Tribe of Astronauts’ Rain 3 is a symphony in drone, recorded on a very windy day. The listener is transported in a place of wide and profound resonance.

Rain is a series of conceptual tracks produced for Webbed Hand Records. Each “Rain” is a CD-length ambient recording ideal for quiet listening while meditating, writing, or going to sleep. Typically the recordings in this series are minimalistic soundscapes, with motifs played out cyclically rather than progressively, in order to induce relaxed states.

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The inscrutable Tribe of Astronauts is a collective of varying number. Little can be known about the Tribe of Astronauts because they hide behind digital masks.

About this album:
Recorded & mixed by Tribe of Astronauts
Somewhere on Earth, Dec 2007
Length: 00:52:05

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An hour-long transmission from the celestial entity known as Tribe of Astronauts. A pleasing wash of white noises, drones, and other soundscape elements.

Are you familiar with the concept of astronaut contraband? Because of weight and spatial limitations in space flight, astronauts are generally forbidden from bringing along personal items. Only what is essential to the mission is allowed, and everything else is contraband. Any objects of sentiment, such as pictures of family, talismans, books, religious items, decorations, may be forbidden from inclusion on a flight.

I interpret this album as being about an item of astronaut contraband. A spaceman takes along with him a large seashell, which he keeps pressed to his ear in private moments, so that he may continue to listen in on the sounds of Earth that he misses so much. The ocean, the wind, the shushing of trees, the myriad white noises of terrestrial nature.

About the production:

Recorded and mixed by Tribe of Astronauts
Summer 2005
Length: 01:00:00
Cover image by Webbed Hand.

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This unusual experimental work is a group of blended variations on a simple structure and limited set of tones and sounds. From such a small tonal palette, great variety and depth can nonetheless be attained. The Tribe of Astronauts enjoyed making this, and you will enjoy listening.

The inscrutable Tribe of Astronauts is a collective of varying number. Little can be known about the Tribe of Astronauts because they hide behind digital masks.

Percolations may or may not be the first Tribe of Astronauts release, because they eschew the idea of chronology. However, this much is known about them: they care about you. They like you and want to enrich you with sounds.

Tribe of Astronauts came together in the distant present, and surreptitiously represents talent from numerous labels. No two releases by Tribe of Astronauts will sound alike.

About the album:
total length 00:54:40
Recorded and produced by
Tribe of Astronauts, 2005.

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Manatee is a 45-minute ambient soundscape which give the feeling of sleeping outdoors under the stars, on a balmy southern Summer night. Electronic and instrumental sounds are blended with field recordings in a relaxing continuum with no dissonance, shocks or surprises. The whole effect is warm and agreeably trance-inducing. This piece has a brain-massaging bass pulse and a nice panoramic sound arrangement.

About this album:
Recorded and produced by Tribe of Astronauts
Somewhere on Earth, 2004
Length: 00:44:48

The inscrutable Tribe of Astronauts is a collective of varying number. Little can be known about the Tribe of Astronauts because they hide behind digital masks.

“Thanks to Scott Smallwood (http://music.princeton.edu/~skot) for the excellent field recording. Scott has given me permission to use his recording “Brood X Cicadas” in the piece Manatee. I think it adds a lot to the piece. . .” -TOA

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Seismic, elemental, oceanic, liquid. There are numerous adjectives that can well describe this subtle 72-minute composition without giving away all of its secrets. Shifting drones and drips and drops conceal deeper activities. Tribe of Astronauts’ second Rain album continues in the tradition of Webbed Hand’s popular series of CD-length ambient soundscapes, intended for quiet listening.

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Rain is a series of conceptual tracks produced for Webbed Hand Records. Each “Rain” is a CD-length ambient recording ideal for quiet listening while meditating, writing, or going to sleep. Typically the recordings in this series are minimalistic soundscapes, with motifs played out cyclically rather than progressively, in order to induce relaxed states.

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About this album:
Recorded and produced by Tribe of Astronauts
Somewhere on Earth, 2004
Length: 01:12:02

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Tribe of Astronauts’ “Rain 1″ is a pleasing wash of white noises, cycling in slow rhythms. Waxing and waning brushstrokes of static, rumbles, and other obscure sounds lull the mind into a deep and peaceful state. This album is ideal for meditation, trancework, and quiet activities. It is recommended that you play it at low volume, as it is meant to be listened to peripherally, not directly.

Rain is a series of conceptual tracks produced for Webbed Hand Records. Each “Rain” is a CD-length ambient recording ideal for quiet listening while meditating, writing, or going to sleep. Typically the recordings in this series are minimalistic soundscapes, with motifs played out cyclically rather than progressively, in order to induce relaxed states.

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The inscrutable Tribe of Astronauts is a collective of varying number. Little can be known about the Tribe of Astronauts because they hide behind digital masks.

About this album:
Recorded & mixed by Tribe of Astronauts
Somewhere on Earth, 2004
Length: 01:14:08

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