Terran Spiral=Cinematica it is a genre of Electronic music that best fits the music we create. It is truely music for the movie in our minds.

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ELECTRONIC: Ambient, ELECTRONIC: Soundscapes



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Terran Spiral

I (Robert Carpenter) have been intrigued and inspired by electronic music for a long time. Back when I was in high school I discovered one of the early electronic experiments of that time (late 60's), and of course the early music of Pink Floyd was evocative and intriguing to me. At some point in the mid 70's I became totally blown away by far reaching artist like Genesis, Pulsar, Yes and Camel, among others. But I believe my mind was primed for what I am doing now by a record called "Phaedra" by Tangerine Dream. It was so organic and allowed my vivid imagination to soar anywhere I want it to go. Also Camel came out with an instrumental record called "Snow Goose" that started me down the road to doing "cinematic music". Just from listening to this incredible record, my imagination was able to tell my self the story, which was spookily close to what "Snow Goose" was actually about. Since then I have pictured music in my head that could evoke the feeling of being in a movie or a story. And that was where I saw my music going as I began my quest. After being in couple of progressive rock bands back in the early 90's, (both called Astoria) I began to head into a new musical vortex, as I was once again inspired into new directions by the early ambient music of the "post modern' genre. The most influential at the time were the Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, and a continuing influence Ozric Tenticles, as well as the Orb, and Brian Eno. In the late 90s out of the later of the two "Prog Rock" Bands a duo was born called Oshyna. This was the first time I had actually started to write music in a more electronic vain. After a couple of years and one CD Oshyna faded away, and I decided it was time to go on that electronic adventure that was called Terran Spiral. .
Terran Spiral began as a solo project. A couple of friends, Michael Flint, who plays Chapman Stick, and Tina Van Valey Rolfs, (who I had already begun working on a song called Jilly's Dream) helped me to get the ball rolling on this new endeavor. All the music on the new CD was going to be instrumental except for "Jilly's Dream" and one other song called "Dimension in Orcas Light", which I had written a few years prior while camping out on Orcas Island in the San Jaun Islands.
I went Downtown Seattle to see a band called Josette's Eye. There I met Esther Mathison who not only was in that band but also opened with a Duo she was in called A Thousand Young. I was blown away by her style and melodic sense. After I was introduced to her, I told Esther about my project and about this song. She agreed to check it out and the rest is history. A while after our CD was released Josette's Eye broke up and she ended up joining Terran Spiral as a full member. Thus Terran Spiral was now a duo, no longer a "solo project"
At this time Esther and I are working on new music for a new CD.
The arts beyond music have also played a big influence on what I write. Books, Film, TV, and Computer Games, have all played on my imagination and inspired what I end up writing. Books like "Dreams Underfoot" inspired "Jilly's Dream". Tomb Raider of course inspired "Lara's Mystery". I tend to see images and even make up stories when I listen to music and that is what makes my music "tick" so to speak. I desire to make music that can feel as if you are in a movie or a story of some sort. And that is what Terran Spiral is all about. Taking you into another dimension, sending you on an adventure into your own imagination where you could do anything end up anywhere. To me that is the magic of music. And why music is Magic!
And the journey doesn't end here, as Terran Spiral is now a duo, Esther Mathison who sang on Dimension in Orcas Light and did back up vocals on Jilly's Dream as well as some voice over on UFO is part of the Terran Spiral world.
And we are now working on a new CD called "The Movie in Our Minds"