Paul's films are difficult to describe. They shimmer and vibrate. They are both abstract and figurative at the same time. The camera moves slowly while the light moves quickly, burning and flashing brightly at times from the saturated grainy/smooth surface, to remind the viewer that the film itself has become the canvas, as the reflections of projected light act directly upon the retina.

During this performance I ventured into the chaotic realm of live feedback loops, using delays and modulation to build up clouds of re-circulating texture. This technique creates sonic structures that resemble slow arcs, growing and collapsing like organisms, or like melting glaciers. An implied harmonic cloud hovers at the edge of dissonance, much like the reflecting beams of color glancing from the films' vibrating multiple projections. The air is energized by the resonance of sound and light.

1. Lumin Part 1
2. Lumin Part 2
3. Lumin Part 3
4. Lumin Part 4
5. Lumin Part 5
6. Lumin Part 6
7. Lumin Part 7

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 7/3/2009
Robert Rich lives in California USA

Tagged as: Ambient, New Age, Space Music, Experimental Electronic, Ethereal

1. Music of Fernando Sor by Daniel Estrem: colorful classical guitar
2. The Depths of a Year by Ehren Starks: piano and cello/jazzy new age
3. Guitarscapes by Jeff Wahl: acoustic new age and jazz guitar.
4. Human by Falling You: haunting, ethereal pop ambient
5. Unspoken by Jami Sieber: enchanting cello compositions
6. Fractal Universe by Rildrim: electronic music becomes poetry
7. Deep Life by Swivel Neck Jones: underwater electronic soundscapes
8. Big Dipper by Drop Trio: groove-oriented organ-based funk jazz trio
9. The Chopin Variations (on piano, violin and cello) by Chad Lawson: Multi-award winning pianist and composer who is not afraid to put his hat in anything
10. Ambiencellist by Claire Fitch: ambient cellist
11. Touch by Falling You: haunting, ethereal pop ambient
12. Passage by Mike Wall: healing music for planetary transformation
13. Poetry of the Unnamed by Rildrim: electronic music becomes poetry
14. Wild Wood by Kammen and Swan: a bright edge to traditional Celtic tunes
15. Moments Musicaux by Elizabeth Wolff: 19th century classical piano
16. From the Lobby of the Cooper Arms by Robert F Trucios: classical piano
17. Sharp With No E by Jake Bradford-Sharp: Experimental Nu Jazz that cannot be classified or categorized
18. Ambiencellist Part II by Claire Fitch: ambient cellist
19. Faith by Falling You: haunting, ethereal pop ambient
20. Lush Mechanique by Jami Sieber: enchanting cello compositions

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