Mr Conner
The soundscape is so powerful, it weakens the knees of your consciousness, commanding you, without awareness, to experience a voyage through the wilderness that is at one time or another frightening, magical, transcendental, and grounded.
Favorite track: Kanawha Falls, West Virginia.
Behind The Sky is proud to present ‘Appalachian Wilderness” by Lisa Bella Donna, an album of two long form synthesizer compositions that further establishes Lisa Bela Donna as the torch bearer for analog synth based Berlin school music. Mellotron, Arp 2600 and Moog synthesizers combine to create sonic journeys that pulse and evolve organically, like the natural surroundings of the Appalachian Wilderness that serves as the inspiration for this album.
Recorded & Mixed April 18 & 26 2019 by Lisa Bella Donna at
Appalachian Recording.
Mastered by Harold LaRue
Photography by Tristan Whitney Weary
Special thanks to Moog Music Inc, Evan Marc Bartholomew & Behind The Sky, Ben Vehorn, Michelle Moog-Koussa, Dina Pearlman, Ara Kazanjian, Todd Collis, Anne Sulikowski, Jim Tussing, and all of the listeners who have kindly supported this music.
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Every track on this compilation is excellent. They all have an overarching "meditative progressive synthesizer landscape" vibe, but it's very stylistically diverse. It's exceptional for deep concentration. Highly recommended. Nick Suda
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I love this record A LOT. Every track. I have different favourites for different activities/times of day, and I listen to the whole album while running: it’s my new favourite soundtrack. If I have to choose just one fave, it’s the Bluetech remix of Steve Moore’s Gutter Talk, it’s an absolute belter. But honestly the whole thing is sublime. Cheers folks! emmaseymour
The chilled product of a snowed-in weekend in the Swiss Alps, the debut EP from this ambient duo is a winter wonderland in and of itself. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 6, 2018
From North Carolina, 6wx_o unveils an EP of dazzling analog synth music, with melodies alternately soothing & mysterious. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 22, 2021
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Every listen is a fresh experience. Right from the start you are immersed into a wide sonic landscape. As the album progresses you meet new characters of the modular that reveal themselves in time. A very complete album experience that changes with the setting and season. A sweeping exploration of a modular with wildly organic feel. Stillborn Talent