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Voices, analogue warmth and endless echoes are the order of the day on this new 10 track album by Mind over MIDI. Released by the Shimmering Moods label, it’s an ambient album that works essentially as a whole. Each track is around the 5-minute mark, but bleeds seamlessly into the next one with such ease that the collection feels like a single piece.

A collection of forgotten fragments, abandoned ideas, loops, alternate takes and outtakes. Recorded in 2006, mixed and arranged in 2019.
If you can picture the very furthest, coldest, darkest part of Norway, that’s where Mind over MIDI resides. If you want to get an idea of what it’s like there, and can do without the frostbite, then this is the perfect solution. Helge Tømmervåg produces sweeping, icy synthscapes, with digital snowflakes since 1995.

Mind Over MIDI is the project of Norwegian Ambient producer and musician Helge Tømmervåg. His discography goes all the way back to 1996. Transit is the second release for Shimmering Moods. Coincidence or not, this album is a great match with Andrew Sherwell’s Nostalgia: here too the arrangements of (virtual) choirs define the atmosphere. Floating and stretched to suggest timelessness, even though the individual tracks are relatively short (each around the 3-4 minutes) which is quite unusual for this kind of music.

Klaus Mäkelä’s second album with the Orchestre de Paris from the series celebrating Ballets Russes scores. His previous two albums have achieved a plethora of 5* reviews and incredible physical and streaming success - over 16M streams and €400k revenue combined. His upcoming international concert dates and US Tour start on 14th March 2024, including Klaus' debut at Carnegie Hall on 16th March. This is Orchestre de Paris' first Carnegie Hall appearance in over 20 years. The programme includes Stravinsky's “Le sacre du printemps” and “L’Oiseau de feu”.