Robert feels especially good about this improvisation, and decided to name it Mycosphere because it reminded him of the slow inexorable growth of mycelia, the web-like carpet of fungus that pervades the forest floor, feeding the forest by breaking down dead organic material into simpler nutrients that plants can use. That fungal metaphor didn't specifically inspire this music; but rather, the music reminded him of those images while listening back later.

The feedback loop is now complete.

1. Mycosphere part 1
2. Mycosphere part 2
3. Mycosphere part 3
4. Mycosphere part 4
5. Mycosphere part 5
6. Mycosphere part 6
7. Mycosphere part 7
8. Mycosphere part 8

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

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