Celestial Trails – Lunar Beachcomber


Celestial Trails

Lunar Beachcomber

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Catalog Number: FLTTRY194
Release Date:  April 12, 2024
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Track List

01 – A Pair of New Wings
02 – Lunar Beachcomber
03 – Time Collapse on the Threshing Floor
04 – Lighthouse Behind the Glowing Tree
05 – Spell Machine Manufacturing
06 – Egg Hatching in the Violet River
07 – The Crudest Luminescence
08 – Touchdown on Interstellar Shores

Celestial Trails, the San Francisco, California-based solo ambient music project of Fluttery Records founder Taner Torun, makes its debut on Lunar Beachcomber.

Celestial Trails paints sonic tapestries layer by layer, seamlessly blending the warmth of organic textures from piano, analog synths, electric and bass guitars with the precision of virtual electronic instruments. Organic recordings are enriched using electroacoustic techniques such as reverb, delay, harmonizing, tape manipulation, and sonic deconstruction. Additionally, tape-manipulated field recordings captured during nature hikes and city walks are seamlessly integrated as another layer.

From seed to final form, Lunar Beachcomber’s recording process unfolded between June 2023 and January 2024. The first recording was in Pittsburgh, PA on a sleepless hot summer night, while the last one took place in San Francisco, CA. All recordings for the album were captured exclusively in these two cities.

Inspired by the boundless beauty of nature, urban landscapes, and the alluring mysteries of the cosmos, Lunar Beachcomber invites you to explore uncharted sonic territories; lush soundscapes, evoke tranquil meadows, bustling cityscapes, and the vastness of outer space.

The opening track, “A Pair of New Wings,” serves as an audio representation of the profound personal connection to nature and life.

“Over the past five years, I’ve embarked on incredible hikes across the United States, from discovering the trails around Finger Lakes in upstate New York to wandering along the Lackawanna River. I’ve witnessed the vibrant colors of Mount Rainier in Autumn and experienced the serene beauty of Mount Tamalpais in California winter. Sharing the same muddy ground with mudskippers in Kauai was just one of many memorable moments. Each journey has been profound, integral to my healing journey, offering me solace, inspiration, and a newfound sense of freedom.”

Through careful processing, electric guitars shed their familiar skins. The washed electric guitars in “Time Collapse on the Threshing Floor” and “The Crudest Luminescence” are seamlessly integrated into the atmospheric ambient soundscape. However, there are more surprises beyond the strings.

“I don’t want to reveal all the mysteries of this album but if you listen carefully you can hear a flock of birds in “Spell Machine Manufacturing”. Those mysteries are well hidden with a series of filters and tape manipulations.”

Despite its abstract nature, the album retains discernible melodies. Infused with elements of science fiction and surrealism, “Lunar Beachcomber” presents a rich and textured ambient experience, yet its roots remain firmly planted on earth.

“We often forget that our planet is smaller than a grain of sand on a beach. Life is a gift, and our time on this planet is limited. We should strive to make this experience easy and pleasant for each other.”

Celestial Trails extends an invitation to traverse sonic landscapes, where earthly whispers intertwine with cosmic hums. As listeners embark on this auditory journey, they are reminded of the fleeting yet intriguing experience within this cosmic beachcomber’s sanctuary.

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Dan Caine & feeling of chaos disappear

Dan Caine is an ambient / post-rock musician from Merseyside, England. Caine uses powerful, layered guitar melodies to create an atmosphere of an intense range of thought and emotion as he explores the depths of the human psyche. Imagine, in a world riddled with chaos, you suddenly find yourself in a place where it all […]

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Dan Caine – Rivers

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Track List

1. The Source
2. Ebb and Flow
3. Long Profile
4. Floodplain
5. The Dam
6. Stormwaters
7. Tributaries
8. Enter the Sea

Dan Caine

Rivers

Dan Caine, an ambient / post-rock musician uses powerful, layered guitar melodies to create an atmosphere of an intense range of thought and emotion as he explores the depths of the human psyche.

Imagine, in a world riddled with chaos, you suddenly find yourself in a place where it all disappears. Imagine that, for that moment, everything that is natural and good is restored, the beauty and power of nature are the only things in motion. You can let go, because all is as it is meant to be.

 That is the feeling captured in the newest album by Dan Caine, “Rivers”.

Explore each facet and personality of water, as soothing and cleansing as it is powerful and pure. You deserve a moment away from the chaos that has been unleashed on the world this year. Allow yourself to be transported to a natural space, and listen to a distant narrative… the narrative of Rivers.

FLTTRY190
Release Date:  November 12, 2021
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Diamond Gloss comes back with FLK

Diamond Gloss comes release an astonishing ambient album on Fluttery Records after a few silent but productive years. As the previous album “Primavera” continued exploring dense ambient sound with drone-a-like strings and sparse pianos, from “Nomawkish”, on his fourth album, named “FLK” ( pronounced folk), Diamond Gloss decides to take a new path, bringing up […]

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Diamond Gloss – FLK

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Track List

1. Vocal Speed
2. ATTIC
3. Parti
4. Project 2
5. 2929
6. DJ Set Song
7. Project DJ
8. August
9. Say Frankie
10. Much Love

Diamond Gloss

FLK

Diamond Gloss is to release an astonishing ambient music album on Fluttery Records. As the previous album “Primavera” continued exploring dense ambient sound, with drone-a-like strings and sparse pianos, from “Nomawkish”, on his fourth album, named “FLK” ( pronounced folk), Diamond Gloss decides to take a new path, bringing up synths and arpeggiated pianos along electronic beats.

There is a clear change in sound and this new direction is very clear on the first track “Vocal Speed”. A beat that seems to be offbeat but it’s not. Swelling synth lines and some arpeggios on harpsichord and pianos – that’s the main ingredients of “FLK”
More organic, textured, and, still, dense and melodic.

The album rewards listeners to discover the old delicate piano style from the past few records, among the fresh sounds and new piano based songs, such as “2929” and “August”. “FLK” expects to be warm coming back to the artist’s works.

FLTTRY184
Release Date:  November 16, 2020
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AL_X – Low Clouds

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Track List

1. Auf Ver Loven
2. A Time To Wait
3. Onwards Parts 1 and 2
4. Low Sun
5. The Wait
6. Singularity
7. Into The Hills And Trees
8. Untitled
9. Endless Sleep Ensemble
10. Low Clouds
11. Leaving The World Behind
12. Dissemble
13. Intermission
14. Beyond Perception
15. La Ment
16. After The Rain
17. For Ed

AL_X

Low Clouds

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Despite this sense of serenity Low Clouds’ recording wasn’t without incident. “I wiped songs hundreds of times and started from scratch. I did struggle for a while, so I cracked open Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategy cards and used them from time to time when I hit a wall. They’d give me an answer of sorts. ‘Beyond Perception’ is a track which benefited from that as did ‘Auf Ver Loven’, That started as a techno track!’ Then there was ‘Endless Sleep Ensemble’ – the last thing to be finished, that came from a session with a string section I recorded in 2014 that I assumed I’d lost.”

Consisting of sessions at AL_X’s home studio and Salford’s Peel Hall, Low Clouds sees the return of key collaborator Jeff Jepson who lends his vocals to stand out ‘Leaving The World Behind’ as well as the most frequent contributor to his work – his environment. “I’ve been making field recordings for over a decade now. I think it adds a sense of place, helps to cultivate an atmosphere. I add some dynamics to them, more reverb, or more of a stereo picture of them. They’re all over the album.”

A unique album that manages to place evocative, pastoral, acoustic pieces next to pulsing, rhythmic, electro as a coherent piece; Low Clouds is the latest step of AL_X’s artistic journey.

FLTTRY182
Release Date:  October 30
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Lessons From The Dreamtime – Seven Stars & Orion

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Track List

  1. Alcyone
  2. Asterope
  3. Calaeno
  4. Electrum
  5. Maia
  6. Merope
  7. Taygete
  8. Orion

Lessons From The Dreamtime

Seven Stars & Orion

Lessons From The Dreamtime is founded by Jesse Travis Maddox from Denver, Colorado. The artist combines ambient & modern classical music in a majestic way.

Seven Stars & Orion was inspired by the seven major stars in the Pleiades and their ties to history, religion and mythology. It was after reading the Sumerian story, The Epic of Gilgamesh (written in 2000 BC), that this album concept solidified for Jesse Maddox, the one-man mind behind Lessons From The Dreamtime.

From the opening notes in the first track Alcyone you get pulled into a beautifully arranged neo-classical world of ambience and minimalism. This could easily be the soundtrack from the ancient tablet containing The Epic when it says, “He went on a distant journey, pushing himself to exhaustion, but then he was brought to peace.” The track Alcyone easily describes the musical description of peace that surrounded the hero from that ancient story.

A few songs later the landscape changes into a minimal ambient track titled Maia with a bass groove that drives the energy forward while remaining classically psychedelic. This song is definitely best heard while reading the section of Gilgamesh titled DREAMS. “I had a dream last night, Stars of the sky appeared, and some kind of meteorite fell next to me…”

A highlight from the album, Taygete is prepared piano, processed hammered dulcimer and a couple of obscure stringed instruments most people have never seen before, blending into a masterpiece of ambience and intensity. Taygete would be the perfect soundtrack for your first trip to the moon, or to provide respite from all of the mindless morons during your daily commute.

The ending track Orion highlights the range of music and the incredible sound design, texture, and songwriting that Lessons From The Dreamtime has become known for. Orion was originally composed for a short animated film which can be seen by subscribing to Lessons From The Dreamtime’s email list found on their website.

From start to finish every track will keep you engaged launching you into a world that could have only been created by Lessons From The Dreamtime.

FLTTRY178
Release Date:  March 03, 2020
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Monochromie’s breathtaking Beyond Frontiers

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