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Ran Kirlian | La Cueva de las Almas Perdidas

La CuevaThe first solo Woomh in two years from Ran Kirlian (apart from the Many Futures minialbums) is entitled «a Cueva de las Almas Perdidas» (The Cave of the Lost Souls). It is a experimental atmnospheric minialbum exclusively based on layers and loops of voices treated with different reverb effects. The result os a consistent space full of mystery and mysticism and a charming ambient experience.

All drones, sounds and choirs were done with Ran Kirlian’s voice and, eventually, his son’s voice and a rotating corrugated tube.

This minialbum is dedicated to all the victims during and after Franquism whose corpses were never found.

Available at Bandcamp

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OVSCVIRIA by Ran Kirlian & Landru

OSCVIRIAAfter 7 years from their previous collaborative project, Waterfront, Landru and Ran Kirlian join forces again for a new project, this time in minialbum format, entitled OVSCVIRIA.

While released in 2019, this project started back in 2014. While the initial bases and lines were totally clear since beginning and the first mix was ready in 2015, it took few years to complete it. It was taken and abandoned several times during months between other projects and priority commitments from both artists. After finding time to complete this inspirational work during the second half of 2018, it finally found a launch window during 2019.

OBSCVIRIA is essentially a dark-ambient minialbum that combines dark soundworlds, sequences and rhythms by Ran Kirlian and Landru.

Landru: analog and digital synthesizers, samplers & grooves
Ran Kirlian: analog and digital synthesizers, samplers & voices

Available at Ran Kirlian Bandcamp site

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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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New Woomh releases by Ran Kirlian

Some time has passed since the last release of a Woomh minialbum, but today three new releases see the light under our record label. All of them comes from the Spanish composer Ran Kirlian and they offer a range of sounds that helps increasing his sonic palette. Here comes a brief description of them:

Ran Kirlian – Nested DreamsNested Dreams

Dark ambient minialbum based on complex textures and treated field recordings. This tracks have been deeply inspired by the work of Brian Lustmord, Voice of Eye and Yen Pox.

This minialbum also includes music from unreleased projects that finally found its place in this little release.

Available at Ran Kirlian’s Bandcamp

IxtabRan Kirlian – Ixtab

Dark-ambient/noise-drone minialbum based on live recordings and inspired by the figure of the Mayan goddess Ixtab.

This album goes far beyond the drone-ambient styles and explores raw landscapes with more aggresive sounds and distortion, a bit influenced by the early work of the Australian multimedia artist Abre Ojos.

Available at Ran Kirlian’s Bandcamp

MaalesbarkRan Kirlian – Maalesbark

Maalesbark is an electronic music minialbum dominated by modular synth sequences and few extreme frequencies. All tracks recorded live with an Eurorack modular synthesizer + friends.

The track Sanctus is a revisited version of a track included in the Ran Kirlian album Shore of Darkness from the year 2000. The track entitled Benthos, was recorded live and one of the first Ran Kirlian live performances to be posted on Youtube, back in 2009.

Available at Ran Kirlian’s Bandcamp

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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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New releases from Vauxia Errante and Ran Kirlian

We have the great pleasure to present you twoPrimigenia, the newest subterranean-ambient album from spanish composer Vauxia Errante, and Ataraxia, an exclusive Woomh EP by Ran Kirlian.

Vauxia Errante – Primigenia
Vauxia Errante Primigenia

This new album by Vauxia Errante is a dark and complex sonic journey, far beyond his previous full lenght masterwork Cambrian Spirits. Primigenia explores a much darker and organic side of Vauxia’s music with a high pressence of drones, experimental sounds and slow evolutions in search of a deep meditative state on the listener.

As with Vauxia’s first album, Primigenia counts with Ran Kirlian on mixing, production and cover artwork as well as participating  with voices and textures on two tracks, Katara and Eidotalamia.

Available at Vauxia Errante Bandcamp site

Ran Kirlian – Ataraxia
Ran Kirlian Ataraxia

Ataraxia is a new Woomh EP created by Ran Kirlian hard to be catalogued into any ambient style beyond experimental but consistently fitting the Woomh concept.

It collects music created between 2012 and 2013 using both software and hardware synthesizers, samplers and effect tools and building an alternative sonic palette to the most typical Kirlian textures.

Available at Ran Kirlian Bandcamp site