{"id":28704,"date":"2024-05-21T02:04:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T02:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/?post_type=product&#038;p=28704"},"modified":"2024-12-13T03:25:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T03:25:44","slug":"pro00419","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/product\/pro00419\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Stearns: Morning Jewel (2024 remaster) (CD\/Digital)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 207px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album= 2859612839\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" seamless> <a href=\"https:\/\/projektrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/morning-jewel-2024-remaster\"> Morning Jewel (2024 remaster) <\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"hideme\">\n1. Morning<br \/>\n2. Jewel\n<\/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\/de\/michael-stearns-morning-jewel-2024-remaster-limited-cd-digipack-2024\" 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--morning-jewel--cd-2024-remaster\" target=\"BLANK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CD<\/a>.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color:red;\">Limited edition of 300. First 50 copies signed by Michael.<br \/>\nCD in 4-panel digipak with credit insert card.<\/h2>\n<p><BR>It\u2019s been forty-five years since Michael Stearns released his third cassette, <strong>Morning Jewel<\/strong>. Quickly embraced in 1979 by the burgeoning New Age and meditative music market, the album stands as a classic from the early era of Californian ambient artists. It&#8217;s a sublime sonic monument with two long-form pieces integrating natural sounds and minimal electronics in long quiet movements. <\/p>\n<p><BR>Stearns says, &#8220;The creation of this album came about from my curiosity and exploration of recording organic sounds in nature as well as an interest in microtonal tunings. Capturing the environmental sounds became a meditation and inspiration. Intertwining those sources with my music contributed a literal \u2018organic\u2019 quality to \u2018Morning.\u2019 Working with a microtonal scale and instrument brought the mathematics inherent in the natural world to \u2018Jewel,\u2019 lending it a more &#8216;organic&#8217; feeling.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><BR>With the sounds of desert sunrise birds opening the album, soft electronic layers slowly emerge, later placed within village and jungle sounds, complemented by gentle wordless vocals from Marsha Lee and Stearns. On \u201cJewel,\u201d Stearns plays muted bell tones. The two profound deep ambient movements reflect the art of building music as much meditative as melodious.<\/p>\n<p><BR>Stearns says, \u201cReworking the masters with today&#8217;s amazing advanced digital audio technology, both in my studio here in Santa Fe and with the help of mastering engineer Bob Ohlsson in Nashville, created this new incarnation of Morning Jewel. The original recording and mix took on an exciting new life through this process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><TABLE CELLPADDING=7><TR><TD>Review @ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/morning-jewel-mw0000650822\">All Music Guide<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Morning Jewel<\/strong> is a Michael Stearns classic. The original album was recorded and released in 1979. The set has two long-form compositions, and each stands on its own merit. &#8220;Morning&#8221; is 26 minutes of natural ambience from an Arizona desert and a Mexican jungle. Stearns builds a soundscape of drones and melodic synths around the natural sounds. He tops it with acoustic music and wordless vocals. It is pure minimalism and natural relaxation music. &#8220;Jewel&#8221; is 22 minutes of warm bell tones created on Ervin Wilson&#8217;s Eikosany with a chorus of female voices. Stearns&#8217; unique recording and processing techniques give the piece an electronic synthesizer sound. It is gentle, elegant, and mystically haunting. This music was completely unique in 1979. Modern minimalists like Klaus Wiese and Mathias Grassow create similar music in the new millennium. This is an essential CD.<\/TD><\/TR><\/TABLE><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I revisit this album in 2024,\u201d Stearns reflects, \u201cI am struck by how the orchestration of natural sound, vocals and synthesis still strikes a profound chord within me. It lends a deeper appreciation for the entire process of how organic and microtonal sound has informed my music. As I listen with ears fine-tuned by forty-five years of experience, my perspective is enlarged as the innate organic wisdom I am able to hear in <strong>Morning Jewel<\/strong> still rings true to make this my favorite album in my catalogue.\u201d   <\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<h3>Projekt release: May 24 2024<br \/>\nOriginal Release: 1979<\/h3>\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%2Fpro00419%2F&t=Michael+Stearns%3A+Morning+Jewel+%282024+remaster%29+%28CD%2FDigital%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%2Fpro00419%2F&text=Michael+Stearns%3A+Morning+Jewel+%282024+remaster%29+%28CD%2FDigital%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%2Fpro00419%2F&media=https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/PRO00419.jpg&description=++%0D%0A\" 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%2Fpro00419%2F&title=Michael+Stearns%3A+Morning+Jewel+%282024+remaster%29+%28CD%2FDigital%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\/morning-jewel-2024-remaster TARGET=BLANK><IMG SRC=\/store\/assets\/images\/Button-Bandcamp.png width=129><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[50,49,104,812],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-28704","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-ambient","product_cat-electronic","product_cat-meditation","product_cat-michael-stearns","pa_artist-michael-stearns","pa_format-cd-in-4-panel-digipak","pa_label-projekt","pa_release-year-1979-2024","first","instock","sale","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple","border"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/28704","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=28704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=28704"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=28704"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=28704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}