Altara
Editorial Reviews
--Phil Derby, Freelance Reviewer
"Wow. That's my initial reaction to Altara, the eagerly awaited collaboration between two great ambient artists, A Produce and M Griffin. The year isn't quite done yet, but I can state without reservation that this will make my "best of" list for 1999. Slow and patient, yet exhilarating and exciting, Altara is a testament to what ambient music can and should be. Starting with "Overground," I am reminded of Steve Roach's The Magnificent Void. Like Roach's modern classic, this song strains the limits of the bass response of my speakers, even when listening on my PC. Sweet, simple drones float with the richest textures and timbres. The title track transports the listener into deep space, ambience that echoes the sci-fi feel of Griffin's work with David Tollefson on the Viridian Sun CD Perihelion. A Produce's influence is evident on "Diffusion," which includes subtle percussive elements. The first time I heard this, I was laying down exactly centered between my living roo! ! m speakers, and the effect was captivating. "Seek Nothing," originally intended as the title track, matches the moody calm of the rest of Altara, but seems slightly brighter. Though every track is essentially formless masses of sound, the shapes seem a bit more solid here, ironic considering the title. It is a perfectly placed momentary diversion, leading us to the pice de rsistance, "You Send Me the Message." Exemplified by this 36 minutes of exquisite ambience, Altara is the perfect balance between darkness and beauty."
About the Artist
ALTARA is the first collaboration between pioneering LA-based electronic trance/ambient artist A Produce, and ambient minimalist/Hypnos founder M Griffin. This is the first new full-length work by A Produce since 1996's INSCAPE AND LANDSCAPE, and Griffin's first work outside experimental ambient duo Viridian Sun since his 1997 debut SUDDEN DARK. BAND_MEMBERS: A Produce M Griffin
Album Description
An empty space that holds whatever you want.... Over eighteen months in the making, ALTARA combines qualities of the work of both Griffin and A Produce, while pushing out into territory previously unfamiliar to both. The collaboration was entirely a "virtual" one, as the artists have still never met face to face. In lieu of the more conventional in-studio collaboration, a two-way exchange was made through the mail of digital audio tapes containing atmospheres, sound effects, or even partially completed tracks. Most of these pieces bounced back and forth so many times that their origins were lost in the layering, re-editing, and re-compositing process, and neither artist can be exactly certain which elements are their own.
ALTARA is a collection of five open and spacious, slow-evolving pieces, varying between rich drones, and evocative textural loops. The final piece, the 36-minute epic "You Send Me the Message," is a deep, evolving collage of multiple layers. Together, these tracks comprise a 65 minute visit to an open, empty space of contemplation, vision and wonder.
Altara
Altara, Music, A Produce / M Griffin
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Khachaturian, Shostakovich, Addinsell: Concertos
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ASIN: B000NNUX1U
Release Date: 2007-03-13 |
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Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli: The Warsaw Recital, 1955
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Release Date: 2007-04-03 |
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Live in Warsaw-1955: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
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Release Date: 2006-10-24 |
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Brahms: Symphonies 1 & 3
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Release Date: 2006-12-26 |
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Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
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Release Date: 2007-05-08 |
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Shostakovich, Prokofiev: Cello Sonatas
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Release Date: 2007-01-02 |
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Peter & Patrik Jablonski - Two Pianos
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Release Date: 2006-09-05 |
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Late Summer Nights
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Release Date: 2007-01-02 |
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Altara
A Produce & M Griffin
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ASIN: B00003TFUS
Release Date: 2000-02-29 |
Tracks:
- Overground
- Altara
- Diffusion
- Seek Nothing
- You Send Me the Message
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Brahms, Mozart: String Quintets
Mozart , Brahms , Zukerman Chamber Players , and Marks
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Release Date: 2006-11-21 |
Music:
- Among the Ruins
- Bad Day, Pt. 1 [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]
- Bad Day, Pt. 2 [CD-single] [Import]
- Battered & Bruised
- By The Way [IMPORT] [EXTRA TRACKS]
- Corruption
- Different Jungles
- Digitalis Purpurea
- Disco & The Halfway to Discontent (+2 Bonus Tracks) [Import]
- Earth is Heaven A Meditational Journey
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music
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Borrowed Heaven [Import]
DAVID POLLOCK : O Mistris Myne
Guitar for Vivaldi
Hillbilly Fillies & Rocking Chicks [Import]
Cruisin' East L.A.: Eighteen Hits from the 60's
Grammy Nominees 2005
Get Down With the Clown
Dvorák: String Quartets
Freedom
Frame of Mind
Friendly People
Dusk Monsoon
For the Ladies V.2 [Import]
Bluespump Live At Utopia (Import)
On the Road to Nashville