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dr001 Galactica Nova E.P. (jan 2007)
dr002 Mystery Prophet E.P. (jun 2007) deleted
dr003 Extraterrestres (album) (jul 2007 - CD, oct 2007 free download)
dr005 Live Eclipse E.P. (may 2008) deleted
dr006 Wunda (album) (jun 2008)
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Umbriel Rising is the Electronica/IDM project of musician/producer m.j.brown.
m.j.brown has been actively involved in playing and recording music since the late 1980's and was profilic in various bands and 4 track recordings in the 90's in a whole range of genres from synthpop to grunge.
The recording of the album 'Extraterrestres' even occasionally draws some of those old influences, for example the prototype for 'Galactica Nova' was recorded with a Boss DR550 drum machine and a Kawai K1 synth on a Fostex 4 track recorder as far back as 1992 (the reworked version recorded in Dec 2006 is the version featured on the 'extraterrestres' album). However, most of the tracks were composed as fresh ideas using modern sequencing software and computer recording/mixing and mastering processes from August 2006 through May 2007.
Umbriel Rising is Electronica / Intelligent Dance Music with a blend of rock/funk/progressive house/techno and old skool synth music, as composed by the likes of Kraftwerk, Jean-Michel Jarre and Tangerine Dream etc. For the most part it is performed using real instrumentation played by m.j.brown, with modern sequencing software and some sampling and off the wall modern production techniques.
Why Extraterrestres? I have always had a liking for the French language and the idea of ufos and aliens and the French word 'Extraterrestres' sounds cooler and more mysterious than the English translation. I hope you enjoy the album as much as I enjoyed making it !
The new Umbriel Rising 'WUNDA' is now available for free download at Jamendo and www.distinguishedrecordings.com
Lol... your Wife gave you a slap on the back of the head for getting excitable over Alyssa Milano - lol... very funny & probly deserved! ;) No seriously... good for you Martin, all your music sounds great - I am proud to have you as one of my friends! Pete :D
Hi Martin I hope you and your family are keeping very well. Just listened to your new track "Trippy Dub Chill", Wow...its packed pull of musical suprizes, I like the change in playing styles from the busy Hi tech beginning to a more slower chill out ending, you certainly put your all into your music with great precission and envelope it into a perfect mix, it would be nice to hear this on DM, hopefully in the future :) Have a good week Martin Take care Mike
Great sound on your "Trippy Dub Chill" Martin!!! Goes great with your spacey back-drop. Got a fantastic space-chiller vibe on this particularly with all the analogs - reminds me of the the black-holes & aura-style spacey scenes from the movie Flash Gordon... but more as I remember it from a child (when it looked really cool & not like now as an adult where you spot the fake scenery!). The change in pace & tempo around the 5min mark is a great touch bringing a more tribal & exotic flavour - despite being such a contrast in scenario's it works to perfection... very well produced & thought-out piece - wonderful to hear the masterful flavour of Umbriel gracing my speaker & headphones again with new material!!! :D "Mystery Profit" is playing away now... I couldn't resist yey another listen of listens again - still my fav track of yours & KICK-ASS as EVER!!! Again... thanks for the heads-up I will try to keep-up though myself & hopefully next time I will suprise you by getting here first! Best Regards Always Pete ;)
I just want to mention two words... Mystery Prophet!!! Everytime I hear it my tongue is on the floor... that is just one MoNsTeR piece of work you put out there. :D
Really!! I'm glad that you like it! It was really a hard work, all that synths and fx's :)) it's all new stuff for me. and thanks for sending your CD's!!
Yo!!! Just checkin-in at your MySpace Martin!!! Really enjoying all your new songs at DM... the Perkie collabs... the collab with Bruce... the RadioHead song an of course your new one!!! Really must stop being such a lazy bugger an get my finger-out to finish my parts on our collab!!! C U LATER BRO... Pete ;)
Hi Martin Its good to be here, and to be welcomed by our friends from DM. What a fantastic page you've got, very fitting to your excelent music. Still playing your CD (on my mp3 player at work). Time is going even faster now I'm on myspace!!!!!! Catch you later my friend
Hi Martin, I Love your page, nice to look at while Listening to your music. We all really enjoy your CD, looking forward to the next one. Take care for now, speak soon, Ruth x
Well I'm going away for the weekend with some of the people I support at work. Then when I come back I have to sort out moving house. I've also bought a second computer (with XP) which I'm going to take to my new place and record like crazy!
