RARITIES

Artist: Airsculpture & Star Sounds Orchestra
P: 2002
This release contains the demo tracks selected from the third Ricochet Gathering recordings. This release is not intended for wide distribution, but mainly for the musicians and fans of the Ricochet Gathering.
Recorded live at the Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia USA from April 19-23, 2002.
Limited edition promo release.
The AirSculpture line-up was comprised of John Christian and Peter Ruczynski.

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Artist: V/A
P: 1995
This is a nice collection of unreleased tracks by the artists.

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Artist: Rüdiger Lorenz/Schönwälder/
Traumklang/ Grassow/ Lambert/ Synco u.a.
P: 1991
A nice mix of different EM styles with all you can imagine.

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Artists: Various Artists
P: 1992
LTD 1200
Variations on a theme by John Kerr:
John Kerr composed the original theme 'The Seed'.
This theme with a floppy-disc was sent to the artists on this release, they had to use the theme at least once in their contribution.
Hand numbered copies.

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Artist:  Vasudeva
P:  1994
Relaxing sounds with asiatic influences.

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Artist:  Venja
P: 1993 / 1995
Originally released as Arcadia.
Overall an album with gentle and relaxed electronic / new age music.
Venja brings together the extremes of musical tradition.
The computer technology of the high-tech era together with the soft timbre of classically trained female singers. The two are finely balanced. When anyone accuses the creators of electronic music that their sounds are subdued and bizarre, Venja can teach them the error of their ways. Even though this musician considers himself to be a syntheziser purist. Venja lives in the eastern part of Belgium and has an education into digital technologies and so he build his first intruments himself. The millions of sounds which he can entice out of these instruments fascinate him and fill him with enthusiasm. This is the raw material for his "sound painting" much simular to the paint which painters place on their palettes.
"Combining sounds in the right way, i.e. using them in the right context and breathing live into them, this is what puts the harmony into my music", he says.
All songs composed and digitally recorded by Venja at the Wetland Studio, Hasselt, Belgium
Erwin Geens - bass on track 3 and 8
Bas. B. Broekhuis - drums on track 8 and additional percussion on track 11
Reinhilde Weytjens - vocals on track 1,3,6 and 11

Artist: Victor Cerullo
P: 2000
The album is an excellent blend of melodical, rhythmic and progressive electronic music with sometimes traces of the music of Jean Michel Jarre. A great example of this is the impressive track “Above The Clouds” which really gives you the feeling of flying above the clouds. All alone, but free.
With “Loneflyer”, Cerullo proves that he’s one of the finest new talents in electronic music.
“Loneflyer” is based on the novel “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” from Richard Bach, a source of inspiration for many musicians (Gandalf for instance). Cerullo dedicates the album to all the gulls living far away from the flock, as well as to his father.
Loneflyer is a CD inspired by Richard Bach’s “Jonathan Livingston Seagull.” Victor Cerullo’s soundscape would serve well as a soundtrack for this fable about aspiring to be more and about nonconformity allowing the heart and soul to take the physical being beyond conventional reality. Victor’ soundscape includes symphonic synthesizer washes, subtle electric guitars and genuine seagull samples. Victor mixed and arranged the soundscape with great integrity and meticulous detail. The result is a crossover of symphonic sequences and pastoral ambience. Vintage instrument samples augment and integrate the sound design. It has a “new age feel” without pushing the envelope. The CD is pure electronic fun! Victor has chosen to highlight the purity of Jonathan’s quest to become more. The deep pastoral synth washes and manipulated samples maintain thematic integrity. The symphonic overtones create a grand crescendo. Deep rhythms and sequences provide the dénouement. The CD closes with two tracks from Ludus as arranged for E-Live 99. They serve well as a coda.

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Artist: Victor Cerullo
P: 1998
Now this is something classic EM listeners will enjoy from the very first moments. Not only has Cerullo managed to squeese ALOT of amazing sound from the only two synthesizers used (Korg 01/W and Korg Polysix, with the help of Roland R8 Rythm Composer and Emu Procussion) but the music covers just about anything from the classic EM genre in terms of style and arrangements. And not only can one easily spot influences from the great masters of electronic music, but also influences from classical music.
The music is divided into three main parts, and each part is divided again into 13 separate tracks (the 14th track is a bonus piece). The intention was to form a theme for each main part, and expand on that theme in different directions for each sub-part. There are no songs here that outshine others, the quality is constant during all of the album.
The sounds here are also amazing. If it is true that only a couple of synthesizers were used, those musicians who collect synths because they think they need dozens of machines to make good music, have no valid arguments anymore! There is not one single second without great sound. "Less is more". So not only is the music classic EM, but the sounds are also classic and resemble both the smooth analogue of the 1970s and eerie processed vocal samples.

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Artist: Victor Cerullo
P: 2003
Subtitled "A Homage to Andrei Tarkovsky", "Visions" is a tribute to the much respected and admired Russian film-maker of "Solaris" fame. Surprisingly, the linked series of tracks are more soundscapes than soundtrack, with each track built up using a series of samples, anything from sound effects, Russian choirs, clips from operas, treated sounds and, of course, overlaid with synthesiser drones, bleeps and yes, even music. It makes for a very eerie listening experience. These twelve tracks certainly are as far removed from "easy listening" as you can get, but if you are willing to explore the glacial spaces this music conjures up then there are rewards to be had. One of these is the gently drifting melody line that permeates track five, "Andrei Tarkovsky" - a hauntingly beautiful and unexpectedly "organic" tune amongst all the electronics. Track seven, "Lullaby for a Distant Son" is another outstanding track full of melody and beauty. Indeed, the overwhelming feeling of this album is of music and sounds flowing together - what seems discordant at first constantly shifts and changes into something very different. Give this album half a chance and it will dazzle you to the possibilities of electronic music to enhance and perhaps even magnify the human spirit. A fitting tribute from one artist to another.

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Artist: Vidna Obmana + Asmus Tietchens
P: 1999
Linea [1+3] was originally released as a cassette in 1988. Recorded at Audiplex Studios, Hamburg, Germany. Eight-track recycling by Vidna Obmana using processors, speed variations, volume changes, loops, FM noise and feedback. Produced, recorded and mixed at the Serenity Studio, Belgium, in December 1996.

Nachtstücke was released in 1980. Contains pieces recorded between 1975 and 1978 on 2-track Revox and 4-track Teac tape recorders. All sounds were created on the Moog Sonic Six synthesizer, using a Philips reverb and an Echolette tape delay for effects. Composed, arranged and recorded at Audiplex Studios, Hamburg, Germany. Eight-track recycling by Vidna Obmana using processors, speed variations, volume changes, loops and harmonizers. Produced, recorded and mixed at the Serenity Studio, Belgium, in January 1998.
Comes with 4-page booklet.

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