Opening The Gates Of The Crystal Cave (2014)

Argyre Planitia · 2014 · 77 min

Opening The Gates Of The Crystal Cave is Argyre Planitia's eight-piece dark ambient release. The artist describes learning synthesis from 2011 and working with software, iOS instruments and selected hardware, while processing ordinary field sounds gathered with a Zoom H2. The artist names Absynth and Mitosynth among the tools used in that practice. “Nightfall At Elysium Mons” opens and two Crystal Cave parts close. Released on December 14, 2014, the album uses planetary and cave imagery to frame its eight dark ambient pieces. Release description and source notes

Selected edition: 8-file MP3 edition from the documented source. 8 audio files, 189,657,702 bytes and 76:55 of measured audio.

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Selected the source’s complete 8-recording MP3 edition in its documented file order.

Eight pieces correspond to the printed list. The instrument account describes the artist's toolkit broadly, and field sounds are ordinary recorded materials; do not claim actual recordings from Elysium Mons or a named cave. Release description and source notes.

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