![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Kit Watkins - Circle - Kit Watkins earman055 - Kit Watkins - Circle Every now and then we at Earth Mantra have the privilege to re-release something that is already a true classic. Today is such a day, and this album is such an album. Originally released back in 1993, we are ecstatic to bring to you the Creative Commons release of Kit Watkins' seminal classic "Circle". This is textural ambient music, folks, from a time when there hardly was such a thing, chock full with environmental field recordings, samplers, flutes, percussion... Keywords: ambient; electronic; field recordings Downloads: 929 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Altus - Excursion Two - Altus earman074 - Altus - Excursion Two We've all had the rare joy of experiencing an artist for the first time who literally turns our head, someone whose music we hear and instantly know is destined for greatness. Such was our reaction upon discovering the jaw-dropping work of Mike Carss, who releases transcendent ambient music under his project name Altus. Not only is his music world-class, but he produces an amazing quantity of it... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; space music Downloads: 589 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Palancar - Yuri's Night - Palancar earman004 - Palancar - Yuri's Night Earth Mantra Netlabel - www.earthmantra.com Recording of a live performance by Palancar in Second Life at Space Station Bravo, on April 12, 2007, in celebration of Yuri's Night (see www.yurisnight.net). Part of an series of artist performances assembled by Tony Gerber of Spacecraft and Space For Music (www.spaceformusic.com), what you hear in this recording is exactly what the audience heard that night... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone Downloads: 256 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | mystified - Children of Space - mystified earman032 - mystified - Children of Space Children of Space, by prolific electronic music maestro Thomas Park, aka mystified, reflects in some ways a return to more ambient material by the artist. Having crafted several ambient works in the years of 2003 through 2006, Thomas took some time away from the genre, working on noise and drone music. However, he grew to miss smoother, quieter sounds, and found himself back on the ambient track in early 2008... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; dark ambient Downloads: 401 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog Collection Ten - Palancar earman033 - Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog Collection Ten The tenth release in the series of Ambient Train Wreck back catalog releases by ambient/electronic artist Palancar. One of the many aspects of Palancar's music is live performance, both in front of live audiences and over live net radio. As part of his weekly net radio program over the past several years, Palancar has done many live improvisational ambient performances, which the artist nicknamed "Ambient Train Wrecks" - and ... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; dark ambient; experimental Downloads: 367 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Palancar - Singularity - Palancar earman035 - Palancar - Singularity The latest release by Darrell Burgan under his Palancar music project is a dark longform ambient piece entitled 'Singularity'. Clocking in at just a hair over one hour of non stop ambience, Singularity is a journey into and back out of the core of a painfully disturbed psyche. Is this release for the faint of heart? Well, perhaps. To be sure, it is quite dark at times, but there are also moments when the light breaks through in glorious splendor, to pierce the ... Keywords: ambient; electronic; abstract; dark ambient; experimental Downloads: 342 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Kit Watkins - This Time and Space (CD) - Kit Watkins earman049 - Kit Watkins - This Time and Space (CD) Prepare yourself for another extraordinary release from Kit Watkins on Earth Mantra. This album, called "This Time and Space", is an hour long collection of seven gorgeous improvised ambient tracks, performed and recorded live in the studio. It was perhaps best described by Marius-Christian Burcea: "This Time and Space is memorable in its ineffable atmosphere, its capacity to cast a spell on the listener while bringing him more intensely into co... Keywords: ambient; electronic Downloads: 496 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Kit Watkins - Thought Tones Volume 1 - Kit Watkins earman058 - Kit Watkins - Thought Tones Volume 1 How one person can simultaneously visit as many different musical territories as Kit Watkins does, and yet somehow master them all, is one of the aspects of Kit's music that is hardest to accept. And yet master it all, he does - without ever repeating himself in the slightest. A great case in point is Kit's 1990 release "Thought Tones Volume 1". Where his earlier music was very much in the realms of prog rock and space music, with this disc Kit do... Keywords: ambient; electronic; abstract; experimental Downloads: 360 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | John DuVal - Cassiopeia's Playground - John DuVal earman065 - John DuVal - Cassiopeia's Playground Earth Mantra is proud to bring you the long-awaited new release by reknowned analog synthesizer guru and electronic musician John DuVal. For those who might not be familiar, John is the one-time owner of one of the largest Serge analog modular systems ever assembled, a system nicknamed "Fist of God". We have seen pictures of this beast, and believe us when we say that the name is completely appropriate... Keywords: ambient; electronic; abstract; experimental; modularism Downloads: 930 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Spheruleus - The Disguised Familiar - Spheruleus earman076 - Spheruleus - The Disguised Familiar Earth Mantra is proud to welcome Spheruleus to our roster of artists, with a delightful and moving release called "The Disguised Familiar". Spheruleus, aka Harry Towell, is a British artist who records music under a variety of project names, probably the best known being Audio Gourmet. With this release, he brings us a lovely and peaceful collection of still life portraits captured on a singular winter's day when much of England was blanketed with ... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; field recordings Downloads: 880 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | ctephin and mystified - quetzal - ctephin and mystified earman082 - ctephin and mystified - quetzal It is our distinct pleasure to welcome back Thomas Park, aka mystified, to Earth Mantra, as well as to welcome for the first time ctephin, an experimental noise group hailing from Oklahoma in the USA. Together, these diverse artists have collaborated on one of the most intriguing releases of 2009, entitled "Quetzal". Thomas has long been known for his ability to leap from genre to genre without the slightest sign of effort... Keywords: ambient; experimental; electronic; world fusion Downloads: 1,259 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Lucette Bourdin - Golden Sun - Lucette Bourdin earman083 - Lucette Bourdin - Golden Sun Some artists seem to have no limits to their talent whatsoever. When Lucette Bourdin released her magnum opus "Silver Moon" in February of 2009, we at Earth Mantra were so blown away by it that we could not conceive of how she could possibly top herself. Surely, we thought, this is the pinnacle of Lucette Bourdin's music. Then just a few months later, Lucette asked us to release the sequel to "Silver Moon", aptly entitled "Golden Sun"... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; space music Downloads: 1,585 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Palmer Eldritch - Revelations I - Palmer Eldritch earman084 - Palmer Eldritch - Revelations I Earth Mantra welcomes another new artist to our fold, this time an anonymous musician who prefers to remain mysterious, an attribute that we think he has achieved in spades. Take, for example, his response when we asked him to share his thoughts about his new album: "The only thing I wanted to achieve was to give the listener a feeling of despair. I am not interested in melody, nor in radiofriendliness... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; dark ambient; experimental Downloads: 1,432 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Arcticology - Eternal Now - Arcticology earman087 - Arcticology - Eternal Now Throughout our days on this earth, there are people who come and go, but there are always those life-long friends who touch our lives repeatedly, from whom we may be separated for long periods of time but who always return to joyous reunion. With such friends we can truly share the story of our lives, for they have the history with us to really know and understand that story - and likewise we know them so well as to understand theirs... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone Downloads: 1,087 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Carl Sagan's Ghost - Darkness and the Light - Carl Sagan's Ghost earman091 - Carl Sagan's Ghost - Darkness and the Light We have often written that one of the primary joys of running a netlabel is discovering music and artists that we have not heard before, particularly when the music is staggeringly good. This is one of those instances, folks, as we welcome Daniel Davis of Carl Sagan's Ghost to the roster of Earth Mantra artists. And staggeringly good is right... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone Downloads: 1,394 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Spheruleus - A Vision Obscured - Spheruleus earman096 - Spheruleus - A Vision Obscured Spheruleus returns to Earth Mantra with a truly wonderful collection of nine introspective ambient tone poems called "A Vision Obscured". This is a very special release for Harry Towell, the artist behind the project, a deeply personal reflection of some parts of his life that he'd prefer remain private. According to Harry, "I have given only the title names away as hints to what the album is about, and it is up to the listener to supply a story of thei... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone Downloads: 1,022 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tange - A Tub Full of Tange - Tange earman041 - Tange - A Tub Full of Tange Welcome to 'A Tub Full of Tange', the biggest release Earth Mantra has ever made. This monstrous release is a huge selection of Tange's live performances from StillStream.com. One exception is CD10 which features a 'live' studio set recorded as an experiment which turned into a full length performance. All other material was recorded as it happened. However, for the purposes of this release, all of the material has been remixed and remastered to varying de... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone Downloads: 837 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Jacob Newman - Buddha Machine - Jacob Newman earman079 - Jacob Newman - Buddha Machine We are happy to welcome Jacob Newman to the Earth Mantra family of artists, who brings us a beautiful droney remix of the FM3 Buddha Machine. For those not familiar, the Buddha Machine is a divine little portable device whose sole purpose is to emit constantly changing ambient music. Here's the URL for the main site: http://www.fm3buddhamachine.com As you might guess, we at Earth Mantra think this product is one of the coolest things around... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; space music Downloads: 1,490 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Not Your Average Hippy - Warm Ground Dark Sky - Not Your Average Hippy earman042 - Not Your Average Hippy - Warm Ground Dark Sky Not Your Average Hippy, aka Scott Turner, returns to the ambient world with his fourth release, a superb addition to his first three albums released on Blue Water Records. This time, he unveils a beautiful collection of lush and enigmatic abstract ambient pieces, with just the right amount of tonality. We have always loved Scott's music, but we have to say that this time he has really hit the ball out of the park... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; dark ambient; experimental Downloads: 312 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Phillip Wilkerson - Still Point - Phillip Wilkerson earman047 - Phillip Wilkerson - Still Point One of the more active ambient and electronic artists around is Phillip Wilkerson, a truly gifted musician who hails from Florida in the USA. His music spans numerous genres, including progressive electronic, glitch, noise, and of course, luscious textural and tonal ambient. Earth Mantra is very proud to bring you Phillip's latest release, entitled "Still Point"... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract Downloads: 279 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog - Collection One - Palancar earman001 - Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog - Collection One The first release in the series of Ambient Train Wreck back catalog releases by ambient/electronic artist Palancar. One of the many aspects of Palancar's music is live performance, both in front of live audiences and over live net radio. As part of his weekly net radio program over the past several years, Palancar has done many live improvisational ambient performances, which the artist nicknamed "Ambient Train Wrecks" - an... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; dark ambient; experimental Downloads: 396 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog - Collection Two - Palancar earman002 - Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog - Collection Two The second release in the series of Ambient Train Wreck back catalog releases by ambient/electronic artist Palancar. One of the many aspects of Palancar's music is live performance, both in front of live audiences and over live net radio. As part of his weekly net radio program over the past several years, Palancar has done many live improvisational ambient performances, which the artist nicknamed "Ambient Train Wrecks" - a... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; dark ambient; experimental Downloads: 294 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog - Collection Three - Palancar earman003 - Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog - Collection Three The third release in the series of Ambient Train Wreck back catalog releases by ambient/electronic artist Palancar. One of the many aspects of Palancar's music is live performance, both in front of live audiences and over live net radio. As part of his weekly net radio program over the past several years, Palancar has done many live improvisational ambient performances, which the artist nicknamed "Ambient Train Wrecks" - ... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; dark ambient; experimental Downloads: 245 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Voices From The Abyss - Ironclad - Voices From The Abyss earman005 - Voices From The Abyss - Ironclad One of the great joys of running a netlabel is that one is constantly meeting new artists and experiencing new music. So we were very happy to meet New Zealand based artist Simon Farrow and experience his brand of deep ambient music. The result is this beautiful, if a little bit disturbing, release called "Ironclad", released under Simon's new Voices From The Abyss project... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; dark ambient; experimental Downloads: 294 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog - Collection Four - Palancar earman006 - Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog - Collection Four The fourth release in the series of Ambient Train Wreck back catalog releases by ambient/electronic artist Palancar. One of the many aspects of Palancar's music is live performance, both in front of live audiences and over live net radio. As part of his weekly net radio program over the past several years, Palancar has done many live improvisational ambient performances, which the artist nicknamed "Ambient Train Wrecks" - ... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; dark ambient; experimental Downloads: 180 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog - Collection Five - Palancar earman007 - Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog - Collection Five The fifth release in the series of Ambient Train Wreck back catalog releases by ambient/electronic artist Palancar. One of the many aspects of Palancar's music is live performance, both in front of live audiences and over live net radio. As part of his weekly net radio program over the past several years, Palancar has done many live improvisational ambient performances, which the artist nicknamed "Ambient Train Wrecks" - a... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; dark ambient; experimental Downloads: 163 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog - Collection Six - Palancar earman008 - Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog - Collection Six The sixth release in the series of Ambient Train Wreck back catalog releases by ambient/electronic artist Palancar. One of the many aspects of Palancar's music is live performance, both in front of live audiences and over live net radio. As part of his weekly net radio program over the past several years, Palancar has done many live improvisational ambient performances, which the artist nicknamed "Ambient Train Wrecks" - an... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; dark ambient; experimental Downloads: 149 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog - Collection Seven - Palancar earman009 - Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog - Collection Seven The seventh release in the series of Ambient Train Wreck back catalog releases by ambient/electronic artist Palancar. One of the many aspects of Palancar's music is live performance, both in front of live audiences and over live net radio. As part of his weekly net radio program over the past several years, Palancar has done many live improvisational ambient performances, which the artist nicknamed "Ambient Train Wrecks" ... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; dark ambient; experimental Downloads: 152 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog - Collection Eight - Palancar earman010 - Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog - Collection Eight The eighth release in the series of Ambient Train Wreck back catalog releases by ambient/electronic artist Palancar. One of the many aspects of Palancar's music is live performance, both in front of live audiences and over live net radio. As part of his weekly net radio program over the past several years, Palancar has done many live improvisational ambient performances, which the artist nicknamed "Ambient Train Wrecks" -... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; dark ambient; experimental Downloads: 189 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Palancar - Live In Elvenland - Palancar earman011 - Palancar - Live In Elvenland Earth Mantra Netlabel - www.earthmantra.com Recording of a live performance by Palancar in Second Life in Elveland, on December 14, 2006. What you hear in this recording is exactly what the audience heard that evening. As always, all Earth Mantra releases are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported license. For commercial use, please contact us... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone Downloads: 175 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | mystified - Borderlands - mystified earman012 - mystified - Borderlands Earth Mantra Netlabel - www.earthmantra.com A moderately light textural electronic ambient piece by mystified. All Earth Mantra releases are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported license. For commercial use, please contact us. --- Music written, recorded and produced by mystified. Recorded December 14, 2006. Released under the "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported" license, which allows... Keywords: ambient; electronic; abstract; dark ambient Downloads: 270 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | usr/sbin - Incident At Triangulatum - usr/sbin earman013 - usr/sbin - Incident At Triangulatum Earth Mantra Netlabel - www.earthmantra.com An epic tonal journey through the hinterlands of deep space. All Earth Mantra releases are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported license. For commercial use, please contact us. --- Music written, recorded and produced by Dennis Moser of usr/sbin. Recorded and released in 2007... Keywords: ambient; electronic Downloads: 184 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tange - The Difference Between... - Tange earman014 - Tange - The Difference Between... Earth Mantra Netlabel - www.earthmantra.com Quiet electro/acoustic.work using synthesiser, bells, and effects. As always, all Earth Mantra releases are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported license. For commercial use, please contact us. --- Music written, recorded and produced by tange. Original recording 2003 - this version re-recorded May 2007... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone Downloads: 255 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Michael Sandler - Impending Lunar Ascent - Michael Sandler earman015 - Michael Sandler - Impending Lunar Ascent Reflective ambient music, with both light and dark influences, by a master of guitar-based ambience. As always, all Earth Mantra releases are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported license. For commercial use, please contact us. --- Music written, recorded and produced by Michael Sandler. Recorded and released in 2007... Keywords: ambient; electronic; abstract; dark ambient Downloads: 270 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Altus - Excursion One - Altus earman016 - Altus - Excursion One Introducing the first release of a new series from Altus to be distributed freely by Earth Mantra Netlabel. After treading through the dark overtones of "Only One Earth To Destroy", Altus takes you back to his usual melodic ambient style. Although the two-track release is quite active, it's still easy to allow yourself to close your eyes and drift to the sounds once you've settled into the track... Keywords: ambient; electronic Downloads: 6,690 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | usr/sbin - Nova Anglia, Terra Nova - usr/sbin earman017 - usr/sbin - Nova Anglia, Terra Nova "Nova Anglia, Terra Nova" (which means "New England, New Land" for folks who aren't fluent in Latin) is a journey from places well-known to those new and not-so-well-known; a harmonic and melodic journey to engage our senses of old and new, strange and familiar. This piece was recorded live on June 9, 2007, as a live net radio performance on StillStream.com's "Blue Water Drift Dive" program... Keywords: ambient; electronic Downloads: 194 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ananta - Nasti - Ananta earman018 - Ananta - Nasti With "Nasti", Ananta's first release on Earth Mantra, the artist has created a collection of dark textural ambient pieces perfect for deep contemplation. The music moves slowly but with a very strong purpose, not unlike molten lava slowly rolling down the side of a mountain, consuming everything in its path, yet spawning fresh new life in its wake. This release by Polish ambient artist Ananta continues an idea the artist explored in his previous release "Voids, Distanc... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; dark ambient Downloads: 292 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | mystified - Tenuous Vibrations - mystified earman019 - mystified - Tenuous Vibrations Chance ... life tells you to have little to do with it. But those familiar with art and culture know that chance can play a large role in creation. Someone goes to sleep, and dreams of a shape or form that guides them through their work the next day. Components are placed randomly on a table, in hopes that generative patterns will form. A card is drawn from a deck, and that card, randomly chosen, provides artistic direction... Keywords: ambient; electronic; abstract; dark ambient Downloads: 194 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Virtholi - Mythology - Virtholi earman020 - Virtholi - Mythology Virtholi's debut Earth Mantra album entitled "Mythology" explores aspects of world mythology in sonic form. "Cave" and "Pool" represent the idea of sacred places that were often sites of worship or divination. "Omen" invokes the belief in messages from beyond appearing in the form of animals. "Aloft" and "Wisdom" reference the inner voyages taken in meditation or altered states of consciousness... Keywords: ambient; electronic; abstract; dark ambient Downloads: 252 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Stephen Philips - Soliton - Stephen Philips earman021 - Stephen Philips - Soliton We are happy to present Stephen Philips' debut Earth Mantra album, entitled "Soliton". Recorded live during a net radio concert on StillStream.com on August 7, 2007, this is a textural sound poem visiting both dark and light ambient territory. Despite the fact this was recorded live, the music is masterfully produced and the recording is pristine. We recommend listening to this release in your favorite easy chair, with darkened lights and headphones, to maxi... Keywords: ambient; electronic; abstract; dark ambient Downloads: 238 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Medicine Man - Cerulean - Medicine Man earman022 - Medicine Man - Cerulean Cerulean is the chronicle of the Medicine Man's last year in school, opening with flashbacks to his difficult earlier years and then taking "a metaphysical vibe", resulting in the artist finally beginning to assert himself against the chaos around him. In the artist's words: "When you listen to it, you will experience the struggle and experience the feeling of being taken to the edge of sanity, and winning the fight... Keywords: ambient; electronic; abstract; dark ambient Downloads: 210 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog - Collection Nine - Palancar earman023 - Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog - Collection Nine The ninth release in the series of Ambient Train Wreck back catalog releases by ambient/electronic artist Palancar. One of the many aspects of Palancar's music is live performance, both in front of live audiences and over live net radio. As part of his weekly net radio program over the past several years, Palancar has done many live improvisational ambient performances, which the artist nicknamed "Ambient Train Wrecks" - a... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; dark ambient; experimental Downloads: 158 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Darkened Soul - Dreamscapes - Darkened Soul earman024 - Darkened Soul - Dreamscapes We are happy to welcome Darkened Soul, one of the premier ambient artists around, to Earth Mantra. Darkened Soul is known for lush, soulful soundscapes that are, well, dark. While "Dreamscapes" is definitely plenty dark for any fan of the genre to enjoy, it easily evades the trap of unlistenability that dark ambience too often falls into. Indeed, this is an extremely approachable album for any fan of ambient music... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; dark ambient Downloads: 282 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tange - CHON - Tange earman025 - Tange - CHON CHON = Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, the by-products of fire. So, what does this music signify? What's it all about? The answer's simple: nothing at all! This piece was composed purely to listen to while reading or in a bath (where the artist claims he spends an inordinate length of time). With this music playing it is like having a long soak beside a warm open fire, or like curling up with a good book in a semi-darkened room with just a puddle of light illuminatin... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone Downloads: 189 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Musir von Vidalia - Solar Plexus - Musir von Vidalia earman026 - Musir von Vidalia - Solar Plexus Earth Mantra welcomes Musir von Vidalia to its community of artists, and with a release like Solar Plexus we hope it will be the first of many future releases. Solar Plexus is a single ambient longplay spanning nearly 50 minutes of lush textural ambience with touches of Berlin school electronica, making it approachable by fans of chilled electronica and by deep-diving ambient heads alike... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract Downloads: 235 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Allen Goodman and Darrell Burgan - Tryptophan Haze - Allen Goodman and Darrell Burgan earman027 - Allen Goodman and Darrell Burgan - Tryptophan Haze 'Tryptophan Haze' is a set of three live ambient improvisations performed by Allen Goodman and Darrell Burgan on November 24, 2007, live on StillStream.com before an internet audience from around the globe. The story goes like this. One day, on a lark the artists decided to do several live improvisations on Darrell's net radio program on StillStream.com, only a few hours before the broadcast began... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone Downloads: 213 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Different Skies - Strange Lines and Distances - Different Skies earman028 - Different Skies - Strange Lines and Distances On October 18, 2007, the twenty musicians of Different Skies 2007 came back to their rigs on the main stage at Arcosanti (www.arcosanti.org) after a lovely dinner and a few drinks each, sat down, and began to improvise. The concept of live electronic improvisation isn't new by any means; some groups do it regularly, and the 'Ambient Train Wrecks' one can find elsewhere on Earth Mantra are marvelous examples of the genre... Keywords: electronic Downloads: 250 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Different Skies - Imaginary Spaces - Different Skies earman029 - Different Skies - Imaginary Spaces The second set of 'All Star Jams' for the week of Different Skies 2007 was captured in the late evening of Thursday, October 19, 2007. The twenty musicians of Different Skies were euphoric after an extremely successful set of rehearsals that day, and a powerful set of jams the previous night. More to the point, as is often seen in the latter half of the week at Different Skies, the musicians had begun to listen more and play less, to fine-tune their... Keywords: electronic Downloads: 253 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Reese Burgan - Anthology - Reese Burgan earman030 - Reese Burgan - Anthology Every now and then we come across someone who can only be described as a 'wunderkind', or a person whose talent and achievement are way beyond their years. Reese Burgan is definitely one of those artists, and Earth Mantra is proud to release his first album on our netlabel. This album is a collection of the artist's solo improvisations from over the past few years, recorded during his live performances on StillStream.com... Keywords: ambient; electronic; abstract; experimental Downloads: 184 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Stephen Philips - Neptune Is A Gas Giant - Stephen Philips earman031 - Stephen Philips - Neptune Is A Gas Giant Stephen Philips has long been reknowned in the ambient community, both for his deep evocative ambient music, as well as for being the brains behind the marvelous Dark Duck Records music label, which hosts a huge collection of ambient music available both for sale and for free download (via the Drone Download Project). If you don't know much about Dark Duck, you really should visit this link: http://darkduck.net Along with his studio music, Ste... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone Downloads: 282 Average rating: (0 review) |