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Stellarays

Winter Resort Music (LP, Water Green)

Label: Castles in Space

Format: LP

Genre: Library/Soundtracks

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"The inspiration for Winter Resort Music is derived from a childhood passion for winter sports. It's all about the spooky synths, mainlining radiophonic electronics, subconscious TV memories and an awe about what these athletes could do on the slopes when you were living in the suburbs. Can anyone forget the glowing figure-skaters, dancing into the public consciousness? The perfect beauty that melted girl's and boy's hearts around the world. Sunday afternoons spent watching guys flying on long jumps into the endless white cosmos. Never really sure what was happening, but just thinking "I want to be in the chalets with these people, hitting the glühwein. An alien, unreachable world where fabulous people were doing fabulous things. 

Portugal's Stellarays were also watching and have distilled these memories into a gloriously authentic reimagination of how those memories still reside within us. Winter Resort Music is such a potent memory bomb which takes what we know and enhances it in order to make it better. A prism of nostalgia that speaks to the purity of the whiteout. 

This wonderfully handsome release with artwork by Castles in Space mainstay, Nick Taylor is a perfect artefact of library music, beautifully put together by Bruno, Centeio and Corinna. It pains my heart to report that this is a posthumous release for dear Bruno, who we lost earlier this year at the ridiculously unjust age of fifty.  Safe travels, my friend. May your slopes be finely manicured as you head down the cresta runs to the great frozen lakes. Salut!" - Colin Morrison

Details
Cat. number: CIS106
Year: 2024

Release notes

Recorded by Bruno, Centeio and Corinna during the Winter Season of 2020-21. Mixed by Stellarays at EPM, Portugal. Mix assistant: Daniel Moreira Mastered by Antony Ryan at RedRedPaw, Denmark. Artwork by Nick Taylor spectral-studio.co.uk Bruno: synths, sampling, programming, flutes, guitar, bouzouki. Centeio: synths, electric piano, organ, drums, bass, vocals, metallophones. Corinna: synths, electric piano. Synth bass on track B5 by Luís Santos. Thanks to all the personnel and Colin Morrison.

Tracklist
A1Sun Deck2:32
A2Ski Documentary Theme3:04
A3Futuristic Toboggan2:05
A4Déjeuner Palpitant Avec Le Moniteur3:59
A5Cocktail Alpino2:39
A6Night Talks At The Resort2:58
A7Téléski Solaire3:18
B1Winter Of Love2:35
B2VHS Avalanche Film Crew2:29
B3Snow Sports Biomechanics2:12
B4Fun At The Cable Car2:41
B5The Chalet Cafeteria2:46
B6Tropical Ice2:15
B7Thin Ice Skating5:36
Credits
Nick Taylor
Artwork By
Antony Ryan
Mastered By
Redredpaw Mastering
Mastered By
Daniel Moreira
Mixed By
Stellarays
Mixed By
Bruno Sousa
Recorded By, Sampler, Programmed By, Flute, Guitar, Bouzouki, Synthesizer
Corinna Sousa
Recorded By, Synthesizer, Electric Piano
Centeio
Recorded By, Synthesizer, Electric Piano, Organ, Drums, Bass, Vocals, Metallophone
Luís Santos
Synth (B5)