Shimmers on a Cosmic Tightrope

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Version 0.0, The Essential Collection (2003-2009) - double CD, Transit of Venus (Radio edit single), Pyrmont4 (2011 Remastered Reissue) with bonus track, Shimmers on a Cosmic Tightrope, The Asymmetrical Collection, New Classical, Analogs in a Deep Void, and 4 more. , and , .

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1.	Augen Blau 10:08	info	buy track
2.	Space Hawker 12:40		buy track
3.	Shimmers on a Cosmic Tightrope 10:23		buy track
4.	Stellar Garden 07:28		buy track
5.	Deep Drift 31:07		buy track

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This album goes back to some of the earlier influences of x1 project including European electronica and Berlin School.

It begins with the (slightly commercial) Augen Blau, with its deeply sequenced bass and Mellotron vocals. Space Hawker and Shimmers on a Cosmic Tightrope are both old school numbers – with lashings of interwoven sequencing and rich evolving pads. Stellar Garden is a bridge to the epic (31 minute) Deep Drift in three unbroken parts. In part I (Total Vacuum) imagine sitting in a craft in deep drift where the only background sounds are the navigational jet bursts. This moves through part II (Micro-Gravity) where small changes in the craft’s gravitation introduce melodic sequencing. Then, part III (Future Glimpses) moves into a more rhythmic state offering a glimpse of our own future (or past).

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released August 9, 2009

Written and produced by: x1 project
Recorded at: the odyssey sound lab

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x1 project Melbourne, Australia

x1 project is an Australian based outfit which creates eclectic electronic music - from IDM to ambient soundscapes. Truly music for the mind's eye.

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