Singles (Originals)

Meditation singles

Illuminertia is a genre defying musical journey through lush innovative bass music blended with seductive melodic instrumentation inspired by musical traditions from all over the planet. The latest release Energy Eternal takes listeners on an uplifting as well as relaxing electronic meets organic auditory adventure that merges traditional elements from the far east with cinematic orchestral components of the west. With a song like ‘Cloud Buster’ it’s like you’re being seduced by a gorgeous mythical belly dancer inside a colorful Moroccan palace, while a song like ‘Gonzo’ might evoke the sensation that you’re soaring through the sunlit clouds alongside polyphonic renaissance violins layered over a bombastic hypnotic 808 drum beat. ‘Momentous Occasion’ and ‘Dowapaa’ are a genre morphing rhythmically charged tracks that combine the best of soulful African & Arabic female vocals with explosive break beats and tribal drumming. Foundation is a blissful bass infused interpretation of dub music layered with styles of the ancient masters. Either way you’re getting an album that taps into the richness of world musical heritage but also does well to leave it’s own unique legacy in the history of dance floor stimulating bass tunes. Ultimately it is the contrast between the ultra tight precision of digital production combined with the soulful human elements that make this musical creation something that will definitely stand the test of time.

Illuminertia is a creative umbrella for electronic music releases created by Eric "Modean" Mantras who is currently resident DJ for the Ecstatic Dance event held every sunday 10AM-12PM at the Lucie Stern Community Center in Palo Alto, CA. The music itself is essentially bass music layered with meditative, hypnotic melodies. This genre morphing production is hovering at it own frequency and if we have to sum it up in one word it would be innovative. It's medium to up tempo rhythmically speaking but the melodic elements are inspired by every type of genre under the sun. There are elements of break beat, tribal, glitch hop, IDM, & world throughout but the title track of the latest Energy Eternal EP could be classified as cinematic drum & bass. Illuminertia is teaming up with Street Ritual for an official release July, 2013. This is a pivotal release for Modean who believes that music is a constantly evolving process that can transcend all category. The unifying theme would be the deep love of music itself & the limitless possibilities of today's electronic music production tools.

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Cloud Buster

Additional production on My Bad (Rain City Riot remix) by Will Rankin

GOSTO - My Bad (Rain City Riot Remix)

Lena Chamamyan - Ya Mayla Al Ghusson (Pushloop Bootleg)

Solar wind is a stream of charged plasma released from the upper atmosphere of the sun.														                                                                                           
 This plasma consists of mostly electrons, protons and alpha particles.      Embedded in the solar-wind plasma is the interplanetary magnetic field...   Triggering geomagnetic storms when it interacts with Earth's atmosphere...                  All production and sound design by Omnichrome.  Mastering by Rick Mitchell @liquidenergyservices.

Solar Winds

It was pouring rain outside the entire time I was making this track, so that's what the song sounds like to me. Give thanks for the rain and turn up the bass!!!                       Production & Sound Design by Omnichrome. Mastered by Rick Mitchell @liquidenergyservices .

Rainstorm

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ABYSS (free dl)

This track is called magnetic dust because I burned out a whole tape delay cartridge making it- leaving magnetized tape dust everywhere... you can hear the dirtier echoes were tracked later. This degraded sound kind of shaped the song- like dubstep that somehow corroded...   All the synth parts are voltage controlled analog- triggered from midi loops, no audio loops used. No reverb. Lots of component drift! The only audio effects on this track are eq and hardware tape echo ))))))  Enjoy. <3

Magnetic Dust

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artwork by Sophie B Jacques
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FLANGE (free DL)

HAPPY SOLSTICE! Tonight we celebrate the longest night of the year, and welcome the returning sun. Embracing new life, and letting go of old pain. This track was made with only analog hardware sound sources- (including percussion). There are no audio loops used. The only effects used are slight eq, compression, analog filters, and hardware tape delay. There are several different hardware sequencers chained, playing off each other as components drift- making harmonics pile up, and bring forward moving sideband frequencies, before they vanish in a rush of tape echo, and a sequence retriggers.   I called it Carbon and Silicon, because as I lost myself working with all of the devices in the studio, I began to feel a kinship with my synths, and all my other pet robots, like I was the leader of a robot jam band... So, I started thinking of it not as my creation, but as a collaboration between me, a carbon based entity, and these little silicon based lifeforms, who are my musicians...

Carbon and Silicon

Carbon & Silicon

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