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Date : 5/11/2009  --  Time : 9:47:50 PM
 
Artist     : Craig Padilla, Zero Ohms, Skip Murphy
Album      : Beyond The Portal
Source     : CD
Year       : 2009
Genre      : New Age
Label      : Lotuspike

Url        : http://www.craigpadilla.com/    http://www.lotuspike.com/

Codec      : FhG 
Quality    : CBR, 192kbps, joint stereo

ID3-Tag    : Yes, Version 1 & 2.3



Included   : This Info-File (NFO)
             Check File (SFV)
             Parity-files (PAR)
             Frontcover

Tracklisting
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01 (06:26) ÿþPerspective Of Disappearance
02 (10:44) ÿþRealm Of The Spirit
03 (15:25) ÿþOceans Of The Heavens
04 (11:07) ÿþOne Moment Beyond
05 (08:22) ÿþActive Side Of Infinity
06 (12:58) ÿþBeyond The Portal

Playing Time : 65:02
Total Size   : 89.3 MB


"Intensely deep sonic structures. 

Mesmerizing shapeless worlds shimmer.

Rich organic wind instruments mesh with sublime synthesizer textures to create an entirely unique experience.

Discover the world Beyond the Portal."


"Continuing the astral journey they began with Path of Least Resistance, Craig Padilla, Richard Roberts (a.k.a Zero Ohms), and fellow traveler Skip Murphy have created a release that is an excellent fusion of New Age heart with Electronic Spacemusic sensibilities. 

Although it would seem an unlikely combination for a multi-flutist to join forces with two retro-analog synth masters, the results are suprisingly fresh and skillfully executed, and as one reviewer put it, “Roberts, Padilla and Murphy show they are a trio to be reckoned with as astral musical explorers.” 

According to Roberts, the new release is a more yin-inclined expolration of an inner space as opposed to the yang-oriented excursion through outer space presented on the earlier Path of Least Resistance. "The Portal represents our own limitations,” states Roberts, “and so to go beyond the portal is to become more than we believe we are." This indeed becomes a fitting metaphor for the project itself. Artists from different ends of the musical spectrum coming together to create something beyond what would be possible as individuals. 

Throughout the album, Padilla and Murphy at times craft etherial and elegant soundscapes around Robert’s fluid and purposeful flute explorations. At other times slightly more active electronics gently propel the music from one space to the next, carrying listeners through the vast spiral beyond and into the realm of the spirit with music that is simultaneously intimate and interstellar, organic and otherworldly."