Ramblings of Altus

Sonic Strata 2 – Download Now (www.archive.org/details/SonicStrata2)
The new release from The Ambient Collective “Sonic Strata 2″ features three 20-minute tracks written by four artists each.
Part 1 – Tange, Annode, eigensphere, Modulator ESP
Part 2 – usr/sbin, Gregg Plummer, Sonoprint, Somnarium
Part 3 – Steve Gane, Altus, Litmus0001, Jujigen

Welcome to Earth Mantra Netlabel’s one hundredth release. To celebrate this milestone, we decided early on that this album should be a compilation of the artists who made up the previous ninety-nine releases.

Little did we realize how many of our artists would want to contribute and how excellent the music would be. As a result, this release has grown to encompass four full discs of sublime ambience, with more than four hours of music end to end. We’re very proud of the result.

Special thanks to all of the artists for their contributions, both to this compilation, to Earth Mantra, as well as to the ambient community at large. Your generosity helps make the ambient world a better place, and Earth Mantra simply could not exist without you.

Finally, we would like to thank our listeners, without whom there would literally be no point. We sincerely hope that you have enjoyed the first one hundred mantras, and we look forward to many, many more.

This release features a new track from Altus called “Rainmaker”
Here’s a promo video featuring timelapse photography I shot last summer.

Download the release here:
http://earthmantra.com/thehundredthmantra

Don’t miss this new release from Deepspace “World Ocean Atlas“.

Absolutely beautiful textures, soundscapes and chord progressions.
It’s a free download exclusively at last.fm.

More information here: http://deepspace-blog.blogspot.com/2009/09/world-ocean-atlas.html

Original link: http://mystifiedmusic.com/2009/08/12/6-hour-piece-debut/

A 6-hour ambient drone piece, composed by Mister Vapor, will be featured as a one-time broadcast on Stillstream internet radio. Stillstream is a free ambient music station available at www.stillstream.com. The drone, “Beyond The Velvet Sky”, is scheduled to air August 25th at 8 PM Central U.S. time, during a special edition of Kite Radio. Thanks to proprietor Darrell Burgan for this unique event.

Mark Stolk aka mystahr of the Just Not Normal netlabel presents “no-R-mal”. A 4-disc compilation of tracks from 52 artists around the globe, including a new track from Altus.

Celebrating the 50th release on JNN I’ve invited some of the best (netlabel)artists from around the globe to join this massive compilationalbum.

In total 52 artists joined to create the finest in what is available in experimental music these days. Much of what you hear is unreleased work with the exception of a handful. These tracks have been carefully mastered and put together to present to you a 4 CD epic journey into sound. Together with the artwork the puzzle lies ahead to find out what exactly is ‘normal’.
A tip of the veil; … there is no one answer. What one considers normal another may disagree on with totally different standards.
Or in short; we are all just not normal and we all are!

no R mal!

Be sure to take the time to check out this massive release!

Altus has again been featured in the latest mix by ambientgroove.net. This time, the track “Shine” from the Ambient Collective release “Light“.

Other artists include Kit Watkins, Sabi, Crashed by Car, Manual and Tammetoru.
http://www.ambientgroove.net/2009/06/new-mix/
Thanks again Jake.

Bluejooz of The Ambient Collective has created a nice mix of tracks I contributed to various releases in 2005-2007.
http://www.archive.org/details/TheAmbientCollectiveCollection-AltusMix

Also mixed by Bluejooz from other contributing artists:
- Silvercord
- Jujigen
- usr/sbin
- Bluejooz

A great 60-minute mix is available at ambientgroove.net including Phillip Wilkerson (who, by the way, you should check out if you’re unaware of his work), Sleepy Town Manufacture and Mel.

http://www.ambientgroove.net/2009/03/a-new-mix/
Thanks Jake!

Two tracks from Macro have been included in Travis Nobles’ latest mix called “Macrocosm”. The mix covers a diverse range of sounds, and is certainly worth the listen. Click the link for more information and to download the mp3.
http://hiddenplacemusic.blogspot.com/2009/03/hiddenplace-music-mix-5-macrocosm.html
Thanks again Travis for your continued support!