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Jaime Heras - The astronaut
The astronaut

by Jaime Heras 

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newage ambient space soundscape progressive

 

18 tracks
55:52
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1 First Born (Prologue)
 
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3:22
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2 The mission
 
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1:36
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3 Hibernation
 
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3:17
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4 The incident
 
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1:16
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5 Here be dragons
 
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8:00
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6 Lost
 
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1:47
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7 The Trifid Nebula
 
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4:41
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8 The funeral
 
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3:32
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9 A chance
 
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1:18
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10 The wormhole
 
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4:03
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11 Good news
 
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1:22
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12 Fomalhaut Star
 
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2:22
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13 Gazing at wonders
 
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2:32
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14 Through the Solar System
 
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3:41
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15 Orbiting
 
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1:54
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16 The descent
 
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3:20
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17 The last transmission
 
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2:36
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18 The astronaut (Finale)
 
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Album description

es This text is not available in your chosen language, we are displaying it in its original language.

To watch the "Astronaut" movie, by Butcho, click on the image, and on the menu click on "Astronaut".

A sci-fi tale with narration in English. There's a Spanish version in www.jamendo.com/es/album/34267

For more info and musical background, please visit jaime-heras.blogspot.com/

 



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07/05/09

This album is surprisingly good. I listened to it several times now and still cause me a wonderful mix of sensations. It remember me a lot "Songs of the Distant Earth" from Mike Oldfield (based in the same book by Arthur C. Clarke). However, Jaime Heras' album is different on its own. Not only because the insertion of the monologue to conduct the story, but because has its own ambience. It is almost as we are seeing a Sci-Fi movie. Without realising we start feeling sorrow, happiness, and almost all the feeling that a good movie can bring to you.

Keep the good work Jaime. You have talent.

05/04/09

Great start, nice and bold, that develops into an electronic awakening. Bright, optimistic synthetics. The Mission stays positive, with appropriate voice sample. Even Hibernation maintains the sense that all is well, some sort of reasonable sleep in space while machinery and technology take over the mundanity of travelling light years in distance. The Incident suggests that something goes wrong, First Born wakes up in the wrong place, even to the extent of losing a travelling companion. Then, Here Be Dragons, implies a place of unexpected arrival. Even still the optimistic electronics continue, with some fairly wild electric guitar sounds that develop changes in the sense of the track. Nice work.

Lost is literally meaning, from the words, lost in space. Not at destination and the technology seems to be malfunctioning, light years away from point of intended arrival being The Trifid Nebula, a place of new stars collectively spawning in Sagittarius (appropriate to me and my birthsign, coincidentally). A place known as a stellar nursery. The Funeral is as about as negative as it gets, the astronaut stuck in uncharted space, and a death seems to have occurred and the body becoming part of the nebula itself, being a comfort to the survivor. Suitably touching towards the end of the track. Then, it seems there still remains A Chance, optimism within optimistic music, seems to be about travelling through a wormhole to get a short-cut route to the original destination point (being the nebula aforementioned).

A more serious intonation is evidently referring to this slim chance of mission recovery. The Good News is that the last ditch attempt at recovery brings the astronaut to the Fomalhaut Star, named after a demon and surrounded by red gases as interpreted by light transmission and reception by the human eye. Different constellation, but what the hell, it's somewhere that can be navigated by. Gazing At Wonders brings back the positivity. I think it's the nearest star with associated planets, albeit uninhabitable but nonetheless planets. Then we start to generalise conceptually with, Through The Solar System. The original mission seeming to make the most of the incident of going off course. Still positive in the face of cosmic adversity.

Orbiting brings this astronaut into closer contact with a point of nearing touchdown, even if it is not with the original mission plan in mind. By a strange coincidence it seems the planet in mind has a sustainable atmosphere, consisting of nitrogen and oxygen. Therefore, this leads to The Descent to a planet in the mouth of a stellar whale. Wouldn't it be too coincidental if 'First Born's' name was Jonah!) The Last Transmission belies the discovery of another race of beings, apparently reverent towards First Born. Then, so to The Astronaut (Finale). Will this new race benefit from First Born's knowledge of terrestrial history, will they learn from his knowledge of our mistakes. Nice thought, but if this new race are anything like us, I reserve judgement and remain doubtful, even though the overall essence of the album is generally positive. It's too neat and tidy to be believable beyond being the script of some utopian film. Nice electronics, with a complete conceptual background.

Really really nice. Kind of space trance, with a strong hint of Jean-Michel Jarre. Not normally my thing, but it is very well done. I ended up listening to the whole thing, and then favorited it. Artist's Spanish accent throws a nice twist to the space opera story. Very polished and enjoyable.

05/04/09

Bin für spacemusik immer zu haben :D Danke schön

22/03/09

Nice chilled out album, the tracks link with each other very well. All of the instruments, guitar, drums, and voice are well mixed together. "Here be dragons" is my favorite track.

16/12/08

This is definitely in the chill section of music. Overtones of Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze and a hint of Jean-Michel Jarre, this is no bad thing. Looking forward to more.

16/12/08

13/12/08

excelent production,and a lot of work has gone into this album.it seems to want to go from hard rock to into space opera.and i find the beginings and end of the tracks very good,but a type of newage is also present.
i'll see what i think later....

 

Album information

ESP
Genre electronic
Release November 10, 2008
Listens 8151 Downloads 694
Starred 65 Playlisted 28    
Reviews 18 Rating 8.3/10

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