Entheogenic (band)
Entheogenic | |
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| Genres | Psytrance, Downtempo, Psybient, ambient, chill-out |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | , |
| Website | www |
| Members | and |
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Entheogenic is a musical project consisting of and that crosses musical style boundaries. Since the early 1980s, the Austrian musician and songwriter Helmut Glavar has founded a variety of bands, ranging from punk and funk to new wave and drums-and-bass. Piers Oak-Rhind was born in England and has been a sound designer, programmer and musician since the early 1990s. He studied guitar at the London School of Guitar. According to the two members, the music mixes "coloristic " with "impressionistic orchestra-like sound".[1]
The use of both eastern and western vocals, tribal-sounding instruments, and an array of synthesizers built the foundation of the Entheogenic sound.
According to some people[who?], Entheogenic was one of the two major psybient projects (the other being Shpongle) whose experimentation influenced the psychedelic electronic scene. Entheogenic's first release Entheogenic is a concept album that recounts the tale of an Ayahuasca journey, with layered trance melodies and texturally rich arrangements. Three labels bid for the release:[citation needed] the former UK-based , the German-based and the Spanish 3D Vision. The album was released on 3D Vision Records.
In 2003, their second album Spontaneous Illumination, released on , was the first psy-chill album ever to make it to number 1 in the German chill-out charts. Their first two albums were noted[by whom?] for their epic thematic lengthy tunes. Both albums feature the work of sound engineer Glenn Schick (Morcheeba, Ludacris etc.) In 2005, Dialogue of the Speakers () continued the success of its predecessor, and went straight to number 1 in the German charts, where it remained for 24 weeks.[citation needed] Golden Cap (Chillcode Records) was released in 2006 and was received by their then quite large following[clarification needed] with a love-hate attitude.[citation needed]
History[]
Background[]
Entheogenic was formed in 1999 by producer, engineer, and songwriter Piers Oak-Rhind and Helmut Glavar. The duo met while working for Emagic (a former producer of music-studio software and hardware such as Logic, acquired by Apple Inc. in 2002). The name Entheogenic is derived from the term Entheogen coined in 1979 by a group of ethnobotanists and mythology scholars to describe psychedelic substances used in a religious or shamanic context.[citation needed]
German "Chill-Out" charts[]
In November 2003, Entheogenic's second album, Spontaneous Illumination, released on the German label , was the first psy-chill album ever to make it to number 1 in the German charts, where it remained Number 1 for 8 weeks and stayed in the Top 10 for an additional 12 weeks.
Discography[]
Albums[]
- ( 2002)
- Spontaneous Illumination ( 2003)
- ( 2005)
- ( 2006)
- Flight of the Urubus ( 2008)
- Gaia Sophia (USR 2011)
- Anthropomorphic (Universal Symbiosis Records, 2013)
- Enthymesis (2014)
- A Singularity Encoded (2015)
- Dreamtime Physics (2017)
- Kykeon (2018)
- Hypatia (2019)
- Animism (2020)
- Meltwater Pulse 1B (2021)
Singles and contributions for compilations[]
- Liquid Universe - Entheogenic
- Sideways (Jong rmx) - Chiller Vol. 1 - Chillcode Records
- Kashmir day trip (Kuba rmx)- Chiller Vol. 1 - Chillcode Records
- Sideways - Kumhara Lounge Ibiza Vol 5
Distant Eyes - Ibiza Chillout Special Classic Mix Edition 3
Golden Cap - Downbeat Liquid Vol.1 - Records
Sacred Man - Goa Trance Vol.5 -
Spaced (Shulman rmx) Random Thoughts - Aleph Zero Records
Spaced - Cosmophilia Vol.2 -
Walking on Air - Quality Relaxation - Records
We are One - Muladhara "AC" - 666 Records
Ground Luminosity - Global Psychedelic Trance Vol.9 - Spirit Zone Recordings
Habitual Overtones - Global Psychedelic Trance Vol.9 - Spirit Zone Recordings
Pagan Dream Machine - Global Psychedelic Trance Vol.9 - Spirit Zone Recordings
Mindless - Global Psychedelic Trance Vol.9 - Spirit Zone Recordings
Invisible Landscape - Global Psychedelic Trance Vol.9 - Spirit Zone Recordings
Twilight Eyes - Global Psychedelic Trance Vol.9 - Spirit Zone Recordings
Spaced - Global Psychedelic Trance Vol.9 - Spirit Zone Recordings
Invisible Landscape - Module 01 - / Relax
References[]
External links[]
- French electronic music groups
- Psychedelic trance musical groups