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the spien contact

by ven ether

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1.
I 03:47
2.
II 04:18
3.
III 02:33
4.
IV 02:42
5.
V 02:07
6.
VI 03:35
7.
VII 03:46
8.
VIII 03:18
9.
IX 04:43
10.
X 03:01
11.

about

"In terms of the process, it's been a while and i do a lot of sound inventing. If memory serves there was some specialist tuning of the instruments involved that took a little while and some tape/fx preparation - pretty sure it was originally recorded to cassette and then digitized.There were some System Elusive MIDI stuff for patch editing and tuning. Once that's all done, it's pretty much all improvised/spontaneous - so a lot of its getting the environment right so that can happen properly i guess."

~ven ether

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On The Fringes Of Sound Review

Ven Ether - The Spien Contact
Released: June 3

The Spien Contact was created primarily from raw spontaneity with a selection of custom-crafted sounds and instruments. Ven Ether took much of his time creating these sounds individually and then found a way to tie them all together in a drifting and, well, ethereal manner (no pun intended). Much of the tracks on this album give space to a singular sound, giving it all the space to breathe out its drifting and microtonal melodies. Melodies that stretch out and repeat in only the slightest fashion, giving rise to phrases that speak on their own throughout as they play over a background of electrical currents and simulated natural textures.

Divided into ten parts, the album retains an unbroken continuity to it that sees each track blend seamlessly into the next all the way up until the thirty-three-minute continuous mix that caps the album. The immense variety of sounds is truly staggering for such a short runtime, though Ven Ether shows a particular fondness for subtly mutated and modulated keys, notably with "III" and "IV" playing out their sundry melodies. Furthermore, the pure atmospherics of the album take a small but integral part of the background with hisses, hums, crackles, and static. All this makes for a simply sublime experience.

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released June 3, 2022

written, recorded, and produced by ven ether.
mastered by Shady Ridge Records

©2022 Shady Ridge Records

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ambient, microtonal artist out of the UK.

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