Architects of Existence - Three Deep Breaths - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2017 . Mick Chillage, the hardest working man in (ambient) show business, has joined forces with Eric InchtheInch Taylor to make our daily lives go down just a bit sweeter. They've coined themselves the Architects of Existence, and, yes, it's a weighty moniker, but listening to these four epic-lengths pieces of broadband drift you're happy that the dynamic duo's at least got lofty ambitions. It's pleasing to know that between them they've cooked up one helluva work of sonic fiction here. Grandiose, epoch-spanning, this is the stuff that dreams are made of. Chillage and Taylor are two of electronica's Nobel laureates, so that even the luxurious gyrating buzz of their metallic sequencers make nice on the inner ear while their synths gently weep. And hats off to the artists for wearing their analog hearts on their sleeves-the second movements' slow-twist discourse is equal parts Steve Roach and mentor Namlook, along with a hint of Mark Isham's score from The Hitcher-emotional environmental music of pearlescent luster and quiet reckoning, drawn with careful poise and an Architect's touch. Album Tracks 1. Part 1 2. Part 2 3. Part 3 4. Part 4

2018 . Massimo Vivona is one of the unsung veterans of Namlook's Fax catalog, and one of the least notorious. Most of his work in the 90s centered around the then-fashionable areas of hypnotic trance, and though ambient pieces occasionally cropped up on his Fax productions, he was known more for auguring intense beatstorms rather than becalming ambient monsoons. With this utterly captivating new long-player, Vivona's not only flipped his own model, he's upped the ante. Taking cues from the breathless arpeggiated fantasias of Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze, née the instigators of the well-defined 70s Berlin School, Vivona's mapped out his own well-articulated star maps and plotted a true interstellar pathway to the cosmos. With reams of velvety, pulsating sequencers, skeins of prog-epic Moog, and a whole host of otherworldly vintage synths taking flight like sleek, analog eagles, Vivona's managed to concoct a modern-day Teutonic masterpiece, broad in scope, limitless in outreach, kaleidoscopic and eventful in equal measure. This is the kind of aural galactica that many practice but few lift-off; it's a testament to Vivona's skills that he can so effectively marry decades of synthesizer workout with such a stark and contemporaneous feel. Beautiful, bodacious, and bold, like the grandeur of the 70s masters, this one is literally godlike. Album Tracks 1. Phase 1 2. Phase 2 3. Phase 3 4. Phase 4 5. Phase 5 6. Phase 6

Deluxe CD + DVD edition. Def Leppard celebrated the of their 'Drastic Symphonies' album by revisiting their club days and playing an intimate show in front of just under 900 die-hard fans at The Leadmill in their hometown of Sheffield, in support of the Music Venue Trust. Those lucky enough to score a ticket to one of the group's most unique shows in years, along with the global audience tuning into the livestream, were treated to a set filled with hits and rarities spanning their entire catalog from 'On Through The Night' to the band's most recent album 'Diamond Star Halos.' Album Tracks 1. Action 2. Fire It Up 3. Let It Go 4. Too Late for Love 5. Excitable 6. Mirror, Mirror (Look Into My Eyes) 7. Slang 8. Kick 9. Bringin' on the Heartbreak 10. Switch 625 11. Hysteria 12. Pour Some Sugar on Me 13. Wasted 1. Action 2. Fire It Up 3. Let It Go 4. Too Late for Love 5. Excitable 6. Mirror, Mirror (Look Into My Eyes) 7. Slang 8. Kick 9. Bringin' on the Heartbreak 10. Switch 625 11. Hysteria 12. Pour Some Sugar on Me 13. Wasted