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	CADENCED HAVEN - Peregrination (cd)


	CALLISTO - Nyx (cd)


	JAVI CáNOVAS - Behind the Shadows (cd-r)


	JAVI CáNOVAS - Eigenspaces (cd-r)


	JAVI CáNOVAS - In this Moment, In the Place (cd-r)


	JAVI CáNOVAS - Light Echoes (cd)


	JAVI CáNOVAS - Nights of Brightness (cd-r)


	CARBON BASED LIFEFORMS - Hydrophonic Garden (cd)


	CARBON BASED LIFEFORMS - Interloper (cd)


	CARBONEIDS - Synthsyg (cd)


	MARTIN CARRADUS - Analog (cd-r)


	ROBERT CARTY & BRANNAN LANE - Climatic Infusion (cd-r)


	ROBERT CARTY & BRANNAN LANE - Dreamswirl (cd-r)


	ROBERT CARTY & GERARD GEARY - Mount Meru (cd-r)


	ROBERT CARTY - Natural Wonder (cd-r)


	ROBERT CARTY - Oceanic Space (cd-r)


	ROBERT CARTY - Skyhearts (cd-r)


	ROBERT CARTY - Starlight Volume 1 (cd-r)


	ROBERT CARTY - Starlight Volume 2 (cd-r)


	ROBERT CARTY - Starlight Volume 3 (cd-r)


	ROBERT CARTY - Suntales (cd-r)


	ROBERT CARTY - The Inexplicable (cd-r)


	ROBERT CARTY & SYLKEN - The Endless Vista (cd-r)


	CHARLIE CASE & JONN SERRIE - Out of the Blue (dvd)


	DOLORES CASTRO - Fifth Dimension (cd)


	CATALIN - First Breath (cd)


	CELL - Hanging Masses (cd)


	CENTROZOON - Lovefield (cd)


	PETER CHALLONER - Abstract Ambient Form (cd-r)


	PETER CHALLONER - Beneath the Ice Flow (cd-r)


	PETER CHALLONER - Deconstructing Silence (cd-r)


	PETER CHALLONER - Interpolation (cd-r)


	PETER CHALLONER - Lunar Tide (cd-r)


	PETER CHALLONER - Music for Cloud Watching (cd-r)


	PETER CHALLONER - Music in Ambient Motion (cd-r)


	PETER CHALLONER - Music in Suspended Animation (cd-r)


	PETER CHALLONER - The Other Side of Time (cd-r)


	CHAR-EL - Heaven and Earth (cd)


	CHAR-EL - Resurrection (cd)


	CHAR-EL - Worlds without End (cd)


	CLAUDE CHEMIN - Esthésies (cd)


	JOHN CHRISTIAN - Susbarbatus (cd-r)


	CIRCULAR - Sustans (cd)


	THE CIRCULAR RUINS - Empathy Test (cd)


	CIRCULUM MUSICUM - Phases (cd-r)


	TIM CLARK - Tales of the Sun People (cd)


	VINCENT CLARKE & MARTYN WARE - Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle (cd)


	MATT COLDRICK - Music for a Busy Head (cd)


	COLLAPSAR - Beyond the Event Horizon (cd)


	COLOURFORM - Visions of Surya (cd)


	COMPUTERCHEMIST - Aqual Measure (cd-r)


	CONTINUUM - Volume 1 (cd)


	CON_SENSE - Code Sent (cd-r)


	MAX CORBACHO & BRUNO SANFILIPPO - Indalo (cd-r)


	MAX CORBACHO - Ars Lucis (cd)


	MAX CORBACHO - BreathStream (cd-r)


	MAX CORBACHO - Far Beyond The Immobile Point (cd-r)


	MAX CORBACHO - Moontribe (cd-r)


	MAX CORBACHO - Nocturnal Emanations (cd-r)


	MAX CORBACHO - The Resonant Memory of Earth (cd-r)


	MAX CORBACHO - Vestiges (cd)


	COSMIC HOFFMANN - Astral Journey (cd-r)


	COSMIC HOFFMANN - Electric Trick (cd)


	COSMIC HOFFMANN - Hypernova (cd-r)


	COSMIC HOFFMANN - Outerspace Gems (cd)


	COSMIC HOFFMANN - Space Gems (cd-r)


	BEN COX - On Water (cd)


	ROBERT HAIG COXON - The Silent Path (cd)


	JAMIE CRAIG - Illumination (cd)


	CREATE - In the Blink of an Eye (cd)


	CREATE - Lost on an Island of Adventure (cd)


	CREATE - Space Time Continuum (cd)


	CHARLES CREVIER , FRANCOIS KIRALY AND JEAN-FRANCOI - Music from the Sky (cd)


	CYBER ZEN SOUND ENGINE - Ausländer (cd)


	CYBER ZEN SOUND ENGINE - Moonscapes -How stones become enlighted- (cd)


	CYBER ZEN SOUND ENGINE & MATT BORGHI - The Intercepted Transmissions (cd)


	CYCLOTIMIA - Wasteland (cd)


	CYMPHONIC - Strataradialis (cd)


	CYSCAPE - Deep Sea Explorer (cd-r)

CIRCULUM MUSICUM
Phases
CD-R, Thar Records, 2008

Circulum Musicum is an atmospheric ambient project of which I haven’t been able to track down the composer behind it, although I suspect it’s one Tomas Weiss.

The 71-minutes of soundscape music on "Phases" offers a blend of organic textures, drones, and lush meandering plains of sound, occasionally flavoured with sustained piano keys and straightforward tribal/rhythmic elements.
It’s quite a deep and sometimes darkening affair, as it slowly morphs along, but there are some rather groovy patterns featured as well (e.g. in "Quest"), giving the music a lively, encompassing vibe.

Classic strings and tribal rhythms show up on the minimal, cinematic and slightly Eastern sounding "Oracle", while "Assimilation" is spiced-up by the mesmerizing vocals of Annemarie Borg.
"Broken Bonds" is the most active track found here with it’s lively, versatile and expressive tribal percussion and spacious realms, before the album closes with the rattling percussions, spacious guitar licks and almost ghostly choirs of "Meta".

"Phases" makes an interesting and pleasant listening experience, also due to the excellent mastering and mix.

Website: www.circulum-musicum.eu