Adronus’ style of music can be classified in the Ambient and Electronic genres. With the combination of these two genres, a sort of soundtrack style of music has evolved. Within this created genre, sound is more important than notes. A repetitive, lulling effect is to be found within each song, and one must listen to each song in it’s entirety in order to gain the full effect of it.
There are several parts, or in classical terms, movements, to any given ambient piece. The good stuff isn’t always in the obvious places, as subtlety is the art behind the Ambient genre.
History
Early 20th century French composer Erik Satie created an early form of ambient music that he referred to as “furniture music” (Musique d’ameublement), in reference to something that could be played during a dinner whose sound would simply create an atmosphere for that activity rather than be the specific focus of attention.
Brian Eno is generally credited with coining the term “ambient music” in the mid-1970s to refer to music that, as he stated, can be either “actively listened to with attention or as easily ignored, depending on the choice of the listener”, and that exists on the “cusp between melody and texture.” Eno, who describes himself as a “non-musician”, termed his experiments in sound as “treatments” rather than as traditional performances. Eno used the word “ambient” to describe music that creates an atmosphere that puts the listener into a different state of mind; having chosen the word based on the Latin term “ambire”, “to surround”.
“Ambient Music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting.” – Brian Eno, 1978
Before You Hit the Ground was released on March 1, 2009 and has gotten a great deal of positive feedback so far. If you want to purchase it or even to make a comment and rate the album on iTunes, click the button below.
While you’re there, check out my other two albums as well. BYHTG is the most polished of all of them, as I am still mastering the art of recording and producing Ambient music in my home; but the others are very good (though I may be a little biased, since I am the artist).
Once album sales reach a certain dollar amount, I will use that money to put out another album, which is already in the process of being created.
The new album ‘Before You Hit the Ground’ is set to be released on March 1, 2009. As the previous albums, this album has an ambient feel to it; and with six tracks that cover an hour an fifteen minutes of listening time, it is perfect to listen to while doing just about anything. The tracks are as follows:
1. Compost (25:08)
2. Sin Dhas (4:20)
3. Detox (6:18)
4. Before You Hit the Ground (11:17)
5. Vac Oden (14:00)
6. Fear and Trembling (14:01)
‘Destroia’ was Ambient with Drone influences. ‘Defait’ was mostly Alt-Electronic. ‘Before You Hit the Ground’ is a mixture of the two, leaning more toward the direction of Ambience. It focuses heavily on orchestral patterns, slow time changes, and layered environment backgrounds.
So, mark it on your calendar and pick up ‘Before You Hit the Ground’ on iTunes on March 1st! You’ll be glad you did!
I am setting an official release date for the new album “Before You Hit the Ground”. I still have some final editing and leveling on a few of the tracks, but I am scheduling the album to be released on March 1, 2009. This will give me until January 15th to finalize everything and make sure that it is pristine and marketable. If I’m still not happy with it by 1/15, I will move the date forward.
As it stands right now, though, the album will be released through Pisteo Records on March 1, 2009. I’ve made some changes to the order and name of a few of the songs.
