Published
Thu, Sep 14, 2017, 16:50
- The music was released on cassette and vinyl from 1982 through '88.
RVNG Intl.'s next release is a collection of works by American synth artist Pauline Anna Strom.
Strom put out a number of records and cassettes in the '80s, some of them self-released, starting with a self-titled album as Trans-Millenia Music in 1982. Her music was inspired by a move from the American south to the Bay Area in the 1970s, when she discovered synth music by the likes of Brian Eno and Tangerine Dream. She bought a grip of equipment, including a Tascam four-track, a Yamaha DX7, TX816 and CS-10, and started making music at home.
Born blind, Strom had a special connection with music and sound, and sought to act as a "consort" for her audience, "spiriting listeners through epochs described by her evocative musical passages," according to the label. As the title Trans-Millenia Music hints, she was concerned with ideas of time travel and being able to access people in both the past and future.
Trans-Millenia Music was compiled from three albums and four tapes, recorded from 1982 through 1988. Watch the video for "Energies."
Tracklist
01. Freedom At The 45th Floor
02. Virgin Ice
03. In Flight Suspension
04. Bonsai Terrace
05. Energies
06. Mushroom Trip
07. Cruising Altitude 36,000 Feet
08. Spatial Spectre
09. Warriors Of The Sun
10. Rain On Ancient Quays
11. Morning Splendor
12. The Unveiling
13. Gossamer Silk
14. Ancestral Shrines
15. Organized Confusion
RVNG Intl. will release Trans-Millenia Music on November 10th, 2017.
