Serrie, Jonn

Artist: Jonn Serrie + Gary Stroutsos
P: 2009
On HIDDEN WORLD BEYOND, Serrie and flautist Gary Stroutsos delve further into the arena of Native American Indian sounds, something Stroutsos had already been known for but which Serrie had only begun exploring with his previous album, SPIRIT KEEPERS. HIDDEN WORLD BEYOND is less explicitly Native American than its predecessor, and instead subtly probes the similarities between various musical styles.

Artist: Jonn Serrie
P: 2000
The Space Music of Jonn Serrie. Remastered works from 1977-1999.

Artist: Jonn Serrie
P: 2010
Jonn Serrie has pioneered the genre of space music in his long career as a composer of over a dozen albums and for such distinguished clients as NASA, Lucasfilm Ltd., and New York City's Hayden Planetarium. Jonn Serrie continues by bringing a new perspective to the holiday season with his own unique renditions of the old and the new. Atmospheric and romantic, Christmas Prayers makes the connection between where we are this time of year and what's beyond.

Artist: Jonn Serrie
P: 2014
Serrie uses an electronic medium to capture evocative imagery that spans the cosmos. In the first track “Day Star” the title track from his newest album, Day Star, the album opens up to a slight hum, like the opening of a planetarium show. If you just sit back, you can see the lights flicker in your mind’s eye as the stars burst into a story all their own. The heavens hold many secrets, but Jonn Serrie might just have an inside track to a few of them. Tendrils of sound reach up and grab you, pulling you into the dark abyss of space, letting you float on clouds of vaporous gasses and natural wonderment. In this music, I could see the planets spin and the universe move in a breathless pace of electronic splendor.  “Eden’s Waypoint” is a climb into the electronic realms of the vast canvas that are the heavens. Tinkling chimes and electronic blips are surrounded by swipes of sound like a radiant brush of color across velveteen blackness. There is much to be seen in the landscape of this piece. It is a voyage of discovery in a land as foreign to us as we are to it, but still we seek it out. The human heart is never content to just be…it always wants to see across the next horizon. 
“The Sum Over Histories” is the last piece on the album and one of the most effervescent. While all the pieces were celestial in nature, this song delved into the deep and hallowed mysteries of space and all of its frontiers, both in our hearts and in our imaginations. All of the books that take us to far off galaxies, namely the Alastair Reynolds series can be found within each note. Heinlein, Herbert, Moon, Cook and many more are other authors ruminating with a deep space feel. Hollow sounds, wispy sensations, electronic pulses and the complexity of a composition that transcends music into a work of the soul is what this piece is all about. If you want to experience a walk through space and time, listen to “The Sum Over Histories.” Jonn Serrie is a revolutionary voice in the pursuit of celestial electronic music. His work encapsulates the deep mysteries of space with the human desire to explore yet another blank canvas. It is a beginning. It is the before and ever after. It is the music of the great beyond and that which will never be discovered. That is space…open…wild and free. One of the last unknowns and Jonn Serrie has crafted its soundtrack with artful electronic and brilliant compositions that have been heard at planetarium shows and on several albums. “Day Star” is the perfect end to a stressful day and the perfect gift for sci-fi fans.

Artist: Jonn Serrie
P: 1989  2002
This is one of Serrie's masterpieces. In particular "Muroc", "Deep Spaceship", and "Glyder".
These songs are extremely relaxing songs which are great for meditation too, and for removing stress from one's life. Unlike Serrie's earlier work, this music has a more daytime ambiance to it.  After the incredible success of "...Stars Go With You", this second outing by Serrie continues to demonstrate his mastery of space music - this time a little closer to Earth as we get a piece of stratosphere.
This is not a single-minded concept like "Stars", we journey into other atmospheric environments prior to the departure into outer space. After the CD clears some banal compositions (the title track and "Sky Safari" [a fusion piece relating the then cliche rain forest music and the sky, I surmise] the flightpath takes us to Muroc - strikingly peaceful and beautiful moments which should not be overlooked by anyone who enjoys good music.
The space music on the second portion of the album, anchored by the cosmic titan "Deep Starship" (cast adrift alone in space for the rest of eternity), is on par with any of Serrie's spacemanship to date.
In total, this 1989 work is magnificent and worthy of the highest accolades.

Artist: Jonn Serrie
P: 1989
This is one of Serrie's masterpieces. In particular "Muroc", "Deep Spaceship", and "Glyder".
These songs are extremely relaxing songs which are great for meditation too, and for removing stress from one's life. Unlike Serrie's earlier work, this music has a more daytime ambiance to it.  After the incredible success of "...Stars Go With You", this second outing by Serrie continues to demonstrate his mastery of space music - this time a little closer to Earth as we get a piece of stratosphere.
This is not a single-minded concept like "Stars", we journey into other atmospheric environments prior to the departure into outer space. After the CD clears some banal compositions (the title track and "Sky Safari" [a fusion piece relating the then cliche rain forest music and the sky, I surmise] the flightpath takes us to Muroc - strikingly peaceful and beautiful moments which should not be overlooked by anyone who enjoys good music.
The space music on the second portion of the album, anchored by the cosmic titan "Deep Starship" (cast adrift alone in space for the rest of eternity), is on par with any of Serrie's spacemanship to date.
In total, this 1989 work is magnificent and worthy of the highest accolades.

Here the last copy of the first MIRAMAR label version!

Artist: Jonn Serrie
P: 1995/ 2002 
In Ixlandia, John Serrie creates a soothing, contemplative atmosphere. The title track starts the cd off with a mellow, romantic, cool jazz feel. Although primarily electronically produced, the first part of the album has a decidedly acoustic feel, especially the tracks featuring the saxophone and guitar of Steven Charles and Chris Kenny, respectively.
The later tracks change mood slightly, being less romantic and relying a little more on slowly pulsing waves of sound. It is one of these later tracks, "Starport Indra", that I found particularly appealing. Although not on the cutting edge of the genre, this album should find an enthusiastic following among fans of new age and contemporary instrumental based music.
Recorded and mixed at Future Music Studios, Atlanta, GA, USA
Composed, produced and engineered by Jonn Serrie
Eric Hassel - additional keyboards
Chris Kenny - classical guitar
Steven Charles - saxophone
Laura Brantley - special effect vocals
Dr. Fiorella Terenzi - translation, narrative
Larry Fast - additional sound design
A gentle, romantic recording, mixing Jonn's signiture ambient space music with more sensual overtones.

Artist: Jonn Serrie
P: 1995
In Ixlandia, John Serrie creates a soothing, contemplative atmosphere. The title track starts the cd off with a mellow, romantic, cool jazz feel. Although primarily electronically produced, the first part of the album has a decidedly acoustic feel, especially the tracks featuring the saxophone and guitar of Steven Charles and Chris Kenny, respectively.
The later tracks change mood slightly, being less romantic and relying a little more on slowly pulsing waves of sound. It is one of these later tracks, "Starport Indra", that I found particularly appealing. Although not on the cutting edge of the genre, this album should find an enthusiastic following among fans of new age and contemporary instrumental based music.
Recorded and mixed at Future Music Studios, Atlanta, GA, USA
Composed, produced and engineered by Jonn Serrie
Eric Hassel - additional keyboards
Chris Kenny - classical guitar
Steven Charles - saxophone
Laura Brantley - special effect vocals
Dr. Fiorella Terenzi - translation, narrative
Larry Fast - additional sound design
A gentle, romantic recording, mixing Jonn's signiture ambient space music with more sensual overtones.

Artist: Jonn Serrie
P: 2003
Synthesist Jonn Serrie has always traversed a spectrum between deep space excursions and sentimental pop melodies. He charts a similar course on Lumia Nights, creating ambient lounge music full of breathy synthesizer pads and cocktail-bar-at-midnight moods. He even covers the jazz standard, "Autumn Leaves" to cloyingly bad effect. Just think Lawrence Welk plugged in. The lounge rhythms are offered up with none of the irony you might find in electronica artists such as Thievery Corporation or Loop Guru, whose grooves call up an iconography that's twisted on its head. It's not until "Deep Mystery" that Serrie floats off into the night sky with shimmering synthesizer textures that recall some of his Planetary Chronicles recordings, but even here, the synthesist goes for melodies that exhibit more saccharine than soul. --John Diliberto