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General Info

  • Genre: Ambient / Experimental / Minimalist

    Location THOUSAND OAKS, California, Un

    Profile Views: 254206

    Last Login: 4/3/2012

    Member Since 9/7/2008

    Website stevesciallo.com

    Record Label Sciallo Musica Universalis

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    "substrate" is the new release from Californian Stephen Sciallo The title describes the music appropriately. Everything is a surface where the music exists and where the listener is merely an observer passing by. These are not pieces to be enjoyed while getting a massage or contemplating your oneness with the universe. They are anxious, restless and evoke a sense of uneasiness that has no resolution. Even the most accessible pieces such as kathedra or anemoi have underlying tension that suggests a discomfort with itself as if any tonality, however minimal, is out of place. Mutase abandons all pretense of civility with its mash up of lo-fi, through the glass darkly drones, clicks and electronic rumbles. Strophic floats in mid-air like a fog that envelops the listener. This album is worth a late night listen. Steve has called Southern California home for over 30 years and holds a B.A. in Music Composition from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

  • Members

    Steve Sciallo

  • Influences

    Brian McBride, Boards of Canada, Zero 7, Philip Glass, Harold Budd, Michael Brook, Steve Roach

  • Sounds Like

    Dabrye, Lemongrass, Thievery Corporation, Neotropic, The Verbrilli Sound

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"substrate" is the new release from Californian Stephen Sciallo
The title describes the music appropriately. Everything is a surface where the music exists and the listener is merely an observer passing by.
These are not pieces to be enjoyed while getting a massage or contemplating your oneness with the universe. They are anxious, restless and evoke a sense of uneasiness that has no resolution.
Even the most accessible pieces such as kathedra or anemoi have underlying tension that suggests a discomfort with itself as if any tonality, however minimal, is out of place.
Mutase abandons all pretense of civility with its mash up of lo-fi, through the glass darkly drones, clicks and electronic rumbles. Strophic floats in mid-air like a muggy fog that envelops the listener.
This album is worth a late night listen...

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