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ADHARA CD-R Auricle AMACDR 010 DL deleted duration:
71'28" compilation 1.
Advent / Departure / Mothership / Hyperspace /
Advent /
Created
by Alto Stratus (as Adhara) at Dark Star Studio (1983-1984). Alan & Steve Freeman: Yamaha CS5, Casio keys,
Moog Rogue. notes... The concept behind Adhara was to tell a science fiction
story in music. We were encouraged to do this by friends who would say
"this would make a great film soundtrack", and naturally with our
passion for space movies we attempted to do a grand trilogy. "Golden
Dream" told the simple tale of a rocket launch, a link with a mothership
in orbit, the perils of hyperspace and meteorite storms, eventually arriving
at their destination - a space station. "Infinity And Beyond" sees
a number of shuttle investigations to different planets, encounters with
aliens, and after a mighty space-battle they flee off into hyperspace without
setting the controls. "Visions Of Alucia" finds the ship dropping
out of hyperspace in a new uncharted galaxy, in which they have more
adventures, eventually finding the planet Alucia - their new home. But,
something strange lurks on their "Terra Incognito". Well, that's
the rough gist of the story, and much of it is still preserved in the
condensed 71 minute collection. Core influences in this music included the soundtrack work
of John Carpenter and Tangerine Dream, although the chief factor was to be
able to tell the story with sound. Not being that au-fait with playing
keyboards at that time meant that some of the melodic themes were a bit
clumsily handled, and some of the descriptive sound fabrics were over-long.
Naturally, such pieces are not included here. As the most primitive of the
three releases "Golden Dream" is heard condensed in a segued
montage form, whilst large portions of the sequels are heard intact.
Listening to these tapes now, I can see that the Adhara project was very much
an inspiration for my solo synthesizer work as Xylem. You may also notice
that some of the material on "Visions Of Alucia" relates to Alto
Stratus' "Tachyon" also recorded in September 1984. As the pre-masters of these recordings no longer exist,
this has all been dubbed and remixed from the cassette copy masters. Any
slight drop-out is down to the age of the tapes, and I've attempted to
eliminate the hiss and enhance the recordings giving them a wider dynamic range
with added effects and reverb. This means that these recordings now have a
quality and clarity unheard on the original cassette releases. Alan Freeman (17 June 2001) Versions... |
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