I just uploaded the the longest part of my 2,5 hour live set @ egodrop festival in Poland in July. Hereby again thx to all supporters , festival team/ crew for unforgettable moments!

Live @ Egodrop Festival/ Zen-stage 15.07.2021

Available 11-29-13, digital download and limited edition CDr!

The long form version of Over-soul began as a seed of an idea—a track just over 9 minutes on my 2011 self-released album, “Upwelling.” I was originally inspired by my readings from various esoteric sources, and the idea that although we may see ourselves as separate, isolated and alone, in fact we all are individual expressions of one unifying, all-encompasing source, and therefore linked to that source and ultimately to one another.

Over the past 3 years, I’ve expanded and elaborated on this original idea, the result is this 61 minute long form piece, divided into three seamless expanses of driftscape: i-The Wise Silence; ii-The Collective Heart; iii-Unity—created entirely with keyboards and medicine drum.

Some titles were inspired by these writings from Ralph Waldo Emerson: 
“The Supreme Critic on the errors of the past and the present, and the only prophet of that which must be, is that great nature in which we rest, as the earth lies in the soft arms of the atmosphere; that Unity, that Over-soul, within which every man’s particular being is contained and made one with all other; that common heart. 

“We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime within man is the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal beauty, to which every part and particle is equally related, the eternal ONE. And this deep power in which we exist and whose beatitude is all accessible to us, is not only self-sufficing and perfect in every hour, but the act of seeing and the thing seen, the seer and the spectacle, the subject and the object, are one. We see the world piece by piece, as the sun, the moon, the animal, the tree; but the whole, of which these are shining parts, is the soul.” 
- Ralph Waldo Emerson 

All instruments, compositions and sleeve design, Steve Brand ©sbrand2013 
Chad Kettering/Soniclayers Mastering and Peter James, mastering and track assembly. I could not have achieved this without their help.

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Momentum Mix 2022

Written and Produced by Agustín Mena
Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studio (NY)
Photography by Alexander Kopatz
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Warmth - Burning Moon

this will be the last track on my next album - but the rest of it sounds nothing like this does, with it ranging from peaceful ambient to experimental bass noise to more song-type arrangements (all the sounds on this track were made using just a bass guitar).

resurrection

final track from my last album Senessence - with vocals by Jenny Jo Oakley

Lullaby For The Lost

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Written and produced by Ludvig Cimbrelius
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Photography Alexander Kopatz
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Here's a lil mix for you who may appreciate this
It's been an interesting year for music... The abrupt halt in us sharing music in live contexts definitely shook me up in ways, and the ups and downs of my creative process have made me wonder lately what really matters in all this to me.
I tried on existing with the stress of "needing to figure out how to redesign my career" to make it more "worth(?) it" without shows , the thought maybe i need more followers and more posts and more likes , to be "better(?)" or "bigger(?)"
Some days i'd open the studio door and wonder : "is this officially an office job now???? really, is it???
Is music but a product to be sold in some capitalist system?
Fuck no.
the studio to me is meant to be a temple, a safe-haven for expression and creativity.
this music is a gift to be shared. it's a vibe that has connected people for times immemorial, in continuously evolving forms. so much bigger than any individual.

I wanna take a moment to say thank you if you've been a listener, and if this music has moved you or inspired you, that means the most to me.
You're more than just another follower or like , you're part of this world with me.

Our world is going through some crazy times, and  i think it is very important for us to question the ways we relate to each other as humans, and what our true value systems are. Each of us has an input on reality.

Ive been putting out music on solstice for years now, but had to take some deep moments this year for myself to remember...
i love music, creating is a pleasure to me, and i love sharing it as well
i believe we are all connected through this web of life
so i offer these sounds as a gift
and if this can be of service to you, i celebrate that

a mix of a bunch of unreleased bits and WIPs with some other original content and some featured homies. ( shouts oddwan, attya, finnoh)
recorded in one take in my studio
i danced around in my slippers and had fun
Hope you enjoy 
<3

Tracklist 
-Invisibility Cloak - goopsteppa
 -Burial - Archangel Tribute flip - goopsteppa
 -Tricky22 - goopsteppa
 -Serpentine - oddwan
 -PA2T - goopsteppa & atyya
 -Persi Roulette - goopsteppa
 -Dudadi Raven - goopsteppa  & oddwan 
-???? - goopsteppa 
-????? - goopsteppa & frost -
Wonders - goopsteppa	
 -RainDrops - goopsteppa
 -Elixir - goopsteppa
 -Black Wizard - goopsteppa & ill chill aka Finnoh 
-Play w me - goopsteppa 
-True Passions - goopsteppa & ill chill
-Through the Dark -goopsteppa 
-Habibou - goopsteppa
 -What’s Around - goopsteppa & ill chill

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Track: Lavanda di Mare
Release type: Compilation
Album Name: Ennio's Muse
Label: Whitelabrecs
Mastering: James Edward Armstrong

Ennio’s Muse is a digital compilation album, released by British record label Whitelabrecs, as a means to generate funds and interest into an ambitious project called Return to Sea and Sardinia. 2021 marks 100 years since D.H Lawrence’s travel book Sea and Sardinia, in which he documents his travels from Sicily, through the Mediterranean Sea and up through Sardinia, before returning to his Sicilian home.

In Return to Sea and Sardinia, photographer and film maker Daniele Marzeddu plans to retrace Lawrence’s steps, a full century on since the original voyage. The journey will be captured through photography and a documentary film, which will be scored by Glåsbird. This ambitious plan is currently underway as we work together to hopefully obtain the funding needed to realise it.

Whitelabrecs have decided to curate a digital compilation, in which all proceeds will be donated to Return to Sea and Sardinia for a period of 12 months. The album is themed on cinematic scoring, inspired by the late great Ennio Morricone and throwing forward the themes of Mediterranean travel that lie ahead. The artists invited have been asked to produce a piece of music, as if they are scoring for an imaginary film. The result is a series of dream-infused pieces, in which you can expect modern classical composition and ambient moods, all draped under a clear-night-sky canopy of stars. The artists each pull in their own direction but collectively, Ennio’s Muse is bound as a cohesive whole.

Lavanda Di Mare

ABOUT .:.
Steve is a lifelong artist and musician who began releasing music in the early 90’s in the experimental genre under the name, “Augur, " with more than 20 limited edition releases on various independent labels like, Foundry, Solipsism, Manifold, A Pyrrhic Victory, Alluvial. In 2003, he began creating in the field of "ambient" under his own name. Brand describes this change in moniker and musical expression as, "part of the process of moving out of my head and more into my heart." Since then, Steve has issued more than 40 releases on Pioneer Light Music, txt, Databloem, Relaxed Machinery, Hypnos, AtmoWorks, Afe and others. His music has regularly been featured on the nationally syndicated, "Hearts of Space," as well as NPR/KCUR's "Night Tides" with Renée Blanche, Chuck VanZyl's StarsEnd.org radio, remains in rotation on SomaFM/DroneZone and frequently appears on several noteworthy release lists and playlists worldwide.

ACTIVITIES .:. 
- Selected tracks have been featured on Stephen Hill's nationally syndicated radio show "Hearts of Space" on several occasions: October 2007 "Darkwater" edition, August 2008 "Reading the Bones" edition, July 2010 "Heatwaves" edition, and October 2010 "The Crossing" edition, May 2011 "Timescapes" edition, August 2011 "Desert Solitaire" edition, February 2012 "Supernatural” edition, July 2013 "Heatwaves" edition (repeat), May 2014 "Heatwaves" edition (repeat), 2015 "Outback" edition, July 2016 "Desert Solitaire" edition (repeat), July 2016 "Summertronica 7" edition, July 2017 'Desert Dreamfields 2" edition.
- Music is frequently written about by respected ambient music reviewers John Shanahan/The Hypnagogue (https://hypnagogue.net) and Richard Gürtler (https://www.discogs.com/artist/390039-Steve-Brand).
- Frequently in the top 10 monthly releases, yearly listing of "Significant Releases" and playlists of Chuck VanZyl's, StarsEnd.org.
- Frequently listed in the top 10 of “Top 30 Artists by Listeners” and “Top 30 Artists by Spin” on the Drone Zone/SomaFM charts.
- Continues in rotation on Pandora, Spotify, SomaFM's DroneZone, and Reneé Blanche’s “Night Tides” on KCUR/NPR.

REVIEWS .:.
Steve’s music has been described as “ambient,” “tribal,” “ritualistic,” “a direct link to our ancient, and arcane ancestry,”“…not mere music, but an almost shamanic attempt at deconstructing our interpretation of reality, by connecting us to an anti-technological, primal psyche,” and “Brand has tapped into a sound or feeling that’s at the core of all things, a universal essence.” Hypnos Records says of Steve, “(he has)…quickly established himself as one of the more interesting and distinctive artists working in ambient music…”

PERSONAL BACKGROUND .:.
“For me, music is more than just notes, chords, arrangements, applied theory or an object for sale. From the earliest times, music has been our attempt to mimic and honor our surroundings. Music has also been our means of organizing, communicating and understanding our history, experiences, feelings, emotions and memories. Intuitively, on some level, we have always understood the power of music to release us from the tyranny of the commonplace, from the constraints of a materialistic and overly rational world, as well as it’s potential to create new understanding, insight, expression and ways of being. Music can unlock ancient, even timeless memories, and aid us in redefining our personal and collective present and future. My intention is to make expansive, adventurous, mysterious, uncompromising music that honors these principles and share it with as many others as possible.” – Steve Brand

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