I have always been fascinated by rain and a wet city scene in Zurich, Switzerland inspired me. It’s incredible how rain affects the view of a landscape; the soft mist just rising in the distance; the entire place suddenly taking on shades of blue and grey; the moving, undefined clouds in the sky. That entire place feels frozen in time, like a photo, a portrait.

Halo - Rain Says

To create this song was a very important process for me, as the track helped me cope with some heartbreaking news in my family — a young girl from my stepmother’s family, who was about to turn 18, took her own life. She had been suffering in silence for years. Such pain, such confusion, such deep sadness. Through this track, I tried to put into music what I was feeling in the midst of this tragedy. Before she passed, she had written a prayer. I hope this piece of music accompanies her, and that she finds peace wherever she is now.

In memory of Xu Han.

In Memory of Xu Han

Ambient Dreamscapes for you to enjoy. Relax, unwind, meditate and chillout

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Rain On Dry Concrete

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Searchlight

In the starlight is a documentary film written, directed and edited by Mathieu Le Lay.

Synopsis:
During the darkest hours of the night, while the rest of the world is sleeping, outdoor photographer Paul Zizka ventures out into the wilderness in search of the world’s starriest skies. His journey to photograph the celestial wonders takes him from his home amongst the peaks of the Canadian Rockies to the wild, desert dunes of Namibia and remote ice caps of Greenland. Ever the adventurer, he must balance his work and passion for photography with his equal devotion as a family man. In the Starlight is an intimate portrayal of Paul’s quest to capture the night skies, and what his time spent under the stars has taught him about life, love, adventure, and our place in the universe.
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released April 26, 2021

All tracks written, produced and mixed by Franck Zaragoza
Photography by Paul Zizka
© Copyright: 2021 Camera Lucida
℗ Production: 2021 Camera Lucida

In the starlight OST

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In the Starlight - Polaris

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Experimental Sounds using a Volca Keys, Volca Sample and a Volca Bass. Mainly experimenting with a Koma Field Kit FX spring reverb, there is also a ZOOM MS50G involved for more delay and reverb. There is also a Teenage Engineering PO-33 K.O. involved for some ambient background noises.

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Dub Exploration #1 | Volca Keys | Volca Sample | Volca Bass | Koma Field Kit FX | PO 33

track 4 from “Autumn Sky” by @Eternell & endlesstrains

https://eternell.bandcamp.com/album/autumn-sky

Autumn Sky

Eternell & endlesstrains - Over the Mountains

"Moonflowers" is an exploration of repetition and organic sounds. Fragments of delicate melody and harmony are decayed and obscured over time. Emotions frozen in the present. Flower and expand in the silhouette of the full moon.

https://dronarivm.lnk.to/Moonflowers

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05 Jade

Mind over MIDI - Elektrical Aktivity EP7 out September 4.

https://mindovermidi.bandcamp.com/album/elektrical-aktivity-ep7

The Elektrical Aktivity series has been ongoing since 1995. So far it has been 7 EPs and 1 album. EP7 continues in the same musical landscape as EP6.

Elektrical Aktivity EP7

Imaging

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Imaging (Elektrical Aktivity EP7)

Standing tall on Kompakt’s Pop Ambient compilation back in 2003, Leandro’s lush ambient sound set the precedent and style for what is now a remarkable ongoing series for the German label. It was tracks like Leandro Fresco’s, ‘Buenos Amigos‘ that really took my love for ambient music up a notch, and also opened my eyes to this new style of deep, heavily textured electronic ambient music. It’s an understatement to say how proud I am to have such a remarkable producer contribute to the Places Series.

Fast-forward ten years, and last week Leandro gave us a gentle reminder of his beautiful, warm ambient style, with this mix for Sgustok Magazine. And as if timing couldnt be any better, we’re now treated to Leandro’s latest masterpiece for The Places Series.

Patagonia’s always held a personal fascination. With a small, Welsh-speaking population over 7,000 miles away from Wales, it’s an odd displacement, but for the 5,000 that speak Patagonian Welsh, it’s undoubtedly home.

It’s a theme that poignantly plays out for Leandro Fresco – the lure of his parents’ house providing the happy, creative escape from the frenzy of Buenos Aires. “I wrote this song in a beautiful small city in Argentinian Patagonia where my parents live,” he explains. “This has been my favourite place to write for a long time, a place where I can escape from Buenos Aires.”

And it was this transition from the hustle of the Argentine capital to the serenity of Patagonia’s San Martin De Los Andes that helped provide the snowy inspiration for ‘Almas Sin Prisa’ (‘Souls without Haste’).

“I remember sitting in my room facing the window, watching the snowflakes fall and improvising on the keyboard,” Leandro reminisces. “Looking through the glass, I saw two people walking away in the storm, holding hands. These were the first minutes of the night when the sun was just beginning to hide and I kept on thinking about who these strangers were.”

This sense of the unanswered lends ‘Almas Sin Prisa’ a baleful, blissful feel. Beautifully layered, you can almost feel the weight of the snowfall cloud your line of vision, those first delicate snowflakes amassing to become tumbling white walls; the delicate movement and feather-light melodies conveying a distance as they gracefully drift away; the subtle drone lending a dreamy finale as the snowy silhouettes fade out to white.

“I’ll never know,” he smiles, “but while the music played, and I drank my cup of tea, I was happy to be in the warmth of my home and glad that I saw this simple show. Just two people in the storm. Just two souls without haste.”

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ASIP026 Leandro Fresco - Almas Sin Prisa

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ASIP026 Leandro Fresco - Almas Sin Prisa

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