Passage, by Chris Spheeris & Paul Voudouris

Passage

by Chris Spheeris & Paul Voudouris

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~ DJ Megasoup aka Selaroda ~ Great reissue of this beautiful album of warm, subtle, organic ambient music that was originally released in 1982. All three long tracks are gorgeous, especially the sidelong title track. I put this album on one night when I was feeling stressed and the tension just melted away as it played. Fittingly, this record was originally made to be used for therapeutic purposes in a clinical setting, to help patients suffering from nervous disorders. The LP pressing is nice & quiet too, it sounds great!

Xgozen I love it! This absolutely takes my mind off of things and helps me to take a step back when things are unclear Favorite track: Passage.

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Emotional Rescue and Mountains In The Sea are thrilled to team up to revive a lost rarity of American ambient music: Chris Spheeris and Paul Voudouris' 1982 album 'Passage'.

Living and recording in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Chris and Paul composed and released several albums of folk-rock and album-oriented synthpop before their attentions turned towards sound healing music in the early 1980s. The duo was approached by a company doing biofeedback therapy and asked to create an aural component for patients looking to regain control of nervous disorders. After extensive preparations and just one day of studio time, 'Passage' was the result, recorded live with no additional overdubs.

The LP consists of 3 long tracks which flow together as a single piece. Opener 'Prism' contains the album's most frenetic moments, glittering guitar and synth tones designed to draw the listener out of their distressed state. Next comes the soaring 'Mosaic', a renewing sunrise of warm chords that beckons slowly towards the album's summit, the over-20 minute title track which contains a sonic ecosystem of it's own. The album concludes in a state of pure serenity, in which the passage of time has seemed to slow to a halt, and the outside stresses of the world eradicated.

Over 3 decades since its initial conception, 'Passage' still retains all of its inestimable healing power, but remains incredibly difficult to find. It's an album that belongs in discussions of landmark early American ambient works, alongside names like Michael Stearns, Constance Demby, Kerry Leimer and Pauline Anna Strom. ER and MITS have worked with original cover artist Vinayak to render the album artwork as originally intended, in even greater detail than on its first release. We're overjoyed to be able to share this rare sensory experience with you.

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released August 6, 2018

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