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Earthshine serves Abstract Patterns

earthshine v - abstract patternsOur electronic project Earthshine (relax, it’s instrumental music) has delivered a stunning fifth album. Abstract Patterns will also be released on October 27 and contains 8 tracks. Blekkmark Design Studio has not only created some fitting artwork, but also updated the logo.

Peter had this to say about it: This time my starting point was certain terms and patterns that associate with numbers or ranges of numbers and terms from the world of programming. Like for instance the Fibonacci sequence, or Pi. And my next step would be to translate those numbers to chords and melodies and trying to make it sound right. Without letting it become crazy or incoherent.
I quite liked the challenge and the outcome, but you be the judge!

In the next video you can hear a part of the first track: Fibonacci Fever:

New Rock Company podcast

As you may have noticed, here at Rock Company we like to keep busy. So slowly but surely the number of titles available from us is rising! All independent artists, who need your support. Hugs and kudos for everyone who buys an album (often limited editions) or download! But if you are wondering what the label is about, here a sure fire way to introduce a lot of recent releases to you, this podcast. Have fun and never mind the ramblings of Dr. Schultz 🙂

Nominations OMWR Awards!

We feel blessed with our artists receiving a number of nominations for the 2016 One World Music awards. In random order:

  • Earthshine – White Cliff Country nominated in the People’s Choice awards. If you want to vote, go to this link to do so. Thanks!
  • Cranston – Cranston, nominated for Rock album of the year
  • Forest Field – Lonely Desert, also nominated for Rock album of the year
  • Sixtynine – You Are Me, another contender for Rock album of the year
  • and last but not least, our Distribution artist Holly Montgomery – Leaving Eden is another nominee in the Rock album category.

Needless to say we are very happy for our artists for this achievement. We wish the voting judges success with this hard task, what a list!

iO pages review Earthshine’s Ghost In The Machine

Dutch magazine IO Pages, in the person of Robert Schuller, have published a review for Ghost In The Machine by Earthshine in edition 140. Some quotes:

  • Ghost In the Machine is a change in the right direction
  • atmosphere and moods are the key ingredient now
  • I like the innovativeness of Earthshine

The original Dutch version is below. Thank you Robbert.

EARTHSHINE
Ghost In The Machine
(ROCK COMPANY)

Op het vierde album van Earthshine in ruim twee jaar tijd gooit men het roer stevig om. De instrumentale werken die Peter Cox onder dit pseudoniem uitbracht, werden tot nu toe maar zuinigjes ontvangen in iO Pages. Ghost In The Machine laat een omslag horen die naar  mijn mening naar de goede kant uitvalt. Het album bevat slechts vier lange composities, waarin piano en synthesizers het voortouw nemen. Een nieuw instrument in het muzikale palet waarmee Cox werkt is de midi-gitaar. Veel klanken op het album zijn afkomstig van dit apparaat; heel duidelijk ligt de nadruk op sfeer. Dat lijkt de componist beter af te gaan dan de ritmische begeleiding.
Ik vond dat laatste op eerdere cd’s het zwakke punt van het Earthshine project.
Cox houdt gelukkig de inzet van de drummachine op Ghost In The Machine binnen de perken. De keren dat de computergestuurde
bas en drums uit het hok mogen, ontsieren meestal niet al vliegt hij halverwege het afsluitende Steam Up That Engine net even uit de bocht qua programmering in combinatie met houterig solospel. Toch bevalt de vernieuwingsdrang van Earthshine me wel. Wordt ongetwijfeld vervolgd.

Robbert Schuller

Mindblowing Earthshine review!

omwr lonely desertSteve Sheppard from One World Music Radio has written  a totally mindblowing review of the album Ghost In The Machine by Earthshine. Here are some quotes for you:

  • Ghost in the Machine is the latest release from Earthshine and with each collection of songs, Peter Cox; the ever so talented Dutch multiinstrumentalist, just gets better and better.
  • In my view this first offering, is the single best piece of work Earthshine have created thus so far, it morphs from Jarre to David Wright and then towards the end, with the slight but very relevant percussion, shifts towards fellow Dutch EM performer Frank Pells in performance. The balance of the composition and the arrangement is simply perfect and creates a superb sense of ambience that one could literally feel like one was about to enter a realm, an old haunted mansion of great mystery and fear.
  • This album is a four piece collection of long form compositions, the keyboards feature in a delightful and very artistic way on the second song called Reverse IN going forward. Cox has manifested a really clever piece here with the use of the keyboard strings to create an aged sound throughout the composition and a somewhat careful piano performing the role of narrator in the early stages.
  • The start of this track is sublime; most electronic fans on listening to it will be in rapture. This reminds me of some of the deeper and darker tracks of both Kevin Kendle and Geigertek, both masters of this genre. Cox has built something quite brilliant here, and one can almost see the Ghost in the Machine!

Read the full review on the OMWR website (link above) or click here: omwr-ghost-in-the-machine

Haunting new Earthshine video

earthshine-ghost-in-the-machineThe fresh new album from Earthshine – Ghost In The Machine, has just seen the release of a video for the opening track “HAUNTED is the house”. Despite the track’s length (almost 12 minutes), we decided on creating a video that represents some of the thoughts behind the album.  We hope it gives the impression of the haunting of the strange spirit that is technology that now functions in our world, in time, and in space….

To check it out, just hit play below:

Earthshine rising on OMWR chart

omwr chart showThis month we see that Earthshine has once again entered the top 50 and landed place 48. Thanks to the listener and hosts for that. Also Tragik is still refusing to drop out of the list and can now be found at place 65.

You can check the list and the show here.

new Earthshine video

earthshine - white-cliff-countryFrom the latest Earthshine album White Cliff Country comes this track “Secret Of The Stones”. Described by a critic

  • One of my favourite places in England has to be Stonehenge and Earthshine have created a track that compliments both Avebury and the henge, and also does it complete justice by the piece called Secret of the Stones. The arrangement starts in an almost Jarre style, then transposes itself into a really ancient melody of time and memory, it is as if musically we have found a portal to the past. This fluid and fascinating composition is one of the best on the album, I could listen to this for hours.

So a little suspense should be in order here:

OWMR Awards 2015

owm awards 2015

One World Music have opened their OWM Awards for 2015.

In the category anyone can vote for, I am one of the candidates! In order to vote you have to mail them at info@oneworldmusic.co.uk.
For me it is an honor to get a mention, but of course I do not mind if you vote for me :). Voting closes on May 22 of this year.

The judges team can also vote for several of Rock Company releases:

  • Electronic Album: Earthshine with Somewhere Around
  • Rock Album: Forest Field with Angels? AND Tragik with Come And Get It

Needless to say this is HUGE for our small independent label and we thank all people from One World Music Radio and all of our listeners. No matter the result, this is a real encouragement!

Outstanding review for Earthshine 3

owm reviews december 2015Steve Sheppard from One World Music has done another oustanding review of our music! We are very humbled by his kind words. Here some quotes:

  • One of the most impressive tracks I have heard for some time in the electronic genre is coming up next and is called Beachy Head. This is an absolutely perfect soundscape for the location, it is imposing, mysterious and deadly, and many have died here in suicide leaps over the years! The synths swirl and create an image of awe and grandeur, while the added percussion dances with the keyboards to confirm this narrative, on this take of beauty and danger combined.
  • One of my favourite places in England has to be Stonehenge and Earthshine have created a track that compliments both Avebury and the henge, and also does it complete justice by the piece called Secret of the Stones. The arrangement starts in an almost Jarre style, then transposes itself into a really ancient melody of time and memory, it is as if musically we have found a portal to the past. This fluid and fascinating composition is one of the best on the album, I could listen to this for hours.
  • The famous words, Mind the Gap, you may still here this at some underground stations, but for some reason is remembered by tourists the world wide, there is something very appealing about the Underground network in London that I have yet to find anywhere else in the world, perhaps it’s the history and age of the network. Having said that Peter Cox has really pulled off a master stroke with this composition, in my opinion this is the best piece off the album, it has a driven, energy, a perfect fluent tempo of great speed and illustrates the subject matter superbly, and the use of minor chords on this arrangement is sublime. The guitar used towards the end of the album is subtle, but very sweet.
  • This is what one would call a unique album and as such, this uniqueness should be a part of your growing musical collection.

Read the full review on the OneWorldMusic website, or click here.

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