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Terra Nine

Organic Viola Poured Over Twisted Chilled Beats

About Me

TERRA NINE, aka Michael Westcot, combines electric viola with digital and analogue technologies, producing a distinctly organic and free form sound, with an aural palette ranging from chilled ambience to breaks and beyond....Terra Nine’s music has evolved from hard tech-trance to breaks and chilled downbeat and with each release has met with critical acclaim worldwide................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ .....................................DISCOGRAPHY: 1997-2002 ALBUMS: Planet of Choice (Assemblage Records), Paranormal (Air Recordings) and Zero Point (Assemblage/Tempest). 2002-2004 REMIX EP: Axiom (Tempest Recordings) featuring The Omm Squad, Arcane trickster, Rip Van Hippy and The Random Designers................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ..................................... COMPILATIONS: Terra Nine has featured on numerous compilations worldwide, including Goa Trance Spirits (ZYX, Germany), Ambi-Ant Beats (Green Ant, Australia), Nova Natura (Cosmic Leaf, Greece), A Magical Journey (Ajana Records, Holland), and more recently Escape from Chaos (Tempest Recordings) featuring 2 brand new Terra Nine tracks and a remix of the famous Arcane Trickster and Random Designers downbeat breaks classic, Golden triangle. Also the 2007 release of the Tempest Recordings compilation, Global Slowdownthat features a collaboration with Terra Nine on Arcane Trickster’s superb new recording, Dub Atomica..................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ....................................... 2007: BRAND NEW TERRA NINE ALBUM, called STRANGE CRAFT(Tempest Recordings) is NOW OUT thru ARABESQUE, featuring all new original Terra Nine tracks and some very special remixes by the likes of ARCANE TRICKSTER and SIDELINER....CHECK IT OUT!!!Go to www.arabesque.co.uk and www.tempestrecordings.com.au................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ .....................TERRA NINE LIVE SHOWS:Terra Nine has toured extensively, performing dynamic live shows at events throughout Australia and New Zealand, including Green Ant Full Moon, Glenworth Valley music festival, Earthcore, Happy Valley and numerous club dates throughout Aoteraroa (NZ) including Galatos (Auckland) and Refuel (Dunedin). Gigs so far this year have included The Parihaka Peace Festival in January and Bliss at the Space Bar in Newmarket, Auckland 23/03/07 Upcoming gigs include ANTIWORLD in London, UK.....07/07/07.....and BLISS 2 in Auckland....watch this space!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/9/2007
Band Website: terranine.com
Band Members: Mike Westcot, sometimes joined By Al Xtensa (coolest didgeridoo) and Cathy Tyler (extraordinary bass)
Influences: In no particular order... FSOL, Sigur Ros, System 7, Dead Can Dance, Infected Mushroom, Adam Freeland, Bedrock Hyper, Henryk Gorecki, Whrimako Black, Pitch Black, Random Designers, Omm Squad, Red Eye Express Robert Fripp, David Sylvian, Sven Vath, Hesius Dome, Rip van Hippy, Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd, the Orb, Green Nuns of the Revolution and many more quality composers and performers....
Sounds Like: System 7 + Sigur Ros + early Pink Floyd + Sven Vath meets Dead can Dance with a bit of Adam Freeland stirred in (but not shaken)....
Record Label: Tempest Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Antiworld 070707

Hi all,Just returned from Antiworld 070707 at Aldershot, on the outskirts of  London....wow...what an adventure! It took 2 days to get there and 3 days to return, what with layovers in Kuala...
Posted by Terra Nine on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:21:00 PST

ALBUM LAUNCH - TERRA NINE - 'STRANGE CRAFT'

The launch for Terra Nine's brand new album 'Strange Craft' will be held at The Ambassador Bar, Pt Chevalier ..... Address: 1218-1220 Great North Rd Point Chevalier Date and Time: 2nd June, 2007 - 8 p...
Posted by Terra Nine on Fri, 18 May 2007 05:55:00 PST

New Terra Nine Album Strange Craft Due out this June

Hi all,Here's a bit of an update of Terra Nine's activities....past present and future ...first up, Bliss ( Space Bar, 23 March) was a great success...Terra Nine and the Wigglicious crew: Xt...
Posted by Terra Nine on Sat, 05 May 2007 02:10:00 PST

Terra Nine...what's comin up

Blog: 08 Mar 2007 Upcoming Shows, Events, Occurrences.... Category: Music Hi everyone, as you have probably guessed, watch this space coz this myspace is a work in progress....got lots of new things ...
Posted by Terra Nine on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 04:46:00 PST