Lyra Sound Constellation

by Michael Stearns

Lyra Sound Constellation cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Continuum Montage
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:45
  • Community rating: 3.56/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Stearns heavily employs the Serge modular synthesizer to generate an immense, deeply immersive sonic environment designed to emulate celestial phenomena. The lengthy ambient drones drift into distinctly ominous and suspenseful territory, expanding the boundaries of traditional new age music.

Genres

Descriptors: scary, instrumental, atmospheric, space, ambient, minimal, long-form, repetitive, synthesizers, droning, choral

Tracklist

  1. Arrival (7:19)
  2. Subterranean Ambiance (4:29)
  3. Intervals And Echoes (5:19)
  4. Rivers Of Rhythm (4:20)
  5. Sanctuary (3:37)
  6. Invocation (3:08)
  7. The Dragon's Dream World (6:56)
  8. Return (11:37)

Credits

  • Michael Stearns - primary artist, strings [george landry's lyra], synthesizer [serge modular]
  • Georgianne Cowan - chorus, strings [george landry's lyra]
  • Sandy Gekler - chorus, strings [george landry's lyra]
  • George Landry - strings [george landry's lyra]
  • Jean Krois - strings [george landry's lyra]
  • Kristine Shelton - strings [george landry's lyra]
  • Susan Harper - strings [george landry's lyra]

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