Sentient Genus
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Sentient Genus is the third music
album
by Australis
.
, United States
, and was released by Australis
through the label Essential Noises on November 30, 2010.
The album took almost one and a half years to produce. It comprises twelve original music tracks.
, symphonic, ambient music
, world music
, and ethnic music.
For the production of the album's last track, Little blue planet, Australis had the collaboration of Sofia Luna, who performed two short vocal speeches.
Following the signature already observed in his previous two releases, Sentient Genus presents an eclectic collection of several music genres, creating an always changing experience as the listener is taken from one acoustic context to another completely different when a track ends and another beings.
According to Australis, Sentient Genus explores the human species from several different angles, presenting us with a window to our emotions, our intentions and our nature.
This album appears to be currently available at online music retail stores like Amazon.com
, CD Baby
, etc. Digitally, this album appears to be available through digital music retailers like iTunes store
, Rhapsody
, etc.
Music
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album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Australis
Australis (musical project)
Australis is the name for the Utah based Electronic New Age musical project by multifaceted Peruvian-born composer/producer Oscar Aguayo, although this name is often used to refer to him directly.He named his project "Australis" because that word symbolizes his origins and the places where he...
.
History
Sentient Genus was produced and recorded in UtahUtah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, United States
United States
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, and was released by Australis
Australis (musical project)
Australis is the name for the Utah based Electronic New Age musical project by multifaceted Peruvian-born composer/producer Oscar Aguayo, although this name is often used to refer to him directly.He named his project "Australis" because that word symbolizes his origins and the places where he...
through the label Essential Noises on November 30, 2010.
The album took almost one and a half years to produce. It comprises twelve original music tracks.
Overview
Like its predecessors, Sentient Genus compiles a wide variety of musical styles throughout its twelve tracks, including electronic musicElectronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
, symphonic, ambient music
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
, world music
World music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
, and ethnic music.
For the production of the album's last track, Little blue planet, Australis had the collaboration of Sofia Luna, who performed two short vocal speeches.
Following the signature already observed in his previous two releases, Sentient Genus presents an eclectic collection of several music genres, creating an always changing experience as the listener is taken from one acoustic context to another completely different when a track ends and another beings.
According to Australis, Sentient Genus explores the human species from several different angles, presenting us with a window to our emotions, our intentions and our nature.
This album appears to be currently available at online music retail stores like Amazon.com
Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...
, CD Baby
CD Baby
CD Baby is an online music store specializing in the sale of CDs and digital music downloads from independent musicians to consumers. The company is also a digital aggregator of independent music recordings, distributing content to several online digital music retailers.CD Baby has achieved recent...
, etc. Digitally, this album appears to be available through digital music retailers like iTunes store
ITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
, Rhapsody
Rhapsody (online music service)
Rhapsody is an online music store subscription service, launched in December 2001, and available in the United States only. On April 6, 2010, Rhapsody officially declared its independence from RealNetworks. Downloaded files come with restrictions on their use, enforced by Helix, Rhapsody's version...
, etc.
Track listing
- "Fatum fugit" - 5:45
- "Passage" - 5:08
- "Vanishing point" - 4:58
- "Smile of a woman" - 5:41
- "Somewhen" - 6:07
- "Outposts of certainty" - 6:12
- "Man must explore" - 5:21
- "Sentient" - 4:29
- "Windborne touch" - 5:42
- "Human nature" - 8:05
- "The lunatic - part one" - 4:25
- "Little blue planet" - 5:47
Personnel
- Australis (Oscar Aguayo)Australis (musical project)Australis is the name for the Utah based Electronic New Age musical project by multifaceted Peruvian-born composer/producer Oscar Aguayo, although this name is often used to refer to him directly.He named his project "Australis" because that word symbolizes his origins and the places where he...
- composer, record producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music... - Sofia Luna - collaborator, vocalist in "Little blue planet"
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See also
- Australis (musical project)Australis (musical project)Australis is the name for the Utah based Electronic New Age musical project by multifaceted Peruvian-born composer/producer Oscar Aguayo, although this name is often used to refer to him directly.He named his project "Australis" because that word symbolizes his origins and the places where he...
- LifegivingLifegivingLifegiving is the music album debut by Australis.-Album History:"Lifegiving" was produced and recorded in Utah, United States, and was independently released by Australis on May 30, 2005.By early 2006 "Lifegiving" was licensed and re-released in Southern Asia by the .In August 2006 two tracks from...
- debut musical album from Australis - The Gates of RealityThe Gates of RealityThe Gates of Reality is the second music album by Australis.-History:The Gates of Reality was produced and recorded in Utah, United States, and was released by Australis through the label on November 22, 2008...
- second album from Australis