Thistle is the second album of the quadratic series, it is intended to represent a more uplifting side of Hipnautica. Thistle combines technical electronic syncopation with live musicians creating an outstanding backdrop of beautiful vocal harmonies and reverent lyrics.  Whereas EXILE, the first in the series was rather mechanical and heavy, listeners will find THISTLE to conjure a more positive experience based on a more natural thought process, tonality, and spirit.

Thistle

Fold Into Me (2009)

t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l

WILLOW - t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l (feat. Travis Barker)

This is the first experiment by Sky of Hipnautica, featuring the powerful soft synth, Plasmonic created and distributed by Rhizomatic Software Synthesis.  This is not a previous version of Plasmonic 2.01 but an entirely different song.  This is actually a premastered version, more work will be done, and this track will be updated.

For more information on the soft synth, Plasmonic, Visit: https://rhizomatic.fr/

Updated on April 19, 2022: improved tempo by+4 BPM, refined the pre-mastering to define the 808 more distinctly and improved overall mix.  This track still has not been fully mastered yet thus the reason it's a little quite, just turn it up a little on your own. :)

Plasmonic combines the resonant depth of physical modeling with subtractive synthesis. Our goal is for Plasmonic to approach the depth and detail of an acoustic instrument, while making it easy to shape the sound into anything you want. Its deep modulation capability and MPE support make it very playable and expressive.

Plasmonic v1.07c

Plasmonic 2.01 is not a different version of Plasmonic 1.07 but entirely different songs, based on the same soft synth. This is yet another sonic exploration by Sky of Hipnautica, utilizing the new Plasmonic soft synth by Rhizomatic Software Synthesis. The goal of the Plasmonic Soft Synth was to approach the depth and detail of an acoustic instrument, while making it easy to shape the sound into anything you want this is what has drawn me into the new sonic landscapes that make this instrument so capable of achieving.  

(THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS - some of the triggers and frequencies of the synth need to be tweaked, and the track mastered - but I was so excited I wanted to share what I had so far)

Plasmonic 2.01

When the cycle happening without any beginning and end.


Anumodhana

Kill For Your Love

Labrinth - Kill For Your Love

Once again we went on a voyage deep into the playa space of Burning Man on the Church Of The Open Mind Artcar!!! It was so amazing to return to the playa in 2022 after two years away! This set was played right up until an amazing sunset!!!!

Check out other sets from this amazing art car - @cotom

Treavor Moontribe Burning Man 2022 Church ArtCar Sunset Cruise

CVNT

Riptide is Now Available

CD Baby: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/atlasmaior7
Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/riptide-single/1460104967
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1GROmUejUAiNmT93LeEZN6

Released April 19th, Riptide is the 2nd single and title track from Atlas Maior's 5th studio release: "Riptide." A combination of Middle Eastern, & Progressive Jazz, featuring powerful riffs and deep cut grooves that illustrate the group's dynamic sound.

This musical offering is a sonic musical journey created by the progressive jazz, & world music group Atlas Maior. Influenced by Arab, Ethiopian, Jazz, and Turkish music traditions, Riptide is the title track from the band's  upcoming album "Riptide" set for release on May 3rd, 2019. 

"Mixing Middle Eastern sounds with progressive jazz, the song is a psychedelic musical exploration that winds and curves but never loses the groove. While musician brings something to the table, Joshua Thomson shines on saxophone as he channels the more worldly jazz experimentation of artists like John Coltrane and Pharaoh Sanders. His saxophone playing flows along in a hypnotic way that feels like it is sailing over a desert night. With such a unique sound, the members of Atlas Maior are part of a new young wave of jazz musicians like Kamasi Washington and Christian Scott who are pushing boundaries and breaking new ground to usher in a new era of jazz that is truly electrifying." - Glide Magazine 

Charlie Lockwood - oud
Joshua Thomson - alto saxophone
Gary Calhoun James - double bass
Ted Camat - drums


Recorded, & mixed by:
Gary Calhoun James at Bell Tree Studio - Austin, TX
Mastered by: Carl Saff at Saff Mastering - Austin, TX 

Produced by: Charlie Lockwood and Joshua Thomson

℗ & © 2019 by Atlas Maior. All rights reserved.
www.atlasmaior.com
booking.atlasmaior@gmail.com

Riptide

April 19th, 2019

Riptide (Single)

My music and the way i mix is still even after 20 years is evolving and in a incredible speed and accuracy giving me confidence like no other, this mix starts showing that

Purge

Laura Ivancie's debut EP "Marrow" Available Now at http://bit.ly/10YLHIX 

01 Candy
02 Arrest Me
03 Up With You
04 Mr. Dinosaur
05 You're My Music

Produced by Keith Schreiner (Auditory Sculpture), Laura Ivancie 
Mixed by Lars Fox 
Mastered by Ryan Freq Foster

DOWNLOAD on Bandcamp

Marrow EP - Available Now on Bandcamp

Hipnautica, is the culmination of internal and external struggles, inner voices refined and what Sky calls devine passion since birth.  A musician and visionary, Sky, started Hipnautica in 2006 after a near death experience.  Sky was not new to Electronic music though, having been a founding member of the Austin Electronic music scene since 1986. 

At a very young age, Sky started using hardware synths, keyboards, and computers like the Atari STe, back in the late 80s and was already on the radio by the time he was 17.   In a town known for county and rockabilly it was a constant struggle to convince venues of what he believed would be coming and that the world would embrace computers, and technology in the future of music. From the first Casio he recognized the ghost within the machine. Today he loves to combine styles and marry both organic, acoustic and electronic elements to create his signature sound which is hypnotic and intoxicating to the soul. 

Sky writes, "Through organic synthesis, waveforms, and frequencies unattainable by traditional instruments new worlds could be explored internally, new pathways to higher levels of consciousness could be explored and magnified. "Real music" is music artists create from true inspiration, from the soul, and through discipline and experimentation we can refine that inspiration to present works that hopefully will inspire others.

“The evolution of electronic music is constant and it's been a part of my soul for over 20 years, I'm constantly excited to explore new ideas, to fuse genres, to cross merge sound, to synthesize new sounds that transport people to inner realms. When people ask me what kind of music I write, I used to try and define it, but over the last few years. My answer is simple and based on my own personal spiritual and artistic evolution, "I write music". You may love some of it, you may hate some of it, but ultimately I simply have to create and I hope some of what I do will inspire you.  Perhaps some of what I present will speak to you, either way, I simply have to create. It's my purpose, it's my reason, it's a part of my soul and I encourage people to explore this life, to travel inward and outward."

Fold Into Me (2009)

Hipnautica

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