![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Different Skies - Arcosanitarium - Different Skies earman106 - Different Skies - Arcosanitarium Every year, a group of electronic and experimental musicians gathers in the Arizona desert at the Arcosanti architectural laboratory and spends a week living and working together, rehearsing existing music and composing new music with the goal of creating a full musical program in time for a live concert at the end of the week. This festival, Different Skies, is different every year, because the participants and their backgrounds are different every y... Keywords: ambient; electronic; experimental |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Different Skies - That Merciless Sky - Different Skies earman105 - Different Skies - That Merciless Sky On September 20, 2008, the Different Skies ensemble performed a ninety minute live concert of experimental and electronic music for an audience at Arcosanti in the Arizona desert just north of Phoenix. The more melodic and conventionally structured pieces from the show were gathered onto a CD called "The Scorpion Chronicles", but three pieces from the program were omitted for reasons of length and due to their more ambient and atmospheric nature, ... Keywords: ambient; electronic; experimental |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Jacob Newman - No Midpoint to Infinity - Jacob Newman earman104 - Jacob Newman - No Midpoint to Infinity Jacob Newman's debut album on Earth Mantra was a lush adaptation of the sounds of the FM3 Buddha Machine. Now, he returns to our humble netlabel with his sophomore release, a collection of solo ambient pieces that show off his prodigous compositional chops, called "No Midpoint to Infinity". Most artists have experienced a time when a piece composes itself, when the need to create is urgent and it is all the artist can do just to capture everythi... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract Downloads: 586 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tange - Steel Waves - Tange earman103 - Tange - Steel Waves Tange returns to Earth Mantra with a delicous collection of meditative pieces called "Steel Waves". Gordon Macmillan, the artist behind the Tange project, never ceases to amaze us with his patient approach to the ambient arts. He cites Tangerine Dream as one of his primary influences (hence the name), but to be honest we feel he has a very distinctive voice of his own, with very little of the formulism the Berlin School sometimes engenders... Keywords: ambient; space music Downloads: 526 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Hurley - REVOLVE - Hurley earman102 - Hurley - REVOLVE Earth Mantra is proud to welcome Greg Hurley to our roster of artists, with his beguiling and ground-breaking new album "REVOLVE". Clocking in at nearly 48 minutes of continuous music, this is without a doubt a longplayer; but this is very unlike any other ambient release we've ever heard. In fact, the music lays somewhere in the hazy boundary between ambient, electronic, instrumental rock, and even jazz, combining elements of all but without committing to any one ge... Keywords: ambient; electronic; instrumental rock; jazz Downloads: 881 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Palancar - Momerath - Palancar earman101 - Palancar - Momerath Original sound design, widely varying instrumentation, broad thematic scope, and a dark, profound vision are the hallmarks of Palancar's classic 2003 release, "Momerath". Originally released commercially on Blue Water Records, this album is now re-released and available freely under Creative Commons via Earth Mantra. Greg Bear is one of Palancar's favorite authors, and his novel "Anvil of Stars" left such an impact on him that this two-disc album is Palancar's tri... Keywords: electronic; ambient; new age; post-rock; progressive; abstract Downloads: 1,212 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Various Artists - The Hundredth Mantra - Various Artists earman100 - Various Artists - The Hundredth Mantra Welcome to Earth Mantra Netlabel's one hundredth release. To celebrate this milestone, we decided early on that this album should be a compilation of the artists who made up the previous ninety-nine releases. Little did we realize how many of our artists would want to contribute and how excellent the music would be. As a result, this release has grown to encompass four full discs of sublime ambience, with more than four hours of music end to end... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; dark ambient; world fusion Downloads: 1,721 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Emerald Adrift - Evening Hush - Emerald Adrift earman099 - Emerald Adrift - Evening Hush We are proud to welcome David Herpich back to Earth Mantra with his latest Emerald Adrift release, a graceful and intriguing album called "Evening Hush". We have long considered David to be one of the most talented artists we know, given his astounding fusion of deep academic knowledge with absolutely incomparable taste and artistic vision. He is one of those rare individuals who feels the music intuitively, who can express unbridled passion in his compo... Keywords: ambient; electronic; new age Downloads: 890 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | mindSpiral - Curiosa Positronica - mindSpiral earman098 - mindSpiral - Curiosa Positronica In April of 2009, Mike Metlay launched the latest of his mindSpiral collaborative projects. This version, the eighth incarnation so far, was a trio composed of David Herpich (better known as Emerald Adrift), Darrell Burgan (better known as Palancar), and of course Mike himself. The central purpose of this version of mindSpiral was to compose and rehearse music for a live performance taking place at the Fiske Planetarium in Boulder, Colorado, on April ... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; space music; abstract; dark ambient Downloads: 1,086 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tony Gerber - Colour My Dream - Tony Gerber earman097 - Tony Gerber - Colour My Dream It is a very great pleasure to welcome Tony Gerber to Earth Mantra, with his radiant brand new release entitled "Colour My Dream". As any fan of space music will know, Tony Gerber is one of the true veterans and masters of the genre, as well as one of the hardest working and most prolific artists anywhere. Beloved around the world for his solo music as well as his work with legendary space music group SPACECRAFT, Tony also maintains one of the most rigor... Keywords: ambient; electronic; space music; native american Downloads: 1,486 |
![[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) | Shane Morris - Magnetosphere - Shane Morris earman095 - Shane Morris - Magnetosphere Another new release from Earth Mantra, and another new artist to welcome to our humble netlabel, this time ambient electronic musician Shane Morris, with a beautiful pair of longform tracks called "Magnetosphere". Originally performed live on July 10, 2009 on Space Port Zero Nine, Shane’s ambient space music net radio program at electro-music.com, this album was a live improvisational performance done continuously in one take, with no overdubs or edits ... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone Downloads: 987 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Darren Harper - Time Forgotten - Darren Harper earman094 - Darren Harper - Time Forgotten Earth Mantra again has the pleasure of welcoming a new artist to our humble netlabel, this time an ambient musician hailing from Colorado by the name of Darren Harper, who brings us this exquisite collection of introspective ambient pieces called "Time Forgotten". While Darren refers to the music in the album - indeed his entire approach to art and life - as "wrestling with opposites", we find nothing the least bit conflicted in what we hear in this lus... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone Downloads: 1,263 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Labrathisattva - The View From Down Here - Labrathisattva earman092 - labrathisattva - the view from down here In June of 2007 and July/August of 2008, Mike Metlay (of Metlay!, mindSpiral, and Team Metlay) and Darrell Burgan (of Palancar, Copal River, and Cluster Balm) collaborated on a series of long-distance musical explorations, which quickly took on a strong and distinctive character that led them to consider forming a duet project that would stand on its own... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract Downloads: 1,113 |
![[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) | Stephen Philips - The Massive Jupiter - Stephen Philips earman090 - Stephen Philips - The Massive Jupiter Stephen Philips returns to Earth Mantra, this time with a powerful and edgy longform power drone called "The Massive Jupiter". Imagine yourself on a space ship, hurtling towards the largest planet in our solar system. Immersed in the vast silence and gravitational freedom of interplanetary space, we float, serene and perfectly still. But the globe of that giant planet grows ever larger out the front window, foreshadowing the coming storm... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; dark ambient Downloads: 1,193 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Petal - The Last Season - Petal earman089 - Petal - The Last Season Earth Mantra is proud to welcome acoustic ambient wizard Jon Wheeler of Petal to our netlabel, with his magnificent and refreshingly unique new album "The Last Season". This album is all about contemplation and tension, and musically represents a meditation on memory and the loss of context. The music asks a question: when a person or place that we associate with certain memories ceases to be, how far does grief overtake truth? To answer that question, Jon's g... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; acoustic Downloads: 1,469 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Darkened Soul - Seasons of Dark and Light - Darkened Soul earman088 - Darkened Soul - Seasons of Dark and Light It's been quite some time since the last release by Mike Soucy on Earth Mantra. But the wait has been very much worth it. Mike's latest chapter in the Darkened Soul series, entitled "Seasons of Dark and Light", is a gorgeous and deep collection of moderately dark ambient music. And by deep, we mean all the way to the abyssal depths. What a collection of music this is... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; dark ambient Downloads: 1,312 |
![[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) | Silvercord - Bioluminescence - Silvercord earman086 - Silvercord - Bioluminescence 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... Keywords: ambient; electronic Downloads: 1,069 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Alex Tiuniaev - Ethereal Winter Ambience - Alex Tiuniaev earman085 - Alex Tiuniaev - Ethereal Winter Ambience Russian prodigy Alex Tiuniaev returns to Earth Mantra with a collection of chilled but heartwarming ambient pieces entitled "Ethereal Winter Ambience". Originally composed and recorded in 2006, Alex at first intended this music to be a "winter soundtrack, minimal and cold, but at the same time emotionally compelling and with a melancholic touch"... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone Downloads: 1,111 Average rating: (0 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) | 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) | 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) | Reese Burgan - The Beginning of the End - Reese Burgan earman081 - Reese Burgan - The Beginning of the End Earth Mantra is pleased to welcome back electronic artist Reese Burgan, with his superb new ambient/downtempo electronic album "The Beginning of the End". Ordinarily we focus our attention mostly on the ambient and experimental worlds, but every now and then some music comes in the door that compels us to make an exception and release something with a bit more beats in it... Keywords: ambient; electronic Downloads: 830 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Phillip Wilkerson and Tange - Ege Denizi - Phillip Wilkerson and Tange earman080 - Phillip Wilkerson and Tange - Ege Denizi One of the joys of this connected age in which we live is how easy it is for people to connect and collaborate, even at opposite sides of the globe. Nowhere is this phenomenon felt more than in the area of electronic music, where artists all over the globe routinely collaborate to produce amazing work. This release, entitled 'Ege Denizi', is just such a case... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; space music Downloads: 926 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[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) | Metlay! - eocene - Metlay! earman078 - Metlay! - eocene Earth Mantra is pleased to welcome the second release by Mike Metlay on our humble little netlabel, and what a treat this delightful release is. A singular longform piece clocking in at close to 56 uninterrupted minutes, this lovely album was inspired by a scene from 'Night on the Galactic Railroad', a motion picture that Mike describes as "unquestionably the weirdest animated movie I have ever seen"... Keywords: ambient; electronic; space music Downloads: 992 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Joe McMahon - Ocean Music - Joe McMahon earman077 - Joe McMahon - Ocean Music It has been a long time since Joe McMahon has released an album, but the wait has been well worth it. Earth Mantra is proud to present to you his latest release entitled "Ocean Music". Built reflecting Joe's "impressions of oceans ancient and modern", this release is a collection of gorgeous experimental ambient goodness. It is not easy to characterize this music, because it is very unlike any we have previously heard... Keywords: ambient; electronic; experimental; space music Downloads: 1,137 Average rating: (0 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) | EugeneKha - Distant Space - EugeneKha earman075 - EugeneKha - Distant Space We've mentioned several times in our introductions to our releases how much we enjoy meeting new artists and discovering new music. Our joy continues unabated as we welcome prolific Russian electronic musician and all-around renaissance man Evgenij V. Kharitonov to the Earth Mantra family. Evgenij releases intelligent and thought provoking electronic music under the name EugeneKha... Keywords: ambient; electronic; experimental; space music Downloads: 895 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[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) | Lucette Bourdin - Silver Moon - Lucette Bourdin earman073 - Lucette Bourdin - Silver Moon Ambient master Lucette Bourdin returns to Earth Mantra, this time with a stunning collection of eight ambient pieces, all inspired by a poem by Walter de la Mare. And 'inspired' is exactly the right word to use. We have long been fans of the music by this California-based artist, but with each release she seems to outdo herself. This collection is no exception... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; space music Downloads: 1,116 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Emerald Adrift - The Blue Flower - Emerald Adrift earman072 - Emerald Adrift - The Blue Flower One of the persistent debates in the world of electronic, ambient, and experimental music is what the proper role of theory and training should be, given the limitless frontiers of the canvas and the inherent lack of rules in the genre. Is an experimental artist who has never received formal training in music at a disadvantage or an advantage to one who has? Some claim that theory has the effect of installing mental blinders, causing the artist to ado... Keywords: ambient; electronic; new age; classical; space music Downloads: 1,905 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Mystahr - Into The World Of - Mystahr earman071 - Mystahr - Into The World Of "Into The World Of" may be experimental/ambient noise artist Mystahr's first release on Earth Mantra, but it is also another brilliant link in a long chain of superb albums by this Netherlands-based sound alchemist. Typically, Mystahr's work tends towards the noisy and harder-edged realms of experimentalism, but with this release the noise softly subsides to make room for a deeper flow, a more subtle and elegant immersion into an exotic sound world... Keywords: ambient; electronic; abstract; experimental; modularism Downloads: 1,033 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog Collection Twelve - Palancar earman070 - Palancar - Ambient Train Wreck Back Catalog Collection Twelve The twelfth 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: 911 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Alex Tiuniaev - Two Beautiful Days - Alex Tiuniaev earman069 - Alex Tiuniaev - Two Beautiful Days "Two Beautiful Days" is a new electronic ambient release from Moscow-based artist Alex Tiuniaev, the second release by Earth Mantra in the new year of 2009. And what a release it is! Pure textural ambience greets the listener, which is just as suitable for passive enjoyment as for active engagement. Alex is clearly as comfortable with sound sculpture as he is with the other myriad genres he calls home, crafting a supremely visual pair of tracks that... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone Downloads: 397 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Arcticology - Haven - Arcticology earman068 - Arcticology - Haven Just as if he were an old friend returned from a long journey away, we welcome our friend Dale Humphries back to the shores of Earth Mantra with this beautiful new Arcticology release 'Haven'. And what a return he has made. Arcticology has always been about pure blissful ambience, but he has truly outdone himself with this striking release. Heavenly waves of sound ebb and flow like tides on a timeless shore, while the artist's trademark attention to structure and ... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone Downloads: 1,266 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | John H. Lewis and Darrell Burgan - Battery Street - John H. Lewis and Darrell Burgan earman067 - John H. Lewis and Darrell Burgan - Battery Street This is not the first time that John H. Lewis and Darrell Burgan have collaborated. John, an electronic/ambient artist and keyboardist extraordinaire known for his FootFall solo project and his work with pop/rock band Second Story, and Darrell, an ambient artist known for his Palancar solo project and work with ambient groups Copal River and Cluster Balm, had previously released a joint track on one of Darrell's albums in late 2002, a... Keywords: ambient; electronic; field recordings Downloads: 332 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) | Stephen Philips - 31 O'Clock, 30 Won a Clock [Buddha 1 Mix 1] - Stephen Philips earman066 - Stephen Philips - 31 O'Clock, 30 Won a Clock [Buddha 1 Mix 1] Stephen Philips is widely known for his patient and unorthodox approach to ambient music, which yields some of the most uniquely beautiful and evocative ambient music that can be found. With his latest Earth Mantra release, titled "31 O'Clock, 30 Won a Clock [Buddha 1 Mix 1]", he takes us on yet another distinctive journey, this time through the worlds of the FM3 Buddha Machine... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract Downloads: 674 Average rating: (0 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) | Palancar - Sea Turtle Island - Palancar earman064 - Palancar - Sea Turtle Island Recorded live as "Professor Blackmountain" on November 8, 2008 at Music Island / Sea Turtle Island in Second Life. A collection of four improvisational ambient performances, "Sea Turtle Island" is an exact representation of what the audience heard that day, clams and all. Special thanks to Linda Rogers for her tireless efforts in supporting independent music and for the beautiful artwork... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone Downloads: 803 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Sylvie Walder and Phillip Wilkerson - Transience - Sylvie Walder and Phillip Wilkerson earman063 - Sylvie Walder and Phillip Wilkerson - Transience Collaborations between well established ambient artists are usually the source of amazing new music, novel creative directions, and most importantly, good fun. This new album entitled "Transience", a refreshing collaboration between Phillip Wilkerson and Sylvie Walder, accomplishes all of that, and then some. Combining Wilkerson's refined ambient aesthetic with Walder's beautiful and evocative field recordings, we feel this album is no... Keywords: ambient; electronic; drone; abstract; experimental; field recordings Downloads: 634 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Kit Watkins - Music For The End - Kit Watkins earman062 - Kit Watkins - Music For The End Every now and then it is important to take a step back and look at things in some perspective, to look at the world deeply and appreciate how things really are. In that spirit, we at Earth Mantra are going to take a moment and do exactly that. What are we blathering on about? Well, to put it simply, we are completely in awe of this release we now have the pleasure to bring to you... Keywords: ambient; electronic Downloads: 440 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tone Ghost Ether - Hydrogen 2 Oxygen - Tone Ghost Ether earman061 - Tone Ghost Ether - Hydrogen 2 Oxygen To us here at Earth Mantra, Tone Ghost Ether never fails to amaze. Not only is this a group of singularly talented artists; not only do they track all their music live; not only is the music all improvisational; not only do they revel in combining completely unrelated musical instruments; but they drift effortlessly from style to style, as if there is no such thing as a boundary between musical genres... Keywords: ambient; electronic; world fusion; acid jazz Downloads: 705 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Palancar - Live At The Sky Castle - Palancar earman060 - Palancar - Live At The Sky Castle Another live concert performed by Palancar, aka Darrell Burgan, this time recorded October 11, 2008 at The Sky Castle in Second Life. A collection of four improvisational ambient performances, "Live At The Sky Castle" is an exact representation of what the audience heard that night, clams and all. As always, all Earth Mantra releases are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported license... Keywords: ambient; electronic Downloads: 290 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Kit Watkins - Thought Tones Volume 2 - Kit Watkins earman059 - Kit Watkins - Thought Tones Volume 2 Ambient maestro Kit Watkins returns to his evocative "Thought Tones" series with his second volume of unearthly ambient tone poems, this time exploring darker and mesmerizing themes that can only be described as 'epic'. And, incredibly, he may have even exceeded the first volume, both in depth and in scope. Where Volume 1 of the series was thoughtful and abstract, "Thought Tones Volume 2" is powerful and commanding, with the perfect touch of delic... Keywords: ambient; electronic; abstract; experimental Downloads: 286 Average rating: (0 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) | Tone Ghost Ether - The White Space - Tone Ghost Ether earman057 - Tone Ghost Ether - The White Space Tone Ghost Ether returns to the shores of Earth Mantra, this time with a absolutely delicious release somewhere in between the floating pure ambience of "Condor Sail Curve" and the sleek world fusion of "Guard Lock Skin". Called "The White Space", this is a mesmerizing collection of ambient pieces, but with a decided edge unlike any ambient you have ever heard... Keywords: ambient; electronic; world fusion Downloads: 765 Average rating: (0 review) |