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Hvolf is the new album by Icelandic band Stereo Hypnosis, out on Canadian downtempo label Interchill October 8 2021 on limited cd. 
The tracks were recorded and mixed in Reykjavik in 2020. They have a distinct and refreshing edge, and arrangements that get quickly to the essence of each track.   The album speaks of Iceland’s rich natural world, beautiful open spaces, myth and mystery, long winters and patience, and an almost obsessive devotion to high quality audio.   There's a cinematic and epic quality to this music, and the band perform their material live. Hvolf is an album that reflects a people and a place, and clearly stands out from the noise.  Two digital only singles, Barur and Hvarf are accompanied by remixes from Hibernation and also Greg Hunter.


artist profile
Father and son – Óskar Thorarensen  Pan Thorarensen and Thorkell Atlasson form the electronic trio Stereo Hypnosis.  
The trio was stabilized, between field recording and photo sessions in the remote island Flatey (2006).  They have an organic sound, serene and down tempo – electronic climbing the Icelandic unforgiving highlands.
Stereo Hypnosis has released seven albums, all of which have received excellent reviews, both in Iceland and abroad. Pan and Oskar, have combined over forty years of musical career in Iceland, and are well know and respected for their works.  For the past twelve years Stereo Hypnosis have been touring various countries around the Globe. They are also leading promoters in the Icelandic Electronic scene and founders of "Extreme Chill," an annual electronic music festival which has drawn both local and foreign electronic music enthusiasts into the amber embrace of Icelandic nature.
Þorkell has been involved in classical contemporary music and pop music from his young age. He has worked as a composer and electronic musician in  Rotterdam Holland and also he studied classical guitar. His works have been performed all around Europe and America.
Stereo Hypnosis has traveled and exhibited the art across the world, performing at multiple music festivals- and during these travels, they have bonded with countless musicians, visual artists, agents, reporters and event planners.

Hvolf

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Stereo Hypnosis - Tangar

As Planewalker's third progressive psychedelic trance single released in the last two months, "Higher Dimension" follows the last two releases "Digital Dreams" and "Ending the Dreamspell", both of which landed in the Beatport Top 100 Psy-Trance chart in November 2013. The song is an exploration into new sonic territory. Breaking the usual bounds of trance, the beat is funky, swung and unusual, hybridizing trance with electro-house.

Planewalker - Higher Dimension

It is Saturday and here is my new Ecstatic Dance Upload as promised.

This one is N. 13 played @ Jaran's Yoga - Koh Phangan on 10/01/20 

Again here I feel amused at how much my style has been changed in the course of such a short time!

Music is evolving and we are with it!

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In the past years I have been hosted, facilitated and held countless Ecstatic Dance Journeys ....

I started my Ecstatic Dance Journey in 2008 at the very beginning of the now famous Yoga Barn in Bali, then in 2016 I gave birth to the Sunday Mornings Dances at Pyramid Yoga in Koh Phangan and the Evening Friday dances in Jaran's.
Consistently started to record my sets (or almost) only in 2017/18.

I will try now to upload one every Saturday starting from those days ...... raw as they are (as I do not even re listen to them before uploading them!!)

Follow me in my Ecstatic Journey and let's see where we will end up ....
(to date ...with one set every week we will have more then 2 years to explore in front of us!)
Hope you will enjoy this journey with me!!
<3 U ALL

Sandesh - The Ecstatic Journey n. 13

Out Today:

@noetikmusic

Alchemical beat maker and instrumentalist, Noetik the Alchemist, brings a culture fused in deep, lush, and exotic vibes through 'Bamboo by the Bay'. Painting landscapes with rich sonic tones and textures of fine recordings with a mixture of collaborative rhythmic lyrics, we can feel a sense of creative originality.  Capturing through hip hop roots, world instrumentation, and turntablism influence, he generates an emotive and clarifying experience which exists through future chill bass vibes and atmospheric leads of the Xiao bamboo flute.

Available Here

Noetik The Alchemist - Calling Owls

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Sitar, 5 March

Lumin are vocalist/composer Irina Mikhailova, producer/sounds designer Michael Emenau and instrumentalist Jeff Stott.

Lycian Way by Lumin ( Irina Mikhailova, Jef Stott, MNO )

Buildup: insistent. playful. intensifying. rising. 

There are many different approaches to building the journey we call Ecstatic Dance. Here at Ecstatic Dance Records we refer to the following “phases” for the Ecstatic Dance journey: 
Arrival * Buildup * Peak * Cruise * Landing * Integration 

Arrival tracks welcome the community to the space and the dance floor. Buildup tracks get the energy moving. Peak tracks are for catharsis and climax. Cruise tracks are played between peaks, giving the dancers a chance to get recharged. Landing tracks carry the dancers down from the final peak into the heart. Integration tracks are played at the end of the journey to hold the “beingness” after all of the dancing “doingness”.

Raio - Eh Nyame (Featuring Sophie Sôfrēē)

We're excited to share a premaster preview of the third track included in our upcoming album "Silva", out next month!

Preorder: https://poansoundscape.bandcamp.com/album/silva

Silva

INCONTRO preview - New album out 13/3/2019

Track written in collaboration with underground artist GOOTO and incredibly talented flute performer and singer Anetta Morozova.

Roots and Wings

Inviting you on a cosmic journey to the higher planes of the musical multiverse, Planewalker calls on his ancestral Irish and Egyptian roots to infuse his compositions with the ancient tones and rhythms of the druids and the magi. Weaving memorable stories and gems of spiritual wisdom seamlessly into the stream of sounds, every song is designed to unlock the hidden powers inside you and inspire you to align with the divine will. Raising your vibration through the resonant frequencies of the most evocative and exotic instruments, he brings you out of your mind and into your body. By awakening the ancient seeds of magic buried deep within your soul memory and activating the light code dynamics of your DNA, he calls forth with his music your divine power to manifest reality in accordance with your higher calling. By getting out of your own way and into the slipstream of intuitive action through dance, you will find yourself in a better place. Aside from his solo compositions, Planewalker also co-produces the Mister Chill'R and Chaos Control projects with Mister Chill'R.

Planewalker - Higher Dimension

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