Song: Saxo Planetariel (4.17)
Artist: Ariel Kalma
Music-Genre: Ambient
Website: http://www.music-mosaic.com

Ambient Space Music in the Rainforest - A breath of fresh air !

About Ariel Kalma:

Born and raised in Paris, France, Ariel started playing the recorder at age 9 and saxophone at 15. During his successive studies of Electronics, Computer Science, Music and Art in Paris, Ariel performed with R & B , rock, and jazz bands. After university Ariel toured the world and visited Europe, Japan, India, Eastern Canada, and parts of the USA, acquiring assorted experiences in middle-age, electro-acoustic, ethnic and modal music.

All the travels broadened Ariels musical horizons tremendously; listening to and playing with different styles, people, and instruments, intricate scales, techniques, timing and rhythms.

After learning circular breathing from a snake charmer in India, Ariel practiced it on soprano sax - for many sleepless nights - in the basement of a cathedral in New York (when he was not playing upstairs on the large harmonium). In the late 76, Ariel could include those endless notes into his own long-delay-effect system with which he toured, playing solo concerts. Ariel contributed to the birth of (then) new music genres: minimalist, space, ambient, new age, electronic etc.

With his passion for recording and sound, Ariel always had a home studio (Astral Muse) and was also technical assistant to some of the composers at Paris GRM – Musical Research Group part of the INA (Audiovisual National Institute), where he recorded some of his compositions.

Over 3 decades, Ariel Kalma published several vinyl LPs, cassettes, and CDs, many older ones out of print. His compositions have been used for modern dance-theatre, films, musical poetry, guided meditations, transformational groups. Ariel Kalma has also played on many albums in France - even throughout Europe, the US and recently Australia, where he lives.

In the year 2000 Ariel created his own world-fusion compilation label: Music Mosaic, www.music-mosaic.com

Ariel Kalma will progressively release all his past music, already published and many unpublished work.
His music can be found on iTunes , Rhapsody, Zune, Yahoo Music, MusicNet, Napster etc..

For more info about Ariel Kalma and order CDs online, visit his website www.music-mosaic.com/ariel-kalma.htm