{"id":25029,"date":"2022-05-25T23:57:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T23:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/?post_type=product&#038;p=25029"},"modified":"2024-04-16T21:37:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T21:37:21","slug":"pro00394","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/product\/pro00394\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Stearns: Planetary Unfolding (2022 Remaster) (CD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 307px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album= 3142276573\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/projektrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/michael-stearns-planetary-unfolding\">Planetary Unfolding<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"hideme\">1 \u201cIn the Beginning\u2026\u201d<br \/>\n2 \u201cToto, I\u2019ve a feeling we\u2019re not In Kansas anymore.\u201d<br \/>\n3 \u201cWherever two or more are gathered\u2026\u201d<br \/>\n4 Life in the Gravity Well<br \/>\n5 As the Earth Kissed the Moon<br \/>\n6 \u201cSomething\u2019s Moving\u201d<\/div>\n<p><CENTER><\/p>\n<table width=\u201c400\" bgcolor=\"dacdcd\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<p style=\"font-size:10px;\">Purchase in Europe for fast, inexpensive shipping:<br \/>\n <img src=https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/Projekt-Europe-1.png width=350><br \/>\nInformation in English <a href=\"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/projekt-europe-webstore\/\">here<\/a>. Click to order <a href=\"https:\/\/deejaydead.de\/en\/michael-stearns-planetary-unfolding-2022-remaster-cd-digipack-2022-voe-01-04\" target=\"BLANK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CD<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:10px;\">Purchase in England for fast, inexpensive shipping:<br \/>\n<a HREF=\"https:\/\/www.littleuniversemusic.co.uk\/projekt\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img src=https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/Projekt-UK-400.png width=290 border=0><\/A><br \/>\nClick to order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littleuniversemusic.co.uk\/product-page\/michael-stearns-planetary-unfolding-cd\" target=\"BLANK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CD<\/a>.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p> <\/CENTER><\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<h2>Echoes Radio CD of the Month, April 2022<\/h2>\n<p><BR>Projekt Records inaugurates an ongoing CD\/digital reissue series of 13 influential works from American electronic ambient composer Michael Stearns. Projekt&#8217;s remastered edition of Stearns\u2019 groundbreaking and long out-of-print <strong>Planetary Unfolding <\/strong>(1981) features the sound of the Serge Modular Synthesizer in 6 movements. The slowly evolving atmospheric swirls of this early spacemusic classic are a journey within inner and outer space.<\/p>\n<p><BR>His essential masterpiece tells the story of the cosmos not with words but with mighty, emotional sonics. The pieces have aged gracefully, as powerful today as 41 years ago. From our subatomic origins to our intergalactic destiny, the universe is made of sound held together through resonance where atoms, cells, oceans, plants, animals and humans are all part of a complex orchestration.<\/p>\n<p><BR><strong>Planetary Unfolding<\/strong> exhibits both a compositional immediacy and a studied grasp of synthesizer mechanics. Stearns is one of the first Americans to tune his synthesizers to the &#8220;key of space,&#8221; adding a Californian earth-sensitivity to the mix.<\/p>\n<p><BR>\u201cIn the Beginning\u201d births the album within primordial ambience that brightens with a blossoming mix of electronic space rock and cinematic swells. The serene and graceful &#8220;As the Earth Kissed the Moon&#8221; opens with the song of a mockingbird, the first song of spring, and in musical waves leads us to a point in the celestial firmament. It builds rhythmically as if representing the orbits of planets with choreographed movements in a star-flung ballet.<\/p>\n<p><BR>Stearns reflects in the 1981 liner notes, \u201cI imagined myself shot out of the Earth\u2019s resonance. We were Earth sensors sent out to bounce off of other sound masses so that our planet could feel its place in the cosmic scheme of things. It was a feeling of utter ecstasy as we danced together through the universe. It wasn\u2019t a dance through space but more like the movement of a melody with rhythms, tensions, and releases. This was space travel unlike anything I had imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><BR>\u201cMichael Stearns\u2019 <strong>Planetary Unfolding<\/strong> defines the word breathtaking. He doesn\u2019t just take you somewhere, he makes you hear music differently, taking you deep into the vibration of sound. <strong>Planetary Unfolding<\/strong> transforms the space of your listening and your mind. It\u2019s a monumental work of ambient music.\u201d \u2014 John Diliberto (((Echoes)))<\/p>\n<p><BR>An absolute must-have album loved and long sought-after by fans of the finest electronic music has to offer.<\/p>\n<p><BR>BIO<\/p>\n<p><BR>Michael Stearns is a multi-genre composer, sound designer, and soundtrack producer. His credits include music for television, feature films, planetariums, twenty-two IMAX films and seventeen solo albums. As one of the pioneers of American electronic music from his earliest self-released cassette in 1977 up through his 2021 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/product\/PRO00390\/\">Beyond Earth &amp; Sky<\/a><\/strong> collaboration with Steve Roach, Stearns creates engaging textures melding with soaring melodies. He has created music for NASA, Laserium, Disney Films, HBO, 20\/20 and the Berkshire Ballet. His award-winning scores for Ron Fricke\u2019s non-verbal global film masterpieces C<em>hronos, Sacred Site, Baraka<\/em> and <em>Samsara<\/em> have been heard by audiences around the world. Stearns creates at his The Guest House studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<h3>Projekt rerelease: April 1, 2022<br \/>\nOriginal release date: May 1, 1981<\/h3>\n<p>Music composed and performed by Michael Stearns<br \/>\nAll material recorded live at Continuum Studio, L.A.<br \/>\nSynthesizers by Serge Modular, San Francisco<br \/>\nRe-mastered in the Fall of 2021 by Bob Olhsson<\/p>\n<div class=\"socials\"><h2>love it, share it<\/h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projekt.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Fpro00394%2F&t=Michael+Stearns%3A+Planetary+Unfolding+%282022+Remaster%29+%28CD%29\" class=\"socials-small facebook-small\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" >facebook<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projekt.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Fpro00394%2F&text=Michael+Stearns%3A+Planetary+Unfolding+%282022+Remaster%29+%28CD%29\" class=\"socials-small twitter-small\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" >twitter<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projekt.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Fpro00394%2F&media=https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/PRO00394.jpg&description=+\" class=\"socials-small pinterest-small\"  onclick=\"window.open(this.href); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" >pinterest<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projekt.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Fpro00394%2F&title=Michael+Stearns%3A+Planetary+Unfolding+%282022+Remaster%29+%28CD%29\" class=\"socials-small google-small\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Google\" >google<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/projektrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/michael-stearns-planetary-unfolding\" target=\"BLANK\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/store\/assets\/images\/Button-Bandcamp.png\" width=\"129\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":25030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[54,50,49,104,812,103],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-25029","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-all","product_cat-ambient","product_cat-electronic","product_cat-meditation","product_cat-michael-stearns","product_cat-space-rock-prog-rock","pa_artist-michael-stearns","pa_format-cd-in-6-panel-digipak","pa_label-projekt","pa_release-year-1981-2022","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple","border"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/25029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=25029"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=25029"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=25029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}