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Andrey Klimkovsky is a Russian composer working in the electronic music space. Musical images he created — «Music of Celestial Spheres», «Starry Sky», «ALEALA» and «DreamOcean» have become classics of the genre, gaining fame both in Russia and abroad. The musician regularly gives spectacular live concerts and collaborates with many other representatives of the Russian electronic scene, leads a popular community about synthesizers and workstations, participates in astronomical expeditions and practices a healthy lifestyle.

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Showing posts with label album. Show all posts
Showing posts with label album. Show all posts

Saturday, September 21, 2024

«possibilityField» track from HEAVEN II new album «past — music — future»

I would be deceiving you if I said that harmonious and carefree spiritual experience is possible on planet Earth. It would be untrue. Such a thing has never happened here. And perhaps never will. This training ground was created specifically for extreme lessons. It is, of course, a wonderful planet. But for us it has a special meaning — it is within its boundaries and energies that Souls are given the opportunity for such adventures that are impossible anywhere else in the Universe. Although, perhaps, for some, they already seem like too much in the first days.

But everything is known in comparison. Even in earthly realities there are more intense and calmer, balanced phases, when Souls can simply soar in a balanced flow of events, and forget for a while about the force majeure so characteristic of the beginning of the 21st century.

Passions are still raging now. But when this period passes, and the constructive-creative episode is established, it seems that we will plunge into the beneficial flow of the renewed energies of our planet and the good energies of the New Humanity for quite a long time.

The previous type of People who reach the change of eras — the Cross of Planning and the Cross of the Sleeping Phoenix — will be able to enjoy a calm (but by no means relaxed) life for at least another century, and be surprised at how comfortable the Earth can be when it is not provoked by the destructive emotions of the inhabitants of the biosphere.

Emotions will be over — the representatives of the Turquoise Humanity will probably seem boring to us. But the dynamics of their life — balanced and conscious — will open up an amazing field of possibilities on Earth, which were previously unavailable here — at least to the previous inhabitants of the planet.

These times will not be completely simple for us either. They will be unusual, but very interesting. And I sincerely wish that all listeners of this music could reach them.

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«turquoiseGeneration» track from HEAVEN II new album «past — music — future»

Everything new into this World is brought by new people. And new people are children. Society believes that children come empty-handed, that they need to be taught everything, brought to reason, instilled with all the baggage of values and limiting beliefs that have been developed here since cave times… and only after that will the already considerably matured children be able to live in this world, becoming at some point a part of it.

In many ways, this is true. In order for angels to be able to crawl, their wings need to be clipped, because the sight of a flying person frightens the flightless.

But in the process of comprehending the wisdom of life, children lose the most valuable thing with which they come here. At best, only a small share of their light remains with them — they grow dim and become like adults. And that is why progress here is so slow, and the discrepancy with the universal plan of renewal brings crises and catastrophes.

But something is changing. And in recent years, more and more especially bright souls have been coming to Earth, who, despite their youthful appearance, are surprisingly wise, kind and adaptive. They are called by different names: Indigo Children, Rave Children, Turquoise Humanity. And this is the new blood of Earth civilization, these are people who will not need decades to comprehend the routine procedures of marking time. They have enough energy to reject the obsolete and begin to live in a different paradigm. Surprisingly, this will become possible after our society survives another crisis, after which it will become clear that the old formats of relations between people at all levels are no longer acceptable.

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«silentRuins» track from HEAVEN II new album «past - music - future»

We sometimes admire the ruins left on the planet by our predecessors. And how can we not admire the traces of those brave and courageous creatures who went through their evolutionary path with fewer clues and rules — they paved the way for us, making our future route clearer and simpler.

Someday somebody will say the same about us. I hope with respect and gratitude. Looking at the ruins of our once vibrant World, our descendants will admire our achievements and believe that our mistakes were not in vain. And next to the dilapidated evidence of our spaceports, high-rise buildings with former offices, data centers, hotel apartments, on the ashes of shopping centers and military bases, the construction of a new world of new creatures will begin, replacing us.

I would like to believe that their World will last longer and will be happier than our civilization. After all, it was for them that we walked the path on this universal testing ground, of course, for the most part without thinking about the meaning of everything that fell to our lot.

This is the 5th track from my new album “past — music — future”. The link to the album page, where you can buy and download it, is below:

Thursday, July 25, 2024

Album «past — music — future» • Project «HEAVEN» • Composer Andrey Klimkovsky

Album «past — music — future» • Project «HEAVEN» • Composer Andrey Klimkovsky

Let's talk about new music and new albums - the first of which is in this post

My name and surname are not on the cover. The album is part of the chain of releases of the project "HEAVEN", although until yesterday there was only one link in that chain - the album "sad & soli music", recorded in 2003. I wanted to do something earlier that would continue the undertaking that appeared during the period of my going through some life troubles - I did not understand then that these are periods of the strongest transformations, and unusual times are accompanied by unusual music. But, perhaps, the subsequent times were not about that.

In all the time that has passed since then, I have recorded a couple of tracks - supposedly for the "HEAVEN" project. They are now attached to the first album as bonuses, and in fact have little to do with this story (only in that they were recorded on Korg TRITON series instruments, which were relevant at the time).

Something changed in the summer of 2022. On June 11th, some force made me turn on my already quite old Korg TRITON Extreme - a music workstation from the 2000s (on which the continuation of this project was once conceived, and the first album was recorded on a similar instrument) - and I start creating.

The work moved very intensively. The first 4 pieces were recorded in a few days. True, it was the 4th that became the first stumbling block (I was not fully prepared to create it, and later I reworked it several times, and this energy of throwing is still present in the music, but, as I now understand, it is needed there). Then there was a pause of 10 days - I switched to something else, but soon returned to the album I had started.

After that, the creative process was steady but measured - one piece per week or two. It seemed like the light at the end of the tunnel was already visible - in September I recorded the key track of the album - the eighth, and sketched out the structure, harmonic grid and melody of the ninth. 85% of the work is done - I'm at the finish line...

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

My new albums («HEAVEN» project) — «past - music - future» and «singularitime»

New albums by composer Andrey Klimkovsky and his project «HEAVEN» — «past - music - future» and «singularitime»

Friends, today two albums were released at once - both continue the project "HEAVEN" that I started back in 2003 (almost an eternity ago), the music of which was so unusual for me that, as you can see, it took me a long time to mature enough to continue and develop the themes raised in it.

In a nutshell, this is music about our probable future. And the future awaits us is absolutely amazing. And, as far as I managed to embody this (from what I overheard in borderline states), the music largely corresponds to that series of unexpected discoveries that are already rushing towards us from the abyss of the Ocean of Time.

Thursday, February 1, 2024

Μουσική των Ουράνιων Σφαιρών — μέρος 1 — από το σούρουπο ως την αυγή

Μουσική των Ουράνιων Σφαιρών — μέρος 1 — από το σούρουπο ως την αυγή

Friends, some of you know, and for some this will be news, but such a phenomenon as “Music of the Spheres” or “Music of the Celestial Spheres” came to us from ancient Greece (as well as many other things). Cosmos is a Greek word, and it means — neither more nor less — "Order". Music and Harmony are also Greek concepts. The desire of Greek philosophers to understand the structure of the World in which we live combined Music and the order of movement of the heavenly bodies in such a way that each planet or star had its own specific tonality or note, and the sound of these notes created Harmony. These were absolutely no joke researches — relying on them, the smartest people of that era found for themselves and other people the meaning of our lives (what do we live for?) and the rules, following which you can live your life happily, without suffering, because the laws of harmony are the same in Heaven and on Earth. It’s just that for now there is less Harmony on Earth, and more disharmony — disorderly, incoherent, out of step with the sound of each of us. But the Music of the Spheres can change this — at least, Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle and many other thinkers of ancient Greece thought so. Just as a tuner compares the sound of a string and the tuning fork by which he tunes it, so people had to compare their deeds and actions with how harmonious they are with what the Cosmos sounds around us.

More than two thousand years have passed since then, but these ideas are still relevant. And a person finds happiness only when he is in harmonious resonance with the World around him. Well, if for some reason this resonance is suddenly upset, the Music of the Spheres still helps to return it.

When I recorded my first music album (in 1997) I didn't know any of this. But I intuitively searched for harmony and resonance of sound with the vibrations of the World, with the barely audible singing of the stars. When the record was ready, I finally thought about what to call it. At some point, a hint seemed to flash in my mind — “Call it “Music of the Celestial Spheres”.” And I gave it exactly that name, although at the time I had no real idea what I was dealing with.

Over the years, I then found amazing examples of other musicians and scientists going through a similar path. Johannes Kepler devoted many years of his life to attempts to create the “Music of the Spheres” based on mathematics and celestial mechanics. But in my search there was more of a desire not to calculate cosmic melodies, but to feel them with my heart, if such a thing is at all possible. It seems to me that I managed to feel something. In any case, many of my listeners who left reviews for that very first album uploaded to Youtube think the same.

Most of the time, this album was published in Russian and English versions. A couple of years ago I published an album with translations into Spanish and Chinese. And only recently I remembered that the idea of “Music of the Spheres” is of Greek origin, and that I simply must publish the Greek version of the album “Music of the Celestial Spheres”. My colleague, artist and singer Nataliya Victoria, who has lived in Athens for many years, helped me with this. And now the first album of the “Music of the Celestial Spheres” cycle has been uploaded to Youtube in Greek design — with Greek melodic names and descriptions in this beautiful language.

We also translated the design of the booklet for the CD and created a colorful digital ArtBook — all this is included with the digital version of the album. Those interested can receive it.

I hope this work will continue, and the next parts of the “Music of the Celestial Spheres” series will also be republished in the language of Pythagoras, Plato and Aristotle.

Happy listening, Friends!


Tuesday, July 25, 2023

«Phantom galaxy» on Youtube

Friends, the album of the «NGC» project — «Phantom galaxy» — is entirely uploaded on YouTube. And this time it's not just a picture with music — it's a dynamic image born from the cover design that lives and breathes, and you can look at it as long as this music sounds.

Welcome to an intergalactic journey to the «Phantom galaxy» NGC 628 in the Pisces constellation:

Thursday, November 10, 2022

New album of the «Starry Sky» project

The new album of the «Starry Sky» project, dedicated to Pisces constellation, is released on November 11, 2022

The new album of the «Starry Sky» project, dedicated to Pisces constellation, is released on November 11, 2022

Monday, October 10, 2022

Concert «Music of Celestial Spheres in Moscow Planetarium» • Composer Andrey Klimkovsky and Friends • Full updated video

10 years ago, this wonderful concert took place, and soon a DVD disc with its full recording was released:

«Music of Celestial Spheres in Moscow Planetarium»


Composer Andrey Klimkovsky and Friends

There were only three friends: Igor Kolesnikov, Olya Zemlyanika and your obedient servant.

But in the concert itself, and around it, a lot of people took part. I can’t remember everyone now, and I didn’t even know someone’s names then. The Moscow Planetarium is a very large organization, and holding concerts under its dome is a very massive event, both in terms of the number of spectators and the number of staff involved.

I'm still trying to remember...

Thursday, October 6, 2022

«I was born not on the Earth» album on Youtube


One of the key albums in my creation

But it all started with a song. It was written by my old friend, with whom we studied at the Moscow Planetarium. The song was dramatic in meaning, if did not say tragic. In eight verses, it was told how the hero of the story was thrown down here — on Earth — still he was very young, and all his life he cannot find a common language with the strange inhabitants of this planet — not the kindest creatures, to put it bluntly.

But then I took it as proof of the theory of the transmigration of Souls. Who knows, maybe the soul of the author of the song in the previous incarnation did not live here, and remembers other feelings and relationships between intelligent beings... Or maybe I am the same, since it hooked me so much...

Back in 1985, I tried to interpret the music of that song in my own way, written by the author with a guitar. But in the end, I wrote a lot of melodies that formed around the song into something larger in form — into a whole symphony... or just an album of instrumental music. But then I was 16 years old, and I didn’t record any albums then.

It's been a long ago. Some melodies were lost, forgotten. And the attitude to the plot of the song was greatly transformed. I began to consider it as evidence of spiritual growth.

The analogy is simple: children, while they are small, fit their own house and a playground nearby, but they don’t go to the playground near another house — it’s a stranger. And other children are often chased away with their own.

As a person grows up, he begins to associate himself with his city, country, planet ... and then the planet becomes small for him. Not all people, of course, from the first time live to such a level of self-acceptance as part of the Universe. But at some point, the question arises by itself: “Where did my Soul come from? — Did It really arise right here? And if I am the whole Universe, then my Soul has always been the whole Universe and manifested itself here only in order to put a point to growth trajectory — one of the points. And how many such points have already been? How many more will be?“

In the late 90s, this album reappeared in my musical plans. I expected to record it by 1999 — even the covers were printed. But then the recording did not take place. However, at least I rethought the musical basis again — I managed to remember something (after almost 15 years), and write something again. But I managed to approach the recording of the album «I was born not on the Earth» only in the mid of 00s. In the summer of 2007 the first half was completed and in August 2008 the album was finally released.

The original song sounds in the album in an instrumental form, of course, there are no chants here. But the irony is that later one of the melodies of the album «I Was Born not on the Earth» was used by the composer Victor Argonov for his electronic opera, and there it sounds like the main theme of the real song itself. And in general, the electronic opera «We, XXII century» can be considered as a logical continuation of the album «I was born not on the Earth». This is such an amazing thread.

Now the album «I was born not on the Earth» is fully uploaded on Youtube — you can listen and ask questions.

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

«Music of Celestial Spheres in the Moscow Planetarium» live album

You can’t just talk about concerts at the Optical Theatre, the Museum of Astronautics, the Museum of the History of the Earth, but not talk about concerts at the Moscow Planetarium. There were three of them — in 2012-2013. But only one was recorded qualitatively — the middle one.

Probably, there is no need now to talk about how exciting the light show was on the largest dome-screen in Europe (the dome of the Moscow Planetarium is really the largest in Europe). But I consider it necessary to note the uniqueness of the musical component of that concert — each composition sounded in a completely unexpected playing, and new versions were prepared for some melodies. This became possible thanks to the participation in the concert of my colleague — musician and composer — Igor Kolesnikov, and an absolutely inimitable vocalist — Olga Zemlyanika. And although Olga participated in only two numbers, this concert is worth listening to only for her participation.

In 2013, the concert was released on CD, and now it has appeared on Youtube — you can listen (or you can watch — there is an indication of the DVD version in the description).

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

«Delphinus» — a brand new album

Friends, at this difficult time for our entire planet, I would like to wish all those living on Earth Peace, Friendship, constructive creativity, and all those people who are now in trouble, safe salvation and help, the symbol of which has long time been the Dolphin - good and a sentient being that we have underestimated for so long.

I want to remind you that dolphins are another civilization on our planet, which, unlike people, does not fight among themselves, has no territorial and racial claims to other dolphins. For its best qualities, the dolphin was ascended to heaven in the myths of ancient Greece, and became a constellation.

My new album is dedicated to the Delphinus constellation.

Let it become an outlet and comfort for someone, and give hope to someone.

Thursday, December 2, 2021

«The land of hopes and trials» album update

«The land of hopes and trials» album update. Composer Andrey Klimkovsky

Friends, I have updated one of my most melodic albums ... oh well — this is my most mystical album — «The land of hopes and trials» — it was completely composed in the Crimea — in the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. There are strange places on our planet — anomalous zones, places of power. The Crimean Observatory is one of the most mysterious places of power — it is even mapped, and this is not a joke. How many times I went there, I always had special melodies — right there. At first I took a telescope and a camera with me. And then he began to take a synthesizer with him. This album was completely and very quickly written at the Observatory. There is simply a creative volcano erupting among mountain rivers and valleys. I tried my best to express this in music.

What has changed in the release now?

  • I have added the whole album as a whole unseparated track.
  • Made a new design.
  • And now the album is $ 2 cheaper.

Welcome to «The land of hopes and trials»

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Live «Music of Celestial Spheres. Leap into the future». Alternative video-version. Online friendly viewing November 19, 2021 19:00 London time

Live «Music of Celestial Spheres. Leap into the future». Composer Andrey Klimkovsky. Alternative video-version. Online friendly viewing November 19, 2021 19:00 London time

Friends, many of you have already heard and even someone bought my new live album «Music of Celestial Spheres. Leap into the future». Do you want to watch the full video?

The recording is scheduled to air 19 November 2021 — 19:00 (London time) on the Youtube channel of NEANE Records (the label on which the album was released). You just need to go to the channel and subscribe:

Closer to the start of the broadcast, I will indicate here in the comments (and maybe — in a separate publication) a direct link to the video.

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

«Music of Celestial Spheres. Leap into the future» live album

«Music of Celestial Spheres. Leap into the future» live album by composer Andrey Klimkovsky on Bandcamp web-site

Friends, recently I had a concert «Music of Celestial Spheres. Leap into the future» and we recorded it. The recording of this concert has been released as a live album. The album actually became a collection of my best works, but the difference from the usual collection is that it is a live performance of electronic music. And each melody sounds here in a new version. The transitions between the tracks turned out very well - like the concert, this album has continuous sounding - more than 80 minutes - one melody conceptually transitions into another.

Album «Music of Celestial Spheres. Leap into the future» can be listened to on the Bandcamp web-site:



Monday, May 17, 2021

«Starry Sky» series | «Andromeda» album

«Starry Sky» series | «Andromeda» album | Composer Andrey klimkovsky

Friends, I have updated the «Andromeda» album from the «Starry Sky» series. Each album in this series is dedicated to one constellation and contains musical portraits of bright stars, nebulae or galaxies. We can say that this series is a musical atlas of the sky.

I continue to work on this project, write new melodies, but do not forget about the already created albums.

The following changes have occurred in the «Andromeda» album:

• New design
• Corrected titles in English.
• The design is attached in PDF format
• Image gallery in JPG
• Updated album description in English
• Constellation story
• The whole album has been added with a track in order to listen to it without pauses (as a bonus)

Another good news: The album is now $ 2 cheaper.

Enjoy your listening

https://klimkovsky.bandcamp.com/album/andromeda-starry-sky-volume-1

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

«Music of Celestial Spheres» — the special offer

«Music of Celestial Spheres» — the spesial offer till May 1 — composer Andrey Klimkovsky

Friends, on the next three days — April 28, 29, 30 — you can buy on Bandcamp any of the six albums of the «Music of Celestial Spheres» series for only $ 4. That's $ 1 cheaper. With the purchase of the entire series, you get a benefit of $ 6.

This offer ends on May 1.

Don't delay your purchase.

The offer is valid for only three days: April 28, 29 and 30, 2021. And only for these albums:

May the «Music of Celestial Spheres» be with you!

Thursday, March 4, 2021

«Interstellar Mission» album • Radio premiere at «Cassiopeia Station»

«Interstellar Mission» album • Radio premiere at «Cassiopeia Station» | Composer Andrey Klimkovsky, RJ Vitaly Vetrov

Friends, I am glad to inform you that on March 5, 2021 - Friday - at 19 o'clock London time (22 o'clock Moscow time) on the Internet radio «Cassiopeia Station» the radio premiere of my new album «Interstellar Mission» will take place.

I invite you on this musical space journey. Our cosmodrome is located at: https://centaurus.s02.radio-tochka.com/, where the music of the stars never stops. But tomorrow night, something that has not sounded before will sound.

Vitaly Vetrov will be our captain on board the «Cassiopeia Station».

Welcome! Join Humanity's Interstellar Mission!

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

«Interstellar mission» new album

«Interstellar mission» new album of composer Andrey Klimkovski — released on March, 3, 2021

This is a new album, Friends

Although many of you will hear familiar tunes here that you wanted to hear again, buy on CD or download from the NR website, but they were not there ...

... they appeared, disappeared again, sounded at most concerts, but did not add up to an album for 14 years.

I do not know the reasons for their so strange fate, but today there is a holiday on the interstellar highway of these melodies — they now have their own album, and perhaps this is also my best album, each composition in it is a hit, recognizable from the first sounds, possessing bright and memorable melody, successful arrangements, fast paced rhythm and deep attention.

They were a little unlucky with the sound. At the time of their birth, I did not have enough experience, but now they have found it too — an elastic, rich sound, which was not there before in my early early experiments. 14 years ago, I certainly would not have achieved this sound. The years of waiting were worth it. During this time these melodies found the new companions, and the tracklist was extended by 4 compositions.

Meet «Interstellar Mission» — the album, the program of which is presented at the «Interstellar Live» at the Museum of the History of the Earth (there is full support on the HP site) in 2007. A year ago, I posted an unfinished footage as an «Interstellar Music» bootleg. But now it's a full-length album:

  • 14 tracks
  • 80 minutes duration
  • 1 common global concept
  • no pause
  • new powerful sound
  • updated arrangements and performance
  • the album is available in MP3, FLAC and CD formats.

Enjoy listening and exciting space travel to this music!

Album link: https://klimkovsky.bandcamp.com/album/interstellar-mission

Saturday, February 27, 2021

DreamOcean — On the verge of sleep

DreamOcean — On the verge of sleep — composer Andrey Klimkovsky

Friends, how did you sleep, what did you dream about last nights?

Dreams only seem illusory. In fact, these are journeys into another reality. But we cannot always manage this. Sometimes you just can't sleep. Pills are not the best solution. There is much better — music.

I fell asleep badly since childhood. Rolled over from side to side. And so the whole night could pass.

Luckily I found a solution. It was much easier for me to fall asleep with the music. Not all music was good for it. But one day I wrote what I needed. And since then I have no problem with insomnia.

But the idea inspired me to write several albums, which I combined into one musical project — «DreamOcean».

The first album was released in 2001 and it is called «On the verge of sleep». This is an hour of deep sleepy ambient. Among interesting features of this music, an extremely long hall (special sound effect) is used here — more than two minutes in duration. Each sound dissolves in the musical space for an infinitely long time. And it has an amazing action. Of course, there are many other interesting features. There are interesting timbres, and partly captivating rhythm. But the main thing is the musical space that you find yourself in by playing this album.

I updated this release today.

What changed?

  • correct English name
  • new album description
  • updated design
  • attached English and Russian design layout in PDF for printing the album on a home printer
  • design gallery in JPG
  • and the album became $ 2 cheaper

Now you also have the best remedy for insomnia and travel to the world of dreams.

You are welcome!