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	A BLUE OCEAN DREAM - The Sea (cd-r)


	A PRODUCE - A Smooth Surface (cd-r)


	A PRODUCE - Black Sands (cd-r)


	A PRODUCE - Inscape and Landscape (cd)


	A PRODUCE - Land of a Thousand Trances (cd-r)


	A PRODUCE - Reflect like a Mirror, Respond like an Echo (cd)


	A PRODUCE - Smile on the Void (cd)


	A PRODUCE - White Sands (cd)


	A PRODUCE & M. GRIFFIN - Altara (cd)


	A PRODUCE & RUBEN GARCIA - Early Sessions (cd-r)


	AAIRRIA - Urbanisation (cd)


	ABANDONED TOYS - The Witch's Garden (cd)


	ACHELOO - Ishtar (cd-r)


	ACHELOO - Sirens (cd-r)


	RUDY ADRIAN - Desert Realms (cd)


	RUDY ADRIAN - Kinetic Flow (Sequencer Sketches Vol. 1) (cd)


	RUDY ADRIAN - Moonwater (cd)


	RUDY ADRIAN - Subantarctica (Atmospheric Works Vol.1) (cd-r)


	RUDY ADRIAN - The Healing Lake (cd)


	RUDY ADRIAN - Twilight (Atmospheric Works Vol. 2) (cd-r)


	KEES AERTS - If One Door Closes (cd)


	KEES AERTS - Slices of Time (cd)


	AES DANA - Leylines (cd)


	AETOPUS - Memories of the Elder (cd)


	JOHAN AGEBJöRN - Mossebo (cd)


	AIRSCULPTURE - Fjord Transit (cd)


	AIRSCULPTURE - Quark Soup (cd)


	AIRSCULPTURE - TranceAtlantic (cd)


	AIRWAVES - Ambient Tracks (cd)


	AIRWAVES - Second Shift (cd)


	AKIKAZE - The Age of Deception (cd-r)


	ALEMIS - The Music of Alemis Vol. 1 (cd-r)


	ALIEN NATURE - Anna (cd-r)


	ALIO DIE & JACK OR JIVE - Mei-Jyu (cd)


	ALIO DIE & MARTINA GALVAGNI - Eleusian Lullaby (cd)


	ALIO DIE & PARALLEL WORLDS - Circo Divino (cd)


	ALPHA WAVE MOVEMENT - Beyond Silence (cd-r)


	ALPHA WAVE MOVEMENT - Cosmic Mandala (cd-r)


	ALPHA WAVE MOVEMENT - Cosmology (cd)


	ALPHA WAVE MOVEMENT - Drifted Into Deeper Lands (cd)


	ALPHA WAVE MOVEMENT - Terra (dvd-r)


	ALPHA WAVE MOVEMENT - The Mystic and the Machine (cd-r)


	ALPHA WAVE MOVEMENT - The Regions Between (cd-r)


	ALPHA WAVE MOVEMENT - Transcendence (cd)


	ALPHA WAVE MOVEMENT & JIM COLE - Bislama (cd-r)


	ALQUIMIA & RüDIGER GLEISBERG - Garden of Dreams (cd)


	ALTUS - Black Trees Among Amber Skies (cd-r)


	ALTUS - City of Ashes (cd-r)


	ALTUS - Coma Cluster (cd-r)


	ALTUS - Excursion Two (cd-r)


	ALTUS - Macro (cd-r)


	ALTUS - Rapid Eye Movements (cd-r)


	ALTUS - The Grand Expanse (cd-r)


	THE AMARANTH SIGNAL - Penumbra (cd-r)


	AMBIENTIUM - Fractal Philosophy (cd-r)


	AMETHYSTIUM - Aphelion (cd)


	AMETHYSTIUM - Emblem (cd)


	AMETHYSTIUM - Evermind (cd)


	AMETHYSTIUM - Isabliss (cd)


	AMETHYSTIUM - Odonata (cd)


	AMONGST MYSELVES - Auburn Silhouette (cd)


	AMONGST MYSELVES - Sacred Black (cd)


	JACK ANDREWS - Electrokinesis (cd-r)


	MIKE ANDREWS - Time & Science (cd)


	ANDYMIAN - In the Garden of the Rainy King (cd)


	ANOMALOUS DISTURBANCES - Archive Two (cd-r)


	ANOMALOUS DISTURBANCES - HovR (cd-r)


	ANOMALOUS DISTURBANCES - Inside (cd-r)


	ANOMALOUS DISTURBANCES - The Spirit Molecule (cd-r)


	VINCENT GABRIEL ANTONINI - Unforeseen (cd-r)


	ANTRILON - Mind Erase (cd)


	APERUS - Hinterland (Ep)


	APERUS - Tumbleweed obfuscated by camera failure (cd-r)


	AQUAVOICE - Cold (cd)


	AQUAVOICE - Memories (cd)


	ARC - Church (cd)


	ARC - Fracture (cd)


	ARC - Rise (cd-r)


	ARCANE - Alterstill (cd)


	ARCANE - The Shelter (cd-r)


	ARCANE - Tomorrow’s Wasteland (cd-r)


	ARKHA NOUS - Tria (cd)


	CHRIS ARMSTRONG - A.I. Awakens (cd)


	ARROCATA - In the Distance (cd)


	ARRONIZ - Contacto (cd)


	ART OF INFINITY - Dimension Universe (cd)


	ASHERA - Ambient Selections (cd)


	ASHERA - Cobalt 144 (cd)


	ASHERA - Colour Glow (cd)


	ASHERA - Enviro (cd)


	ASHERA - We Gaia (cd)


	ASHERA & BRANNAN LANE - Sextant (cd)


	DWIGHT ASHLEY & TIM STORY - Standing + Falling (cd)


	DWIGHT ASHLEY - Discrete Carbon (cd)


	ASTROGATOR - Dreamlight (cd-r)


	ASTROVOYAGER - Symphotronic Lunation (cd)


	ASURA - Life 2 (cd)


	CAN ATILLA - Ave (cd)


	ATRIUM CARCERI - Cellblock (cd)


	AUGUST WHEN - The Hour Before Midnight (cd-r)


	AUREALITY - Sense (cd-r)


	AUSTRALIS - Lifegiving (cd)


	AUSTRALIS - The Gates of Reality (cd)


	PAUL AVGERINOS - Muse of the Round Sky (cd)


	PAUL AVGERINOS - Sky of Grace (cd)


	PAUL AVGERINOS - Words Touch (cd)


	AXESS - Voices of Dawn (cd)


	AZUL Y NEGRO - Deja Vu (cd)

ALTUS
The Grand Expanse
CD-R, Private Release, 2007

"The Grand Expanse" by Canadian musician Mike Carss is a symphonic excursion into the endless worlds surrounding the Earth: the cosmos.

The music is a well produced, refined and nicely sculptured piece of free floating music made of embracing, warm plains of sound breathing lots of emotion.

The 14 minute title track takes off in a quiet, classic manner with flute, after which the sounds start building into grand, massive soundscapes of orchestral grandeur.

"Magelannic Clouds" comes next with its lush, slow whirling and flowing sound tapestries, seamlessly moving into the warm, uplifting "Light Traveller" which contains some nice piano as well.

"Dust Lanes" is the fourth atmospheric track on the album, which contains some sparkling elements as well. "Towards the Galactic Centre" brings things to a closing of symphonic realms with some beautiful solo sounds of violin.

All in All, "The Grand Expanse" is fine piece of art, and a worthy addition to his ongoing collection of ambient albums.
Like all of Mike’s albums, "The Grand Expanse" is available as free, high-quality download from his site. So make sure you get it!

Website: www.altusmusic.ca