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AMBIENT SESSIONS - in memoriam Mind Over MIDI

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A few days ago we learned of the death of the Norwegian producer Helge Tømmervåg , better known as Mind over MIDI . No further information on the event has been given, however it is an irreparable loss for those of us who knew his incessant work. Undoubtedly, he is a major figure in terms of quality and electronic production, with dozens of releases over several decades, perhaps not properly appreciated as it should be, leaving a great musical legacy. Hailing from Kristiansund on the northwest coast of Norway, Helge Tømmervåg crafted electronic sounds since the early '80s. His earliest work recorded under the now-familiar Mind over MIDI moniker arrived in the early '90s. He released scores of highly regarded and stylistically uncompromising sounds over the years, appearing on labels including Silent Seasons, Diametric, Hibernate, Whitelabrecs, ROHS! Lontano Series, Shimmering Moods Records, Slow Tones Collages and via his own Berserk Fabrik.   "Electronic music for daydrea...

Song of Ice, interview with Ghost In The Loop

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Ghost In The Loop is an emerging project from France, which, despite the short time it has been active, has already left its mark within the Ambient and Ambient-Electronic music scene. Led by the musician, composer and producer Aurélien Buiron , Ghost In the Loop is very clear about the type of music he want to create and the message he want to convey through it. He has three LP's, "Music For Liminal Spaces" (March 2022), "Cold Space Symmetry" (November 2022) and "Cold Space Symmetry / Ambient Rework" (June 2023), the latter two published by the Mare Nostrum Label, from France. On the cover of "Cold Space Symmetry" you can see the characteristic antennas of the large space observatories, specifically the IRAM Observatory (The Institute of Millimeter Radio Astronomy) based in France. This image is not only a typical cover that serves to illustrate the album, but also represents the reason for it, since it is the source of inspiration that ...

Canción de hielo, entrevista a Ghost In The Loop

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Ghost In The Loop es un proyecto emergente proveniente de Francia, que, a pesar del corto tiempo que lleva en activo, ya ha dejado huella dentro de la escena de la música Ambient y Ambient-Electrónica. Conducido por el músico, compositor y productor Aurélien Buiron , Ghost In the Loop tiene bien claro el tipo de música que quiere crear y el mensaje que desea transmitir a través de ella. Cuenta con tres LP's, "Music For Liminal Spaces" (marzo 2022), "Cold Space Symmetry" (noviembre 2022) y "Cold Space Symmetry / Ambient Rework" (junio 2023), éstos dos últimos publicados por la Disquera francesa Mare Nostrum Label. En la portada de  "Cold Space Symmetry" se aprecian las antenas características de los grandes observatorios espaciales, en específico del Observatorio IRAM (El Instituto de Radioastronomía Milimétrica) con base en Francia. Ésta imagen no es sólo una típica portada que sirve para ilustrar el disco, sino que representa el motivo ...