''Sentient Genus'' (2010) is the third music
album
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by
Australis.
History
''Sentient Genus'' was produced and recorded in
Utah
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, United States, and was released by Australis through the label Essential Noises on November 30, 2010.
The album took almost one and a half years to produce. It comprises twelve original music tracks.
Overview
Like its predecessors, ''Sentient Genus'' compiles a wide variety of musical styles throughout its twelve tracks, including
electronic music
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,
symphonic
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,
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 u ...
,
world music, and
ethnic music.
For the production of the album's last track, "Little Blue Planet", Australis collaborated with Sofia Luna, who performed two short vocal speeches.
Following the signature already observed in his previous two releases, ''Sentient Genus'' presents an eclectic collection of several music genres, creating an always changing experience as the listener is taken from one acoustic context to another completely different when a track ends and another beings.
According to Australis, ''Sentient Genus'' explores the human species from several different angles, presenting us with a window to our emotions, our intentions and our nature.
Track listing
# "Fatum fugit" - 5:45
# "Passage" - 5:08
# "Vanishing point" - 4:58
# "Smile of a woman" - 5:41
# "Somewhen" - 6:07
# "Outposts of certainty" - 6:12
# "Man must explore" - 5:21
# "Sentient" - 4:29
# "Windborne touch" - 5:42
# "Human nature" - 8:05
# "The lunatic - part one" - 4:25
# "Little blue planet" - 5:47
Personnel
*
Australis (Oscar Aguayo) - composer,
record producer
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* Sofia Luna - collaborator, vocalist in "Little blue planet"
References
Australis' Official site
External links
Australis' Official site - includes audible samples from this albumEssential Noises record label
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Australis (musical project) albums
2010 albums