The trick is to keep creating-which is what you're doing- despite the pressures of the world that work against imagination. It's a worthy battle in the end!

This.... is so beautiful and reviving!

Having just read the book, I am happily conjuring images from the ever detailed story and applying them to this lovely music :)

I remember listening to this album on the way back to my country (new zealand) all the way from Canada, to meet my long distance girlfriend. The memories I created in that month were like the most blissful dream i ever had, and i couldn't believe that it had happened. I remember the plane wheels touching down on the tarmac while "Spirit Lamp" played. Your music has always been my safe place, somewhere I can reminisce about things i miss, or suppress the loneliness I so often experience. Thank you Mike.

@altusmusic_ca

6 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome. Music memory is similar to scent memory, in that hearing or smelling something can transport you back to a (hopefully) fond memory. It's nice to know my own work has created a doorway to an indelible experience you can enjoy.

A beautiful symphonic journey, tinged with melancholy....this is aural perfection.

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you. :)

@Multimim68

7 жыл бұрын

Altus My pleasure.

@MetalGypsy9

Жыл бұрын

Total agreement !!!9!!!

Yeaahhh!!! Finally!!! Thank you very much!

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

Enjoy. :)

Beautiful as always. I love your work. Thank you so much for sharing.

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. Thanks.

I love the Altus music. So deep, so trascendental, so spiritual. Thanks to share it !!!

@altusmusic_ca

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Enjoy!

Perfect!

Always impressive Altus! Another Fantastic album! From Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

@altusmusic_ca

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. 😄

Wow... Another stellar effort by Altus. I really feel like I'm "out there" in space just looking around and observing the beauty and awesome wonder of what's out there. Thanks so much for posting.

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening. :)

another GREAT Altus album....SUBLIME!!!

With this album, you're able to dig even deeper with your sonic meanderings. As a result, it helps me visualize my animation work and sort out a narrative of my own. Big fan of your work! :)

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

It's always humbling to hear when my work brings inspiration to a fellow artist. Thank you.

It's awesome! So beautiful work!

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Stunning, beautiful, deep and vivid sonic landscapes... Definitely my favorite Altus album so far!!

@altusmusic_ca

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Love your work! Excited to see a new one out!

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

I assume you did some sleuthing to find this before it was publicly posted? ;) Nice work.

@jstump8768

7 жыл бұрын

I think I found it right after it was publicly posted; was listening to it at the time.

@jstump8768

7 жыл бұрын

And you have no idea how much I wanted to post, "First!" Resisted that one.

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

Haha!

this new one extremely delicious. interesting that earthier side of ambient been emphasis this season. this release right in sync with current aesthetic wave. rich roach eno. thanks for all these years with your website. it's been awesome. am out there listening and giving the people am connected to on-line the link opportunities to enjoy and support your art. *aloha & mahalo* from the shores of haleakala \ ' ' ' /

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for your kind words and support. :)

I watch this music all my days in order to meditate... So deep, so wonderful...

@altusmusic_ca

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Enjoy. :)

✋✋😍😍Wonderfull!

beautiful ---one of your finest works ---was a huge fan of the 24 Hours series ,Winter Embrace and Komorebi ---the final 15 minutes of this is extraordinary -thank you

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Thanks.

Absolutely brilliant music, reminds a little bit Thom Brennan and Steve Roach

@altusmusic_ca

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. :)

I love your musical work

@altusmusic_ca

6 жыл бұрын

Always happy to inspire my fellow artists. Thank you! 😄 I'll check out your work.

@beautifuldisorder6402

6 жыл бұрын

I'm very happy and honored that you listen to my musical work, thank you very much, have a nice day :)

Love your sounds! So relaxing, helps keep me sane. (: Thank you for this.

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Thanks.

d'une Beauté discrète,ce dernier opus sonore est une vraie perle. quel voyage! Take a break in the rush ! et laissez-vous porter... en un mot , MAGNIFIQUE !

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

Merci!

Very pleasant. Masterful.

@altusmusic_ca

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Man,your music makes me feel things that otherwise I could not feel

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

That's one of the reasons I write this music, so thank you.

thanks. .great music...the best

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Desde un Hotel de cerca de Barcelona y Tarragona.. deleitando lo más profundo de mis sentidos con esta bella música .. Absoluto viaje al misterio del destino .. pasado .. presente . Futuro.. Allá donde las almas positivas residen.. Místico.. Profundo... .....

@altusmusic_ca

3 жыл бұрын

Gracias.

@MetalGypsy9

11 ай бұрын

PERFECTLY and EXQUISITELY said !!!9!!!

Sorry for the late reply. I am still going through your older work and will stop for a while to check this one out soon, which I already know is awesome. Your fan for life, come hell or high water. JY

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! There's a lot to explore and it's not going anywhere. So feel free to take your time. :)

Mortal soil, that's a Drac Chant.. its the call of that huge inflated elementary school star dome with the lazer pointer...and a private knowledge in these transits....... its affirmative of something confrontational.. ..and of comings and goings...

Should be ; Book to Movie to Gate Opener for headtravelin' excess for the willing and most importantly ABLEMINDED masses 😁the Kindar should be proud of this work !!!9!!!

Wonderfull dark touche .

fantástico!!

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

:D

Very Great Album! Love it!

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

wow amazing im lost for words i feel it 😊☺

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

I like altus very much.

You haven't lost it...sounds great!

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you. :)

Fantastic album!!

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

It is too inspiring, it reminds me something that we would have to remember, something close to a knowledge that we lost. It is profound. I suppose I do not have words to explain the feeling hearing this sounds. Who developed? Incredible. Tks.

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, music has a way of moving beyond words. It's humbling to know my own work has that effect on others. Thank you.

@cul8rxx

6 жыл бұрын

When words fail, music speaks.

My God

Is there a way to legally play Below the root on pc? The music is very soothing and nice for sleep. Below the root is a game i played as a kid on my grandfathers Apple ii. He is gone...and this reminds me of him.♥️

@altusmusic_ca

4 жыл бұрын

The game is essentially abandonware. It's a grey zone, legally speaking, but no one is going to sue you for playing it. It's available as disc images which you can play with an emulator on a number of different sites that archive old games. You can also play it in a browser, but I'm not sure how saving works. The Apple II version is what I played as a kid as well. 🙂 www.myabandonware.com/game/below-the-root-3e archive.org/details/msdos_Below_the_Root_1984

@eduardopasseto2387

4 жыл бұрын

This game deserves a new edition for Android/iOS. It was my favorite game when I was young... I played it in a TK 3000, basically an Brazillian Apple IIe clone. It inspired me a lot!

@sarah1047

4 жыл бұрын

Used to play this as a kid on my late grandfathers Apple ii. This game gives me memories of him.

@kgbstudio

Жыл бұрын

@@eduardopasseto2387 indeed a masterpiece game that brings back lots of memories from childhood

I'm curious to what extent ambient musicians share ideas amongst one another - the genre in general so appeals to my need for calming and filling the spaces with peace to help me focus - Altus, Brian Eno, Steve Roach, Seconds Before Awakening, Arctica, Steve Lawlor - any idea sharing or are all independently going down the path to ambience?

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

I can't say with any certainty regarding direct sharing of ideas, but we certainly get inspired from music produced by our peers. :)

GORGEOUS! It was inspired on the Green Sky Trilogy, from Zilpha Keatley Snyder, not?

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

That's partially correct. It's based on the game, which was a continuation from the trilogy of novels. You can read more about it here: altusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/below-the-root/

@eduardopasseto2387

7 жыл бұрын

Great! I played the game in the ´80ties when I was adolescent... In an Apple ][, loved to play as Pomma for her spirit skills... I also readed the Green Sky Trilogy! A lot of dreams with giant trees... All these inspiring vibrations from Green Sky rounded our world... I´m located in Brazil!

Nice "As above, so below" symbolism.......

@altusmusic_ca

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks. It's something I'd been wanting to do for over a decade. The original idea was to find a lone tree. Photograph it in summer, and again in winter. Then Photoshop it as seen here. But I could never find a landscape that matched what I was looking for. Luckily the artist Craig Pineo (who is also a fan of my music) was able to produce such an image. 🙂

@HyperspaceQ

6 жыл бұрын

If you think about the a tree and its root system, it is a toroidally field. Just like our own circulation system. There are many other examples in the Universe. The Big Bang being the Grand Torus.

Why not to create a music inspired on "The Colors of Space" from Marion Zimmer Bradley?

@altusmusic_ca

6 жыл бұрын

I'll have to check out the book. I'm not familiar with it.

Альбом огонь) позор дизлайщику!

@altusmusic_ca

7 жыл бұрын

Вероятно, из-за более темного звука. Не всем это нравится.

@ivann.i.m.9248

7 жыл бұрын

Все возможно) но альбом рулит)