Altered States by Strange Vibrations

Okay, so what is Strange Vibrations and how it came into existence?
I received my first new synthesizer for a few years, Stylophone CPM DS-2 Analogue Drone Synthesizer, to be exact. Of course I had to try it out... In a couple of days I ended up with nine experimental tracks all started with the CPM DS-02. I added other synths and then decided to ask Shane to join in, since this kind of experimental stuff always is more interesting (to me, at least) with some spoken word. This time I gave him all the subject matter ideas beforehand with some straight links to get inspired. Shane did a great job very fast as usual, and really delivered the goods like I knew he would! Later I added more stuff like electric guitars and more synths, even some percussive things. Now this all started to sound like something that should get out there...

I had recently decided not to put out new Astral Magic releases as often as before, so an idea was received from my friend Jaire to release this under a different project name. That I way I could still keep my promise without cheating (much...)! I decided to call this new project Strange Vibrations according to one of the tracks, and Shane liked that too. To shake things even more I did remixes of two of the most "normal" tracks and put those out first as "Astral Magic Mix" single. I added bass guitar and my vocals to these single versions, two of the most recognizable elements from Astral Magic that I have decided never to use in Strange Vibrations to keep some distance.

Jonathan Segel helped us a lot by mastering all the stuff while I came up with all the dodgy artwork myself (Andy was too busy making three different designs for my other projects...). Getting confused? No wonder... Anyway, this is more or less how it all happened. I hope you like it!

Tracklist

1.	Adinkra Codes	3:17

2.	Earth Coinsidence Control Office	4:08

3.	Transforming Chaos into Order	4:32

4.	Weirdness Overload	3:42

5.	Solarwind	4:29

6.	Solid State Intelligence	3:50

7.	Longing for the Stars	4:12

8.	Altered States	6:36

9.	Strange Vibrations	5:06

Credits

released March 7, 2025

Santtu Laakso - music, instrumentation, mix, design.
Shane Beck - lyrics and spoken word.
Jonathan Segel - mastering.

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