe for sharing his magnificent sound worlds freely as Creative Commons releases and through live concerts. 

Here, Shane presents four minimal pieces that can only be described as lush and gorgeous. Bell-like sounds and electric piano predominate, but to say that is at once a contradiction. Listen deeply and then listen even more deeply. You'll hear reversed drones, floating tones, washes of faraway sounds, hints of melodies, echoes and reverbs adding space and immensity to an overall ambience and drifting quality, yet each track is intense and focused. 

Four tracks of pure, ambient complexity. An October treat for your ears and for your mind.

  • Posted June 8, 2011

DiN Releases Benthos by Memory Geist on July 4, 2011

The creation of "Benthos" has been a long process initiated in mid-2007 when Law visited Sirros in his home town of Athens, Greece and the duo recorded some initial material together comprising a variety of soundscapes, sequences, analogue rhythms & organic atmospheres. On his return to Melbourne in Australia, Law sculpted this raw material into a set of 6 tracks which were augmented by further soundscapes, rhythms and arrangement ideas sent across to him by Sirros. The gestation of "Benthos" took 4 years in total and has resulted in the birth of a complex and fascinating ambient electronica album. The pieces range from dark, industrial rhythmic tracks to cosmic style slabs of ambience and showcase the duos use of modular analogue synths alongside computer software manipulation.

  • Posted June 7, 2011

Interview with Heidi Anne Bryer on Mainly Piano by Michael Debbage
Hypnagogue Podcast new show posted June 2, 2011 (I had problems dowloading the program)

  • Posted June 4, 2011

Winterlight's "Hope Dies Last" is the Echoes June CD of the Month
New Eno Track Available for Download

  • Posted May 13, 2011

Unearthed Music Presents
Unauthorized Modifications by Ostracon  

Album Release Show Featuring: Dosh, Ostracon, Smyth, Ghostband, and Rogue Citizen 

Date: June 24, 2011 9:00pm to 2:00am
Venue: Honey Lounge, Minneapolis
Cover: $5.00 

Please join us to celebrate Ostracon's debut release, Unauthorized Modifications, with live music from Dosh, Ostracon, Smyth, Ghostband, and live painting by Rogue Citizen.

  • Posted May 10, 2011

CD release: Avatara by Steve Brand on Hypnos digipak CD

Steve Brand got his start releasing experimental music under the name "Augur," and more recently switched over to releasing music under his own name (both solo and in collaboration with such artists as Ishq and Disturbed Earth) on the Atmoworks, Hypnos Secret Sounds and Relaxed Machinery labels. He's quickly established himself as one of the more interesting and distinctive artists working in ambient music, and having released two albums *Bridge to Nowhere* and *Children of

Alcyone* on Hypnos Secret Sounds in 2008 and 2009, we're very excited to follow up with Steve Brand's new album *Avatara* on the main Hypnos imprint. This album has a ritual feel common to many of Brand's recordings, though *Avatara* is more ambient and less percussive. The recording starts out in a place of low-key contemplation and evolves through distinct stages and moods, though it is always gentle and meditative.  

Steve Brand describes some of the inspirations behind this album:

Avatara is Sanskrit for "descent" in the sense of a deity's descent from heaven to earth. Avatara is inspired by the various avatars of various ages and cultures...Yeshua, Quan Yin, Buddha, Brigit, Krishna, Saint Germain, White Buffalo Calf Woman, and others. I’m fascinated by the idea and the various stories in various ages and cultures of humans becoming "ascended masters," or avatars, non-human beings that still are attached to humans and choose to returns to Earth to assist them. The stories vary, and almost every culture has its masters, but one thing is consistent throughout each of their stories, they've realized a more expanded expression of being and awareness, of what we are and what we are capable of, and return to assist other human beings.

  • Posted May 8, 2011

New Hidden Shoal Compilation Album Available for Free Download!  To coincide with the label’s 5th birthday celebrations, Hidden Shoal is proud to announce the release of the latest installment in its free downloadable sampler album series. Hydrozoa compiles 18 singles released over the last 18 months and lovingly sequences them into an epic journey. The album is divided into two sides, each a distinct listening experience in its own right – or, if you choose to digest the album in its entirety, it’s a graduated ride from the ambient and minimal all the way through to the widescreen and guitar-fuelled. Whichever way you slice it, Hydrozoa is a compelling creature. 

Featuring Antonymes, Boxharp, City of Satellites, Elisa Luu, Hotels, Iretsu, Jumpel, Liam Singer, Markus Mehr, Mukaizake, My Majestic Star, Rich Bennett, Salli Lunn, Slow Dancing Society, Stray Ghost, Toby Richardson, Umpire and Wes Willenbring, Hydrozoa touches all the bases that make the Hidden Shoal roster unique, and massages them into a broad-ranging and utterly engaging whole. The release accompanied by a pdf booklet containing stunning artwork by Hidden Shoal’s Stuart Medley. 

Download the sampler here.


Paul Avgerinos

 

Law of Attraction

Artist Spotlight on Paul Avgerinos

When Paul Avgerinos graduated from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in 1980, as a full scholarship honors student, he had already performed as a bassist with Isaac Stern, Jean Pierre Rampal, The Beaux Arts Trio, Baryshnikov and many other great classical artists. He also has won scholarships to play and study at music festivals in Tanglewood, Aspen, Grand Teton, Taos, and Spoleto (Italy). After graduation, Paul served as principal bass of several major symphony orchestras around the world, and gave solo recitals as well. 

Expanding into more popular genres, Avgerinos toured as a bassist with Charles Aznavour, Liza Minelli, and the jazz legend Buddy Rich. Seeking to further his original composition and develop his childhood passion for electronic music, Paul built Studio Unicorn, a comprehensive digital/analog recording studio, in 1984. Nine solo CDs in the New Age genre followed, including Muse of the Round Sky on the Hearts of Space label. Muse was nominated for a Grammy and is played on more than 2,000 radio stations around the world in addition to syndicated shows such as Music from the Hearts of Space and John Diliberto's Echoes. Two thirty ­minute features with the latter are added to his credits along with his many other radio interviews. Paul's music is currently being played on Sirius XM Satellite radio & DMX as well as Music Choice SoundScapes. 

He has appeared on fourteen sampler CDs and as a guest artist on albums by Joanie Madden, Faruk Tekbilek, Joaquin Lievano, Brian Keane and others. Paul records and produces many popular albums as well and has worked with artists as diverse as Jewel, Willie Nelson, Deana Carter, Richie Havens, Run DMC, and the Celtic Tenors . Avgerinos always makes time for scoring and has worked on many Film, Commercial, TV, and Cable projects for all of the major and minor networks. Paul's work on Peter Kater's Red Moon earned A 2004 Grammy Nomination. Paul's album GNOSIS placed #1 on the New Age & World Radio Chart and his latest, Garden of Delight, won an award for the Best World Album of 2007. Keeping busy creating original music for a variety of interesting and rewarding projects is a way of life. 

Currently, Paul lives and works in his Studio Unicorn, Redding, Connecticut, where the deer pass by his studio windows and the hawks and eagles give inspiration from above .

Visit Paul Avgerinos on the web


Following the Call
by Ann Licater

 

The Color of Light
by Dana Cunningham

Ambient Visions CD Reviews

12-09-2012 New Reviews featuring Meditation by Liquid Mind aka Chuck Wild
04-10-2012 New Reviews featuring Mediterranean by Amberfern
03-15-2012 New Review featuring Eternity by John Lyell
03-12-2012 New Reviews featuring Enchanted Piano by Kevin Kern
01-21-2012 New Reviews featuring Bindu by Michael Brant DeMaria
11-12-2011 New Reviews featuring Silent Star by Berward Koch
10-23-2011 New Reviews featuring Rainshadow Sky by Jeff Pearce
06-14-2011 New Review featuring Earthsong and Stardance by Gandalf
06-06-2011
New Review featuringThe Veil of Whispers by Thierry David
06-04-2011 New Reviews featuring Atumn Sky by Blackmore's Night
04-15-2011 New Reviews featuring Sacred Love by Shambhu
02-06-2011 New Reviews featuring Dreaming Still by Kathryn Kaye
12-01-2010 New Reviews featuring New Butterfly by ade ishs
11-11-2010 New Reviews featuring Doorway to a Dream by Ann Licater
09-18-2010 New Reviews featuring The Landing by David Clavijo
04-05-2010 New Reviews featuring First Day Back by Lenny Kaplan
03-29-2010 New Reviews featuring Voices of the Ancients by Chad Kettering
03-28-2010 New Reviews featuring Relax Your Ears by Joel Styzens
03-24-2010 New Reviews featuring My Love To You by Mark Pinkus
03-23-2010
New Review featuring Ascension II by Clifford White
03-15-2010 New Reviews featuring A Delicate Balance by Lisa Downing
03-14-2010 New Reviews featuring Portal by Atomic Skunk
03-03-2010 New Reviews featuringBallerina by Michael C. Bell
02-17-2010 New Reviews featuring Ticket to Antarctica by KevOz
02-08-2010
New Reviews featuring Chasing Tornadoes by Patrick Gorman
10-22-2009
New Reviews Featuring Fly by Eric Harry
08-22-2009
New Reviews Featuring Imagine by George Skaroulis
04-18-2009
 New Reviews featuring Longer Days by Scott Ross
02-08-2009
 New Reviews featuring Drift by Dan Pound
12-21-2008
  New Reviews featuring Pond by Diatonis
06-14-2008
 New Reviews featuring Poesis Athesis by Robert Scott Thompson
06-08-2008
 New Review featuring A Warning from the Elders by Byron Metcalf
06-05-2008
 New Reviews featuring Love, Light and Water by Michael Stribling
03-16-2008
 New Reviews featuring Tapestry by Jim Gibson
02-12-2008
 New Review Featuring Infinite Plastic Creation by Richard Bone
02-10-2008
 New Reviews featuring Ambienthurnum by Psicodreamics
01-26-2008
 New Reviews featuring Carpe Lumen by Elijah Bossenbroek
10-07-2007
 New Reviews featuring The Open Door by Michael Straugh
09-23-2007
 New Reviews featuring The Useless Lesson by Kerry Leimer
07-08-2007
 New Reviews featuring The Range by Fulton and Reaves
07-01-2007
 New Reviews featuring The Regions Between by AWM
06-23-2007
 New Reviews featuring Dimensions by John Lyell
06-16-2007
 New Reviews featuring Reflection by Frederic Delarue
06-01-2007
 New Reviews posted featuring Buzzle by Tim Story
04-04-2007  New Reviews posted featuring Hope for Harmony by Kathryn Toyama

03-04-2007
 New Reviews posted featuring Conscience by M. Grassow & Thomas Weiss
02-13-2007
 New Reviews posted  featuring Dream Wide Awake by Omnimotion

Sounds to
Listen For

Echoes
by Rena Jones

 

Crowd of Reeds
by Emmalee Crane

 

Sanctuary
by Nemeton III

 

Persona Non Grata
by Lorne David Thomson

 

Cinema
by David Kira

 

Heart of the Universe
by Peter Kater
& Snatam Kaur

 

Sunshine Velvet
by D. Batistatos

 

Heading West
by Mike Howe

 

Ecodrones
by Robert Carty

 

Electronicalm
by Infinite Third

 

When The Earth Is Far Away
by Craig Padilla/Zero Ohms

 

Lovers
by Paul Avgerinos

 

Airborne
by Erik Wollo

 

Angel
by Jutaro Takahashi

 

Endless Summer
by Wellenfeld

 

Spirit of Nature
by Kenio Fuke

 

What's Real?
by Silentaria

 

Take to the Trees
by Various Artists

 

Earth Feelings
by Jule Grasz

 

Groove Immersion
by Steve Roach

 

Eternity
by John Lyell

 

Cocoon
by Dan Pound

 

Floods
by James Murray

 

Frontiers
By Ian Boddy and
Erik Wollo

 

Ambrosial Waves -
Healing Waters
by Constance Demby

 

Strange Attractors
by Ian Boddy

 

Unit IA42
by Larry Kucharz

 

Antimatter
by
Bernd Kistenmacher
View Trailer on YouTube

 

Ghost Ship on a Black Sea
by Matt Borghi

 

Time
by Johannes Roussel

 

Land of the Rising Sun
by Berlin Heritage

 

The Speaking Earth
By Soundician

 

Still Moving
by Kathy Raimey

 

Lyra
by Igneous Flame

 

Synthetic Memories
by Justin Vanderberg

 

The Electric Tree
by Tigerforest

 

Shaman's Heart II
by Byron Metcalf

 

Dream In Blue
by Darshan Ambient

 

Arcturian Archives
by Geodesium

 

Singularity
By Mark Dwane

 

In Search of Silence
by David Wright

 

Travels
by Doug Hammer
SoundCloud Track

 

Afterglow
by Bob Holroyd

 

Transitions
by Patrick O'Hearn

 

Ten to Eleven
by Phillip Wilkerson

 

Silent Currents
Live at Star's End
by Erik Wollo

 

Summer All Over Again
by Mark P. Adler

 

Soniq Variants
by Alpha Wave Movement

 

From Out of the Vast
Comes Nearness
by Paul Ellis

 

Subterranean Landscapes
by Numina

 

Dawn of Obscurity
by Numina

 

Sleek Nucleus
by Saul Stokes

 

XesseX
by Richard Bone

 

Photonic Movements
By Robert Carty

 

Smoke in a High Room
by Lorde Awesome, Cymbl
and James Thomson

 

Benthos
by Memory Geist

 

Rainforest Reverberation
by Bluetech

 

Veil of Whispers
by Thierry David

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