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Stellar Collections

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You want space music (as well as Planetarium music)? Besides John Serrie's "Planetary Chronicles," Geodesium would be a top choice. I notice that not many places (besides amazon.com) would have them. If many other stores would carry John Serrie's albums, why not Geodesium???

You want to know how Geodesium's music is like? Give "Stellar Collections" a listen. Unlike John Serrie, Mark C. Peterson (the Geodesium guy) is more on the upbeat side (not that there's anything wrong with Serrie's relaxing music). Nice background music for watching the heavens. The best way to listen to this album is through a stereo system with a dynamic range. For instance, you would feel the low sounds on "The Distant Worlds Collection" (i.e., about 3 minutes into track 5). That same track also has something you may be familiar with... if you know "Sudden Revelations" from Tangerine Dreams "Canyon Dreams." The whole CD itself is like a journey through the cosmos.

Whoever would listen to this CD take note of this: there's a hidden song starting on Track 7, index 25:36. I was told that it's called "Saturnesque."

If you like it, then you might as well get "West of the Galaxy" and "Fourth Universe." That's a couple of more CDs of Planetarium music. There are slightly different versions of "On Orbit" and "Rhapsody On A Red Planet" from "Fourth Universe." You may find it worth while to get "Anasazi" as well (listen to the samples of this one before you decide). That has "Chetro Ketl," a familiar tune you may find on a couple of parts in "Stellar Collections," sotra like a variation on it, if you will.

If you dig analog synth music, then you may want to get the first two Geodesium albums. You can get them ONLY through Loch Ness Productions. They contain planetarium music from the '70s and early '80s featuring analog synthesizers like the EMS SYNTHI AKS. If you were to purchase them then note this: Like "Stellar Collections," there's a hidden track on "Double Eclipse," starting on Track 10, index 7:08. I was told that the hidden song is entitled "Super Star."

If your looking for peaceful, relaxing music you've got the right CD! If you've had a rough day at work and just want to lie down and rest, this is the perfect music to set the relaxing atmosphere! As your thoughts slowly venture off into space you will soon forget all your worries until your fast asleep...

I especially liked MarsQuest but the album seemed a little corny in places, still very good though!

GEODESIUM (pronounced Gee-oh-dee-zee-um)

A blending of the words "geodesic dome" and "planetarium"

describing the environment which gave birth to the space music of Mark C. Petersen.

Mark is unquestionably the most prolific composer for the medium, and the GEODESIUM name has become synonymous with planetarium music. Since 1978, more than 800 planetaria around the world have purchased Mark's original planetarium music for their shows, and GEODESIUM albums are popular items in planetarium gift shops.

Mark uses Emulator and synthesizer sounds, blended in a rich, varied collection of original instrumental works. Relaxing yet provocative, GEODESIUM stylings embody "traditional" space music -- that ethereal, beautifully floating music that characterizes the genre -- as well as "new age"-style works and up-tempo, rhythmic sonic odysseys.

In this 2001 release, Mark blends more than 26 compositions from the best of his planetarium soundtrack work over the past two decades. Avid Geodesium fans may recognize some familiar themes among the works comprising this thought-provoking retrospective album; four tracks revisit selections from "Anasazi" and "Fourth Universe", but this time in richer, more complex and satisfying detail. Both the up-tempo star flights as well as the floating journeys into deep space nebulosities that are the hallmarks of the Geodesium style are represented in this 62-minute, must-have disc!