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"Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind" (2012)

by Celestial Ceiling

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01. Begin Transmission: 03:43
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02. The New Orbit 03:17
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03. Entwined Essence 03:12
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04. ...spooky action at a distance 01:26
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05. The Celestial Codex 01:36
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06. Cocteau 01:36
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07. La Madrugada 03:32
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08. Living Library 02:48
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09. Hyperborea 02:19
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10. Linear Displacement 02:02
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11. Close encounter of the fifth kind 03:56
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12. The Gates of Alcyon 04:41
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13. Grand Central Sun 02:09
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14. Cosmica Lingua 02:25
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15. Saturn Submurged 03:38
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16. Intergalactic Flashbacks 03:37
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17. Three Days of Darkness 02:15
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18. Konkachila 02:24
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[Missing Time] 02:30
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20. Pachakuti 02:11
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21. Come to me great mystery 03:49
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Multi-Instrumentalist and producer, Celestial Ceiling returns with his 3rd studio album. After having spent two full years in the studio perfecting every detail. This is the album where Celestial Ceiling truly stands out as a producer, bringing the more upfront electronic techniques to the surface and highlighting the acoustic textures in more detail and richness than anything heard prior.

Where 2010's "The Discovery of Life on Mars" was blurred and ambient in its atmospheric production, "Close Encounters" is highly pronounced and deliberate, with more articulated instrumentations and electronic artifacts.

According to a recent radio interview, Celestial Ceiling (who's real name is still unknown) claims that nearly all sounds on the record are "natural instruments put through the blender" which come out sounding electronic.

Some of the most energized futuristic rhythms live on this record and compliment some of Celestial's more delicate acoustic, organic passages as well, covering broad field of view while retaining a very strong narrative.

The record begins with retro recordings reminiscent of old fashioned radio dramas from the 40s about a world in distress and the heroic plans to save Earth. Instrumental soundscapes do most of the storytelling, with few interspaced moments of dialogue. Where the sci-fi space drama begins with grand fantasy, it ends with tender humanity, almost touching in its beauty. "I've spent a lifetime in the search of truth and knowledge, trying to make this world a better place... Is there no man on this Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?..."

Stand out tracks are "The Celestial Codex," "The Gates of Alcyon," and "Three Days of Darkness" the later has been getting some late-night airplay on Miami radio stations. This album is a bold statement and clearly shows Celestial Ceiling stepping into a new level of maturity, defining a new place in contemporary instrumental music

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released December 12, 2012

Guitars, harp, cello, flutes, charango, piano, keys, bells, electronics, synth guitar, bass, mandolin, percussion, drums, tablas, pads, strings, saxophones, didgeridoo, programming, effects, field recordings

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I make sound poems using instruments I collect around the world.

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