New Reviews Yasumu & Transient Broadcasts

Recent reviews of Alpha Wave Movement "Yasumu" and Within Reason "Transient Broadcasts".

Thanks go out to Matt Howarth of Sonic Curiosity and Richard Gurtler fellow sound traveler across the blue divide!

Please note that both releases are available on Bandcamp and I-Tunes in both digital and physical cd formats. Yasumu is almost out of print and Transient Broadcasts is a limited edition specialty packaged cd in a beautiful tin case. Please check the links on the side bar for direct purchases!

ALPHA WAVE MOVEMENT Eolian Reflections (Digital Download on HRR)

This release from 2012 features 60 minutes of ethereal electronic music.

Alpha Wave Movement is Gregory Kyryluk.

Dreamy electronics conjure relaxing passages of melodic delicacy.

The electronics are soft and smooth, delineating supple harmonic vapors of extremely atmospheric character. Textural vistas flow with aerial consistency, puissant despite their delicate structure. These cloudlike passages possess a subtle authority that seeps past the ears and delves deep into the psyche.

Keyboards are often employed to embellish the ethereal auralscapes with melodic substance, elaborating the flow with tender enhancements. These peaceful chords convey a lighthearted sense of euphoria.

A degree of percussion is present, but the tempos are always understated to the point of being almost subliminal, contributing gentle rhythms to this generally fluid tuneage. In a few instances, the percussion adopts a xylophonic quality, offering crisp but noble beats tinged with a melodic nature.

These compositions are designed to sedate while influencing the listener on a subconscious level, establishing connections between the mind and a realm of arid introspection. A distinctly desert mood is evoked by the music, transporting the audience to wastelands of grandeur in which expansive emotions are free to dwell without interference from civilized interference. This music's arid quality is suitably matched by an alluring celestial temperament.

WITHIN REASON Subtle Shift (Digital Download HRR & CD Anodize)

This release from 2012 features 67 minutes of dark ambient music.

Within Reason is Gregory Kyryluk.

Somber tonalities evoke a realm of inner contemplation.

While some of the electronics tend toward conventional resonance, the overall sound here is haunting and dark. Dense (but remote) texturals establish a murky backdrop that seethes with somber potency. Tones are often created and then elongated into infinite atmospherics whose shimmering pulsations are so tenuous that their evolutions are often too subtle to discern.

Keyboards are employed to provide auxiliary layers, generally pursuing a somber temperament. Lithe and lean, these riffs ripple with a fluid definition that excellently fits with the moody pastiche. An inventive palette is utilized in these synthetic chords, lending an otherworldliness to the sonic melodies.

While devoid of actual percussion, tempos are generated by the application of non-impact electronics which suitably emphasize the dreamy electronic flow. Chittery sounds provide an additional rhythmic presence in some pieces.

These compositions exemplify an eerie mood full of ambient drama. While primarily harmonic in nature, these songs possess a subtle melodic undercurrent that elevates them from conventional drone music. One can almost describe this music as "gray" electronics, for its demeanor is quite different from normal ambience, yet its darkness is not dedicated to any ominous intent. This tuneage stimulates the psyche from a deep, primordial vantage, and coaxes the listener into a state of edgy introspection. The result is surprisingly refreshing.

Reviewed by Matt Howarth, Sonic Curiosity

Alpha Wave Movement "Yasumu" CDr

Gregory Kyryluk, the mastermind behind Alpha Wave Movement and Within Reason projects, returns again to prove his enormous composing talent, but this time he leaves shimmering Berlin school vintage, desert ambient infused terrains or hypnotic cyber escapades and ventures into soothingly contemplative atmospheric splendors. Released at the beginning of February, 2013 on his own Harmonic Resonance Recordings. Moving back to 2012, the previous year has brought to us two absolute masterworks by this synth wizard, "Subtle Shift", a cyber-tech groovy milestone by Within Reason and "Eolian Reflections", a primal desertscaping jewel by Alpha Wave Movement. So as usual, my expectations are again very high... Healing sound of tibetan bowls announce "Pentatonic Peace" merged with bell resonations, fragile tinkles and heartwarming washes. Later oriental strings scent this utterly tranquil journey, along with sparse primeval fragments, and it gently shifts and expands into captivatingly inviting and immense sonic magnitudes. This is a truly beautiful intro, precisely setting the atmosphere. Gregory Kyryluk arrives again in top-grade form!!! Relaxing nature sounds open "Awaken" together with peacefully circling and drifting loops and paint a deeply reflective essence. With over 13 minutes the longest composition. Heavenly tinkles harmoniously interweave with spaciously angelic soundscapes and distant soft beats. Ethereal auralscape at its most serene and gorgeous, enveloping the listener in a hauntingly delicate atmosphere of recovering long buried memories!!! Certainly, this is another magnum opus by Alpha Wave Movement!!! And by the way, it slightly evokes everlastingly splendid nostalgia of "The River Of Appearance" groundbreaker... "Tranquility Temple" is the next piece, which sounds exactly as it is titled. Keeping its exotic touch from the opening track, it calmly meanders through intensely evocative and peaceful panoramas, exquisitely augmented by warmly glimmering images and embracing sadness of bowed strings. The closing composition, "Hindutonic Waves", unfolds with monotonous drifts, subtle tinkles and mesmerizing distant ingredients. Velvety tribal drumming joins the scene too in ear-catching synergy with tranquilly intangible atmospheric currents. Balmily soothing inner realms are unlocked!!! "Yasumu" is a masterfully crafted collection of deep sonic meditations with magnificently absorbing aural harmony, lucidity and stillness!!! Another stellar recording by Gregory Kyryluk and your everyday's panacea!!!

Reviewed by, Richard Gürtler (May 12, 2013, Bratislava, Slovakia)

WITHIN REASON * TRANSIENT BROADCASTS*

The latest Within Reason cd " Transient Broadcasts" has just been released on the Anodize label a subsidiary of the Periphery (NJ,USA) label.

This release albeit electronic and ambient in nature departs the listener into a slightly darker realms and is more of an experiment of texture and rhythmic juxtapositions.

Within Reason is a new electronic venture and a side project of Alpha Wave Movement in a more dub-techno oriented landscape. The first release "Subtle Shift" is available for download.

Anodize has done an impeccable job in packaging the cd in a geometrically appealing square metal tin to compliment the release.

You can purchase the cd direct from Anodize here

Experimedia a online music store is also carrying Within Reason

Digital Downloads here

Album Details:

Within Reason, aka longtime aural mystifier Gregory Kyryluk, forges a bond between 70s Euro space fantasias, the skanking digital substreams of Basic Channel, and contemporary slo-mo rhythmic auteurs such as Bvdub, Vladislav Delay, and Wolfgang Voigt’s Gas project. Within Reason’s prior Periphery release, "Subtle Shift", found Kyryluk transcending historical genre constraints in the service of fomenting something other than a twist on accepted modes. "Transient Broadcasts" codifies his previous recording’s sultry velvet groove and logically progresses forward, auguring a headspace of sumptuous dynamics amidst its rippling digital environs.

"Transient Broadcasts" embraces a variety of mood-states and tonal dualities but it’s Kyryluk’s skillful arrangements that rearrange conceivably ‘familiar’ tropes into a chilly otherness, as rubbery beats sink into foggy embankments and pulsations ebb in thickening concentric circles. Most current practitioners of what is nominally known as dubtech or ambient techno or any other pat genre shorthand are content with the tried-and-truisms of reverb and delay; Kyryluk‘s fascination with sound processing reflects an omnivorous interest in electronica’s last 40 years of experimentative zeal.

Seizing a myriad of influences (Eno, early era Tangerine Dream, 90s post-techno beat culture, fourth-world semiotics) to navigate the opaque membranes separating analog church from digital state. Kyryluk’s not obsessed with reinventing the wheel but remains well aware of how its characteristics can be effectively modified. "Transient Broadcasts" speaks for itself, deftly illustrating how indeed everything old can be new again.

YASUMU

The new full length Alpha Wave Movement release is now available

Entitled "Yasumu" the recordings consists of a quiet quartet of musical compositions that ebb and flow like an evening breeze thru the Bonsai garden. Music that ripples, envelopes but never stirs to long in a percussive continuum.

Yasumu is a Japanese term, which translated means to rest, to suspend or to relax.

The latest Alpha Wave Movement recording is a contemplative electronic trek that traverses onto that path of tranquility. Music designated for relaxation, meditation or the inward journey of self-realization.

Streams of gentle synthesized sound are entwined with reflections of distant Tibetan bells, wind chimes and string instruments. Echoes of the orient are speckled throughout and used to accentuate a remote eastern aesthetic.

A aural excursion of a quiescent nature.

Cd and digital downloads can be purchased at the Harmonic Resonance Recordings Bandcamp site.


Just in Beyond Silence 2013 remaster.

Beyond Silence my 2005 release which draws upon the traditional e.m. aesthetics of Jean Michel Jarre and William Orbit has now been remastered.

This is a limited edition cd and it comes in a standard jewel case complete with artwork.

The digital download from the Bandcamp site represents the 2013 remastered version.

Alpha Wave Movement - Boston Radio Live Interview Saturday January 12, 2013

Tomorrow Saturday January 12, 2013 from 6-8pm EST I will be guest on Boston's Unregular Radio show "Citywide Blackout" hosted by Max Bowen.

The show will feature music from my recording project Alpha Wave Movement as well as the ambient/dub music I compose as Within Reason. Listeners are always encouraged to call in and ask questions.

Please visit the links (see below) to the shows website where you can stream the show live. There are also free apps for your smart phone to stream the show live.

www.unregularradio.com

citywide blackout show

Review Eolian Reflections & New 2013 Releases

Happy New Year 2013 to Everyone!

2013 will bring many new releases that have been in tonal transit during the 2011-2012 timeline.

A new Within Reason (my ambient/dub side project) cd is in the works and to be released in the coming month on the enigmatic Periphery label. There is also talks on the possibility of a Subtle Shift *debut* re-release for those who wanted the physical release but where unable to obtain copies. This has not been finalized and news will be forthcoming.

There will be a new Alpha Wave Movement release titled "Yasumu" which is Japanese for relaxing or letting go. The music was designed for deep meditation and relaxation and perfect for listening after a long stressful day in the concrete jungle!

A new review for Eolian Reflections by Richard Gurtler. Thanks Richard!

The master of tranquilly illuminating soundscapes, Gregory Kyryluk acting as Alpha Wave Movement, returns again through Darren Bergstein's Periphery label. His first appearance on this label was with his Within Reason project and I must say that "Subtle Shift" was a real masterwork in cyber-tech electronica, in my ears still one of the best 2012 albums. "Eolian Reflections", released at the beginning of September 2012, return to quieter terrains with slowly expanding and panoramic ambience. As usual for this crafted composer, based in Dover, Massachusetts, he delivers highly sophisticated and elegant soundsculpting filled with emotional depth and warm leisure, masterfully evoking barren landscapes. Beautifully entitled "Canyon Reverie" unfolds graciously with serenely floating drifts, showcasing all AWM's trademarks, where sublime and dreamy washes are hauntingly fused with semi-melodic tapestries and crystalline bell tinkles, all together painting a 13-minute long scenery of sheer wonder, majesty and immensity, just like the deep canyons with monumental plateaus, a truly breathtaking spectacles I must say!!! Both, fragile and massive tribal percussions flavor tranquil expanses of "Cliff Dwellers Dominion", with hints of Native American flute ingredients, plus few aboriginal didge snores and barks are ingeniously thrown here and there. Lushly galvanizing and mysteriously absorbing soundscape displaying filigree artistry of its designer, musically superior and deep!!! An immediate Ambient Hall Of Fame candidate!!! "Dune Reflections" are rather minimal, more meditative, enriched occasionally with harmonious sonic outbursts, cavernous rumbles and organic swirls. This composition offers utterly pleasurable and evocative listening experience to mesmerize and sedate each listener. "Full Moon At Window Arch" is another gorgeously entitled composition, precisely portraying the full beauty of nocturnal life of natural wonders like Utah's Window Arches. Again enriched with warmly inviting melodic fragments and ethereal soars, accompanied by captivating tribal pulses and blanketed by warm and lazy desert nightscapes with chirping birds and cicadas. Primordial journey at its most placid!!! "Natural Geometry" unfolds with deep and distant drones, but soon mid-tempo melodies with celestial infusions invade the stage creating the most textured composition on this journey. In the second half some catchy Southwestern-resonant strings join this stunningly adventurous and intriguing tune, painting pictures surrounded by heat and sand, and recalling sceneries of abandoned places of ghost towns. Awesome!!! "The Crossroads Of Time And Silence", the final, 10 and half minutes long piece is carried by sublimely ebbing and flowing dronescapes, always strongly immersing and again cleverly flavored with few more intense bonds, evoking a raw landscape of spectacular beauty and immense power. A perfect way to close!!! Carefully executed "Eolian Reflections" album is another proof of giant talent and potential of Gregory Kyryluk.

New Release Exiled Particles Volume I - Archive 1997-2005

Exiled Particles Volume I Archive 1997-2000 has just been released and available at the Harmonic Resonance Bandcamp page here. You can also order direct from this site via the Purchase CD's page.

This is a compilation of Alpha Wave Movement compositions from 1997-2005 that never witnessed the light of day until now.

Drawn on the well of uptempo trance style electronica the music merely shadows the genre's energy and intensity. These compositions were never meant to entirely mimic the trance style of music but instead focus on its dynamics along with a touch of atmosphere and melodic structures not dissimilar to the music I regularly compose today. Also included are two new ambient tracks from the archives.

CD's will be made available via the Bandcamp site this week. Digital downloads are available immediately along with audio samples of the entire release.

There are some extra copies of my back catalog available direct from the Purchase CD's page.

Titles available: 

Terra, Bislama, Transcendence, Cosmology, The Regions Between, Drifted Into Deeper Lands and Thought Guild Continuum. 


Enjoy!

Harmonic Resonance Bandcamp Site Full WAV Album Downloads

My latest release Eolian Reflections has sold very well and is now out of print. You will still be able to get it at I-Tunes and Bandcamp (full WAV format).

There are a few copies still available for purchase at Steve Roach's website

I have just setup a new Bandcamp webpage offering my entire back catalog of Alpha Wave Movement, Thought Guild, Open Canvas and Ephemeral Highways releases for download. Cosmology will also be available shortly.

The Bandcamp page will offers WAV files, MP3 and other various formats for download. WAV files offer cd quality audio without any degradation of fidelity unlike the mp3's you get from I-Tunes.

All releases are $7 per download and separate tracks are also available.