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Well, it's interesting music...but I've never understood why a sound artist would make a mix of tracks, call it something general ("Fragments" in your case) and not give any indication as to which song is being heard when. How that invites customer interest escapes me.

Also, perhaps I misunderstand your statement about mp3 quality and "official" download sites, but as your tracks at CD Baby are only available as mp3...

Not trying to pick on you or single you out, as these are "issues" I've come across other wheres.

There is a page full of rock songs (mostly keys-strings-drums trio - mostly progressive garage) at

http://soundcloud.com/often-coiled

and a few non-ambient pieces - spoken word, experimental voice ("Negotiated") and a cappella ("Twilight Requiem") on my personal Soundcloud page

http://soundcloud.com/jeffsampson

I'd be quite surprised if most of "us" didn't come from a non-ambient background, and it's nice to see some people are currently playing in more than one field.

[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/jeffsampson/untroubled-by-thought[/soundcloud]

I first became aware of Pura Sombar early this year. The first music I heard of theirs was the wonderful, single-track, EP Tongues Falling from an Open Sky – a drift on fragile harmonies through a hovering twilight. Not long after, I was gifted with copies of two physical releases of theirs.

Chromatic Winds was released in 2011 on CommA – although the website hasn’t been updated since well before this CD was released. Odd? Wait. The album packaging is gorgeous: a folded, die-cut sleeve (heavy paper? light cardboard?) with beautiful artwork on each panel. Enclosed with the CD are two more panels with very nice artwork on each side. It comes with an obi and the whole thing is enclosed in a sealable plastic bag. The only printed information is the group name and the album name. Neither of the artists use their real name anyway, so that really doesn’t matter. See? They all love a bit of mystique. But what’s most important here is the music.

The first track is a delightfully eerie, ominous collection of drawn-out sounds...

The rest of the review is here: http://www.jeffsampsonmusic.com/pura-sombar

This is a great follow-up to Rotations! I hadn't realized it was five calendar years since that came out. 'Bout time. 

WOW!!! As of today, I'm saving my pennies.

Landscapes II
Looks much better than it sounds.

inter//states
The music isn't my normal cup o' tea, but it enhances the video quite well. Maybe it's the video that enhances the music? Maybe I'm just amazed and confused.

Time Lapse 1
NICE!

Metropolis II
"the idea that cars run free... those days are over"  Yup.

NASA Space Station...
Well done!

If you do decide you want to sell any of them, I'd suggest Discogs. I've tried all (I think) of the marketing places out there and it's the only one that takes ONLY a fair share of the selling price (and only after it's sold), allows the seller to leave feedback about the buyer, and has a reasonably good vehicle for buyer-seller communication.

I really like your remix of Abandoned Mines. Your approach makes reference to the original (a fine track on a superb album) while giving me more of the feeling of being in an abandoned mine. I'm glad it was included on the original release.

This is, indeed, awesome. Actually, I'm starting with the Antarctica site and working my way backwards through the thread. Thanks, very much, Tomas and Tobias!