Diatonis - Ambient Life

Hello,

The Ambient Life 3 cd set is now available.  From start to finish the
album took about two years to create.

You can see videos and hear audio clips by going here:
http://www.diatonis.com/ambient_life.html

The sounds I made for this album are from a variety of acoustic
instruments, including trumpet, panpipes, voice, bamboo and clay
flutes, strings and even a gong. These sounds are layered with other
samples with more personal meaning, like my grandmother's old,
slightly out of tune upright piano and leaves that blew through my
yard one day. The sounds are processed by layering, convolving,
inverting as well as stretching them out over time. The electric
guitar strains and a bass guitar softly thread though the music now
and then. The effect is a very calming impressionistic sound. It's
less structured muted quality is like sounds that are remembered so it
tends to inspire a state of nostalgia in the listener. 

Stuart White - Diatonis


Diatonis has taken his unique form of minimalist ambient music to new
heights in the Ambient Life series. On these CDs is sublime musical
art lovingly crafted in the soundscape using heavily processed
instruments to create images and feelings at an almost organic level.
The subtle beauty is what stands out on these albums, I've rarely
encountered music which evokes such a sense of wonder and reverence. A
sign of excellent art is that the beholder can find something more on
returning to it; Ambient Life does this admirably, especially with the
wraith like sounds that are so gentle and brief the listener is left
wondering if they were really there.

Listen to these albums and you'll never again be able to hear a kettle
boil, watch a butterfly flutter around, or look at the sky without
imagining these things at a deeper level.

Dene Bebbinton - Independent Ambient Music Reviewer

Thank you for your continued support.
Stuart White
Diatonis
http://www.diatonis.com/