Sound Portraits #9: Iasos
Doors: 19:30
Start time: 20:00
Sound Portraits is a series of listening sessions, curated by Doron Sadja, focusing on the work of iconic composers who have paved the way for contemporary electronic music. After a short introduction of each artist's life and work, we will listen to a selection of excerpts and complete works from the artist’s repertoire. Besides providing an opportunity to introduce these seminal artists to a new audience, the Sound Portraits series also offers an open forum to engage in group listening in a quiet atmosphere.
This session: IASOS
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If you’ve ever had a near-death experience, chances are you’ve been fortunate enough to hear music that sounds identical to the blissed-out tones of IASOS. In 1989, the psychology department at Plymouth State College discovered that Iasos’ music bore a remarkable resemblance to the sounds heard by people as they dipped a toe into that dimension between life and death. A true outsider and in many ways a visionary artist, Iasos is up there with the likes of Vangelis, Brian Eno, and his old pal Steven Halpern as one of the electronic pioneers of what became known as New Age music. Using custom built analog and early digital synthesizers along with flutes, pianos, and environmental recordings, Iasos creates expansive, celestial, uplifting electronic music that floats, shimmers, and transcends the earthly to induce higher states of consciousness.