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Vauxia Errante – Cambrian Spirits [AOR0009]

Cambrian SpiritsCambrian Spirits is the first album by Vauxia errante, a dark and deep subterranean-ambient work full of drones, complex textures and field recordings from the underworld. The album, recorded during 20011 and 2012 features Ran Kirlian on synths, flutes and tribal grooves on some tracks as well as on production. The album art was also created by his friend, while thematics and pictures comes from Vauxia’s secondary passions: photography and paleontology.

His creative process combines electronics, voices and field recordings in a deconstructive research. Darkness, cavernous and underground are words that comes to mind after listening to Vauxia Errante textures and sonic experiments.

Track list

1.-Sirius Passet
12:39
2.-Xandarella Spectaculum (with Ran Kirlian)
8:14
3.-Call of Nacreous
11:54
4.-Cambrian Spirits (with Ran Kirlian)
21:23
5.-Cycle of Earth (with Ran Kirlian)
12:41
6.-Hazelia
8:36


 Complete set: 75:27

Available at Bandcamp

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Vauxia Errante

Vauxia Errante is the alias of a history teacher born and located in Valencia (Spain) who prefers to remain anonymous in his music career. He started playing music in 2008 as a hobby influenced by his love for ambient and dark-ambient genres. During the last years, this innocent hobby has become a serious passion with a deep research and time-consuming dedication, redefining dark and drone music in which he classifies as Subterranean Ambient. His first music project was developed with the support of his long time friend Ran Kirlian letting them start some collaborative works.

His most prefered instruments are software synths like Reaktor, Kontakt, Alchemy and a large amount of VSTis and iOS Apps. He also uses to include voices and field recordings as source material for his sonic experiments.

Strongly influenced by the music of Oöphoi, Mathias Grassow, Thommas Köner, Vidna Obmana , Nik Parkin , Jeff Greinke, Alio Die, Viridian Sun, Lustmord, Zeit, Yen Pox, Nimh, Aglaia, Kenneth Newby and a lot more.

His first album, Cambrian Spirits, was produced by Ran Kirlian, which is also featured in some of the tracks of this album. The album art was also created by his friend, while thematics and pictures comes from Vauxia’s secondary passions: photography and paleontology.

Vauxia Errante on Bandcamp

Music released on Altera orbe

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Ran Kirlian releases Ethernautica III

Ethernautica IIIToday, last day of 2018, Ran Kirlian repeated his particular ceremony and released the third chapter of his Ethernautica exploration series. It is, again, based on long-form and slow evolving pieces, but this time having three movements instead of one.

In Ran Kirlian words:

«Third instance in the series of recordings based in long format drones and processed raw material. In this volume I collect three pieces as a result of different recording sessions during 2018 with mixed emotions, something that I also wanted to reflect on the cover art.

These tracks were originally created as an inspirational source for my own as well as for meditative purposes. Some of these pieces may sound a bit raw and unpredictible, which is part of the spirit of the recordings, so I’ve decided to release these recordings for free.»

Ethernautica III is available at Ran Kirlian’s Bandcamp for free or name your price download.

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Ran Kirlian | The Shape of Memories

The Shape of MemoriesRan Kirlian just released a new album entitled The Shape of Memories. It is a deeply intimate long form track of more than 66 minutes that was originally released in 2013 for Phillip Wilkerson’ Complex Silence Project and has been unavailable for some time. It has been rereleased in 2018, remastered and having some parts mixed again from the source in order to enhance the experience and fix some minor issues.

In Ran Kirlian words:

«This album was conceived as a long-form piece by combining smooth textures and minimal melodic weight with field recordings of a rainy autum afternoon, and it ended as a melancholic picture of the passing of time thru our memories. It has been described by many listeners as one of the most delicated works I’ve ever done. «

Here you can listen to a sampler of The Shape of Memories:

The Shape of Memories is available in downloadable format at Ran Kirlian’s Bandcamp

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Ran Kirlian | Distant Signals

Distant SignalsDistant Signals is the long awaited new album from Ran Kirlian (except for Ethernautica series), 5 years after the release of Cosmos and The Physics of Heaven and almost 8 years in the making. It also has a physical release with a limited run of only 25 copies in CDR format on jewel case and impressive artwork.

In Ran Kirlian words:

«Distant Signals was planned as a personal soundtrack for a deep space exploration, both inner and outer, based on pure electronic atmospheres build on minimal structures. Dark and light combines here in a flow of textures and subtle melodies laying on a vast environment out of time and space. The inital recordings were created letting things breathe, letting themselves mark the pace of the recording sessions, pulsating in the studio and me, provoking a state of consciousness that I have seldom achieved by playing my instruments. This is something that I would like to transfer to the listeners.

The initial recordings of Distant Signals were created during summer 2010 based on live in studio sessions but it needed some extra time to finish. It was remixed, polished, taken and abandoned several times during the next years between other projects and it even became a totally abandoned project. It wasn’t until 2017 when I decided to finish and release it.

Although the sound of this album may occasionally sound out of control, I decided to keep it this way in order to preserve the essence of the creative process that inspired them. «

Here you can find a little sample of Distant Signals:

Distant Signals is a ten tracks album of 77+ minutes full of deep and soundworlds and minimalistic melodies with a intimal touch. Both physical and downloadable versions are available at Ran Kirlian’s Bandcamp. Remember that phyisical edition is a limited run.

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Ran Kirlian | Ethernautica II

Ethernautica IILike a year ago, it’s December 31 and Ran Kirlian just released a new instance of the Ethernautica series. Following the idea of the previous release, this second chapter delves on live recordings based in long format drones and raw material.

Ethernautica II presents another a single 71+ minutes track of slow evolving atmospheres and textures that was, again, originally created as an inspirational source for experimental, compositive and meditative purposes.

You can download Ethernautica at Ran Kirlian’s Bandcamp site for free or name your price in lossless format.

More info about Ethernautica I

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Ran Kirlian | Ethernautica I

Ethernautica IRan Kirlian just released his newest album, Ethernautica I, a drifting electronic journey based on a large format piece that combines ambient soundworlds with classic electronic flavours.This album is the opening volume on a series of live recordingsthat will be released during next months in a similar shape.

«This and other pieces that will follow in this series were originally created as an inspirational source for my own as well as for meditative purposes. Some of these pieces may sound a bit raw and unpredictible, so I’ve decided to release these recordings for free.»

All music composed, performed, mixed and produced by Ran Kirlian.

Recorded at The Blue_Room between September and December 2016.

Released December 31, 2016.

You can download Ethernautica at Ran Kirlian’s Bandcamp site for free or name your price in lossless format.

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New Altera Orbe releases

After a long long silence, Altera Orbe is proud to announce a few new releases, all of them EP’s from WOOMH series:

Landru – Rust

Rust consists of three previously unpublished tracks based on minimal evolving cinematic pads. Simplicity is the main nexus of this album as all pads were recorded lively using just a couple of digital synthesizers and sonic backgrounds based on field recordings.

Avalilable at Landru’s bandcamp site

Ran Kirlian – Los Bosques Sombríos

Minialbum containing 4 dark-ambient/drone environments inspired by and dedicated to the memory of ambient master Oöphoi (Gianluigi Gasparetti) 1958 – 2013

Available at Ran Kirlian’s Bandcamp site

Vauxia Errante – Cryogenia

The sonic sculptor Vauxia Errante created an evolvinglong form (24 min) atmospheric track based on a combination of drone layers and treated field recordings.

Available at Vauxia Errante Bandcamp site

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Vauxia Errante – La Création du Monde

La Création du Monde is the title of the last recording by dark-ambient artist Vauxia Errante, a long form track full of delicated details and intrincated textures conforming a mesmerizing exploration of sonic realms. This is the 3th volume in the Woomh EP series by Altera Orbe artists.

All music composed, performed, recorded and mixed by Vauxia Errante in 2012 and mastered by Ran Kirlian at The Blue_Room in 2013.

The Woomh Series is a special product line which items are presented in mini-albums formats, containing unique, strange and isolated musical passages from the artists belonging to Altera Orbe or even special guests.

Available at Vauxia Errante’s Bandcamp

Listen to a sample:

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Altera Orbe features new artist: Vauxia Errante

We’re happy to present a new signing artist in our label, Vauxia Errante, which will release a truly awesome album named Cambrian Spirits: a dark and deep subterranean-ambient full of evolving drones, complex textures and ritualistic flavours.

Vauxia ErranteMostly based on drone and dark-ambient genres, his creative process combines electronic music, voices and field recordings in a deconstructive research and development. Darkness, cavernous and underground are words that usually comes to mind after listening to Vauxia Errante textures and sonic experiments.

Strongly influenced by the music of Oöphoi, Mathias Grassow, Thommas Köner, Vidna Obmana, Steve Roach, Jeff Greinke, Alio Die, Viridian Sun, Lustmord, Zeit, Yen Pox, Nimh, Nik Parkin, Aglaia, Kenneth Newby and a lot more.

His first music project, Cambrian Spirits, was developed with the support of his long time friend Ran Kirlian who features in some of the tracks of this album playing synths, flutes and tribal grooves.

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