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Lucidium
Alternative / Gothic / Ambient

There is beauty in the darkness



Ashland, Oregon
United States

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Last Login:  4/9/2009
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Member Since7/6/2005
Band Websitewww.martinball.net
Band MembersMartin Ball (Lucidium) plays: guitar, mandolin, bass, keyboards, flutes, percussion, didjeridu, and vocals
InfluencesThe Cure -- obviously, Cocteau Twins, Tones on Tail, Peter Murphy, Joy Division, New Order, Depeche Mode, Love and Rockets, Coldplay
Sounds LikeThe Cure, Cocteau Twins
Record LabelKyandara Records
Type of LabelIndie


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   About Lucidium
There is beauty in the darkness. When we deny the darkness, we deny part of ourselves. Express it, let it out, make it beautiful. That's what these songs here are about. While I don't make too much music in this style, playing more world fusion music these days, these songs harken back to my musical roots as a disaffected and ostracized high school student growing up in rural California in the 1990s. In many ways, I credited my learning the guitar to intensely studying Robert Smith's style and technique, which is clearly reflected in these songs. The Cure and the Cocteau Twins were incredible influential for me, and I like to pay homage to these great bands by keeping this style alive and bringing out the beauty in the darkness. For songs more in keeping with my current styles, check out some of my shamanic world fusion at Orobai and Shaman's Path , and if you like, check out my fantasy novel, Orobai's Vision
Orobai's Vision -- a Postmodern Shamanic Fable for a New Ecological Age

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The Joy of Nature





Jun 18 2009 6:19 PM

The last 22 CDs of The Joy of Nature's "aGkaanta, asRti, Parasamgate" are available through The Joy of Nature's shop - http://joyofnature.221design.com/shop.htm - for 17 € + postage costs.
"aGkaanta, asRti, Parasamgate" is a limited edition of 100 originals, as each package and card inside is different. The outside package is made of wool, with a flower made out of fish flakes (local handicraft). This release is a way to present an alternative to mass production. Two of its tracks - "Um Fogo na Névoa" and "Introdução aos Bosques" can be listened to at The Joy of Nature's myspace.
Below you can see some of the packages still available
 
 
Also available at The Joy of Nature's shop and still fresh is the reissue of Post Crash High's "The apocalypse came yesterday and no one noticed" and a compilation of two projects maintained by LC from 1999 to 2004 - "aquarelle and Moving Coil at Swan Lake".
GROW ENERGIES NOT LAWNS!





Apr 22 2009 3:38 AM

This takes 2 minutes tops. So why not do it? (re...(repost)

We Can Do It Again: Repealing Today's Failed Prohibition -- TAKE ACTION!
December 2008 marked the 75th anniversary of the end of alcohol prohibition. You can help teach a lesson from history by asking your representatives to repeal today’s failed prohibition of drugs.



When America’s leaders repealed alcohol prohibition,it wasn't because they suddenly decided that liquor was safe and that everyone should drink. Rather, it was because they were tired of gangsters raking in rich illegal profits and terrorizing neighborhoods. And we simply could not afford to keep enforcing the failed prohibition during the Great Depression, our nation's worst economic crisis.



Today, America is in the grip of a new economic crisis, but we keep paying for an even more devastating prohibition, the "war on drugs.
"

If you're tired of paying for laws that only make our streets more dangerous, take one minute to let your federal and state elected officials know how you feel by adapting our pre-written letter below.


We can do it again!

TO SEND AN EMAIL TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVE PLEASE GO TO THE LINK BELOW!! IT IS PART OF LEAP, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST PROHIBITION!

http://www.WeCanDoItAgain.com

PEACE
p.s.

repost this

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GATEwhey





Apr 18 2009 8:45 PM

Hi Lucidium ... here is my new Shaman Strings video 'Beautiful Plateau.' It was recorded live at the March 29th concert in Trier Germany.

more of my Shaman Strings music is at
http://www.myspace.com/ShamanStrings ...
for our journey, Scot Aaron
GATEwhey





Apr 12 2009 4:55 PM

Hi Lucidium ... Happy Easter from Scot Aaron...
Here is my new Shaman Strings video 'holding the breath.'

if you like this new music, download songs at
http://www.myspace.com/ShamanStrings
Crystina Maez





Apr 12 2009 8:09 AM

May you always have joyfulness and assurance in your life.
GATEwhey





Mar 17 2009 10:21 PM

Hi Lucidium ... from Scot...
Gatewhey has just changed to Shaman Strings. http://www. myspace. com/ShamanStrings
Please enjoy a starting Video, "Ground." (see in HD)


I have chosen to work with in Europe with Govinda and his Sitar. Of course all music is improvised (created in the moment)... sharing this spiritual journey...
http://www. myspace. com/ShamanStrings
http://www. youtube. com/ShamanStrings

may we heal our souls and our globe, Scot Aaron
(btw i did upload a last gatewhey song, together again)
(H+) M.S.G. {New Poems Weekly}





Feb 19 2009 8:15 PM

Gemini
By (H+) M.S.G. (from the Archives)

We were being and knowing
That two were one, and we were three
In twelve sided cosmos, drifting by
I wasn’t seeing I was feeling
And wasn’t being, doing, two were one
And when I looked to it
Nothing but the corner of my eye
Then we were three, and being
Being and doing
I hadn’t known that two were one
We were that same one, and being
When I know, I feel
I see that two were one
We were three and being
Drifted through twelve sides
And we were being
Knowing that two were one
And falling there on clouds like stars
We were three and known
We were one, I don’t know
I was being, doing, but I knew
That two were one
And clouds flow down
Drifting, we know, and see
Doing, and knowing we were three
And knowing two were one
That two were one.
Debra





Dec 22 2008 10:26 PM

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Dec 18 2008 11:24 PM

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Dec 18 2008 3:35 AM

Thanks for the friendship.

Be Groovy!
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Dec 17 2008 12:19 AM

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Oct 1 2008 2:07 AM

Hey Lucidium
I enjoy the podcasts and the music. all very quality work.
Life is a cosmic voyage of epic proportions.
Woundedbear





Sep 10 2008 2:45 AM

Hello my friend.I hope all has been well with you.
Angela





Aug 19 2008 5:58 AM

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I left you a gift. Click and pick it up.

Dreamspore





Aug 18 2008 8:53 PM

Best Wishes & Deep Dreams!
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
" - Albert Einstein
GATEwhey





Aug 11 2008 6:59 PM

sharing my new Photo Art collection, just put up at http://2scot. com/


al-ways love, Scot
2scot.com scot aaron

( ; btw this is all new from scot aaron ... here for U ; )
karine





Aug 10 2008 5:42 PM


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...thanks for the add!...wish u cosmic time...love and light...ka
The Hippie Love Gods





Aug 6 2008 10:57 PM

Sending you cheers peace and love ~!~
J





Jul 15 2008 7:42 PM

Thanks for the add!
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Jun 26 2008 5:12 PM

Hello my new friend, thanks for adding me. It is very good to meet you. May life bless you with an abundance of happiness, love and peace.

Let me introduce myself properly...I am a healer, a mystic, and a writer. My goal is healing the planet. I love connecting with other light workers.

Please subscribe to my blogs, read them, post comments IN THE BLOG itself, and do forward my bulletins on to your friends.

My blogs contain:
* Practical True Wisdom - Teaching People how to Heal Themselves.
* Stories of Love and Adventure (ie. My Arranged Marriage to my Indian Wife)
* Fantastic Photographs of my World Wide Travels

Kind and Loving Regards,
Michael Skowronski
Dreamer





May 18 2008 3:22 AM

Wishing you a magical weekend...
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Apr 2 2008 2:42 AM

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Thanks for adding me!!!!!
Woundedbear





Feb 29 2008 10:01 PM

Thanks for your friendship!
Cheryl





Feb 20 2008 7:33 PM

AMERICA AMERICA “WE THE PEOPLE”

LAND OF THE FREE HOME OF THE BRAVE
OUR COUNTRY “WE” MUST SAVE
IRAQ…..A WAR OF CHOICE WHERE IS OUR VOICE
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REMEMBER “WE” WENT ON LENT
INNOCENT BLOOD SPENT
HAVE “WE” SEEN THE FEMA WRATH
LET US TOGETHER DO THE MATH
OUR REPUTATION & WEALTH DESTROYED
IMPEACHMENT………….VOID
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OUR JOBS FREE TRADED AWAY
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NOW FREE MARKETS TAKE OUR HOMES TODAY
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OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM BY CLASS & RACE
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ALL THOSE TRILLIONS BUSH JR. THREW AWAY
“TERROR” HE DOES SAY
NOW WE THE PEOPLE STILL HAVE A SAY
NETWORK THIS TRUE IMAGE…THAT’S THE WAY
IF “WE” WANT TO STAY FREE
BE PATRIOTIC ONLY TO “WE”

POWER TO THE PEACEFUL

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