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CHRONOS - When Mars Meets Venus (2012,Altar Rec)
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Meta-Morphosis
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Posted : Mar 15, 2012 07:26
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Altar Records
Altar Records
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Posted : Mar 19, 2012 16:09
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shankar
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Posted : Mar 21, 2012 16:11
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10 Facts about this project:
1. Real electromagnetic sound waves of planets had been used for "Venus Eyes".
2. Several unique FM sounds were created with the synthesizer Yamaha DX11 for "Shining Parallel World".
3. The original idea for "Eclipse Of Inner World" was drawn 5 years ago.
4. The breath of the cosmonaut featured in "Soaring In Abyss" is taken from Space Odyssey 2001 movie by Stanley Kubrik.
5. Unique Random rhythmics for "Arkturus" , "Hi Tech Mosaic" , "Lullaby For The Little Robot" were made with Audio Damage 'Axon'.
6. A real toy duck was recorded & sampled to get scream of alien bird in "Gagarin".
7. Random sequence for "Sequenced Engine" was made with Access Virus synthesizer.
8. "One Touch & Whole Life" track was created and arranged in one single day. This track was entirely made with 25 year old synthesizers!
9. Strange voices featured in "Synth Tuning" & "Broken Song" were made with Roland 'V-Synth'.
10. The two albums contains a lot of musical styles: Downtempo, funk, dubstep, idm, rock, ambient, film-score/soundtrack, psychill and space electronica. |
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Altar Records
Altar Records
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Posted : Mar 30, 2012 21:10
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Review for the albums:
Chronos is a project by Moscow-based musician Nick Klimenko who used analog gear and hardware synthesizers exclusively for this recording. Nick’s fifth album “When Mars Meets Venus” is split in two parts: the first is the factory-pressed cd “Mars” featuring nicely crafted down-tempo electronics, while the second chapter is the cosmic endeavor “Venus”. “Venus” takes off with “Leaving Gaia”, where Mr Klimenko presents a contemporary orchestral/classical work with powerful rhythms and dynamic string arrangements along non-vocal/choir pads. After that, the music makes a profound shift toward majestic, drifting, chill-out outerspace realms: non-rhythmic passages and cinematic soundscapes evolve gradually and to full extend. Personal favorites are the immersive “Star Swimmer” and “Red Planet” beside the slightly groovy and more melodic-oriented “Dark Flame Landing”,“Soaring in Abyss” and “Venus Eyes”. Although the latter reveal a certain sense of movement, they retain a relaxed, otherworldly mood.
“When Mars Meets Venus,” comes as a beautifully designed eco-digipack, limited to 300 copies. The download-only version of the “Venus” album will be added for free when one purchases the factory-pressed cd “Mars” or the download-only version of it.
Best regards/Met vriendelijke groet,
Bert Strolenberg
http://www.sonicimmersion.org/review.php?letter=C&review=72450
 http://www.altar-records.com
http://www.altar.bandcamp.com |
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