darren harper
Ambient/experimental sound artist, photo-novice, father, husband
http://darrenharper.bandcamp.com/

darren harper_Ambient/Experimental/Drone/Minimal-Nite Chill

A big '"Thank You" to all those who like and repost my playlists. You've all got great taste in music! Lol... ;)

It wouldn't be possible to create my playlists if it wasn't for all the talented artist(s) so please show them some love. Thanks. ;)

Nəʊ~Neɪm (aka Iklɛktɪk dɪslɛksɪk)

mʌɪ sadnəs fiːls ðɪ ɛm(p)ti vɔɪd in mi:

Mood Music...

A selection of (mostly) relaxing soundscapes and atmospheric and ambient music

Atmospheric/Ambient

darren harper

Peaceful

My contribution to the new SEQUENCE7 compilation out now for free download from futuresequence...

http://futuresequence.bandcamp.com/album/sequence7


Arkhangelsk

OVNI 03  Vynil 12" , CD & digital on www.astrofonik.com
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A1- Angry Luna - Bienvenue dans le futur (168)
A2-  Neurokontrol, Strez - Happy Face (Angry Luna RMX 176)
B1- Amras -  Multiverse (176) 
B2- Speed Side - Dark Side of the Robot (170)

mastering by cubic Spline @ www.storm-mastering.com

AstroFoniK présente : OVNI 03

part of a series of small, Autumnal sketches that had nowhere to go, but found comfort together in this small e.p.

I hope you enjoy!!

free d/l

8/31/13 Dusk 1.

A little sketch that feels like a wintry lullaby to me.. . 

**Appears on the wonderful 'Moments of Silence' compilation...a charity album for the innocent children of Gaza.
https://ambientmomentsofsilence.bandcamp.com/releases

I hope you'll enjoy!

Moments of Silence V/A

LuuL

TRAILER of OVNI04 india Tour just out now !!! 
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BUY >>> http://ovnirecords.bandcamp.com/album/ovni-04-wold-tour

A1 - ANGRY LUNA vs SPEED SIDE - INDIAN MADNESS
A2 - GOTALIEN vs ANGRY LUNA - SHANTI (Luna mix)
B1 - KOKTAVY vs SHEIK YURAZ - DIVINE ENERGY
B2 - KEROSENE CLUB feat ASTRO SPY - VEDIC WARS
05- GOTALIEN AND ANGRY LUNA - SHANTI (GOTALIEN MIX) - ON CD ONLY

mastering by cubic Spline @ www.storm-mastering.com

AstroFoniK présente : OVNI 04 भारत दौरे 2014

TRAILER of OVNI05 , OUT NOW  !!!
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A1 - RevolteD & Dark Elf - Bohemian Groove - 155
A2 - AngrY LunA & Le Druide - Frog-juice at Cheperwood - 170
B1 - Neurokontrol - Here we are (AngrY LunA Remix) - 175
B2 - Extraterrestrial & Angry Luna - E.T phone home - 177

Mastering by Cybic Spline www.storm-mastering.com

AstroFoniK présente : OVNI 05

Vocals: Luke Standridge
Guitars: James Everingham
Programming: James Everingham & Luke Standridge

Atlas (feat. Luke Standridge)

Here is a little track I was holding on for awhile, new stuff coming soon not related to this!

Where Once Was

A textural piece I recorded whilst playing around with an old tape recorder and some musicbox's. 

Image by P. Avendaño

Solis Ortus

DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW – AVAILABLE ON CD/LP/DOWNLOAD.

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CONTENT: ‘A Winged Victory For The Sullen’ is the first installment of the new collaboration between Stars Of The Lid founder Adam Wiltzie and L.A. composer Dustin O’Halloran. The duo agreed to leave the comfort zone of their home studios and develop the recordings with the help of large acoustic spaces, hunting down a selection of 9ft grand pianos that had the ability to deliver extreme sonic low end. Other traditional instrumentation was used including string quartet, French horn, and bassoon, but always juxtaposed is the sound of drifting guitar washed melodies. The recordings began with one late night session in the famed Grunewald Church in Berlin on a 1950s imperial Bösendorfer piano and strings were added in the historic East Berlin DDR radio studios along the River Spree. One last session on a handmade Fazioli piano in a private studio on the Northern cusp of Italy, before the final mixes took place in a 17th century villa near Ferrara with the assistance of Francesco Donadello. All songs were then processed completely analogue straight to magnetic tape. Their secret to harvesting new melodic structures from the thin air of existence was for the duo to push themselves to dangerous territory, realising that clear thinking at the wrong moment could stifle the compositions. The final result is seven landscapes of harmonic ingemination. In ‘Requiem For The Static King Part One’ – created in memory of the untimely passing of Mark Linkous – they have taken the age-old idea of a string quartet and then shot it out of a cannon to reveal exquisite new levels of sonic bliss. Of the 13 minute track ‘Symphony Pathétique’, Wiltzie says ‘after almost 20 years of struggling to create interesting ambient drone music, I feel like I have finally figured out what I am doing’. Notable guest musicians include Icelandic cellist Hildur Gudnadottir, as well as Erased Tapes label comrade Peter Broderick on violin. A Winged Victory For The Sullen is not a side project – it is the future of the late night record you have always dreamed of.

CONTEXT: On May 24th 2007, in Bologna, Italy, Adam was on tour and playing with the late Mark Linkous & his beloved Sparklehorse, on what would be their final European tour. That night Adam invited friend and colleague Francesco Donadello to see the concert, and Francesco's guest this evening was composer Dustin O'Halloran (Sofia Coppola’s ‘Marie Antoinette’ O.S.T.). Through a strange twist of backstage conversations surrounding passport cache conundrums, and love of Italian gastronomy, a curious friendship began that now has brought forth an offspring of truly curative compositions for the world to savour.

As announced by Pitchfork and Drowned In Sound the self-titled debut album of A Winged Victory For The Sullen will be released worldwide on September 9, 2011 via Erased Tapes Records (except for North America where it will be out on Kranky).

A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Steep Hills Of Vicodin Tears

Here is new trailer of our next compilation !!! Out on 2 may !!
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1 - Angry LunA feat RevolteD - SR 375 (178)
2 - Wikileadz - Mongolitech (178)
3 - Paralocks - Mind Scanner (180)
4 - Zombie Scream vs Zer - Psychonauts (182)
5 - Neokontrol,Angry Luna & N.Gin - Rangotek Rmx (190)
6 - N.Gin - Calm Down (185 )
7 - Insector - White Laguna (185)
8 - Popek - Come back to the 50's (176)
9 - Akés - Aum Depth (175)
10 - RevolteD - Talk With your Doctor (165) Free Bonus track

Compiled by Alien Techno
Artwork by Nass.im
Mastering by cubic Spline @ www.storm-mastering.com

AstroFoniK présente : OVNI 06

An incredibly chilled out smooth bit of ambience, best enjoyed listened to on headphones.

Perception,
Little is as it seems,
Release your restraints,
Allow yourself to dream,
For within the chaos of our minds,
Lies a place where we dare to be free. 

Whispered Echoes - BluffMunkey ft. Inaiya (vocals)

Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent) (reversed)

Appears on the wonderful Somehow Recordings compilation 'The Pursuit of Quintessence'  
http://www.somehowrecordings.co.uk/

I hope you enjoy!!



somehow recordings

Autumn breeze; stepping stone (the pursuit of quintessence)

For the second Audio Gourmet release, we welcome talented American ambient artist Darren Harper to our roster. Darren has had (3?) albums out on the Earth Mantra netlabel to date (http://www.earthmantra.com/) and another due out this month. He's also got work out on and collaborates with Jacob Newman under the guise Frequent Sync. To assist his forthcoming full album release on Earth Mantra, he has treated us to this exceptional E.P of top drawer ambient music.
First up, 'Fields and Glass' serves as the darker half of the E.P, fusing environmental field recordings from the far east with a complex and eerie drone. Darren used these open-source field recordings as part of an 'unconscious collaboration' with his unsuspecting studio partner to tap in to the recording environment, by adding his own atmospheric interpretation of the recorded events. There are a lot of open-source sounds available from around the world and it is fascinating to think that these recorded fragments of time can be used freely for artistic expression by artists that have never met the person behind the source.
The second track on the E.P is entitled 'Leaves and Piano' and features a delicate looped piano composition with restful drone accents. This piece is incredibly beautiful and its flowing, subtle repetition of the piano loop guides the mind to a lulling meditative state.

Darren Harper is a highly talented artist and a name to watch out for. His work continues to better itself with each release; Audio Gourmet is delighted to include this magnificent E.P to its catalog of releases. Enjoy:

http://audiogourmetnetlabel.blogspot.com


Darren Harper - Leaves and Piano

John Legend - Tonight (Best You Ever Had) feat. Ludacris
Check out my new single “Tonight (Best You Ever Had)” available on iTunes 1/31 from the “Think Like A Man” movie soundtrack on Epic Records!

Tonight (Best You Ever Had)

Tonight (Best You Ever Had) feat. Ludacris

Astral & Shit - fragment of god - 01 somnium eius

A combination of the first and last tracks on Brian Eno's Music For Airports album. The pitch of "2/2" has been altered accordingly.

Brian Eno - 1/1/2/2

I was bored so I opened up audacity, laid down "Ending (An Ascent)" on one track, then laid it down again on a second track, but reversed it, to see what the outcome would be like.  Here's the result...

Brian Eno - Ending (An Ascent) [Forward and Reversed]

A remix of http://soundcloud.com/seasick-yet-still-docked/astron-vt-from-forthcoming 

This track has been included on the new sink \ sink  EP "mojave" which is available as a bonus download with the purchase of the new sink \ sink album "The Darkest Dark Goes" (http://soundcloud.com/feedbackloop) http://feedbacklooplabel.blogspot.pt/2012/04/buy-now-phbl03-sink-sink.html

Also available on "The Future Elements" compilation "Elements 1" (http://thefuturelements.bandcamp.com)

Free Download

sink \ sink - Astronávt (Stray Theories Remix)

Music for piano, electric piano, guitars and percussion.

Fractured Sunrise

A remix of "Questions" by http://soundcloud.com/needanamemusic - www.needanamemusic.com 
from the album : Need a Name - Sizzling Plucks
http://needaname.bandcamp.com/album/sizzling-plucks

www.straytheoriesmusic.com

Need A Name - Questions (Stray Theories Remix)

Taken from the forthcoming various artist's compilation 'Fogbound' on Somehow Recordings. contributions from the following artists:

 Hakobune, Porya Hatami , Darren Harper, A Bleeding Star,  Celer, Chihei Hatakeyama, and Tomoyoshi Date

Release date~4/10/13

Mastered by Stefano Guzzetti
http://www.wavesoncanvas.com

http://www.somehowrecordings.co.uk/index.html
http://soundcloud.com/timo-david-b/fogbound-sampler-released-on

Framed in Solitude (mastered)

A short piece created with my ReVox A-77 reel/reel, and my Concord 3" reel/reel + guitar, as well as a sampled piano instrument.  The tape hiss seemed very evocative of a distant, imaginary sea to me...

Mastered by Seth Chrisman
http://effervescent-airwaves.blogspot.com/

I hope you enjoy!

Upon The Edge Of An Imaginary Sea, I Remembered How Things Once Could Be

guitar / water / headphones

Mastered by Seth Chrisman
http://effervescent-airwaves.blogspot.com/

I hope you enjoy!

Submerged; Alone & Revealed

Beginning in the Summer of 2012 with his Low End Theory guest spots, DJ Shadow's "All Basses Covered" set has morphed and evolved to incorporate as many different contemporary genres of urban and electronic music as possible. From hardcore rap to footwork and juke and beyond, Shadow has combed the web to curate seamless and dexterous blends of the most progressive sounds bubbling up from the underground.  'Too hard?' 'Too future?' Or just too raw? As always, DJ Shadow has provoked crucial flashpoints of discussion about the discipline of DJ'ing that have defined our turbulent times.  -DJShadow.com Team

More

All Basses Covered (The Infamous South Beach Set, December 2012)

My Absynth version of Brian Eno - An Ending Ascent. This was all done using Absynth's envelopes.

Brian Eno -  "An Ending (Ascent)"

The New year started with a bang at spacesfm as Stray Theories came out to play

Stray Theories is the ambient electronica project of Australian born musician/composer Micah Templeton-Wolfe who is currently based in New Zealand.

Heavily influenced by minimal ambient, post-rock & electronica, his music is a fusion of melodic ambience & deep textured soundscapes.

The sounds of Stray Theories have appeared on over 50 ambient & downtempo compilation releases, many documentaries, short films, film/multimedia projects and art installations. Tracks & Remixes have been released on a multitude of labels throughout Europe, Australia & New Zealand."

Tracklist here: http://spacesfm.com/2012/12/stray-theories-ambient-electronica/
www.facebook.com/spacesfm

Check out Stray Theories new album here, a fantastic piece of work.
https://soundcloud.com/straytheories/sets/even-though-we-sleep

http://www.facebook.com/straytheories
https://twitter.com/straytheories

LiKE

Stray Theories - spacesFM Guestmix

Originally from the "Warmth (For Jii)" compilation, which is no longer online.  It now appears on an e.p. entitled 'Collected', which is a small collection of music that had first appeared on comps that are sold out, or no longer available.

http://darrenharper.bandcamp.com/album/collected

Mastered by Tokee: doperec.com/tokee 
Artwork by Peter Nejedly: www.flickr.com/photos/peternejedly/


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Memory Loop

dusty tape loops, reflective moments... .

I hope you enjoy!

analogpath

Pastorale Loop

Ajna - Visions of An Endless Labyrinth I

ambient/experimental sound artist, lover of nature, wanderer... .

Guitarist in Root Atlas~

https://on.soundcloud.com/TLG4iZoEX8WrgJ54A


Press~

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http://acloserlisten.com/2013/02/05/darren-harper-passages-for-the-listless-and-tired/

http://textura.org/archives/h/harper_lamy.htm

http://wajobu.com/2013/04/17/review-recent-dronarivm-label-releases/

http://acloserlisten.com/2012/05/09/darren-harper-and-jared-smyth-home/

http://musicwontsaveyou.com/2013/01/20/darren-harper-passages-for-the-listless-and-tired/

http://www.swqw.fr/chroniques/drone-ambiant/darren-harper-passages-for-the-listless-and-tired.html

http://www.textura.org/archives/h/harpersmyth_home.htm

http://makeyourowntaste.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/10-netlabel-ambient-albums-you-should-own-part-1/

http://wasistdas.co.uk/DarrenGimo.htm

http://audiogourmet.blogspot.com/2011/07/review-darren-harper-falls-children.html

http://disquiet.com/2011/02/07/suspended-memory-darren-harper/

http://sethmol.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/darren-harper-suspended-memory/

http://www.futuresequence.com/article/review-darren-harper-whispers/