Alien Cubensis

My goal is to create sonic landscapes that capture the listener and take them to unknown places while building and maintain a secondary (musical) world to keep them immersed and actively engaged within it. Music should be inherently enjoyable to listen to, yet provide enough tension to keep it interesting enough for active listening. I also try to tell an aural story or narrative that blends Electronic Music’s past with its present.

By using real-world environmental samples, I seek to anchor the listener to something that is familiar and immersive. Curiosity compels a deeper level of listening which helps develop, build and sustain the secondary world.

My stronger influences are 70s and 80s electronic and progressive musicians such as Brian Eno, Vangelis, Edger Froese, Klaus Schultze, David Sylvian, Holger Czukay, Popol Vuh and Pink Floyd, as well as more recent artists such as The Orb, Aphex Twin, Future Sound of London, Mathias Grassow, Steven Wilson, Bass Communion, Explosions in the Sky and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. There are unabashed references and homages to these artists and (many more) which is consistent with the post-rock approach to modern music.

I grew up in a home where music was loved and the radio was always on, which gave me early exposure to a variety of genres including jazz, classical, contemporary, pop and rock. Playing musical instruments throughout my early and middle-school years, allowed me to became proficient in several woodwind instruments, the electric bass and manipulation of reel-to-reel tape recordings. The exploration in creating experimental tape effects had a large impact on my current musical expression.

Out of Africa comes Eric McCallaghan, a producer and song writer with an innate talent to mix international sounds into one glorious magical wonder. EricM truly has a wonderful skill in mixing electronic with live instruments. The music that is created is magnificent – a glorious international recipe of African beats combined with eclectic sounds from all over the world. The beat is the heart, the rhythm is the soul and the vocals carry it through its journey. The vocals, chorus and very creative way these songs are arranged make EricM a phenomena in this industry.

Accomplishments:

• “Xplicit” (under his Heatseeker alias) was #1 in South Africa for several months in 1999 and received the Best South African Dance Track award. It is released worldwide on more than 30 compilations.
• “Reflections” SAMA nomination 2003.
• “Touch Faith” official Depeche Mode remix Personal Jesus,#1 in Belgium, 8 weeks on Ultratop 40 2007
• “Woven” #29 world DMC Trance Charts in 2008.
• Paul Oakenfold played “I’ll Wait For You” at 911 benefit concert New York 2001
• John ‘00’ Flemming “Spinning” 4 ½ out of 5 in Mixmag 1998
• DJ’ed Pakistan, Belgium, Holland, UK, Miami WMC 2011
• Released > 150 CD compilations, albums and singles
• Twenty 12” vinyl releases
• 170 Singles on iTunes, Amazon, Trackitdown etc.
• Johan de Kok "Sabre" EricM remix on Paul Oakenfold Full-on Fluouro 018
• > 20 million downloads Nokia OVI Store SE Asia 

past CD albums ”Reflections”, “Everytime This Song Plays”, “MP3 Series Vol1”, “Touch Faith – Hits & Mixes 1998 – 2007”

[press release A & R Select based in West Hollywood, Ca.]

For info mailto: ericmccallaghan@gmail.com 

myself in sound. 
in sound we connect
in sound we are one;

I am the NTT. Stranded Alien is my synth rock project.

I have a side project called the NTT's Funk Odyssey. I have started posting these tunes here with the precursor label - The NTT

Hello
srp which lives in Japan. I write freely.
Please hear.

Experimental dark ambient (Fugue in Sea) and light melancholic ambient (Nonestica)

My music is my art.  Your brain is my canvass.

Alien Cubensis

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