Congratulations to the Top 10 in ESA's 2015 #Estrack40 audio contest! These entries were assessed by the ESA judging team as the Top 10 out of 117 entries received from over a dozen countries.

Special congratulations to our top three: 

++ Grand prize winner - BioWave
++ First runner up - Cristo 
++ Second runner up - Ezequiel Rodríguez

This playlist shows the ranking of judged entries in positions No. 1 to 10.

Notes on judging via wp.me/p2RwcN-Be

European Space Agency - #Estrack40 Contest - Top 10

electronic

Soundtrack/New Age/World/Orchestral/Vocalist/Ethereal/Symphonic Rock 

April L Gibson

from constellation myths to space operas, there's always someone drawing their hopes and dreams into the wider universe
stars are pretty cool, but what I'm fascinated by is how they motivate humanity to greater technological achievement, how the stories we tell about space tell more about earth than anything else
i need help hoping these days

hope in space

divers

Soundtrack/Trailer/Epic Music I've Done Vocals For

From my fourth solo album and first EP, self-released under Creative Commons license and can be free downloaded here: http://www.archive.org/details/AMomentOfStillness or here: http://stellardrone.bandcamp.com/album/a-moment-of-stillness

Billions And Billions

Beyond The Gates

Official Storm Choir II Demo
http://www.strezov-sampling.com/products/view/STORM%20CHOIR%202:%20FULL%20BUNDLE.html

Solo vocals: https://soundcloud.com/aprilgibsonmusic
Artwork: Dibujante Nocturno ( https://www.facebook.com/dibujante.nocturno )

https://www.facebook.com/AbelVegasMusic

Abel Vegas - Beyond The Gates (Official Storm Choir II Demo)

Call to pray.

Athmosferic composition featuring Turkish Oud by Impact Soundworks. No pre-recorded phrases used, all real time playing.

Fiddle tracks recorded and performed by Abel Vegas.

Female vocals by April L. Gibson.

Abel Vegas - Akşam Namazı

LCROSS: Water on the Moon Song

Selected in the Top 10 of ESA's #Estrack40 contest! 

I was inspired by the audio that was released from Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by the RPC and I built a little song around it.  

You can listen to the "singing comet" here:
https://soundcloud.com/esaops/a-singing-comet
(The sonification of the RPC-Mag data was compiled by German composer Manuel Senfft.)

My Amazon Artist Page

Rosetta (Song for a comet)

Last month I conducted a poll on my Facebook Music Page to pick my next cover. This song got the most votes! It's not as polished as much as I'd like, but I have very little recording time around the holidays. I still wanted to share it though. :)   

Song: Nothing Else Matters
Original Artist: Metallica 
Cover music and vocals: April Gibson 

My Facebook Page

Nothing Else Matters (Cover)

First track from the upcoming album The Catalyst.
Album "drops" next week!

UPDATE: Full album is now available for free on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LA70oNkJ9sI

Protectors of Earth (feat. April L Gibson)

To add to my little album of Tolkien covers, I did another version of Enya's "May it Be" from the Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack to fit the feel of the other covers. I had previously collaborated with Quenya Projects on a version of this. 

Hope you like it! 

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May It Be (Cover 2015) - LOTR

This track is a tryptic that shows space is vast, but is full of interesting things, such as mankind, stars, comets, planets...
It describes great achievements, in the past, and in the future.  

Full Summary:
	This track begins by exposing the vastness of space, lulls the listener to the sound of a comet and an ethnic song: in this space was born mankind. Whispers and bright show a sound human beings admiring and worshiping stars and planets. Then mankind has Entered space era. Communications, exploration ...
Vocal sample feature the three official languages in ESA.

	Through space and time, the listener reaches a small point in the sky : Earth. A roll-call prepares a new space mission, and the thirst for knowledge causes a growing tension in the ambient technological triumph. The tempo is synchronized with a countdown (120 BPM). These are the exploits and the feats achieved by the ESA.

	This anniversary leads to the future. The last part of the tryptic mixes two ideas : current missions evocation, and an exciting trailer for all the coming projects.The listener goes back to space, in a spiritual atmosphere, where two violins, an organ, and hang drums break the human agitation. But these missions lead to human greatness through progress, and the main theme is completely unveiled, adding a paroxysm to the ceremony. Finally, the music returns to space, because everything is about space. 
Some drums samples have been recorded with piezzo-electrical devices, to be recorded as it would be in space : without air.

11,2 km/s

A piece which takes you on a visual journey through space and time.

05 Track 5 Antarctica.Pat Coldrick

Instrumental work inspired by the astronomical research and the Cosmos. First track of the Mundusmurum project. Vega 28231406 was awarded by the European Space Agency (ESA) in the commemoration contest of the Estrack 40th anniversary.

Ezequiel Rodríguez: Guitars and programming.
Mastering by Jesús Mendoza at Jesiisma Studios.
Outdoor ambient sound at 14.8 is ESA's 600-tonne, 35-m deep space tracking station at New Norcia, Western Australia, rotates into horizontal pointing during a maintenance test in 2012.

Vega 28231406

This is an original composition from Katalin Benkő to Estrack 40th Anniversary Sound Contest.

Katalin Benko - Deep Of The Space 2015

"Sentinels" is out and available on Spotify, iTunes Music, Amazon, etc. 

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https://tinyurl.com/SentinelsSpotify 
https://tinyurl.com/SentinelsiTunes

Furia

A simple cover of David Bowie's "As the World Falls Down" from one of my all-time favorite movies "Labyrinth". Rest in peace, my Goblin King.

As the World Falls Down - Cover

From the album, Time to Light It Up! by John Marmie, as mentioned in the NASA in Silicon Valley podcast.

Time to Light It Up!

Asteroid Redirect Mission - Music Track

Solarsoul feat. Kristin Amarie - Goal Achievement (Vocal Mix) DEMO

I was commissioned to write the score for a short film by Dove about a social experiment that explores how women view their own beauty in contrast to what others see.

Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpaOjMXyJGk

Keith Kenniff - Portraits Pt.2

Jon Anderson - Wonderous Stories

where filled a prana and vitality ;) 

peace .

buy at band camp

Hataken - a prana planet

A semi-faithful reconstruction of the recent Doctor Who theme adaptation from Murray Gold, this time with added Middle 8 section and omission of sound effects.

Available here for download at Whomix
http://whomix.windbubbles.net/remix/455

Originally composed by Ron Grainer & Delia Derbyshire. Doctor Who is property of the BBC.

Doctor Who Theme 2013 (Opening and Closing Themes) [Murray Gold]

ISIGTUTEOT-EP003 - Min-Y-Llan - The Aquarian EP 

Release date: 1st May 2013 

Min-Y-Llan returns to ISIGTUTEOT with a lovely five tracker. Sit back and let go... 

ISIGTUTEOT-EP003 - Min-Y-Llan - The Aquarian EP is © Copyright ISIGTUTEOT 2013. All rights reserved. 

Look out for more ISIGTUTEOT projects and releases coming soon! 

http://isig.bandcamp.com/album/isigtuteot-ep003-the-aquarian-ep
info@isig.co 
isig.co
released 01 May 2013 
Composed and Arranged by Martin Boulton. 
Mastered by Tom Roberts | ISIGHQ | isig.co

Lucky Escape

Music: http://soundcloud.com/abel-vegas
Vocals: http://soundcloud.com/aprilgibsonmusic
Artwork: Cris Ortega www.crisortega.com

Abel Vegas & April Gibson - Awakening in the Jungle (Artwork: Cris Ortega)

I am a singer, lyricist, and composer. My style of music ranges from New Age/Meditation to Symphonic Metal to Dance and who knows what else! I like to challenge myself with different styles. My first album, Of Myth and Beauty, is out now!! Check my links for info.  Thank you for listening! Let me know if you would like to hire me for freelance work.  You can contact me here: aprilgibsonmusic@gmail.com