| January 2019 | December 2018 | |
| Moonlight Suite Relaxing Inspiration |
Archives PortaSound 1981 Space Trance Ambient |
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In 1983 Ariel moved from Paris to Hamburg to live with his sweetheart. He bought a 4 track ¼” tape recorder and composed Moonlight as a suite of vignettes illustrating Shamballa, the land of silence and bliss. Nightingale Records (his publisher at that time) needed a new age version called Rainbow, so Ariel added birds to the mix when they published a cassette (Ariel was not satisfied with the sound quality though). Then he left for Hawaii, raised a son and did not remix and remaster until… 2018. This time (almost) no birds. Available only as Download. |
During the 80’s Ariel travelled as music director for Margot Anand Tantra workshops and also played live with his portable setup : Modified Yamaha Portasound PS-20 keyboard, Wasp synthesiser, 4 track cassette recorder/mixer, microphone and effects. Available only as Download. |
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Live in Concert Europe 2018 |
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Ariel made a long 108 min album from it... |
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| March 2018 | February 2018 | |
| Osmose III Ambient Songs of the Forest |
AndroGene 2018 Adding apps to the mix! |
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40 years after his cult classic album OSMOSE, Ariel Kalma presents OSMOSE III created with field recordings of birds surrounding him nowadays. Peppered with space saxophones and flutes, velvet harmonic voices, dreaming didgeridoo, dynamic groove loops, those birds songs illustrate how nature and people could interact with respect. Available only as Download. |
Recorded in the beginning of 2018 with my 'normal' setup, plus a Volca Keys synthesizer, an old Casio CZ-101, and several Android apps on phones and a tablet!! I was just practicing to muster all these, but after a warm up, Music Machines synchronised by themselves! Available only as Download. |
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7 Albums + Documentary + VideosUSB Flash Drive + Digital Album |
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French Archives 1977 - 80 (4-LP box)
...... French Archives 1977 – 1980, the lavish four LP box set, now emerging in the hands of Black Sweat, draws from previously unreleased recordings from one of Ariel Kalma’s most creatively rich periods. Divided under four headings – Sarasvati Planet Ariel, Planet Air, Ascend Descend and Astral Cathedral, the represented body of work was conceived as autonomous works, sculpting distinct sonic environments, as well as for applications within group therapy sessions for healing, trance and relaxation.
When viewed as a single body emerging from the shadows of time, these lost recordings offer a remarkable revelation into the diversity of Kalma’s practice. With their ambiences, extended tones, and repetitive rippling melodies, most of the composer’s previously know work has offered easy connections to the efforts of the New Age Movement and to Minimalists like Terry Riley, La Monte Young, and Jon Hassell.
The works contained within French Archives 1977 – 1980, display an even more diverse range – all so engrossing and of such a remarkable quality, that it’s an unquestionable sin that they have remained unheard for so long.
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| December 2017 | November 2017 | |
| Eternalia Harmonic Music Forever |
Rue de la Gaite 70s Morocco-Indian-Jazz |
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A musical saga of human Evolution, and search for the rhythms of Life. Mix a synthesiser with harmonium, crystal and Tibetan bowls, mini saxophone, vocals and effects. Add inner space, a dash of mystery and you’lll have a cosmic ode to eternity on which to hum along for a drug free ecstatic insight. |
This album was recorded at Rue de la Gaite, between 1976-1979 in Paris where Ariel lived. At that time, Brahim el Belkani from Marrakesh camped in his living room/recording studio and often played music Morrocan G’nawa style mixed with Indian style and jazzy improvisations. Loy Ehrlich and other visiting musicians, who Ariel met while traveling, recorded several sessions together. |
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| October 2017 | ||
| Sarasvati Planet Ariel Musique Planante |
Astral Cathedral Cosmo Spiritual |
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During the Mid-70s, Ariel recorded lots of ‘Musiques Planantes’ (Space Music). Ariel also participated to the development of Human Potential giving him inspiration but no desire to commercialise. Now in his 70s, Ariel wants to share his explored cosmic collection born out of nowhere… Available only as Download. |
Inspirations from St John the Divine cathedral in New York where I 'secretly' stayed in the basement during summer 1976, accompanied by a rescued dove with a broken wing. I lived in the Earth Society's large room and could only go out at night … so I learned to play the grand harmonium, or practiced circular breathing on soprano saxophone under the crypt (large echo!!). Available only as Download. |
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| October 2017 | June 2017 | |
| 1985 Kula Blackhole From Outer To Inner Space ... |
Confidential Intimate Sax Off The Record |
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During 1985, living high up on the Haleakala mountain on Maui, I got very inspired by the island vibes, the night skies, and that special silence... I recorded this piece with a simple portable setup: Available only as Download. |
Ambient music to relax in good company, far from the hurried world to create an atmosphere of quietude with longing saxophones, Available only as Download. |
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| Never Mind Introspective Changes Perspective |
Dream Stars Voyage into the Dreamtime |
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Change is the only constant, so this is ‘Music to Change Point of View’... a gathering of tracks connecting elsewhere... Several tracks from Ariel’s 70’s archives on analog tapes. Several more recent tracks. Ariel Kalma: all instruments, cover art, remastering (with the technical knowledge of Kamal Engel @ Art of Audio, Byron Bay). Background photo of space courtesy of NASA Spitzer telescope. Available only as Download. |
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Live recording (analog tapes) from 1977 at the Paris Planetarium. Remastered 2016. Ariel Kalma: all instruments, cover art, remastering with the technical knowledge of Kamal Engel @ Art of Audio, Byron Bay. Background photo of space courtesy of NASA Spitzer telescope. Available only as Download. |
| Releases 2016: | ||
| Rainbow Remix Relaxing Sounds, Medley Colors |
Ascend Descend Space Music |
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Ariel tuned the stereo effect of an electric piano to induce relaxation by tricking the two brain hemispheres into ‘thinking’ there are two distinct signals (the delay between both sides) so the mind can let go… That’s what some Tibetan monks call “keeping the monkey mind busy”. Available only as Download. |
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Around 1982 Ariel had a portable recording system to travel with as he was part of therapeutic groups in whichhe created environments for self-development. Indeed, they were inspirations to create sounds carrying healing, trance, relaxation, journey… Available only as Download. |
| Au Mage Manege Immersive 1976 ElectroHarmonics |
1978 Delirium GRM Avant-garde electronica acoustic free jazz |
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Ariel: “as a kid I could never get enough turns on the merry-go-rounds of Paris: I remember the slow start, then turning faster and faster until the world spined as my head did… so I composed a ‘turning’ musical progression which could be played at various speed”. Recorded 1976 while practicing to play at the Paris Planetarium and working on LP Osmose. CD: US $12 + shipping - Order here: |
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As an assistant at the GRM department in the INA group during 77-79, Ariel sometimes had access to their recording studios to experiment with. Here are some of his delirious results. Just digitalised from ¼” analog tapes and remastered. Available only as Download. |
| Planet Air 1978 Church Grand Harmonium |
Space Shift Relaxation Out There |
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Playing this air harmonium seems like flying a spaceship, thus the name… This is the full version of the ‘Planet Air’ on Osmose album. Available only as Download. |
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Relaxing ambient drone music for a harmonic space. Available only as Download. |
| Interfrequence Moving tracks for an imaginary movie |
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Musique Pour le Reve et l'Amour Timeless Ambient Space Music |
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Originally conceived for film and TV in 1980, theses pieces grew in popularity as time passed... maybe because of their rare appearances? Remastered in 2015, Interfrequence has now a new life. May those pieces inspire The Dreaming. CD: US $12 + shipping - Order here: |
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Electronic sounds can be tuned to create harmonic sounds. Echoes finely tuned create multi-layered rhythms. During the late 1970s in Paris, several young composers experimented mixing instruments with electronics, synthesisers, analog loops, and effects. Ariel Kalma combined Oriental tuning and his interest in high frequencies as brain cleanser, to create his version of space music - the kind you can take off with. CD: US $12 + shipping - Order here: |
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| Meditation in the Forest Music and Birds in Harmony |
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Reallusions Ambient acid slow fire burning |
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Birds and nature sounds are the ambient inspiration for this album, accompanied by modal keyboards, synth, flutes, saxophones and voices. Ariel composed with the forest's melodies and rhythms like in his 1978 cult album Osmose. Another breath of fresh air to relax, go inside and connect with all existence. CD: US $12 + shipping - Order here: |
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Hallucinations are perceptions with no real counterpart. What is real? An instance of a misinterpreted perception? A deceptive appearance or impression? A false idea or belief? This music wishes to open the door behind the mirror of illusions. You might see Alice, a white rabbit, a flying pig, a pink elephant... are you dreaming? CD: US $12 + shipping - Order here: |
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