The producer and composer of digital
music known as Europa's Ocean has released his latest EP record,
titled, “Ambient Vivid Dreams.” The extended-play album has been
published on the Europa Records independent music label, entirely
without the financial or managerial support of the corporate music
power structure. Bearing six original tracks for an approximate total
listening time of 36 minutes, it is closer to a full-length album
than to a traditional EP and provides a roundly comprehensive
showcase of music by Europa's Ocean for listeners not yet acquainted.
Hailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Europa's Ocean has cited as main artistic influences such popular
music groups as Secret Garden and Sigur Ros, with groups like Swans,
Grimes, Tiësto, and Seven Lions as favorites also. As might be
gathered from its title, the “Ambient Vivid Dreams” record is
largely a work of ambient music, though terms like 'chillout,'
'cinematic soundscape,' and even 'new age' also appear as tags for
the EP on the artist's official BandCamp page.
While 'ambient' is certainly an
appropriate descriptor for Europa's Ocean's new album, fans of the
genre might be surprised at its highly melodic content. A category
populated by soundscapes and sonic textures, rather than by
orchestrated chord progressions and verse-chorus structuring, ambient
does not typically offer many of the attributes contained in “Ambient
Vivid Dreams.” Among other characteristics, Europa's Ocean has
written his music with traditional instrumentation and phrases over a
background of ambient sound, making the record far more accessible to
fans of many different music styles than it otherwise might be.
“My sound is crafted with
harmonically rich synth pads and a strong piano melody,” writes the
artist in his official bio online. “My goal is to create ethereal
sonic landscapes with supernal reverb and huge stereo delay.”
With regard to the chosen name of his
music project, he writes that “Europa’s ocean is the only other
place in the universe where we are certain liquid water exists. And
the possibility of life there is significant. My music is inspired by
astronomy, theoretical physics, and of course Love of all forms.”
Europa is the sixth-closest moon of the
planet Jupiter and is thought to be composed largely of ice.
“Ambient Vivid Dreams” is preceded
by Europa's Ocean's “Ambient Ocean of Stars” EP published 1 April
2014 on his official BandCamp page.
“Ambient Vivid Dreams” by Europa's
Ocean is available online worldwide.
-S. McCauley
Lead Press Release Writer
www.MondoTunes.com
“Ambient Vivid Dreams” by
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