Out of the void rises “Thirst Beneath the Brazen Sky,” the latest dispatch from Solarno, rogue celestial wanderer and scavenger of lost legends across space and time.

Drifting through a furnace-white rift of forgotten suns, he glimpsed the blistering agony of Robert E. Howard’s “A Witch Shall Be Born”, where Conan stands crucified beneath a sky like molten brass, thirst cutting deeper than steel.

Solarno dragged that scorched fragment back to the flickering lights and ancient synths of Robot Junkyard Studios and forged it into a slow-burning ritual: mournful cello leads, tuned percussion chanting ancient Orphic cadences, deep pulsing bass drones, and a distant Nordic choir rising like heat haze. The slow march of quasi-religious dread, lush pads stretching like endless desert horizons, and a melody that aches like sun-blistered flesh.

Channeling Tangerine Dream’s cosmic throb and Jean-Michel Jarre’s laser-honed melancholy, another lost Hyborian signal is rescued from oblivion and reborn in analog glow.

From the forthcoming album Sagas from a Mythic Age - fired into the cosmos on Solarno’s battered Chronovox transmitter.

Turn it up loud, fellow travelers - the wanderer’s beacon is burning bright.

Credits:
Composed, performed, mixed, and mastered by Solarno at Robot Junkyard Studios.

My current music pulls stong inspiration from 70s and 80s era Tangerine Dream, Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, and OMD.  With that, I’ve tried to use emulations of the instruments and gear those artists might have likely used. With a few modern bits when necessary.  Below is the primary kit I used for this song.  All work is done in Logic Pro.
Instruments (original synth :: plugin):
•	Oberheim SEM :: GForce SEM-1
•	Oberheim OB-1 :: GForce OB-1
•	Yamaha GX-1 :: Cherry Audio GX-80
•	Oxford Synthesizer Company OSCar :: GForce impOSCar 3
•	Yamaha DX7 :: Arturia DX7 V
•	Korg MS-20 :: Cherry Audio PS-20
•	Jen SX100 :: Audiothing SX1000
•	Mellotron Mellotron MkIV :: GForce Mellotron IV
•	Eminent Solina Mk I :: Artura Solina V
•	Cinesamples Apocalyptica Dark Cellos :: Musio
•	Cinesamples Cinestrings Pro - Celli :: Musio
•	Cinesamples Cinebrass - Descant Horn :: Musio
•	Cinesamples Women of the North - Nordic Voices :: Musio
•	Cinesamples Men of the North - Nordic Voices :: Musio

Selected Mixing Gear (original gear :: plugin):
•	Ampex ATR-102 :: UAD ATR-102 Tape
•	Binson Echorec 2 :: Pulsar Echorec
•	Quantec Yardstick :: Apple Quantec Yardstick
•	Telefunken V76 Preamp :: Arturia Pre V76
•	George Massenberg Labs 8200 EQ :: AMEK EQ 200
•	NEOLD Oldtimer Delay

Mastering Chain (original gear :: plugin):
•	AMEK/Neve 9098i Console :: Brainworx Console AMEK 9099
•	TBTech Kirchhoff EQ
•	SSL 4000G Bus Comp :: Apple Classic VCA Comp
•	Black Box Analog Design HG-2 :: Brainworx Black Box HG-2MS
•	Ampex ATR-102 :: UAD Ampex ATR-102 Tape
•	TBTech Spec Craft
•	Aphex C2-104 Aural Exciter :: Arturia BUS Exciter-104
•	Teletronix LA-2A Silver :: UAD LA-2A Silver
•	Ozone Advanced 12 :: Clarity
•	Ozone Advanced 12 :: Imager
•	Ozone Advanced 12 :: Stabilizer
•	Ozone Advanced 12 :: Vintage Limiter (Tube)
•	Ozone Advanced 12 :: Maximizer (IRC 5)

Artwork: Jim Furey
Label: Chronovox Records

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Thirst Beneath the Brazen Sky

The Solarno music project from Jim Furey explores ideas of science, technology, and history through the medium of electronic music and digital production to achieve his vision of “creating aural beauty one byte at a time.”

Fusing the simplistic nature of early 8-bit music, today’s powerhouse digital synth wonders, and a background in classical and jazz performance, Solarno, a Los Angeles based producer, conjures up the joy of danceable electronica with the depth and richness of a Hollywood movie score.  Every song by Solarno has a story behind it, and the goal is to create an experience and atmosphere of exploration, not just of the music itself, but also the inspiration behind it. 

Solarno started like so many with a Commodore-64 in 1986 in the sleepy Los Angeles suburb of Simi Valley.  He spent countless hours writing both original pieces and covers in an attempt to replicate the songs he loved as a teenager.  Genesis, Pet Shop Boys, Michael Jackson, and many others all received the 8-bit treatment during the late 80’s.  The early 90’s saw Solarno further expand his style as he incorporated the disparate influences of the Madchester sound of England, the techno styles of Detroit, and the rave scene of Los Angeles.  By this time Solarno was fully engulfed in the computer as a musical instrument and samples and emulated synths were his axes of choice.  The 2000’s were a time of refinement for what would become the signature Solarno sound, that of simple, accessible electronic melodies over alternating dance hooks and rich cinematic textures.  Orbital, The Shamen, and Kraftwerk all rank high on the list of influences that went into the development of his style.  

Fall 2008 saw Solarno’s first commercial release Remotely Programmed Moonshot, an album influenced by the US/Soviet space race of the 1960’s.

Fall 2010 saw the release of Robot Junkyard, and experiment in simplicity where Solarno limited himself to just one synth for the entire album.  This was followed in the summer of 2011 with the bombastic Robot Junkyard - Derivative, and dance inspired re-imagining of Robot Junkyard where the gloves were removed and anything went.  The results are a varied tapestry of sound with each track a powerful reinterpretation of the original.

Currently Solarno is working on a multi release project that explores the nature, science, and history of color.  The first two EPs, Kyanos and Rauthaz were released in October 2011 and February 2012 respectively.

New tracks tagged #electronica, krautrock, synthpop, ambient, Electronic, Jean-Michel Jarre, analog synth, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream