Artist description ambient electronic musicians

Music Style ambient electronic soundscapes

Musical Influences John Cage, Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Steve Hillage, Bill Nelson, FSOL, Robert Rich, Steve Roach, Tangerine Dream

Similar Artists Brian Eno, Robert Rich, Steve Roach, the ambient environment

Artist History The first public expression of dreamSTATE's electronic explorations was "waveforms", an ambient soundscape installation. This ever-changing, multi-speaker creation played continuously for six months at The H5 Project, a holographic art gallery in Toronto. dreamSTATE's first CD release BETWEEN REALITIES captures a one hour section of the piece in a 'live' recording which merges waveforms' electronic textures with the urban soundscape of the street outside. Currently working in the deep end of the ambient pool, dreamSTATE have surfaced to perform their atmospherics live with small powerful mobile synthesizer systems in live appearances at the World Electronic Music Festival, Interference Orange, the Junction Arts Festival and various Toronto nightclubs.

Group Members Scott McGregor Moore and Jamie Todd

Instruments Synthesizers, Field Recordings, Treatments

Albums BETWEEN REALITIES

Press Reviews BETWEEN REALITIES consists of a one-hour slice from a soundscape installation entitled waveforms that ran continuously for eight months in 1996 and 1997 at The H5 Project holographic gallery in Toronto. Created using three MiniDisk players on shuffle and loop modes, the sounds produced by dreamSTATE for this installation were pure, deep ambience as originally defined by pioneer Brian Eno: Music that merges with the surroundings to create a different listening experience with every listen. And since it was recorded using an open microphone, sounds from the street and gallery space hum through the mix and merge with the sounds in the listener's environment, blurring the line between realities - just as the title suggests. . . . . . . . GREG CLOW - CHART MAGAZINE . . . . . . Electronic washes phase in and out in an ever-changing state of ebb and flow. Totally beatless and smooth, the lush chords swirl mistily, merging and remerging into different billowing configurations. Trickling water sounds run through several passages, as do occasional waves of rippling electro-distortion. It translates into a dreamy hour-long listen for your own environs. . . . . . . . DAVID J. OPDYKE - AMBIENTRANCE

Location Toronto, Ontario - Canada

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