Curtis Humphrey
I feel like theres so much I *could* say about this music that in the context of creating a little snippet, I’m at a loss for words. Excellent, thank you!
Life Sidereal is a journey to a world in orbit around a distant star. In the course of such a voyage, feelings of profound isolation and vulnerability are balanced with feelings of absolute awe and cosmic-scale reciprocity. Of course, the caravan is very comfortable, and everything possible has been done to make this temporary habitat accommodating - it really feels like a little slice of Earth, wandering off on its own, complete with every 24th century convenience and every balanced, functioning ecosystem one could hope for - but those on board are well aware that it will be many years before they see another sunset. All those glistening city lights and beacons scattered amongst the Saturnian moons are well worth seeing as one passes them, but soon they will seem more remote than they do from Earth. In the enormous gulf of darkness between the stars, the mysteries of the universe unfold, unveiled, all around the traveler, and millions of jewel-like points of light shine in every direction throughout the very cradle of all creation, but due to the relativistic effects of moving at very high speeds, one must (at least temporarily) lose all meaningful contact with everyone they’ve ever known outside the caravan.
The Sun may recede to become a mere pinpoint of light if one were to travel far enough, and though it may sound illogical, even in the act of creating such a vast gulf between oneself and one’s source, the observer who looks upon their home star system from the outside may find themselves confronted by unprecedented surges of self-recognition - whether or not they feel compelled to return. However large the distance our worldlines may ever trace across space and time, they remain inextricably connected by a continuous thread to their point of origin.
Life Sidereal also represents Erothyme’s journey, under the aegis of Bluetech, into the world of analogue & modular synthesis, and the effort to integrate these explorations with the more (personally) familiar worlds of digital music production, field-recording based sound design, and conventional instrumentation. This album was recorded and produced between 2020 and 2023, a time during which living and working in a room full of blinking machines felt a bit like interstellar travel to many of us. Numerous stars were gazed upon during the production of this album. Only a few were visited.
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released March 15, 2024
Stay tuned for vinyl...
2024, Behind The Sky Music
Music by Bobby West (Erothyme)
Mastered by Shawn Hatfield (Audible Oddities)
Cover art by Evan Bartholomew (Bluetech)
The Erothyme sound is a majestic blend of overblown hyperbole and meaningless adjectives that actually have nothing to do
with music. His tracks land in your ear like a dolphin gracefully diving into the surface of the ocean after doing a triple backflip in front of the setting sun. Some people think that Erothyme doesn't be like he is, but he do....more
Beyond excited to support this album on a vinyl release! Dersu the Trapper has always been my favorite Bluetech track, and makes me feel a way no other piece of music does! Max Klein
Wonderful literary references and music brimming with harmonic detail combine to create a true other worldly experience. The whole album is great but I also like to just put Gethen on repeat, let go and watch my mind drift away into the heavens... hippiesheriff
Delicate, beautiful songs from Italy’s Ruslan Perezhilo with gauzy, mysterious synths and melodies that are soothing and hypnotic. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 2, 2020
