The modern mantra is “green.” Or so it seems to be on the lips of many as we stare down looming eco-crisis and potential shortage of resources. It’s no wonder that the concept of green, or natural states permeates music as well.

I just got a copy of The 10, 000 Steps by Biomusique, the latest musical offering from Kosmic. On first listen, it’s fairly apparent that the concept of organic sounds is deeply embedded in the musical DNA of this project. It’s wide open, with space to breath and roam around in some of the ways that the best ambient music provides. It has strains of Enya, Dead Can Dance and David Sylvain, plucking the best elements out of all them.

When I encounter a CD like this, I have a hard time rationalizing that the recording industry is in deep water, and yet I am also hopeful that music like the lovely and haunting sounds of Biomusique continues to get made.

If we are indeed in a period of vanishing resources, then we need to find sustenance to feed our spirits in the time of material blight. Biomusique provide that type of nourishment for the soul.

by Robert Phoenix
Robert Phoenix moves freely among a vast array of realities, but tends to focus-in on music and human evolution.