Michael W. Bell - The Rising

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Michael W. Bell - Life Force 1.0

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Michael W. Bell - An Edgy Street

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Michael W. Bell - Relentless: Sting 3

Michael W. Bell - Relentless: Sting 2

Michael W. Bell - Relentless: Sting 1

Michael W. Bell - Relentless: Narrative

Michael W. Bell - Presence: Main Track

Michael W. Bell - Pursuit: Sting 2

Michael W. Bell - Pursuit: Sting 1

Michael W. Bell - Pursuit: Narrative

Michael W. Bell - Persuit: Bumper

Michael W. Bell - Pursuit: 30 Second Cut Down

Michael W. Bell - Persuit: Main Track

Formed by award-winning composer Michael W. Bell and multi-instrumentalist Obelisken, the long-time friends established ProtoVoid as a collaborative sound art project. Their aim was to combine their creative and technical experiences together to create immersive and atmospheric sonic experiences, which each listener can experience in their own unique and individual way. 

“90377 Sedna” consists of 6 ambient soundscapes themed around the trans-Neptunian dwarf-planet Sedna, and its vast elliptical orbit. Through our creativity, we intend to take the listener on their own personal sonic journey through our solar system and as such, 90377 Sedna is best listened to in a darkened room on good quality comfortable headphones, allowing the mind to wander and escape the realities of the world as the soundscapes play out. 

Beyond Neptune's Frozen Depths 
In November 2003, a small trans-Neptunian object was discovered on the fringes of our Solar System. Initially designated 2003 VB12, it floats silently and inexorably through the vastness of space around our star, on an 11,400 year orbit. But with such a vast and unusually elliptical orbit, how did it get there? Is there another massive body out there? A hidden shepherd, as yet undiscovered, influencing its path through space and time? 

Named after the Inuit goddess of the sea, 2003 VB12 was redesignated 90377 Sedna. At 23 degrees Celsius above Absolute Zero, Sedna is an isolated and desolate landscape, untouched by time. From her furthest point, it takes Sedna almost 6,000 years to reach her closest approach to Earth, travelling silently, yet inevitably, through to space toward our star. 

Sedna appears from the depths, in all her majesty. When she last passed closest to Earth, around 9400 BC, Humankind was discovering crop farming and the domestication of animals. At 76 times the distance between the Sun and the Earth, Sedna drifted slowly on, not to pass that close for another 11,400 years. What might humanity look like when the Mother of the Deep returns? 

As she continues on her path, Sedna returns to the dark abyss of space, not to return until 2076 AD. Another chance to so closely observe her silent beauty will not be available for almost another 12,000 years. What life will remain on Earth at that time, we cannot know, and yet, Sedna's frozen majesty will remain constant and untouched by the temporary concerns of organic life. 

At her furthest point, at 937 times the distance between the Earth and the Sun, light from our star takes 5 and a half days to reach Sedna. Humankind may well be extinct the next time she comes around to visit, yet Sedna remains eternal and everlasting.

90377 Sedna

Stream

Orbit II

Burst

Lost Contact

Majesty

Contact

Orbit I

AEP0011 - LP
Genre: Metal
AEPL Release: 28.05.2019 (Original Monolithic Records Release: 20.04.2010)

Iceni - In Spirit of the Old World

Iceni - Defiant Heathen Spirit (Outro)

Aurora Eclipse Productions Ltd are proud to introduce SkyQuaker with their debut single, a song entitled “Queen Kong”. Featuring narration of Vladimir Bukovsky, the Russian author, dissident, and fearless critic of the Soviet Union  who sadly died unexpectedly on 28th October 2019.

To the uninitiated, SkyQuaker seems a straight forward rock act. However, upon deeper investigation this could not be further from the truth. SkyQuaker reveals itself as an intense, boundary breaking Avantgarde group whose music is seemingly rooted in Punk, Classical, Hard Rock, Metal, Cinematic, Funk, Jazz, Pop, Dub Reggae and beyond. The more we hear their demos, the depth of fusion, ideas and concepts is seemingly endless. For more on the band themselves, check out our Introducing SkyQuaker post.

QUEEN KONG explodes with visual and complex musical forms as the tracks deploy movie-theatre soundscapes, atmospherics in voice-over dialogues and spinning 3D sound-effects amid a swirling vortex of pounding guitars and flamenco vocal wails. The 3 dimensional movie-soundtrack stems from the vocalist and main song-writer’s (Stephen Hope-Wynne) career as a successful screen actor having star IMDB credits in major game and movie cult-franchise titles as Lara Croft Shadows of the Tomb-Raider and Orwell. 

PRODUCTION CREDITS
See our Production blog for an in-depth account of how the track was put together.

SKYQUAKER ARE:
Steve Hope-Wynne: Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitars, Composer 
Ben ‘Ferdy’ Ford: Guitars, Arrangement
George McFarlane: Bass (NOT ON THIS RELEASE)
George Rekul: Drums

SESSION MUSICIANS:
Talisa Yorke: Saxophones 
Andy Prince: Bass & Chapman Stick 
Sofi Sivitanides: Backing Vocals 
Abbi F. Jones: Backing Vocals 
Michael W. Bell: Additional Percussion 

PRODUCTION & CREATIVE ENTOURAGE: 
Richard Yaxley: Cover Design
Gary WiGZ: Cinematographer, Video Editor, Photographer
Michael W. Bell: Producer, Recording, Mixing & Mastering
Kiki Sivitanides: Arts Critic & Documenting Photographer
Steve Hope-Wynne: Management, Co-Producer

STUDIOS:
Queen Kong was Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Michael W. Bell at Aurora Eclipse Productions Ltd, Surrey.

Drum recordings by George McFarlane at Echo 7 Recoding Studios, Surrey.

FOOTNOTE:
Vladimir Bukovsky is the Narration featured speaking voice of Queen Kong. He had been recording documentary material about his life as a Russian Soviet Dissident for Queen Kong and another Ambient music project with Composer and Producer Michael W. Bell and Stephen Hope-Wynne for a forthcoming AEPL release in between bouts of hospitalisation. Vladimir died of complications arising from years of ill health while in Soviet custody. His latest book newly translated into English is available as “JUDGEMENT IN MOSCOW” published by Ninth of November Press https://www.vladimirbukovsky.com/bio  

Bukovsky spent a total of 12 years in Soviet prisons, labour camps, and forced-treatment psychiatric hospitals for his outspoken opposition to the communist regime. He was a founding member of Human Rights Foundation’s International Council and a frequent participant in HRF’s activities. 

Aurora Eclipse Productions Ltd & SkyQuaker offer this record to acknowledge the life of Vladimir Bukovsky.

SkyQuaker - Queen Kong (OFFICIAL TEASER - 21/11/2019)

A man receives a package in which lays a device allowing him to upload memories onto a computer to watch and re-experience. This soon becomes an addiction. One particular memory longs for his partner. He revisits the images of joy and tenderness. This soon troubles his wellbeing. He becomes unstable and his house becomes emptier as days turn into months. With now a tablet for the device, he becomes wary. The memories consume him. He becomes exhausted and collapses. He faints into a coma. After his long stay, he comes back home. The man has neither recollection nor the device’s memory. He reopens the device. Having it re-plugged, all the memories appear jumbled and unrecognisable.

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Aurora Eclipse Productions Ltd is music production collective, studio and independent record label focused on the composition, production, design, and release of original, cinematic and esoteric music.

Bands & Artists:
Michael W. Bell
ProtoVoid
Iceni
SkyQuaker

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