Release date: 04.11.2024


two ambient live sessions


01 Part I 18:03
02 Part II 22:39


I always extensivly praised the "one take improvisation" approach in the music creating process, it fully embraces creativity, allows complete freedom, unleashes deepest emotions from heart of the artist and records that one exact moment, time and place. Also I always found it to be brave, because there is only one take, whatever happens stays there, forever.

This release is the first showcase of this workflow where i'm simultaneously playing (everything is played or using held notes, no sequencers or midi were used) and recording about dozen synthesizers and so creating fields of various sounds / atmospheres that are then mixed into one track.

Theme of this whole album is mostly blurry and in the myst, but I recall at one point I felt there is somehow a theme, passing by an old solar system full of dead planets and a fading star, that once hosted a large civilisation that was at some point destroyed by the star becomming a red giant.

Have a pleasant listening experience, all the best.



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Cover picture by Louie Michaud


VCR  

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Release date: 21.10.2024


universal archetypes in orchestral ambient pieces


01 Epochs 1 14:54
02 Epochs 2 17:24
03 Epochs 3 14:08
04 Epochs 4 15:24

Roads Through the Mirror is a conceptual music project spanning 11 orchestral pieces, each approximately an hour long, with a completion timeline of 4-5 years.

Inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky’s films and Marcel Proust’s exploration of time, the series aims to musically articulate themes like spirituality, nostalgia, dreams, and nature.

The project delves into the Time-Space-Thought Theorem, utilizing Sonic Archetypes to explore the interconnectedness of human existence through music.

Theme 1: Spirituality - Climbing the Light
Exploring ascension and enlightenment through sound


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Niclas Tamas  

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Release date: 01.10.2024


power & imagination


01 Memory Of A Voyage 04:05
02 Folded Time 04:08
03 Lost Signals 05:08
04 West On Sunset 03:49
05 Gulag In Malibu 04:33
06 Running On Empty 04:48
07 Crow Country 05:45
08 Figments 03:21


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Copyright (c) 2024 by Eko_Fisk
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Eko_Fisk  

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Release date: 18.08.2024


grande finale of the orchestral Undiscovered Civilisations trilogy


01 The Shrunmas Plains 51:46
02 Olpel Olmurm 45:24

For the preceding two parts see
The Music from Undiscovered Civilisations
Desert of Diwor


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Niclas Tamas  

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Release date: 01.08.2024


an ambient palindrome


01 SATOR 09:50
02 AREPO 08:22
03 TENET 07:16
04 OPERA 10:17
05 ROTAS 09:12


This is an album inspired by the Sator square (also known as magic square), a paleochristian inscription found in several places around Italy (the most famous is in Pompei), whose meaning is mysterious even today.

Five tracks; each one of those is a word of the square, and each one consists of five sonic ambients, which are the letters that make up the word itself. Each letter has its own melodic and harmonic content. In order to respect the palindrome pattern of the square, negative harmony was applied.

An instrumental concept album.


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Cristiano Bocci & Smiltzo  

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Release date: 14.07.2024


The Netlabel Day 2024 Compilation, harvesting from the past year's releases


00 Zenapolæ Netlabel Radio program
aired on July 14 16:00 CEST
1:00:03
01 Delusive Ocean
zen288 · Accasari: Perception is Controlled Hallucination (Russia)
14:18
02 Mercury
zen287 · Eko Fisk: Strand (UK)
05:02
03 Shores of Old Pau Chuumzom
zen283 · Niclas Tamas: The Music from Undiscovered Civilisations (Hungary)
06:56
04 Dont Be Afriad
zen286 · The EyE: Subway Suicide (Iran)
02:50
05 Day 24
(previously unreleased) affaire difficile (Germany)
09:16
06 I can fly no more
zen292 · Sigil Of Time: To The Swamp (Russia)
07:13
07 Two Minutes To Midnight
zen284 · Ivan Ivanhoerista: Noisy Ruins Crumbling Souls (Serbia)
02:00
08 Fugue State
zen289 · RL Huber: Memories of Falling (USA)
03:40
09 Tonemapping
zen291 · STRoeHM: MyxX (Germany)
03:51
10 Ancient Denomination
zen278 · William St Hugh: High Upon the Serpent Mound (USA)
06:34


This album has been released as part of Netlabel Day 2024 on July 14

Netlabel Day 2024


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Cover: Cat's Eye Nebula


Zenapolæ  

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Release date: 27.06.2024


electronics and ambiences, incandescent and colorful


01 Backyard Mysteries 03:54
02 Outside Self 02:41
03 Forever Better 02:58
04 We Only Have So Much Time 03:29
05 Gold to Indigo 03:03
06 Drifting Past 06:09
07 Hyper-Aware 06:08
08 I Hoped it Would End Like This 04:31


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Gears in the Rain  

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Release date: 09.06.2024


contrasting Petrof piano with electronic ambiences


01 I can Fly no More 07:13
02 Night Creek 13:53
03 Pensamientos Oscuros 09:06
04 Spring Drops 2 07:26
05 To the Forest 14:28


This collection of etudes, akin to a series of bold and expressive sketches, began in late February and culminated in a release at the end of May. It's an exploration that bridges the gap between the classic sounds of the Petrof piano with hardware and software synthesizers (including the Korg Minilogue and various freeware options). This project embodies our attempt to push the boundaries of our creative expression, embracing all available tools and possibilities. The resulting pieces are a testament to the unpredictable nature of the creative process, offering a spectrum of moods – from the meditative to the vibrant and dynamic.

Credits:
synthesizers, piano, guitar, voices, effects, recording, mixing, mastering - Marja
producer — Anton


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music embodies harmony. harmony brings peace.

Sigil Of Time  

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Release date: 25.05.2024


an assortment of haunting electronic & acoustic sceneries


01 Legal Notice 2:33
02 Countercyclical 2:44
03 High And Low 3:41
04 Tonemapping 3:51
05 Following Your Own Integral Logic 3:29
06 The Naked Bodies For The Dancers 8:04
07 Love Is A Consumer Good 8:06
08 No Poetry Is Authentic 4:59
09 Amazement With A Closed Mouth 4:39
10 Crossing A Threshold In A New Age 6:26




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STRöHM  

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Release date: 13.05.2024


orchestral atmospherics with a trifle of tension


01 Desert of Diwor 1:00:00

The Music from Undiscovered Civilisations - continued -


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Copyright (c) 2024 by Niclas Tamas
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Niclas Tamas  

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