The Icarus Foray is an ambient opus set in the early days of NASA space exploration. The opening track, Icarus One, contains the radio transmission of a pilot secretly launched on a one-way mission into space. That message, badly garbled and fragmented, suggests he may have encountered some kind of living environment that he is now traveling with and through. Musically, Icarus One combines orchestral instrumentation, granular synthesis, choirs and synthesizers in an ambient bed through which subtle melodies appear and vanish. Occasional Morse code tones suggest another more crypt… read more
The Icarus Foray is an ambient opus set in the early days of NASA space exploration. The opening track, Icarus One, contains the radio transmission … read more
The Icarus Foray is an ambient opus set in the early days of NASA space exploration. The opening track, Icarus One, contains the radio transmission of a pilot secretly launched on a one… read more
The Icarus Foray is a retro-ambient space music exploration from Los Angeles musician John-Mark Austin. While clearly inspired by early space music pioneers, Austin forges his own path with elements of storytelling, sound design and lush ethereal soundscapes intertwined with orchestral passages, angelic choirs, and electronic meditations. The project was included in the Hearts of Space broadcast Stellar Visions, as well as Chuck van Zyl's Star's End and SomaFM. Information about Immersion Theory can be found at www.immersiontheory.com Immersion Theory's downtempo sist… read more
The Icarus Foray is a retro-ambient space music exploration from Los Angeles musician John-Mark Austin. While clearly inspired by early space music pioneers, Austin forges his own path with… read more
The Icarus Foray is a retro-ambient space music exploration from Los Angeles musician John-Mark Austin. While clearly inspired by early space music pioneers, Austin forges his own path with elements of storytelling, sound design and lu… read more