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Skylines
Release Date: February 12, 2016
© 2016 Keith Richie

Skylines is a cinematic electronic journey that explores the architecture of sound through a global lens—an immersive album inspired by the skylines of iconic cities around the world.

Blending elements of electronic rock, synthwave, and dark synthpop, composer Keith Richie crafts an atmospheric tribute to nine cities—each track echoing the energy, emotion, and identity of its urban muse. From the rainy pulse of “Seattle Walk” to the neon-tinted melancholy of “Goodbye Dubai” and the chaotic haze of “Lost in Beijing,” Skylines invites listeners to travel without moving.

This isn’t just a sonic travelogue—it’s a fusion of geography and emotion. Each composition evokes the sensation of standing beneath towering structures, feeling the movement of life around you, and absorbing the invisible rhythm of the city itself.

The album features exclusive versions of fan-favorite singles including “Seattle Walk,” “Lost in Beijing,” and “Goodbye Dubai,” all reimagined as part of a cohesive global experience.

Whether you're drawn to lush synthesizer textures or inspired by the spirit of travel, Skylines offers a powerful soundscape that stretches across continents—and deep into the imagination.

🌟 What Others Are Saying About Skylines

Keith Richie’s Skylines has earned praise for its cinematic scope, emotional depth, and atmospheric precision. Reviewers highlight Richie’s ability to translate global skylines into immersive soundscapes that blend ambient, synthpop, and electronic rock. With standout compositions like “Seattle Walk,” “Sun in Central Park,” and “Seven Hills,” the album is recognized as a cohesive sonic journey through place and feeling. Explore what reviewers are saying:

Sleeping Bag Studios – "Skylines is a beautiful, gorgeously-composed album full of richly layered textures and emotional nuance, with standout moments like 'Seattle Walk' and 'Sun in Central Park' pulling listeners deep into Keith Richie’s immersive world."
👉 Read the review: sleepingbagstudios.ca/category/special-reports/

Soundlooks – "Skylines is a complete work of astonishing freshness—an expertly crafted tapestry of sound that captures the essence of cities both iconic and obscure. Keith Richie proves himself a consummate composer with a gift for sonic storytelling."
👉 Read the review: soundlooks.com/2016/02/keith-richie-skylines-weaves-instrumental-textures-into-a-tapestry-of-places-iconic-obscure-and-intriguing/

Windy City

Harmonic Rift

Connecting the sonic domains of reverie and motion, Wolf Tech’s lustrous new EP “Navigate” is a mesmerizing odyssey through ethereal instrumentals, crystalline rhythms and robust basslines. Flavoring classic sound styles with new-school aesthetics that blur the boundaries between classic dub, psychedelic glitch, rhythm and blues, jazz and world beat, “Navigate” is a fanciful play on genre that cannot be curtailed into any single category. A testament to the diversity of modern psychedelic electronica, Wolf Tech’s high-tech styling holds true as a downtempo voyage in one moment and hypnotic dance floor adventure in the next.

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Visionary Shamanics is happy to present another epic psychedelically downtempo dubtastic shamanic psybass tribal multicultural ambient ethnic trip in : 

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Vision Quest

Particle Horizon

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Particle Horizon [Visionary Shamanics]

Stream & Download: https://bluetech.fanlink.to/the-pale-horse

“The Pale Horse” is the 4th and final installment in Bluetech's The 4 Horsemen of the Electrocalypse series. Ranging from dark detroit influenced electro and braindance to IDM and melodic techno explorations, this EP puts an endcap on the analog and modular based releases with the classic sounds of a 303 providing lead duties.

These 4 EPs reference the Biblical bringers of the Apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from the classic fantasy art of Moebius, Beksinki and Syd Mead, “The Pale Horse” dances around eschatological tropes with tongue firmly placed in cheek. Featuring gorgeous artwork from concept designer Justin Totemical, each release in the series will present a facet of the visionary prophetic current. 

“Emerging from a long period of creative drought and personal struggle, I was seeking a way to frame my own experience in a larger meta-narrative. Navigating through loss and painful transformation always feels apocalyptic, so I wanted to take the opportunity to not only frame my heartbreak in a larger context but also to really laugh at myself and experience the high drama of being human with a sense of humor. The Revelations of our little lives feel like the end of everything, and looking out of our windows of meat and bone we feel the ground rumble with the approach of the 4 Horsemen. 

On a larger scale, it’s easy to draw parallels between the realities of modern life and the harbingers of ‘the end’ in John’s symbolic vision of the end of the Roman Empire. We are in the grasp of a dying empire watching the destruction of our biosphere, and yet… every seed must go to ground before new life emerges. 

This series of releases is about watching it all burn with a smile, embracing the death of the self as an act of beauty in order to grow. By aligning my own story and our collective story with a prophetic vision of epic proportions, I was able to to regain my joy and (en)lighten my life.”

The 4 Horsemen of the Electrocalypse: The Pale Horse

Unshackled

Stream / Download: https://bluetech.fanlink.to/sci-fi-lullabies

"Sci-Fi Lullabies is my homage and love affair to intelligent and thought provoking science fiction and genre literature.  I tried to capture a sense of place in each track and make each one feel as if it was it's own world in an alternate universe.  I dove deep into the modular and analog synths to get a real high fidelity otherworldly sense of sound design and interest".

Bluetech returns to his roots with an album of delicate and intricate downtempo music.  Realized with a collection of analog synths and modular explorations, Sci-Fi lullabies hearkens back to the early Bluetech albums like Prima Materia and Elementary Particles with its hyper detailed and evolving production acumen.

Evoking a classic era of electronic music and realized in an analog domain brings a particular warmth and sense of nostalgia to the tracks, dancing between melodic idm, expansive downtempo and lush ambient worlds.

Created as an homage to science fiction and magical realist literature, Sci-Fi Lullabies establishes eight otherworlds for listeners to explore with open eye dreaming .

Sci-Fi Lullabies

Ambergris

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Caladan

Stream/Download: https://bluetech.fanlink.to/sci-fi-lullabies

"Sci-Fi Lullabies is my homage and love affair to intelligent and thought provoking science fiction and genre literature.  I tried to capture a sense of place in each track and make each one feel as if it was it's own world in an alternate universe.  I dove deep into the modular and analog synths to get a real high fidelity otherworldly sense of sound design and interest".

Bluetech returns to his roots with an album of delicate and intricate downtempo music.  Realized with a collection of analog synths and modular explorations, Sci-Fi lullabies hearkens back to the early Bluetech albums like Prima Materia and Elementary Particles with its hyper detailed and evolving production acumen.

Evoking a classic era of electronic music and realized in an analog domain brings a particular warmth and sense of nostalgia to the tracks, dancing between melodic idm, expansive downtempo and lush ambient worlds.

Created as an homage to science fiction and magical realist literature, Sci-Fi Lullabies establishes eight otherworlds for listeners to explore with open eye dreaming .

Hyperion

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The first track from Haquin & Mettakin's 4 Track EP, 'Sanreizan' conveying the mesmerising feeling felt when first laying eyes upon the awe-inspiring peak of Mount Fuji.

Sanreizan

[OUTTA052] Prelude

Taken from an EP inspired by a visit to Japan, ‘A Glimpse Over The Mountain’ is an ode to the first view of Mount Fuji, one of the 'Three Holy Mountains' (Sanreizan) of Japan. Haquin takes us on an upwards expedition with epic builds, cinematic multi-instrumental layering, hard-hitting drops & an overall euphoric and triumphant feeling upon summit.

Credits:

Tim Cook - Drum Kit
S Rodriguez Javier - Electric Guitar
Cello - Adam pitsillides
Mastering - Sandy Finleyson
Artwork - Nicolas Haquin

Hyperion

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