Gulan: Electronica, Ambient, Space music, Meditation, New Age music
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"Space Projections"
Space Projections, the latest album by Gulan, has exceeded the expectations of all diehard Gulan fans. This in itself is a great achievement, for there are many who consider Cassiopeia, his earlier album, as the ultimate ambient music phenomenon. The earlier albums – Antigravitation and Sphere, in addition to Cassiopeia – convinced a large number of music enthusiasts about his unique ability to create space music by blending various musical genres. If anybody doubted his ability till date, Space Projections would erase such doubts. This 55-minute album comprising of nine tracks is his best work so far.
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"PROLOGUE"
Gulan is an intriguing composer who creates a wide range of music styles. With either electronica music, melodious, instrumental, new age, ambient, Gulan certainly captivates his listeners. His tracks are truly unique and beautiful, very rich and delightful, very enigmatic.
In general, Gulan's album could be regarded to almost all of the above-mentioned musical trends and it mostly fits film music genre...
Gulan's album named "Prologue" contains interesting creative ideas, beautiful and bright melodious combinations, which can arouse new and pleasing emotions.
Electronic and instrumental music lovers will like this album cause its songs have both action and softness, exaltation and calmness, romance and melody, perfect harmony of synthetic and acoustic sounds...and much more. You will find bright and strongly pronounced ideas in this release.This music will make interesting atmosphere and various range of moods and emotions...
There are 11 songs, half of which are made in classic electronica style and the other half - instrumental and melodious music.
Lately Gulans's music has been airplayed by 400 radio stations all over the world and got a great number of good references.
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"SPIRIT of the SOUND"
Ambient meditation relaxation healing background music. Album "spirit of the sound" with gulan's combination of ambient, healing and meditative music is a journey to the depth of your consciousness.
First 4 songs of the album are referred to ambient and meditative music and especially suit those who do spiritual practice and meditation.
These 4 tracks are 4 stages of entering meditative state and staying in it:
1. concentration - track "Transcendentia".
2. relaxation, immersion, dissolution in your inner space - "Spirit of the Sound"
3. purification, disengaging of your inner light, realization - "Awakening"
4. completion, coming out of meditation and keeping harmony - "Altai 2"
The music has no pointed peaks or overfalls, it is tranquil, monotonous and helps smooth and soft entering into deep layers of consciousness...It is recomended to listen to this music in a relaxed and passive condition - sitting or lying...
Next 2 bonus tracks "Cassiopeia 4" and "Cassiopeia 5" - space music... beautiful and rich sounds.
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"CASSIOPEIA"
Beautiful spherical and cosmic sounds full of enigmatic music constructions give to a listener a chance to touch the mystery and infinity of the Universe.
This album consists of songs both with dynamic sounding and with mellow ambient effects. These songs will send you to a distant and unforgettable space journey where you will relax, dissolve and sink into delight and pleasure. But no worry, you will be surely back on Earth keeping warm memories and experience. Just put the music on, close your eyes and happy journey!
Review:
Gulan is the pseudonym of Andrei Gulaikin, an ambient/space musician hailing from Latvia. 'Cassiopeia' is an album filled with 71 minutes of very interesting electronic space music. It is nicely kicked-off by the title track, split in three parts. Some grand velvet textures merge with some twinkling sequencing while some light solo's float on top. This rather active part is counter pointed by the free form soundscapes of the second part, which float on in gentle ways. Next comes the lofty excursions of two-fold 'The Infinite' before we arrive at the excellent 'Return Home'. This piece has a beautiful fairytale-kindred flavour with nice expanding textures. This highlight is followed by the same titled second chapter, another strong, drifting piece featuring melancholic undercurrents, entering heavenly spheres. 'Delerium' is again a sequenced, more active track, after which the cd ends with a remix-version of the title-track.
'Cassiopeia' is rather stunning release, so ambient/space fans out there: make sure you don't miss this one!
© Bert Strolenberg
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"ANTIGRAVITATION"
Ambient Meditation Relaxation Background Healing music. Gulan devoted much time to practical experience of meditation as well as for creating the background music for those activities. Such music is also called ambient,relaxation or meditation music, the task of which according to Gulan is to help to relax the mind and to plunge into the depths of consciousness. Gulan's music easily performs this task and help people to reach meditative condition-those ambient songs, so abstract and atmospheric, help the mind and body to be relaxed, simply-to be.
© Andris Kalnins
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"ELECTRONIC SYMPHONY"
Electronica, New age, Instrumental, Space electronica, Film music.
...The first piece of music composed by Gulan in 1993 was named Airway. Some more beautiful songs followed already in the same year, Electronic symphony, Sunrise, Electronic etude among them.Interesting combinations of synthetic and acoustic sounds and effects, unusual constructions of musical phrases and melodies give to his music its originality and mysteriousness.
© Andris Kalnins
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Sphere
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Another release by Gulan whos work is inspired by the music of Klause Schulze, Michael Stearns, Robert Rich, Tangerine Dream. Nothing wrong with that I here you ask and as It happens I like them as well.
The tracks range from ambient electronica to more of a Berlin-school feel. His compositions are full of nice sounds and phrases creating cosmic associations. Interesting combinations of synthetic and acoustic sounds and effects, unusual constructions of musical phrases give to his music its originality and mysteriousness.
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“I am not usually into “meditation” music, and frankly bought Sphere because I liked the sound clips that I heard. But, after listening to the CD front to back, I was amazed at the journey that this music takes you through. Unlike other ambient music that sounds like “repetitive sheet music”, this album comes off like a work of art with great ingenuity.
Beautiful passages with slight variations that sweep your mind into the journey that is Gulan.
The first two tracks start with much motion and activity, the long third track Altai changes the mood with placid tonal passages, then tracks 4-6 bring you back into a flurry of mind trips. The last track, Synthetic-x is a fitting poignant ending. I just hope that there is a sequel to this album – I will certainly buy it!”
© Elton Daermon
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Since a while I’m familiar with the nice ambient space music by Gulan, aka Andrei Gulaikin, who seems to compile albums from various tracks of the same name.
"Sphere", which comes with great cover art, starts in the same manner as his album "Cassiopeia": warm, drifting textures of the title track embrace the listener with tranquil, ethereal sonics.
The 11-minute "Airway-2" is more active, as the textures have a stronger symphonic and deepening sound and are accompanied by nice sequencing.
Next comes "Altai", the longest track on the album, an almost 18-minute tranquil, slow meandering floater, nicely followed by the expanding, planetarium soundscapes of "Cosmophonia".
"Airway-4" and returns to the more active, sequenced style. The only minor point on the album is the freeform "Abstracto", which sounded a bit rough to my ears.
All in all, "Sphere" is a well produced and composed cosmic journey which lots of ambient/space fans will surely embrace.
Nicely done, Andrei!
© Bert Strolenberg
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