Album Notes

Umbriel Rising is the Electronica/IDM project of musician/producer m.j.brown. m.j.brown has been actively involved in playing and recording music since the late 1980's and was profilic in various bands and 4 track recordings in the 90's in a whole range of genres from synthpop to grunge. This recording even occasionally draws some of those old influences, for example the prototype for 'Galactica Nova' was recorded with a Boss DR550 drum machine and a Kawai K1 synth on a Fostex 4 track recorder as far back as 1992 (the reworked version recorded in Dec 2006 is the version featured on the 'extraterrestres' album). However, most of the tracks were composed as fresh ideas using modern sequencing software and computer recording/mixing and mastering processes from August 2006 through May 2007. Umbriel Rising is Electronica / Intelligent Dance Music with a blend of rock/funk/progressive house/techno and old skool synth music, as composed by the likes of Kraftwerk, Jean-Michel Jarre and Tangerine Dream etc. For the most part it is performed using real instrumentation played by m.j.brown, with modern sequencing software and some sampling and off the wall modern production techniques. Why Extraterrestres? I have always had a liking for the French language and the idea of ufos and aliens and the French word 'Extraterrestres' sounds cooler and more mysterious than the English translation. I hope you enjoy the album as much as I enjoyed making it ! Thanks again to Bluenevus for allowing me usage of our collaboration song 'Vision Release', please visit his music page at http://bluenevus.dmusic.com/music for much aural delight !