Below The Root

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Hierophlex Astonishing levels of pure emotion and magical atmosphere on this masterpiece album...! Hands down one of the best ambient albums I've ever heard! Mortal Soil especially grips my heart with those super lush, mournful chord progressions... Sublime work! Favorite track: Mortal Soil.

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	1.	Mortal Soil 17:13
	2.	Grotto 07:14
	3.	Cathedral 11:34
	4.	Pense 07:25
	5.	Trencher 10:40
	6.	Elixir 08:40
	7.	Spirit Lamp 07:41
	8.	The Root 08:38

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Prepare yourself for a brooding, cinematic adventure below the root.
Listening on headphones in a darkened room is encouraged.

The title is based on a game from 1984 with the same name. The game’s story takes place after the Green Sky Trilogy of novels by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. It was one of the first open-world games where you could travel in any direction right from the beginning, presenting a very large gameworld for its time.

As a child, the game fascinated me, but not entirely due to the vast land to explore. I often pondered what lay beyond the gameworld’s borders. This music is an aural representation of what one might discover.

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released January 7, 2017

Composed June to November 2016

Review at Sonic Immersion:
www.sonicimmersion.org/altus-below-the-root/

[...] In eight tracks, the listener wanders through a vast netherworld of dense (sometimes even foggy) spheres along ethereal and remote landscape scenery toward barely visible horizons.

Thanks to Craig Pineo for graciously creating the cover art
www.facebook.com/beyondthevision1/

Curious to know about the game's background?
blog.stahlmandesign.com/below-the-root-a-story-a-computer-game-and-my-lifelong-obsession/

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