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UMBRIEL RISING

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DOWNLOAD ALL UMBRIEL RISING SONGS FREE AT JAMENDO dr001 Galactica Nova E.P. (jan 2007) dr002 Mystery Prophet E.P. (jun 2007) deleted dr003 Extraterrestres (album) (jul 2007 - CD, oct 2007 free download) dr005 Live Eclipse E.P. (may 2008) deleted dr006 Wunda (album) (jun 2008) Click here for free downloadsUmbriel 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.The recording of the album 'Extraterrestres' 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 !The new Umbriel Rising 'WUNDA' is now available for free download at Jamendo and www.distinguishedrecordings.com

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Member Since: 27/01/2007
Band Website: www.distinguishedrecordings.com
Band Members: m.j.brown - keyboards, guitars, bass/bass synth, programming, sampling, sequencing and production/mixing.
Influences: I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4
Sounds Like: chemical brothers, 808 state, the prodigy, the orb, portishead, kraftwerk, orbital, laurent garnier, tangerine dream.
Record Label: distinguished recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Umbriel Rising EP - celebrates the retro synth pioneers !

Umbriel Rising is proud to present Kaleidoscope Skies EP for free download. It is 18 minutes 51 seconds of a mini symphony dedicated to the sound of vintage analog synths, a continuous flowing pie...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:41:00 GMT

New Umbriel Rising album

Very soon (ETA July 2008) there will be a new Umbriel Rising album (of sorts) called Wunda (dr006). Wunda is a bright spot on the Umbriel moon and also means a dark spirit to aboriginals in Australia....
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:05:00 GMT

I Love Ableton Live !!

It is not necessarily a cool thing for someone producing alternative/rock music to admit that they love gear that is pigeon holed as for DJs and Techno freaks, but Ableton Live has been the most impor...
Posted by on Sun, 04 May 2008 18:29:00 GMT

Umbriel Rising Free 4eva !

I made an executive decision at the end of 2007 that all of my work would now be put up as free downloads. I was getting tired of the time and effort and spiel I was having to give to flog my product ...
Posted by on Sun, 04 May 2008 18:03:00 GMT

CD finally released !

CD Baby: UMBRIEL RISING: ExtraterrestresFinally got it together and out for release. 12 tracks of various electronic fusion, sample the collection at index9 months of blood, sweat and tears went into ...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:53:00 GMT

New EP released / LP out soon

New EP out, available at www.jamendo.com via p2p torrenthttp://www.jamendo.com/en/album/5991/  also previous EP Galactica Nova released Jan 2007http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/3761/New album extr...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:49:00 GMT

Thinking of releasing a CD, your input is welcome !

I have completed several tracks now which have been getting good feedback, so I planning on releasing them on a CD maybe through a distribution service like CDBaby. I am not in it for the money, more ...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:26:00 GMT

Galactica Nova EP FREE DOWNLOAD

DOWNLOAD THE GALACTICA NOVA E.P. FOR FREE FROM THE INTERNET ARCHIVE... including the full version of opus r (had to edit it for myspace)Internet Archive: Details: Galactica Nova E.P.Download the whole...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 03:58:00 GMT