1 Hour Of Oliver Shanti & Friends - Huanqiutan Garden

Dirk created yet another masterpiece. So of course when he asked if I would add violin to it, I jumped at the chance. Then you combine Pascale's amazing vocals and you have something purely magical.

Pascale (Voice): @pascale-scarabin
Dirk (Piano, Ambience, Arrangement): @ascoltadi
Kayll (Viola, Violin): yours truly

I'm so happy that I started using Soundcloud so I could be part of something so amazing. :) Thank you for listening.

Ô temps ! Suspends ton vol, et vous, heures propices !
Suspendez votre cours :
Laissez-nous savourer les rapides délices
Des plus beaux de nos jours !

Assez de malheureux ici-bas vous implorent,
Coulez, coulez pour eux ;
Prenez avec leurs jours les soins qui les dévorent,
Oubliez les heureux.

Mais je demande en vain quelques moments encore,
Le temps m’échappe et fuit ;
Je dis à cette nuit : Sois plus lente ; et l’aurore
Va dissiper la nuit.

Aimons donc, aimons donc ! De l’heure fugitive,
Hâtons-nous, jouissons !
L’homme n’a point de port, le temps n’a point de rive ;
Il coule, et nous passons.

Maassen | Scarabin | Frappier - Ô Temps! Suspends Ton Vol

From the patient hands of the Australian pianist @nat-bartsch, a pensive bedtime story unfolds. The light, present but fleeting, hovers between night and day. Hope remains, with comfort settling in ; was it a dream? An escape? See for yourself with this gorgeous, etherial piece featuring guitarist Joshua Teicher, out now as part of our 2021 Summer Single Series.

🎧 idol.lnk.to/anothertime-anotherplace

Another Time, Another Place

Spotify / AppleMusic

Nat Bartsch - Another Time, Another Place

Official Demo for ANDEA, feat. Ronroco, Charango, Charangolin, 8-string Ukulele, Kenacho flute & Kena flute.

Kimray - Official Demo For ANDEA By Orchestral Tools

Testmaster, have to check the audio on different devices. Your feedback on sound quality is hightly appreciated

02 - Dirk Maassen - Open (feat. An Di Yi)

Now We Are Free

Flora Writing

Conscious Concert Ireland 9 April 2016 Music taster

Lucinda Drayton - The Road Least Travelled | Conscious Concert Music taster

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'Settlers' is the new album from Western Skies Motel, out April 22nd, 2016 in a limited edition of 170 gatefold 180gram vinyl, CD and digital formats.  'Settlers' was mastered for vinyl and digital by Taylor Deupree, with master lacquers cut by Roger Siebel at SAE.  The first 50 Vinyl & CD's ordered come with a bonus EP, 'Generations' mastered by Kirk Marrison of Kiln.

In the dry desert of Arizona that Lost Tribe Sound calls home, a letter is received from guitarist René Gonzàlez Schelbeck who’s eager to share a collection of intimately composed songs, titled 'Settlers'. Upon listening, we are immediately enthralled. There’s a timeworn, arid, and almost badlands quality to Schelbeck’s hypnotic, cyclical guitar style. It seems to perfectly capture the lonely, barren landscape of the American West. 

Yet, there are curious dynamics at play here as Schelbeck, who makes music under the alias Western Skies Motel, is from Denmark and far removed from any upbringing in the rough-hewn Americana style of folk guitar. Conceivably, his music has more in common with the lonesome, calculated tone of Berlin's modern classical scene or the rainy day folk of the UK. Those are intriguing parallels, since the collective mood of Western Skies Motel's music would adapt so well to either environment. 

Words hardly do justice to the rich, immersive experience of 'Settlers'; yet a few may help to set the stage. Schelbeck is a remarkably well rounded instrumentalist, who spent his early days losing his hearing in local punk rock bands. This youthful love for walls of sound and discordant guitar squalls survives in his modern sound palette. However, a more mature approach to these techniques brings moments of palpable tension, adding in uneasy waves of guitar feedback and droning harmonium. 

But ultimately, the truth of what Schelbeck hopes to convey through his music may rest rmly in his subconscious. In hindsight, 'Settlers' is about moving between worlds: not in the dimensional sense, but more as a constant change in form. Each influence and sound Schelbeck incorporates into his music feels native to the delicate ecosystem of these songs and each turn feels as organic and nuanced as that of the natural world. Just as a tree’s leaves wither and fall; a fire sparks and expands only to expend its last bit of fuel, extinguished and left for ash. So true are the parallels we find in our own existence, the complex ritual of growing old and returning to dirt. Decay is inevitable for all life, yet through this it becomes the rich soil for all things proceeding. Western Skies Motel's weighty instrumental mantras may root in this and other meanings yet to be culled. One thing is clear, this music contains signicant power, and, regardless of our conceived themes or geographic locations, it tells a story that is lasting and instantly familiar. 

'Settlers' sees a 180-gram heavy weight gatefold release very similar to the recent Mute Forest debut, 'Deforestation'. The acetate and test pressings were scrutinized for anomalies on world-class vinyl setups at Arizona’s esteemed audio dealer, Arizona Hi-Fi.

Western Skies Motel is building upon a busy year in 2015, having released two very different full-length albums 'Prism' (Preserved Sound) and 'Buried and Resurrected' (Twice Removed).

Settlers

Transformation

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Western Skies Motel - Transformation (from Settlers)

Written by Rhian Sheehan
Additional guitar and programming by James Everingham.
https://www.extrememusic.com/albums/3255

Felt Hammers

I've noticed in my stats on soundcloud my most popular track last months is Joy. It gets a lot of attention and plays. So I've decided to make a live recording of this track. With 'Piano Day' so close by (29 March)... It feels right to post this Solo Piano version of "Joy".
I hope you enjoy it! 

Composed, played and recorded by Koen Janssen
*All Rights Reserved 2018*

Joy (Live)

Joy (Acoustic Piano Version) *Piano Day 2018*

Emmanuel Jacob is a composer and producer with active presence in professional music libraries for media since 2014. Having a dilemma as a child/teenager to become either an astrophysicist or a musician, he understood that both are based on math - but, the fact that music is the artistic dialect of the mathematic language, the path of music composing was full of promises. Since the announcement of the 1st prize winning of the #DISCOVERY competition organized by Orchestral Tools in collaboration with - EMMY winning, Jeff Russo, in November 2020, Emmanuel Jacob started a collaboration with "OT" becoming the key composer for numerous of sample libraries made by the industry leading of professional virtual instruments company. Many of his best compositions can also be found and licensed exclusively at PremiumBeat.com.