07 Dec 09 Jukebox #23 Gulan
Gulan was born in Latvia in 1974. In fact, Gulan is a pseudonym. He was interested in music and showed his musical talents during the childhood itself. His first dabbling with instrumental music was through piano in a music college. Later he learnt keyboard and synthesizer through private lessons. After that he got plenty of opportunities to show his raw talent through electronic synthesizers. This experience made him a master of electronically generated music and sounds.
Gulan made the full use of his experience when he launched his first album at the age of 19; later he formed a band in his own name, which became synonymous with ’space music’. He also founded a music studio called Gulan Music Studios in Latvia. His music has been broadcast from radio stations of various countries including the USA, the UK, the Netherlands (Spacemusic.nl) , Australia, and South Korea.
The Jukebox plays a track called ‘Return Home part 2′ and it’s taken from the album ‘Cassiopeia’ sent to us by Gulan himself. A wonderful electronic/new age album that is really timeless. The perfect relaxing album, the perfect soundtrack, music that should be played more often at more places. Maybe it’s time to install more Spacemusic Jukeboxes on this globe…
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Artist: Gulan
Track: Return Home part 2.
Album: Cassiopeia
Buy the album ‘Cassiopeia’ from iTunes Store here
Visit the Gulan website here
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Tags: 2009, Andrei, Cassiopeia, Gulan, Jukebox, Latvia, podcast, spacemusic
05 Jul 09 Senseo®Sundays ::: Gulan :::
When the heath is becoming too much, it’s hi time to cool off and chillout… Big fan in the studio, opening an evelope from Latvia, Riga. Fantastic new space music album by Gulan called “Space Projections”. Prepare yourself for a world full of sounds, patterns, atmopherics and meditation. Gulan takes us on a tour we will not put in a box like ‘file it under bla bla bla’. Gulan’s music is unique: he combines many layers and sounds that will start to interfere, there’s a dialogue between sounds, there’s a cosmic process going on and the listener will be in the middle of this awesome experience. Go hear it!
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Buy SPACE PROJECTIONS via iTunes Store
Senseo® Sundays ::: Gulan :::
(02:57) - Gulan - Airway 7
(08:40) - Gulan - Heavenly Lights
~TC
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Tags: Airway 7, Gulan, Heavenly Lights, Latvia, Riga, Senseo® Sundays, Space Projections, spacemusic hosted by *TC*
11 Dec 08 Moments with Gulan from Latvia
The Cassiopeia album opens up the true Gulan Theatre: widely arranged pads, sequencial loops, strong lead, warm chords taking over, thoughts will fade, feelings will take over. The music reminds us of some songs by Vangelis, Gandalf, Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze. Gulan now has it’s unique twist, his unique touch: surprising the listener with bubbles full of special treatments and special effects.
The title tracks are Cassiopeia part 1, 2 and 3 and they start our journey on the album. All three show us a bit of the Gulan Universe: call it Space music, New Age, Ambient, we prefer the album not to be filed under any specific genre. The music is different everytime your hear it! The Infinite - this is closer to the core, this track is 100% timeless and gives the head a spin and a serious weightless impulse sort of speak…. from there The Infinite 2 starts a pleasant sweep and bleep phase and Gulan takes care of the environment: his music builds up a scene and includes blankets, candles, wine, cheese and protection against boring tones: all ingredients are fresh and do taste delicious on all portable players, HiFi sets, car stereo and BIG cinema sets!
Return Home - this track does the trick, now you will get lost for sure! The crystal sweet melody starts playing and invites you to open up another door. This door opens up @ 2 minutes and there you are…. the Deep, the Big and the Unexpected. This feels great! 100% in Space. Maybe it had to do with the Sony Playstation screensaver, showing the earth from space while we played the album….returning home is for later, just enjoy the space trip in full effect!
After Submergence - which gave us plenty of time (bit too long perhaps…) to think about bits and bytes, the Delerium track has the sequence, the subtle rhythmic sauce we were looking for now, the cinematic side too. The lead synth as a guide, showing you bells, winds, dolphins, water; not really there of course, but one can imagine easily…. At this stage we found ourselves healed. Fresh. Charged. Cassiopeia did it.
This album is one you’ll never forget. It’s a journey you’ll make more than once. You’ll play it and play it again. It’s beautifully arranged, typical Gulan style. Surprising. Clean. Clear. High production level. Space!
Cassiopeia by Gulan
More information about Gulan and his music via http://gulan.us
Get the album Cassiopeia from iTunes Store here
Tsvet Records: Gulan releases
Tags: Cassiopeia, Gulan, gulan.us, iTunes Store, Latvia, review, spacemusic
08 Dec 08 S 4.08 White Fog
Looking outside the window here on monday december 8th 2008 we see nothing but white fog…. perfect day for recording the Spacemusic podcast. So here we are at 10:00AM with an excellent playlist. Music by Gulan, Saafi Brothers, Sraunus, Ion, Solar Cycle, Sleepy Town Manufacture and Darshan Ambient. The fog in Rotterdam is getting heavier with the minute and we shot a picture that you can see in the shownotes. We ask our listeners to send in some audio comments that help us make the end of the year show “Global Feed”. So far nothing entered our time zone but we hope you will soon send us some. Thanks and enjoy the beautiful tracks today…!
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Tracklist Spacemusic S 4.08
(00:00) - Spacemusic stardate 20084.08
(03:35) - Gulan - Space Projections (2)
(07:08) - Saafi Brothers - Altered Future
(10:52) - Sraunus - Practica
(15:20) - Audio comments are most wanted for the End of the Year show!
(18:33) - Ion - Voyager
(22:44) - Solar Cycle - Falling Stars
(28:32) - Sleepy Town Manufacture - O Nei
(32:10) - Morning Coffee at home with Sinterklaas goodies
(33:16) - Darshan Ambient - The Rapidity of Sleep
(37:10) - Foggy photo posted via spacemusic.nl shownotes
(39:14) - Darshan Ambient - The Geometer of Dreams
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View from the studio today
Tags: 2008, Darshan Ambient, Gulan, Ion, podcast, Saafi Brothers, Sleepy Town Manufacture, Solar Cycle, spacemusic, Sraunus
