That time has come around again for the BFW Recordings "Album in a Day" project. This time around I put together a new age style submission for Volume #5. It seems like only yesterday that I was working on my submission for Volume #3 and I have to keep reminding myself that I had to miss out on Volume #4 to be at the National Folk Festival (held yearly here in Canberra). Naturally I was very keen not to miss out again.

Volume #5 spans multiple genres and actually runs for more than 4 hours! I must confess that I still haven't had a change to listen to it all myself. However I'm still very honored to have had my track included. To get your copy (free download) head over to:

http://www.bfwrecordings.com/releases/AlbumInADay/Vol5/

I'm very proud to have been asked to contribute to the Take to the Trees fund raising project. Please consider donating. You'll get a brand new Crystal Dreams track as well as some other fantastic music from some very talented musicians.

I'm rather thrilled to announce my premier into the world of dark ambient music with a new track called Twisted Trust which has been included in the new compilation The Chestnut Tree hosted on the Buddhist on Fire net label.

If you're into the more drifting and sleeping tracks fear not. I won't be giving them away any time soon. This is just a small tangent. :)

One from the Complex Silence series was featured today in the my Dream Time Podcast replay on Still Stream.

Again I am honored to be included in another compilation of works collated by Brad Ross-MacLeod at the Free Floating Music netlabel. This is a special release to celebrate Christmas. My contribution to "All is Calm 2011" is a slightly ambient version of the traditional carol "We Three Kings". I am very proud to be included in the collection with artists such as Altus, Phillip Wilkerson, Tange, and Shane Morris (to name a few).

The album is available now for free and legal download at the Free Floating Music web site.

After many months of hard work I'm pleased to announce the release of Sedation.

This is a three track commercial release available via BandCamp. Included is a long form ambient piece which I'm particularly proud of.

There are a multitude of download formats to choose from including the extra high quality FLAC files. As always you'll be able to listen to the album IN FULL, either on BandCamp or via this website, before you decide to make a purchase.

I'm proud to announce that the newest Crystal Dreams album "Sedation" will be released on the 12th December 2011.

The album will makes its premier during the next episode of Mystic Music on Still Stream internet radio. Eric does a great weekly show which I encourage you all to listen too regularly. This is the official write up:

"For something special and out of the ordinary, tune into Mystic Music with Eric Mystic, Monday evenings on stillstream.com at 10 PM central time, 11 PM eastern, 8 PM pacific . Take a vacation from ordinary reality and catch a glimpse of mystic spaces."

He'll be playing track 3 from the release called "At Peace" which is a 45 minute long form ambient track. The album will be available for streaming and purchase (digital only at this stage) via Band Camp after the show.

As mentioned the show starts at Mon 12th Dec 10pm US CST time, Tue 13th Dec 3pm AU EDT, and Tue 13th Dec 4am GMT. Visit http://www.stillstream.com/ for details of how to tune in and join the chat room.

Special thanks to Eric for having me on his show. Additional thanks to the crew at http://www.electro-music.com/ (where Still Stream lives) for making this event possible.

I've just this minute learnt that "Two" from my current release Complex Silence 19 will be played on Still Stream Internet Radio tonight as part of the show Mystic Music. Please tune in if you can and join us in the chat room.

Remember that you can always stream the entire Crystal Dreams back catalog from the Music section.

Another happy announcement today!

My latest release Complex Silence #19 is now available from Tree Trunk Records for download. I hope you enjoy it.

Special Thanks to Phil Wilkerson (curator of the Complex Silence series), Thomas Park, and Gordon MacMillian (my favorite Still Stream DJ).

Thomas (aka Mystified) from Tree Trunk Records has put together this great preview video for the upcoming Crystal Dreams release "Complex Silence #19". I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.