Tycho Brahe

by Lightwave

Tycho Brahe cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Fathom
  • Country: France
  • Length: 58:59
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Hector Zazou, Serge Leroy, Jacques Der茅gnaucourt

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Named after the pioneering 16th-century astronomer, 'Tycho Brahe' is a dense exploration of space ambient and minimalist electronics. The French collective employs analog synthesizers and stark soundscapes to evoke the vast, isolating nature of the cosmos.

Genres

Descriptors: space, instrumental, avant-garde, atmospheric, dissonant, ambient, synthesizers, choral

Tracklist

  1. Uraniborg (17:09)
  2. Mapping the Sky (4:58)
  3. Cathedral (5:28)
  4. Fuga Stellarum (4:40)
  5. Virtual Mechanics (4:17)
  6. Poetics of the Sphere (4:24)
  7. The Art of Clockmakers (4:02)
  8. Tycho on the Moon (6:17)
  9. Apog茅e (4:02)
  10. Hymn for the Guild of Astronomers (3:39)

Credits

  • Christian Wittmann - musician [lightwave is], synthesizer [synthesizers], written-by
  • Christoph Harbonnier - musician [lightwave is], synthesizer [synthesizers], written-by
  • Paul Haslinger - musician [lightwave is], synthesizer [synthesizers], written-by
  • Hector Zazou - written-by, synthesizer [synthesizers]
  • Jacques Der茅gnaucourt - violin
  • Renaud Pion - clarinet [turkish clarinet]

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