"eternia" is a wondrous concept.....and this collab sets the stage...

beautiful...timeless and eternal.....great re-work, David....and beauty foundation Pete!-:)

That is the only god I could imagine believing in, a god whose passion is not redemption, who saves nothing, fulfils no purpose--a god who simply is.” 
― Stanisław Lem, Solaris

Back in the early seventies, Edward Artemiev created a wonderful and prophetic soundtrack for Andrei Tarkovsky’s cinema adaptation of Stanislaw Lem’s book Solaris, a study of the clash between faith and science presented as a sci-fi story of astronauts who encounter a mystical and superior intelligence which exists as an ocean on a distant planet. The soundtrack, as well as Artemiev’s own extended adaptations of it, and his music for Stalker and The Mirror have recently been re-released on vinyl by Russian collectors’ label MiruMir. These synthesised ambient works, far ahead of their time, should be heard anyone who loves or has any interest in ambient music.

For me, the outstanding feature of the Solaris soundtrack was the repeated and varied use of J.S. Bach’s sublime chorale prelude BWV 639, “Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ” from the Little Organ Book. I became obsessed with it, collecting and compiling different versions, especially Isao Tomita’s wonderful adaptations, also inspired by the film.

As a tribute to all of the above creative masters, this is my offering to one of the great directors, one of the great authors and two of the great composers. If it is too long, that is because I am still obsessed with it.

Candles on his altar

Rhein - Drone I

This is the second track of a new collaboration with my music friend Pete Swinton. I will be re-working some of his tracks from his excellent Project Drone Adzan Maghrib album.
peteswinton.bandcamp.com/album/projec…dzan-maghrib

This track is a re-work of the Project Adzan 3. It was mixed in the AUM app on my iPad and used the excellent apps Mononoke and VHS Synth.

Project Adzan (with Pete Swinton) - 2 - Eternia

https://birdsofpassage.bandcamp.com/track/between-the-hours

Between the Hours

Reflections

Gray/Grey

Firefly

Vintervår

track 1 from "Melodies in the Garden" by Sachi Kobayashi (@sachi_kobayashi)

https://stereoscenic.com/sachi-kobayashi-melodies-in-the-garden

Melodies in the Garden

Sachi Kobayashi - Scent of Roses

A short excerpt from a recent livestream "Psychic Soundwaves 10".
Played as a transition to something else, but became its own thing. I was quite sad at the time but I wasn't overtly aware of that when I played it, but it was there and it bled into the piece.
Hence, the title " Nostalgia" - A nice memory that also happens to be a wound.
Full live stream here: https://youtu.be/eW0uubP_aTI

Psychic Soundwaves 10 (excerpt) "Nostalgia"

warm air

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I started creating music on my old PC back in 2002 using DAWs such as Buzz, Fl Studio and Reason. As my artist name suggest I mostly compose tunes that have an ambient edge. My main passion is creating soundscapes, be they soft drifting drones/piano pieces/heavily synth driven, weirdly abstract and classical and orchestral pieces. I mainly compose using apps on my IPad but also make use of whatever instruments I have lying around such as my Pocket Operators, Modal Craftsynth, my favourite is an Early Learning Centre keyboard.

In the past my tracks have been played in BBC Radio Oxford and BBC 6 Music. Over the years I have collaborated with people from all over the world. Please message me if you would like to collaborate 😀

Project Adzan (with Pete Swinton) - 2 - Eternia

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