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Kevin Braheny Fortune
Kevin Braheny Fortune (born Kevin Braheny, 1952) is an American musician. He composes and performs quiet ambient music, often more melodic than other music of this kind. Biography Kevin Braheny was on the early design team of Serge Modular, a company building modular synthesizers. He was also the chief engineer at Sound Transform Systems headed by Rex Probe. In 1977, he built his highly customized Mighty Serge, a 15-panel system that he would use on his own albums. He also built a system for Craig Huxley that he then sold to Michael Stearns. He taught Stearns how to play and customize it. Michael Stearns would later become famous for albums performed on this Serge, such as ''Planetary Unfolding'' (1981) and the soundtrack of ''Chronos'' (1984). Kevin Braheny also built prototype electronic wind instruments ( EWI) for Nyle Steiner. He also performed with his Steiner EWI on such albums as ''Western Spaces''. The EWI wind controllers are extremely versatile and expressive instrum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambient Music
Ambient music is a genre of music that emphasizes tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm. It may lack net composition, beat, or structured melody.The Ambient Century by Mark Prendergast, Bloomsbury, London, 2003. It uses textural layers of sound that can reward both passive and active listening and encourage a sense of calm or contemplation. The genre is said to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual",Prendergast, M. ''The Ambient Century''. 2001. Bloomsbury, USA or "unobtrusive" quality. Nature soundscapes may be included, and the sounds of acoustic instruments such as the piano, strings and flute may be emulated through a synthesizer. The genre originated in the 1960s and 1970s, when new musical instruments were being introduced to a wider market, such as the synthesizer. It was presaged by Erik Satie's furniture music and styles such as musique concrète, minimal music, and German electronic music, but was prominently named and popularized by British mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lullaby For The Hearts Of Space
''Lullaby for the Hearts of Space'' (1980) is an album by the American ambient musician Kevin Braheny. Both pieces on the album were performed live using the Mighty Serge modular analog synthesizer and were spontaneous, improvised compositions. The first track, "Lullaby for the Hearts of Space", was originally recorded for a Hearts of Space radio special at KPFA-FM in March, 1980. The second track, "After I Said Goodnight," took inspiration from Emilie Conrad-Da'Oud's work ''Continuum'' and was created live during one of her classes. Unlike Braheny's other albums, ''Lullaby for the Hearts of Space'' was not released on compact disc until 2017, reportedly because Braheny was not fond of the results. Braheny asked Hearts of Space to not release additional copies after the existing copies had sold out and the request was granted. As a result, the album has been difficult to find. The recording was remastered by Braheny Fortune, and it was released on CD and digital formats on Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New-age Musicians
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21st-century American Composers
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American Male Composers
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Living People
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1952 Births
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Desert Solitaire (album)
''Desert Solitaire'' is a collaborative album by American ambient musicians Steve Roach, Kevin Braheny, and Michael Stearns. This album was conceived as a follow-up to Roach and Braheny's 1987 collaboration ''Western Spaces''. The title of the album is named after the eponymous book by U.S. author Edward Abbey, who died the same year and to whom the album is dedicated. Track listing # "Flatlands" (Roach) (4:49) # "Labyrinth" (Sterns) (6:56) # "Specter" (Roach) (9:34) # "The Canyon's Embrace" (Roach, Stearns) (3:35) # "Cloud of Promise" (Roach, Stearns) (6:38) # "Knowledge & Dust" (Braheny) (3:23) # "Shiprock" (Stearns) (4:00) # "Highnoon" (Roach, Stearns) (10:30) # "Empty Time" (Braheny) (5:51) # "From the Heart of Darkness" (Stearns) (3:50) # "Desert Solitaire" (Roach, Braheny) (6:06) Personnel * Steve Roach ( Oberheim OB8, DMX, Matrix 12, Xpander, Emax, Arp 2600, Korg M-1, Kawai K-5, ocarina, Taos Drum) *Kevin Braheny (The Mighty Serge, Prophet VS, Prophet 2002, soprano sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Burmer
Richard Steven Burmer (September 19, 1955 – September 9, 2006) was an American composer, engineer, sound designer, musician and ethnomusicologist. His work with electronic music combined with musical styles and instruments from around the world formed his own unique and distinct sound. Early life Richard was born September 19, 1955, in Owosso, Michigan, the son of Henry Stanley Burmer and Theresa (Suchozenka) Burmer. As a youth growing up in Michigan, he was introduced to the music of India, the Middle East, contemporary orchestral composers, and electronic music. He found a wide palette of musical textures with synthesizers, and the original sampler, the Mellotron. Influences also came from The Moody Blues, King Crimson, and Pink Floyd. He graduated from Corunna High School in Michigan. Career After spending time in college studying music theory and composition, Richard moved to Los Angeles where he became a sound designer for E-mu Systems in Santa Cruz and engineer/synth pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Roach (musician)
Steve Roach (born February 16, 1955) is an American composer and performer of ambient and electronic music, whose recordings are informed by his impressions of environment, perception, flow and space. His work has been influential in the trance and new-age genres. Roach has received two Grammy Award nominations for New Age Album of the Year: His 2017 album ''Spiral Revelation'' for the 60th Annual Grammy Awards., and 2018's ''Molecules Of Motion'' for the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. Roach's work has also been listed on "1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die." Overview Originally a Motocross racer, at the age of 20 Roach taught himself to play the synthesizer after being inspired by such influential synthesizer artists and groups as Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, and Vangelis. His debut album ''Now'' appeared in 1982, followed by '' Structures from Silence'' in 1984. In 1986 he released his acclaimed ''Quiet Music'' series. In 1988, he released what has been described by cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hearts Of Space Records
Hearts of Space Records is a record label owned by Valley Entertainment. The label represents several sublabels, including Hearts of Space, Hearts O'Space, Fathom, RGB, and World Class. History Hearts of Space Records was founded in 1984 as an outlet for music from the weekly radio show ''Hearts of Space ''Hearts of Space'' is an American weekly syndicated public radio show featuring music of a contemplative nature"When you listen to space and ambient music you are connecting with a tradition of contemplative sound experience whose roots are an ...''. The label has released mainly contemplative music, but also features ambient, new-age, electronic, world, Celtic, classical, and experimental recordings. Discography References External links *Hearts of Space Records on Valley Entertainment.com' {{Authority control Companies based in San Francisco Music of the San Francisco Bay Area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Spaces
''Western Spaces'' is a collaborative album by the American ambient musicians Steve Roach and Kevin Braheny. This album is the first of Steve Roach’s many musical tributes to the Southwestern Desert. On several tracks Kevin Braheny uses his trademark sound created by playing a cello preset on his Steiner EWI (Electronic Woodwind Instrument). This album was originally released on the Innovative Communications label by Chameleon Records as a Steve Roach/Kevin Braheny/Richard Burmer album and was released later the same year on the Fortuna label as a Steve Roach/Kevin Braheny album, with Burmer's solo contributions (“A Story from the Rain” and “Across the View”) replaced by two pieces from Roach. The liner notes contain a poem by Roach's wife Linda Kohanov from which many of the song titles and perhaps the album title were derived. Track listings Innovative Communications (Chameleon Records) #”The Breathing Stone” (Roach) (6:46) #”Desert Walkabout” (Braheny) (7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
