Mihail-Adrian Simion is the name of the talented synthesist behind the Berlin-school infused music of Alba Ecstasy. It’s hard to pin down from his bio exactly where Alba Ecstasy started, but his involvement with synthesizers spans almost 30 years, and featured working along such luminaries like Peter Baumann (of Tangerine Dream fame), Wolfgang Palm and also synth instrument companies like Roland and Novation. I first came to know his works…
Electronic Music
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Omri Cohen – Cosmic Foundry
Omri Cohen is someone I heard of through his amazing Youtube channel in which he demonstrates, reviews and explains a lot of principles around modular synthesis. He also posts the occasional performance and completed work. It got me curious – had he released any albums?…
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Martin Stürtzer – Ambient Nights, Vol. 1
A somewhat strange release from the legendary synth master this one. It features 4 tracks of wildly varying length, from a relatively short 16 minutes to just nudging over an hour. There are some musical differences between them too, as well as some similarities which…
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New Music From Yours Truly
I’ve been busy making some new music – no albums as yet, but a whole bunch of tracks for you to peruse. Currently working on an album entitled ‘Textures’ which is planned to be a 5 track full album of dark ambient drone music and…
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Sphäre Sechs – Extradimension
Martin Stürtzer and Christian Stritzel return once more with their ambient project Sphäre Sechs. I first heard these guys performing Tiefschlaf, and I was hooked with the massive, brooding sound design of that album. It’s been too long, and barely had the new year rung…
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State Azure – Memory Drift
Listening to State Azure is always a pleasure. Whether it’s the improvised live performances, the epic generative ambient soundscapes or a studio album, there seems to be something for everyone. And for me, with my tastes in electronic music, nearly all of his output has…
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RIP Klaus Schulze
Klaus Schulze, who released many albums including many that formed my musical landscape in my youth has sadly died of renal disease. A legendary musician who crafted some amazing soundscapes, worked with a number of other amazing musicians will be sadly missed. Klaus Schulze, composer…
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Martin Stürtzer – Spirits of Rhea
Martin Stürzter has a lot to answer for. Not only is his musical output prolific, having amassed a massive back library of releases – he’s also dabbled in a number of genres. From downtempo dub techno to almost pure drone music he has mastered each…