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Steve Brand has been making music in the experimental realm since the early 90's under the name, "Augur," with more than 20 limited edition releases on various independent labels. In 2003, Steve began creating in the "ambient" genre under his own name. He describes this change in moniker and musical expression as, “Part of the process of moving out of my head and more into my heart.” Since then, Brand has issued a number of self-released disks, as well as a number of solo and collaborative releases on the esteemed U.S. labels, Hypnos and AtmoWorks, and the Italian label, Afe.Selected tracks of Brand's music have been featured on Stephen Hill's nationally syndicated radio show "Hearts of Space" on two occasions (October 2007 "Darkwater" edition and August 2008 "Reading the Bones" edition), and continues in rotation on SomaFM's DroneZone and StillStream.com. September of 2007, Steve was privileged to be invited, along with 4 other artists, to take part in one of the few "Into The SoundCurrent" Masters' Classes with Steve Roach at his studio, the Timeroom, in Sonoita, Arizona. Early 2008, Philadelphia's experimental dance troupe, SCRAP Performance Group, used selections of Steve's music as a backdrop for a dance composition. July 31, 2009, Brand's 2008 release on AtmoWorks.com, "Because We Were Once Covered In Gold," was honored as the "Featured Album of the Month" on StillStream.com.
Brand's music has been described as “ambient,” “tribal,” “ritualistic,” “a direct link to our ancient, and arcane ancestry” and “...not mere music, but an almost shamanic attempt at deconstructing our interpretation of reality, by connecting us to an anti-technological, primal psyche.” Instruments include keyboards, natural sound, various flutes, voice, medicine drum, rattles, bells, gongs.
In addition to his sound work, Steve is a Reiki Master, trained energy healer and visual artist who is: “Committed to the idea that art/music, more than being just an object for sale, is actually a fluid and transformative process that opens us up to new possibilities that create the potential for healing spiritually and physically, and connects us via it’s roots in our common ancient past with it’s wellspring in the depths of our larger selves. The results of this process are sound maps of/to lost and uncharted realms of Being. Unfortunately, it’s very easy these days to reach for the cynical, hyper-rational, reductivist yes/no answers of the past. Instead, I choose to reach into the gray areas of feeling, intuition, the unknown—in doing so, I make music that is intended to expand, move and heal.” - Steve Brand
For their kindness and support, “Thanks” to: Jill, Steve Roach, Jeph Jerman, James Keeler, Jonathan Benham, Kevin Wienke, Brooke Oates, Vince Harrigan, Terry Bennett, Mike Griffin, John Koch-Northrup, Vir Unis, Geoff Small, Dean Richards, Andrea Marutti and Melanie Shiney Haas.
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“We cannot emphasize enough to you that you must stop listening to society. This is going to be the hardest task for you to do and biggest break for you to make. You have the society self, and the spiritual self, and you must decide which one is sacred. Which one is your source of authority? Let your intuitive self become your authority. Allow your intuitive self to be the standard bearer of your experience, which is experience no on else is going to validate. Your experience springs from the assignments that you are knowing, and not necessarily remembering, you are on.” - Barbara Marciniak : Bringers of the Dawn
“There should never be a word in any language that means repentance. There should only be a word that means, I bless; for when you bless, you do not need to repent. For when you accept a blessing, there is nothing to repent. Love of All That Is requires simply that you become open as air, for when you are open as air then joy of all that is flows through you indiscriminately, and there is nothing to repent. You only need repentance when you do not know joy. For within joy and within all that is there is only glory, consciousness and song. There is only blessedness.” - Seth / Jane Roberts
“Art is a kind of drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. The artist is not a person endowed with free will who seeks his own ends, but one who allows art to realize its purpose through him.” - Carl Gustav Jung
Discography:
2010
• “Circular Scriptures” Relaxed Macinery - 1.11.10
2010
• “Circular Scriptures” Relaxed Macinery - 1.11.10
2009
• “The First Day Unnamed” (w/ Disturbed Earth) AtmoWorks – October 30
• “She Covers The Sky" (contributions from Holon) AtmoWorks – September 25
- “Because We Were Once Covered In Gold" honored as StillStream.com's "Featured Album of the Month" for August
• “The First Day Unnamed” (w/ Disturbed Earth) AtmoWorks – October 30
• “She Covers The Sky" (contributions from Holon) AtmoWorks – September 25
- “Because We Were Once Covered In Gold" honored as StillStream.com's "Featured Album of the Month" for August
- Featured artist on StillStream.com's Rabbit Hole Radio, Thursday, June 4, 2009
• “Spiritual Science/The Voice From Home" AtmoWorks (double album w/ Ishq, July, 17, 2009)
• “Children of Alcyone” Hypnos Secret Sounds
• “The Rest of Time" (w/ Disturbed Earth) AtmoWorks
• “Cahokia” re-released, re-mastered AtmoWorks
• “Children of Alcyone” Hypnos Secret Sounds
• “The Rest of Time" (w/ Disturbed Earth) AtmoWorks
• “Cahokia” re-released, re-mastered AtmoWorks
• “Busy with Dreams" (w/ Disturbed Earth) AtmoWorks
2008
• "LightTools” AtmoWorks
• “Because We Were Once Covered In Gold” AtmoWorks
- 1 song aired on Hearts of Space in the August, “Reading the Bones” edition
• “Bridge To Nowhere” Hypnos Secret Sounds
• “Looking Into The Other” self-released on CDBaby.com, iTunes
2007
• "Twilightmind” self-released on CDBaby.com, iTunes
• "Cahokia” self-released on CDBaby.com, iTunes
• "Awakensong” self-released on CDBaby.com, iTunes (re-release of formerly ltd. edition)
• "Looking Into The Other" CDR Released March 2006 on Afe Records
- 2 songs aired on Hearts of Space in late October, “Darkwater” edition
- Interview with Fabrizio Grau of AudioDrome.com
2006
• "Looking Into The Other" Track contributed to Afe Records' on-line compilation
• "Awakensong" CDR Released March 2006 on Afe Records
- Interview with TJ Norris for Igloo On-line Magazine
2005
• "One Hour as the One Who Watches" CDR on Blade
• "A Thing Asunder" CD Compilation on Foundry (track "Wrapped in Leaves")
2004
• “Quiver of Dreams” CDR on XZF (March 2004)
• “One Hour as the One Who Watches” 60 minute piece aired in January on Ben Green’s “...as...” program - London’s 104.4FM.
2003
• AUGUR & J. Benham “On the Shoulders of Giants” CDR SELF-RELEASE, EDITION OF 100
2002
• “The Envy of Winged Things” CDR on Alluvial (UNAVAILABLE)
• “Sacred Engines” CDR SELF-RELEASE, EDITION OF 100 (UNAVAILABLE)
• “Tree Sap for a Heart” CDR on A Pyrrhic Victory / Manifold (UNAVAILABLE)
• “(animating them) By Her Example : Message from a Pearl” CDR (w/ Jeph Jerman, UNRELEASED)
2001
• “Navigations” 2xCD w/ Wilt on Solipsism (Self-Abuse) (UNAVAILABLE)
• “Xibalba” CDR on A Pyrrhic Victory / Manifold (UNAVAILABLE)
• “All the Smallest Granules of Time” CDR on A Pyrrhic Victory / Manifold (UNAVAILABLE)
2000
• “Like Little Machines” CD on Rectrix (UNAVAILABLE)
• “A Slender Thread of Silence” CDR on Alluvial Recordings (UNAVAILABLE)
1999
• “Ephemera” CDR SELF-RELEASE, EDITION OF 100 (UNAVAILABLE)
• “Strange Seeds Come from Odd Flowers” AUGUR/BIRDS of TIN Split on Manifold (UNAVAILABLE)
• “Birds of Tin/Augur” BIRDS of TIN/AUGUR Split CDR SELF-RELEASE (UNAVAILABLE)
• “Powerhear” ReSource vs. Augur (4-Track Collaborative Recording, 2xCDR) (UNAVAILABLE)
Numerous cassette releases 1995 - 1998 (UNAVAILABLE)
Last updated by Steve Brand Dec 3.
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