playlist artwork#12 this weekSelected Works I

by Ran Kirlian

Tracks

1 2:55 2126 listens
2 9:24 1526 listens
3 6:15 1007 listens
4 3:50 707 listens
5 4:32 604 listens
6 6:34 559 listens
7 7:27 499 listens
8 1:42 429 listens
9 6:39 410 listens
10 6:50 353 listens
11 5:02 295 listens
12 6:50 308 listens
13 5:19 270 listens

About this album

  • Updated: 04/12/2008

Brief collection of Ran Kirlian music thru the years from 2000 to 2007. This first part collects mostly tribal-ambient side, including 2 previously unreleased tracks (Densho Barshi Huo 2, a demo from 2004 and Virical Storm from 2001) and a rare live version of Fade Out movement 5.

All tracks composed, performed, arranged and produced by Ran Kirlian at The Blue_Room between 2000 and 2007.

Sound sources includes synthesizers, samplers, voices, groove percussion, bells and treated found sounds.

More info at Ran Kirlian website

The tracks of this album are published under a Creative Commons licence, check the licence associated to each track.

Reviews for "Selected Works I"

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Odisea123

Espectacular

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Odisea123 • 2009-09-03 18:06:37

Trabajo en radio y publicidad.Llevaba años buscando este tipo de música que al igual que una joya valiosa resulta de muy difícil localización. Cada uno de los trabajos de este artista va más allá de lo que puedes encontrar en el mercado, pues en este último el producto es caro y generalmente malo. Las creaciones de Kirlian resultan ideales para pensar, para relajarte e incluso para aquellas personas que buscan en la meditación un contacto con energías espirituales o el yoga como una forma de vida; pero para mi lo verdaderamente grande es que con cada documental o programa de historia, ciencia o misterio que realizo, el resultado es verdaderamente sorprendente. Ojalá Ran Kirlian no cambie jamás de estilo y nos sorprenda en muchas otras ocasiones con esos mundos por descubrir. Yo seguriré llevando a los oyentes a lugares desconocidos a través de las ondas y con esta maravillosa música. Gracias por acordarte de la radio, del universo y la astronomía, de las antiguas civilizaciones, de los misterios de la vida y de tantas cosas más. Con tu música ya tengo hecho la mitad del trabajo. Gracias por publicar tu trabajo y admitir donaciones, al menos se pueden probar las cosas antes de comprarlas, iré contribuyendo económicamente al adquirir cada uno de tus trabajos porque son herramientas con las que los creativos debemos contar. Gracias Genio. Gracias Ran
RebelRaiser

Du très grand !

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RebelRaiser • 2011-11-06 14:06:30

Je ne connaissais pas cet artiste et, pour moi, voilà une superbe découverte. En l'écoutant, j'ai failli tomber de ma chaise ! :-D De la musique qui oscille entre l'atmosphérique et le drone, mais d'une très grande force.C'est puissant, profond, très émotionnel aussi. Les rythmes, très discrets, qui scandent chaque morceau, quelquefois tribaux, rajoutent encore à la grandeur, l’hypnotisme et la fascination. Malgré la relative longueur, pas une faiblesse, pas un instant mort, pas un soupçon d'ennui. Ce qui m'invite, tout naturellement à écouter les autres albums. Grands mercis à Chris( Necris69), mon ami, de m'avoir recommandé cet artiste. Une très, très belle découverte !
Ivan1984

Sup from the cup...

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Ivan1984 • 2009-05-29 19:10:48

Suria flows well, from an ancient wellspring. Nice sense of movement, subtle and effective. Sanctus, suitably prayerful. Again, still very minimalistic, with nice gentle control of the soundscaping. The rhythmic element, almost pagan in its simplicity. Has a pre-Zoroastrian feel to it for sure. Pandemonium does actually get quite lively, and is the mildest interpretation I have ever heard of havoc. Gentle anarchy, interesting concept. Densho Barshi Huo 2 sounds like it is the soundtrack of some Japanese animation series. Nicely constructed, but then most Japanese things are. Like a moth fluttering around a flame, Indocalia, cuts out the strong rhythm of the previous track and relies on a subtle movement. Like being deep in a thick forest, without the sound of humans. Nice space. Beyond the Void. Again another interesting conceptual perspective. A track about the unknowable, opens a host of opportunities to interpretation. As would be expected, it is very minimalistic, how else could it be? There is some elemental structuring, though it is like a review that is too large to fit on the page, again, as would be expected. With Samadhi, if only listening to this would be as cleansing as the state of consciousness that it refers to, the world could be such a better, well-balanced place. Sadly, it isn't, for the most part. Maybe they should play this to soldiers instead of Wagner? The track, Summoning Spell, seems to hold fast on the theme, and is the kind of melodiousness I would expect to hear in the mountains of Tibet. Cave of Forgotten Fires again retains that magic mountain element, of purification be it by fire or the clean, fresh air of alpine Austria. Either way it works as effectively. It just costs less money if you are a Buddhist monk. Other Place, like Beyond the Void, opens a vista of wondrous, possible illuminations. Similarly, how can one know the other place if you are in the one you are in. Even looking at the top of a distant mountain, you still know the other place from the place you are in. Perspectival propaganda plays poignantly with the mind, but only if you want. Otherwise, you can put your hooves up and just relax, chewing your cud. Happy with that view. For an album that spans seven years of development, nothing much seems to have changed. That's fine if you are happy to stick with your style, consistency is often a good pointer to accomplishment. Sometimes it can work against you though, but only if you get it wrong in the first place. I personally find the only drawback is that I don't play with states of consciousness any longer, simply because I don't really have the time and space. You might say that you are master of your destiny enough to make that happen, that's fine, but as I get older I find I want to get on with other things rather than spend three hours trying to attain Godhead. My head is enough for the most part!-) Fade Out (Live) I have to admit, pretty much did that. I didn't notice any change in pitch or tone or effect, it just continued and faded. And, likewise, the sound is generally becoming a bit jaded. Having said that, it's ambient drone for sure and that can be interesting and inspiring, or it can be someone nodding off at the controls. Virical Storm disproves my theory, and as I had hoped picks up the gauntlet and throws it at me as I wonder what 'virical' refers to. Is it a type of wind? Like a scirocco or something like that. Maybe something conjured up with the summoning spell in a cave of forgotten fires? Curious and quite a reasonable track. Then we end up with the famous Monkey Cups, quite popular with this style of musician. Overall, not bad.
Juncomp

Impresionante

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Juncomp • 2010-09-03 01:15:44

gran sonido para una música muy sugerente que no abandona del todo la melodía, algo que ya parece perdido en Roach, me trae recuerdos de algunos viejos discos de Richard Pinhas...ah, muy interesante celiar structures, ya soy un asiduo.
marac

Really good ambient electronica

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marac • 2011-02-15 11:50:11

This is a really good ambient electronica album. The artist managed to achieve the rare result. While it is a very orthodox recording (by which I mean it is almost devoid of a rhythm), it never gets dull. The artist knows perfectly how to keep a listener's attention focused. One just sits in excitement waiting for the sounds that are going to be revealed before him "around the corner". The only drawback is that one can notice the tracks come from a wide period of time. E.g., volume levels are different, which can be easily noticed between tracks 07 & 08. In such calm and meditative music this is especially unpleasant. Of course, it does not spoil the fun and I can highly recommend this album to any fan of intelligent electronic music.
KraftiM

Grounded in Heaven

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KraftiM • 2008-12-04 18:06:04

Great welcome to this artist in the cc-community. Great atmospheric tracks, very deep, and superb rhythms. This is a nice collector to get familiar with his roachy sounds, but adding a clear freshness too. I also like his drony style in som tracks, a chance to fill in your own rhyth. Superb stuff....
BloodBuster

Very Good album

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BloodBuster • 2011-05-04 14:07:46

I really enjoyed this. It starts off with a fine understated ambience and half way through the album begins to develop a more ritual/tribal sound. Another bonus is that you expect the tracks to be separate but it is in fact one continuous track. 9/10
naire

no comment...

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naire • 2009-04-18 23:37:33

y'en a plus d'un qui aimerait arriver à la cheville de cette musique.Comment? La musique n'a pas de chevilles?et alors?j'ai pas de cervelle et y'a rien d'incongru! sans dec,c'est du drone de luxe,parole de dronezien!
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