Narel - Apricity (Artist Album) [Forescape Digital]

[Electronlyman]

Liking what I'm hearing, especially Ephemerides

 

[Jetflag]

friggin love Ephemerides, excellent work Nick @Narel

 

[Narel]

I'm glad people like 'Ephemerides', it was a pain to make. I had the breaks, bassline and the distorted chords down for ages. Went through loads of melody ideas before settling on the arp from the Mini V3. The change in the middle just happened, don't know how/why and I'm proud of the transition back to the original sounds - that took ages and was all hardware so extra levels of funtimes.
Noticed I've been doing tunes sort of with two 'parts' recently; 'Tensile', 'Tired Mountain Syndrome'. Not by design, just flow

 

[No Return]

All samples sounds top quality. Amazing year for Trance albums.

 

[NameLessYet]

Here's your link to pre-order the continuous album mix made by Nick. It will not be published anywhere else at any point in time.

It's almost 1,5 hours long, and anyone who orders it would also be eligible to get 2 tracks of their choice in full quality on the release day.

WAV's only for both mix and the tracks of course.

Thank you in advance for supporting Nick with his best musical project to date.

Album Mix supported, it's hard to pick two tracks I like, maybe The Ravers Have Left the Tower and Annica.

 

[Narel]

Out today! Including streaming platforms, noting a lot of replies have asked about streaming options - except for the mixed version which will remain on Kirill's patreon. Enjoy : )

 

[Progrez]

Out today! Including streaming platforms, noting a lot of replies have asked about streaming options - except for the mixed version which will remain on Kirill's patreon. Enjoy : )

Aura Collapse sounds really nice!

 

[Sleepy Robot]

Just had a first full listen and i think it's a great album with a nice variety of styles! Even Forgotten with the other Waters grabbed my attention, something most (long) fully ambient tracks struggle with.

Congrats with your second album! Diary of a... still get's played here.
Supported!

 

[Contraband]

Only listened once but this is outrageously good bro. Too early to call the favorites, but you’ve dropped a killer. Respect.

 

[Freezer]

Listened to it once, I will defeinitely go back to listen Ephemerides and Annica. Best track is Tired Mountain Syndrome but that one I slightly prefer in the Enlusion remix. The ambient stuff is rather nice, very chilling a floaty

 

[Electronlyman]

I had a full listen yesterday and enjoyed it very much.
The ambient stuff stood out the most to me.

The whole album has a contemplative, cosmic vibe. That gets on very well with me. It seems to be built around a concept, as opposed to a random collection of tracks.

It's a home listening or travelling album, not so much for the clubs. These days we don't get this kind of stuff often on the Trance scene.

I'm now considering to get the mixed version of the album. Probably best option for the journey experience, to extract the best it has to offer.

 

[Z Dobrej Woli]

From @Narel ’s fanpage:

Fun album facts (well…. I think they’re fun…)
‘Forgotten with the other waters’ includes field recordings from my house in Tasmania, long wave radio transmissions, an AI generated conversation between two people, and was made mostly on Hybrid III and a Korg Wavestate (hardware).
‘Helion’ started out as techno, then became ambient, then slowly turned into its deep trance final form. The birds/wind in the breakdown is also a field recording from my house.
‘Forgotten with the otter waters’ is named after a phrase I saw on a shower gel bottle.
‘Ephemerides’ contains a sample from a certain film soundtrack by Mark Mancina - which he then used again in another film. I first used it in a tune in 1997 before I began releasing music. Sasha/Charlie May also used it in ‘Baja’.
‘Particular parallels’ was recorded as multiple overdubs, as all the delays and reverb come from a Microcosm hardware fx unit/pedal, which I can only use on one sound at a time - and from hardware synths only.
‘Annica’ is dedicated to my longest standing friend who I lost in May this year. He and I found early trance together and he would have loved the rawness of this track. It is his voice that closes the track, and the album.
‘The ravers have left the tower’ features hardware drum machine percussion only (Behringer RD-9 and Korg Volca beats), something I’ve never done before.
‘Apricity’ is an old English word for the appreciation of the suns warmth in winter - something you definitely appreciate in Tasmania.
The cover photo - representative of the album title - was taken by my wife when we moved to Tasmania, in winter , and was incorporated brilliantly into the label artwork theme by Kirill Smirnov

 

[NameLessYet]

Although it looks good, I think the cover now is not special enough to be an album cover, it is like a normal Forescape Digital release. Maybe it will be better if put the original photo there, move Forescape Digital to the lower left corner and use a different font to write Narel Apricity, just like Diary of a Synthy Kid.

The cover photo - representative of the album title - was taken by my wife when we moved to Tasmania, in winter , and was incorporated brilliantly into the label artwork theme by Kirill Smirnov

 

[Electronlyman]

The closing track is deliberately mid 90’s trance and dedicated to my best friend of 30 years who I lost in May : ( who I met through that music, and happy hardcore

Getting some Zyon - No Fate vibes from this one.
That is meant as a compliment ofc.

 

[Aquarium]

Voting for top 10 this year going to be impossible

 

[Narel]

Getting some Zyon - No Fate vibes from this one.
That is meant as a compliment ofc.

Yeah agreed, I'm a big fan of Eye Q recs and Stevie B Zet (also RIP) - and that era is totally the sound of when Matt and I began listening to trance. The lead sound in Annica also reminds me of Fortress 'An angel saved my life' (Mark Shimmon and 3rd Degree Berns remix), another favourite. I was just freewheeling when I did this track, it was done very quickly - unlike the others on the album, and that added to its rawness.

 

[Narel]

I had a full listen yesterday and enjoyed it very much.
The ambient stuff stood out the most to me.

The whole album has a contemplative, cosmic vibe. That gets on very well with me. It seems to be built around a concept, as opposed to a random collection of tracks.

It's a home listening or travelling album, not so much for the clubs. These days we don't get this kind of stuff often on the Trance scene.

I'm now considering to get the mixed version of the album. Probably best option for the journey experience, to extract the best it has to offer.

Thanks man. I didn't produce the album to a concept... but... I did spend a long while selecting tracks that fitted well together into an album. I made a lot of tunes for it and reduced them down to these 10. Except 'Annica', which just happened - and I like that it stands out a bit from the rest for that reason.

 

[Archon]

I was on holiday for the past week so I couldn't join in with the rest of the forum plebs in a public criticism over the "no-Bandcamp" policy. I normally use Deezer for streaming, but I want to purchase this album in WAV, especially given the quality of the last one. I'm still quite puzzled as to why Bandcamp is not adopted, especially as it seems (correct me if I'm wrong) like a platform with low cost, but high percentage payout. Then you have a forum with passionate fans who definitely use and prefer using it - not because it's easy to use (it's actually quite the opposite), but because it benefits the artists the most.

Anyhow, Juno it is for this one. I'll buy and listen in the coming days but I already know it's going to be a great one.

 

[Juna]

Thank you for another magnificent album sir Narel! I already found two tracks for my top list. Hats off.

 

[facade1984]

track 9 is HOW LONG?????