“‘We Are All Connected’ is a collection of three different takes on the ambient electronic sound, using technology to imitate nature. Perhaps it reminds us that we are all connected, not just to each other, but to nature and our beautiful planet.”
Tastemaker, early pioneer of ‘chill out scene’ on Ibiza & the airwaves, DJ since the acid house explosion of the late 80s, previous DJ Mag editor & R1 Blue Room presenter, Chris currently hosts award winning weekly electronic music radio show Melodica and presents the live stream The Chill Out Tent.
With a musical style that has developed from his original house beginnings, probably best now described as ‘Balearic’, Chris has made artist albums for Warp and Distinctive Records and compilations for Playboy, Ministry of Sound, EMI Classical and Trojan Records.
For this EP he thanks the following master artists for inspiration - Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Harold Budd, Roger Eno, Carlos Niño, Caterina Barbieri, Brian Eno, Laraaji, Green-House, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Richard Norris, Robert Fripp – and their influences are clear in the music.
About the third track on the EP, Waterfall, Chris says:
“Waterfall is an attempt to capture air, space and the distance between us and nature. Like nature, like the waterfall, paradoxically, it stays the same and is constantly changing, it feels still but it is still and is in constant motion - real, fluid, powerful and peaceful, just like the music here.”
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