Process of Being

Product Description Following three masterful collaborations with Craig Padilla on the Lotuspike label, Zero Ohms (aka Richard Roberts) returns with PROCESS OF BEING, a new ambient solo work of floating, etherial, luminous and expansive spacemusic. With his flutes and wind synthesizers in tandem, Zero Ohms brings forth billowing spaces that ascend and gently fall, effortlessly altering the listeners sense of time and space. This brilliantly subtle, beatless environment breathes with a sense of infinite presence, leaving both the past and the future elsewhere. The album's six tracks are well-developed, patient, deep and probing, seeping into, and shifting the frequencies of awareness. Through it all, the reigning atmosphere of peace and open space is everywhere evident, and the result serves as a soothing reminder of the joy of stillness and serenity. In speaking about this album, Richard shares I have tried to establish a sense of infinity and freedom, and the sense of timelessness that seems to come with it. Even the track titles suggest an internal encounter with the infinite; from the koan-inspired The Approach of Nothingness, to the Lost Horizon literary reference of Glimpsing the Eternal, or The Process of Being There, a reference to Peter Seller's masterpiece Being There, a film about an existence which is only as long as the present moment. The music on PROCESS OF BEING was created through a skillful blend of acoustic and electronic instruments and effects, and interestingly, no keyboards whatsoever were used to create these soundscapes. Synths were instead played via an electronic wind-controller, and of course the masterful flute textures that are the trademark of any Zero Ohms release are in full bloom throughout. TRACK LISTING: 1. The Present Perfect Tense of Being (14:24) 2. The Approach of Nothingness (9:32) 3. Glimpsing the Eternal (14:00) 4. The Dream Dreaming You (10:26) 5. The Process of Being There (9:20) 6. Nameless (8:48) Review "A heavenly ride through colorful space on a warm pillow of soft winds"-- Exposé Magazine "As a concept, it's fascinating, and as a recording, this is a fine work." -- Goatsden "A deep, drifting album of silk-shrouded expanses"-- Morpheus Music Reviews "For music lovers of ambient, Zen and very meditative EM" -- Synth & Sequences "Conjures huge forces while constantly tuning our minds" -- Star's End