On his album MEDITATIONEN (71'03"), Spyra embraces the
essential concepts of Spacemusic to create lengthy realizations
which possess a transportative quality. Listening to this music,
one feels as though they are moving, traveling outward into the
cosmos. But the only actual movement we are experiencing is
inward, deeper into dreams, memory and images from the
psyche. This sensation is accomplished through the use of
texture as the primary compositional element. MEDITATIONEN
contains three tracks with "Mentalized" (28'12") opening the
album. This sprawling piece references the more classic and
beloved works of Klaus Schulze. The gradual arc of the piece
begins with street sounds intermingling with comforting breaths
of synthesizer tones. The sound fills out, thickened by additional
layers of cosmic electronic pads and slowly shifting harmony.
"Composure" (28'14") begins with the serious sound of
reverberant piano notes. This brief section turns out to be just a
prelude to a truly fascinating journey into dark and rolling timbral
metamorphosis. The album concludes with "Future of the Past
II" (14"40"), a reworking of Spyra's cosmic/chillout hybrid of
syncopated sequencer patterns and intelligent percussion
accents. Although, due to its focused energy, this track stands
apart from the other two pieces on the album, it is in this work that we
hear Spyra's unique contribution to the genre; bringing the ideas
of classic 1970's spacemusic into the present tense.

Tune in this weekend to STAR'S END for music from
MEDITATIONEN, the new album by Spyra

For more on MEDITATIONEN, access: http://www.manikin.de

For more on Spyra, access: http://www.derspyra.de

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