Tuu

Tuu takes the listener on a mysterious journey inspired by the hidden teachings of Tibetan Buddhism. Seven ethereal, trance-inducing aural tapestries paint a deep focus wavescape that will stimulate the synapses of World/Ambient/Electronic fans. Like other powerful ambient music, the transcendental works of Terma don't have a beginning or an end they serve as a pathway to a state of mind.
The first full collaboration between Tuu leader Martin Franklin and flautist Nick Parkin takes a turn into darker terrain than previous TUU works featuring Parkin as a sideman…

Tuu was an ambient group from the late 1980s to 1999. Led by Martin Franklin, the band emerged from the post acid house chill out scene of the early 1990s in the UK, blending electronica and the emerging sampling technology with traditional and invented global instrumentation. One Thousand Years is a classic CD from Tuu. The lineup for this disc is Martin Franklin on Chatan pot drums and bowl gongs, Richard Clare on flutes and pan pipes, and Mykyl O'Dempsey on samples and synthesizers. This is a set of deep and mysterious desert ambience. It is surprising to hear desert ambience with a Middle Eastern flair coming from Windsor, England, but Franklin, Clare, and O'Dempsey have the knack. Their sound design is subtle and airy; they use silence as an instrument. The atmospheres are dry and hot and the soundscape shimmers like a mirage…

The first Planet Dog compilation, released in America on Mammoth, is an intriguing collection of psychedelic ambient-dub, with representative label acts like Banco de Gaia and Eat Static appearing alongside special guests like the Drum Club, Pressure of Speech and System 7 (who contribute a remix of their "Habibi"). Even though a few of the other producers are a bit obscure, even Tuu, Ullulators and Optic Eye turn in solid, dubby tracks.

Crescent Moon is a set of diversely fluid desert ambience with Middle Eastern and Mediterranean influences. Multi-talented multi-instrumentalist Omar Faruk Tekbilek created this massive soundscape with assistance from Brian Keane.

Antonio Testa specializes in organic sound and the creation of musical atmospheres through the use of a vast array of mostly native and shamanic instruments, together with his own creations made from organic and recycled materials. Tribal-Ethno-Ambient is a genre merging musical forms and cultural sensibilities of the world's indigenous cultures sent through the filters of today's sound artists. By using state-of-the-art recording tools and processing technology, common ground is found between animal skin drum, the shaman's rattle and the digital domain. While the outlines of this style can be easily suggested and co-opted through more superficial cut and paste computer methods, Radioforest shows that Testa clearly understands how powerful the authentic ethno-ambient form can be when created with a deep sense of the primal mind…

Island Of Dust (1999). Second solo album by TUU and Stillpoint collaborator. Using acoustic instruments and electronic recording techniques Parkin has crafted an album evoking dark textural soundscapes and desolate windswept places.
Geomorphic Resonance (2001). Nick Parkin's "Geomorphic Resonance" is an intense evocation of geological processes, glacial movement and erosion. Parkin realizes his unique concept of sonic geology through the use of manipulated field recordings and treated instrumental textures, conjuring up an imaginary land wrought by ice, wind and water. Densely textured compositions convey the harsh edge of nature's forces.