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| Vir Unis | Allogenes (FLAC) | ||||
  Track Listing Allogenes Excerpt1 Allogenes Excerpt2 Allogenes Excerpt3
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AtmoWorks is proud to announce the release of Allogenes by Vir Unis. Available now for download at the store!
"Allogenes is a continuation of my previous Vir Unis album, Book of Mutations. Allogenes is the second book in this trilogy and is one long form piece clocking in at 19 minutes and 36 seconds.... ....On a personal level, this music is about overcoming fear and finding the strength inside each of us. Rather than trying to define that experience for you, I invite each of you to find it yourself and enjoy the journey." - Vir Unis 
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| Vir Unis | Allogenes (MP3) | ||||
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AtmoWorks is proud to announce the release of Allogenes by Vir Unis. Available now for download at the store!
"Allogenes is a continuation of my previous Vir Unis album, Book of Mutations. Allogenes is the second book in this trilogy and is one long form piece clocking in at 19 minutes and 36 seconds.... ....On a personal level, this music is about overcoming fear and finding the strength inside each of us. Rather than trying to define that experience for you, I invite each of you to find it yourself and enjoy the journey." - Vir Unis
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| Vir Unis | Book of Mutations (MP3 Download) | ||||
 Track Listing Aleph A Link To Forever Metatron's Cube Crossing the Photon Sphere Somewhere Along The Polar Axis The Ascension Process Magnetic Anomaly The Sun In a Moment 100,000 Years Where Does Memory Go? All Eyes On The Timestar
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Combining and mixing a fresh blend of fractal groove textures and subtle rhythmic architecture steeped in glowing atmospherics, Book of Mutations, utilizes an array of acoustic and electronic percussion, drum machine, computer and synthesizer from work that's been continually evolving since Vir Unis, collaborative work with Steve Roach, Saul Stokes, James Johnson, Ma Ja Le, and three solo albums. Continuing in the spirit of the man/machine symbiotic relationship, Book of Mutations weaves a landscape of organic-electro hybrid grooves, steady-state streams, and deep spaces, always mutating and evolving, crossfading and fractalizing, to create a myriad of new forms....
In addition to the audio disc will be a companion cd-rom containing many high quality images of digital paintings and designs by Vir Unis drawn from the past 5 years while working and listening to the flow of the music. DOWNLOAD VERSION NOW AVAILABLE, SPECIAL EXTRA ARTWORK INCLUDED....
"Book of Mutations comes with a “bonus” cd-rom full of computer art that you can set up to watch as a slideshow while listening to the music. The combination is very compelling to this reviewer and strongly indicates the direction that
“tribal-ambient” electronic music should take.
Unis, who has recorded with Steve Roach, James Johnson, and many others, expresses a style on this recording that sounds a bit like a cross between the “composed” sounding works of Robert Rich ( e.g. 7 Veils) and the soundworlds of Roach. Anyone who enjoys these artists should get this recording, which I enjoyed very much. This is exploratory music, not dreamy ambient. Inner states are being explored in all their glorious ambiguity.
Unis contributes plenty of his own style to create a very enjoyable listening experience. Most of the pieces are short, and feature some very good-sounding “tribal percussion”, some of which may be samples and some of which may be
“played”. Unis mananges to make the percussion sound completely natural, as though there is a phalanx of human percussionists in the room with him.
“Aleph” begins with stately and mysterious opening chords played on an orchestral sounding synth. It sounds like a prelude to the recording, at least until the percussion enters. Then the characteristic tribal percussion procession begins, played over a series of drones. The pieces warps into ‘Metatron’s Cube”, which begins with compelling synth effects and a very spacey drone . The mood portrayed is one of anticipation. As the drones begin to modulate, “Crossing the Photon Sphere”, a striking piece, begins what sounds like a “mystic chord” sequence which repeats throughout the song. This is combined with extremely fitful and busy percussion to nice effect. Although static, this piece was one of the more impressive ones. “Somewhere Along The Polar Axis” features treated percussion, sonic effects and fluty-sounding pads.
“The Ascension Process” changes the pace at just the right time by going to Unis’ trademarked “fractal grooves”
(a groove contained within a percussion loop as far as I understand it) and his distorted guitar ( or distorted guitar synth sound) . The atmosphere is preserved but the pace intensifies over the next several pieces until “Where Does Memory Go”, which presents a new variation on the descending-second chord progression heard in much ambient music. This piece sounds more thematic than impressionistic and manages to sound beautiful and mournful at the same time. Unis uses a clear electric guitar and one that is distorted at the same time for some nice expression. Another standout track. The recording closes as it started in “All Eyes on the Timestar’ with distant drones and percussion.
The exploratory nature of this release, the variety with which it is presented, and the demonstration of how effective this music is when combined with other media all make this one of the most compelling “Tribal Ambient” releases of last year. More, please." Mark Morton, Ambient Visions
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| Vir Unis | PulseWorld (MP3 Download) | ||||
 Track Listing A Link to Forever Book of Mutations Good Morning Blowfish Pulse n Atmo Monomorphic Mercury & Plastic Metaman Transition I/O w/The Elf Machine Neurotropic Blood Machine w/Steve Roach Approaching The Portal (live) Live at Gathering 23 Infinity Walk Perimeter w/James Johnson
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PulseWorld is a 2 CD Vir Unis collection with a focus on his more rythmic work. From the fractal groove collaborations with Steve Roach, James Johnson, and Saul Stokes to the pulse of Pulse n Atmo and the electro tribal beats of Mercury & Plastic, Symbology, and Book of Mutations, PulseWorld contains a unique and widely varied collection of music from these previous releases and others, spanning the last 8 years. For the listeners new to Vir Unis, this is a great introduction. Also included in this set is two previously unreleased tracks from a side project called Subatomic God with MJ Dawn.
ON SALE THIS SUMMER! TWO CDS
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| Vir Unis | Stand Still Like The Hummingbird (CDR, MP3 Download) | |||||||
 Track Listing Sons of Thunder A Calling Through The Wind A Deepening Shift Since Feeling Is First The Moon And Tomorrow In The Shade Sat Quietly Stand Still Like The Hummingbird
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Stand Still Like The Hummingbird is the latest offering from AtmoWorks artist Vir Unis. In ways it is aligned with earlier work that Vir Unis did with Steve Roach or Saul Stokes and solo work like Mercury and Plastic as well as Book of Mutations. There are deep and ultraviolet colored aural landscapes to explore while geometrical images of rhythms and electro-acoustical hybrid grooves forge new paths. While incorporating built upon techniques, this is an evolutionary step forward from Body Electric and Blood Machine, displaying a technical skill in percussion, machine programming, and refining 'in the studio' techniques to build a more elegant future.
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