Life is Beautiful, by the closer we are to dying

Life is Beautiful

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Ti Holweck This is brilliant piece of art ! Bravo !

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Life is Beautiful, Apricity & Other Rare Wintry Words, Everything Starts With A Drone, Music for the Russian Revolution and Kronstadt 1921, Songs of Social Distancing and Self-isolation, everything ep, and everyone will live in their own cathedral ep. , and , .

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1.	Life is Beautiful (i) 02:28	buy track
2.	Repetitions around a non-existence centre 08:10	buy track
3.	Song for Amanda 05:38	buy track
4.	Heaven has a new angel 07:48	buy track
5.	Baby m 04:08	buy track
6.	Terminal steps 06:05	buy track
7.	Life is Beautiful (ii) 02:11	buy track
8.	Life is Beautiful (iii) 02:16	buy track
9.	Life is Beautiful (iv) 03:35	buy track
10.	All nightmares begin in dreams (All dreams begin in life) 05:40	buy track

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Building on previous explorations in neo classical drones, Life Is Beautiful expands the sonic palette of these compositions to create a collection of tunes both meditative and unsettling.

The four parts of the Title track call to mind last year's Promises collaboration between Floating Points and the late Pharoah Saunders while the glacial evolution of All Nightmares Begin In Dreams is reminiscent of the latter day orchestral work of Pauline Oliveros.

The cavernous spaces that contain the sparse Laraaji influenced piano melodies of Song for Amanda are the soundtrack to subterranean descent. While Repetitions Around A Non-Existent Centre builds Zen percussion over a pulsing rhythmic core before the rise of a string drone.

Overall, a collection of hypnagogic soundscapes that no floatation tank should be without.

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released November 11, 2022

All tracks written and produced by Terry Lane
Mastered by Terry Lane
Cover Art: Katharina Lopsien / Chasing Rainbows Art
Design: Terry Lane

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the closer we are to dying is a creative project for Terry Lane to process emotionally-driven, thought-provoking, personal and intense music.

Exploring various landscapes of neo-classical drones, hypnogogic soundscapes, dark ambient and lost horror soundtracks, the music is as meditative and relaxing, as it is unsettling and disturbing. ... more

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