AmbientChillMusic

"Every now and then Earth Mantra has the opportunity to release a classic of the ambient genre, and this is just one of those opportunities. It is with great pleasure that we welcome Geoff Nostrant of Silvercord to our roster of artists, with the re-release of his seminal 2001 album Bioluminescence. This album has an interesting back-story, which Geoff relates as follows: "Recording that album was a good memory. I wouldn't have thought so at the time of recording, though. I had moved away from my friends after graduating from the university in Michigan to fulfill an internship in Ohio. "I hated it. Although I tried hard in the internship, I had issues with some of the internship faculty. I would come home exhausted and the only way to vent was just sit down and record. focus and lose myself in the sound. Every night I came home to my acoustic and electric guitar, a Yamaha EX7 synth, and ancient recording gear (including a Tascam 8 track sync-cassette recorder, a Quadraverb GT reverb... more... - Wildcat from Bookmarklet

"Mantra of Walls and Wiring" is the first of a set of three one hour mixes created in 2006. The other two are "The Hum in the Room" and "Acoustical Illusion" (will follow later). As you can read from the titles, these mixes thematically deal with the sound you can hear in your living environment; the 'everyday hum' surrounding you. I got inspired for this theme when I listened to a slowly fading ambient-cd...and finally realised the cd had already stopped for quite a while and I was oviously listening to (and enjoying) the hum of my own refrigerator! Since then the household environmental sounds do not disturb me anymore...they became part of the music I'm playing. Starting point of these programs is the text Paul Simon wrote for Philip Glass's 'Changing Opinion' ('Songs from Liquid Days'), featured here in an extremely 'deconstructed' version (full text below). Compared to the previous mixes these mixes are less accessible for listeners not used to 'ambient drone music'. These are... more... - Wildcat

truly an excellent mix, very 'drone' in style - Wildcat

"All of the following performances are by me, Torley. In most cases, they're also original compositions and improvisations. Choose any of them to enjoy the stories behind the songs and direct MP3 download links!" - Alexander Kruel from Bookmarklet

"Human Response is the electronica side of Jan Hanford. She is a classically trained musician in piano and composition but is as passionate about electronica and its various subgenres as she is about J.S. Bach. She creates electronic music with layers of melodic and rhythmic interaction. Her extensive use of the minimoog gives her music a vintage analog sound which she continued when her music evolved using digital samplers and sequencing." - Wildcat from Bookmarklet

"You like "ambient" ? Here is some of the best "ambient" on jamendo. You can listen, download and share it, it's free." - Alexander Kruel from Bookmarklet