Aug 2, 2020

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Today's artist is a professional musician and sound engineer. The musical style of the project varies greatly within different genres of electronic music combined with motives of classical and ethnic music as well as vocal and recordings of nature sounds and live voices.
 ..... N'Joy

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Chronos is a Russian music band formed in 2004 in Moscow. The project was started by Niсk Klimenko, a professional musician and sound engineer. The musical style of the project varies greatly within different genres of electronic music combined with motives of classical and ethnic music as well as vocal and recordings of nature sounds and live voices.

The progenitor of the band is Nick Klimenko, a composer, sound engineer, sound designer, the founder of electronic music school (Stereoschool) and a studio, the author of electronic music composing courses. Nick has been practising music in various forms since childhood, has finished the First National School of Television with a specialization in TV sound engineering. He used to act as a dj at many musical events in Russia and Europe and as a radio host at the first Russian Internet radio of electronic music Sunwave Radio. Nick is a Steinberg certificated tutor of Cubase 7 sequencer, an official sound-designer of the German company "Best Service GmbH, and also he has created sound libraries for synthesizers of such companies as Yamaha, Korg, Access.

At different time collaboration with labels: Altar Records (Canada), Soundmute Records (England), Sentimony Records (Ukraine), Random Records (Spain), Uxmal Records (Mexico), Beats & Pieces Records (Israel), Mystic Sound Records (Russia), Aventuel Records (Russia), Ajana Records (Netherlands), Plusquam Records (Germany), Ajnavision Records (Portugal), Cosmicleaf Records (Greece), and various musicians from all over the world (Aes Dana, Shulman, Khooman, Koan, Astropilot, Asura, Taff, Planetarium, Lemonchill, Astralwaves, Maiia, Side Liner, Zero Cult).

Chronos project was formed in 2004 when the first tracks were released in the compilation of the Russian label Quadro-disk, then in the compilation of the German label Ajana Records. In 2007 the debut album Steps to the Great Knowledge was released at the Sunline Records with its presentation at Flexible Dreams party in the Pag&Arm club. The same year Dmitriy Neschadim (aka С.J. Catalizer) joined the project, and the two young musicians played on numerous stages of Moscow, Moscow region, cities of Russia and Ukraine accompanied by live instruments and vocal. In 2009 the musicians released their cooperative album Quid Est Veritas, then Dmitriy left the project and different musicians have taken part in the project activity from then onward.

As of now Nick has released 7 studio albums, 10 EPs, a great number of tracks in compilations of different countries, soundtracks for video clips, degree works, and foreign TV-programmes about Nature. Chronos band gives performances in different types of environment: small clubs, large-scale parties, live concerts in cinemas and planetariums, at world-famous festivals, federal events.

Chronos music is a permanent experiment with new sounds and techniques on the stage and in the studio. Their music is a mix of modern rhythms and powerful sequences, the contemplative cello, expressive guitar solos and inspiring live instruments. Chronos music unites advanced electronic music (idm, psybient, chillout, trip-hop, downtempo, ambient, space music, breaks) with motives of funk, jazz, ethno, Flamenco and rock. Each full-band concert of Chronos project is a unique performance of atmospheric sounding of mixed genres and live instruments (guitar, cello, violin, saxophone, percussion, didgeridoo, tambourine, hang, Jew's harp).

Concurrently Nick is developing his solo breaks/progressive project NK Vibes and synthpop/electro-acoustic project Sparky4 in collaboration with Alexey Ansheles and Zhanna Kuzmina.


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"When Mars Meets Venus, Music for the imaginary Space Film" by CHRONOS  The story was made after inspirational ideas coming from great science fiction writers: Ivan Efremov, Stanislav Lem, Ray Bradbury.
It's also a story featuring unconditional love which is present everywhere in our universe and about the principles of relationships of man (Mars) & woman (Venus). Venus (space ambient, soundtrack music) Nick (aka Chronos) is exclusively recording with analog gear and real synthesizers in his studio to capture the essence and warmth of a great sound!

Today, the solar system travels a near-circular path around our galaxy, keeping a constant 30,000 light years between us and the seething galactic core. We once assumed most stars stayed in such quiet orbits for their entire lives.
The characteristic spiral arms of a galaxy such as the Milky Way are waves of higher density, regions where stars and gas are a little closer together than elsewhere in our galaxy's disc. Their additional gravity is normally too weak to alter a star's path by much, but if the star's orbital speed happens to match the speed at which the spiral arm is itself rotating, then the extra force has more time to take effect.

"It's like surfers on the ocean - if they're paddling too slow or too fast they don't get anywhere. They have to match the speed just right, then they get pushed along" Have a great trip through the milky way!



Chronos - When Mars Meets Venus (Part 2: Venus) ( flac 497mb)

01 Leaving Gaia 4:42
02 Vector of Friendship 9:07
03 Star Swimmer 8:13
04 Red Planet 10:18
05 Dark Flame Landing 11:04
06 Soaring In Abyss 9:12
07 Venus Eyes 10:10
08 Eclipse of Inner World 4:36
09 Galactic Winter 8:30
10 Gagarin 7:50

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Helios" was written in 10 days in one creative flow of mind connected all together with artist's heart and nature. During the year 2012, Nick has travel to Ukraine, India, Egypt, Russia and has recorded some interesting natural atmospheres and background sounds on a Tascam recorder. In this album you will hear Indian mantras and atmospheres of Delhi, dolphin's voices from Crimea, sea and water sounds from Russia and ancient big bells which were recorded in Moscow city during a playing session near an old church. You'll also hear some vocals from Nick's niece - 3 year old Naiia! Sharing the same passion for space music, Danish ambient master Proton Kinoun (well known after his debut album Aperion) and Nick have collaborated on the track entitled "Osiris" together. Finally Nick has stopped in Ukraine, Eupatoria under the sun and milky way at night where the album was arranged and mixed. Helios means "Sun" on ancient Greek language and its warm energy is going through the album with its sequences and spheres. If you like vast, mature and sonically expansive music, it's for you!



Chronos - Helios ( flac 472mb)

01 Out of Chaos 11:12
02 Moon Through a Lense 11:09
03 Deimos 10:05
04 Rotating Light Circles 9:21
05 Osiris 11:23
06 Oracul 10:28
07 Dolphinium 9:03
08 Ancient Bells 6:26

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Chronos – We Are One (Originals & remixes). The album calls for consolidation and unification of all living creatures on Earth, as well as behind of its orbit in the vast expanses of our comprehensive home which name is Space. Music of the album is the mix of the finest yarns of advanced electronics and powerful modern grooves, seamlessly interwoven with a melancholic cello and virtuoso guitar. Stylistically, the album is extremely varied – from enveloping beat less ambient through downtempo beats and live drums and sound-track passages to modern dance & idm grooves and trendy dubstep & breaks.

"Slowly growing, expanding tracks with suggestive pulses and slowly swelling into a crescendo. Vast sonic textures combining pads with mysterious subtle samples and delicate electronic rhythmic pulses.
This album blends a deep undertow with vast, open, bright vistas. It carries a sense of amazement, discovery, mystery and revelation, which should go well with film or documentaries..."



Chronos - We Are One ( flac 426mb)

01 Synth Tuning 3:29
02 Endless Rotation of Feelings 9:46
03 We Are One 5:45
04 Space Cake (Gayatri Evening Version) 8:41
05 Solar Movement 2013 6:10
06 One Touch & Whole Life (United Remix) 6:18
07 Tetra Window Room 6:57
08 Lullaby for the Little Robot (Acoustic Mix) 5:01
09 Limits Breaker (Album Version) 8:01
10 Alex Sparky (Progressive Mix) 5:50

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An excellent collection of previously released compilation tracks, some with new "edit" versions, in one convenient Chronos package. This Russian producer makes great down tempo music, where the details are sterling, the ethnic samples are tantalizing, the melodies lush and catchy. Often times it gets to be late into a track before things open up like a book and a wide palette of beautiful sound rushes out, where everything before that moment is quite nice but the conclusion becomes incomparable. Even on "Deus Ex Machina (Festival Edit)" things are not so remarkable for quite a while but Chronos throws a surprise curve into the music and turns things into a festive and funky party. Of the best, the unaltered "Swinging Satori" is completely captivating and it is wise of Chronos to not tinker with something so inexplicably gorgeous. "Planetarium (Aquarius Edit)" is sweet chill music before the later third of the track cracks open and even more magnificence spills forth. The ping-pong effects in "Sacral Meetings" are splendid as are all the lovely layers, so intricately drawn, everywhere else in the work. The Kumharas Edit version of "Spiral Clouds" gets the imagination rolling, transporting to a Shpongle-esque world rich with instrumentation that feels organic and exotic. The Paleolithic Edit of "Solar Movement" takes a more uptempo approach and attains results that are exciting and euphoric. The ten-and-a-half minute conclusion on "Endless Rotation" is serene and impeccable. Pulled together from different sources, and the second of such compilations with a third forthcoming, to mark his ten years as a producer, Chronos has pieced together a wonderful piece of work. Here's hoping he finds even more success, and blesses us with even more beauty, over his next decade.



 Chronos – Technologia ( flac 540mb)

01 Free Falling 6:47
02 Planetarium (Aquarius Edit) 7:47
03 Sacral Meetings 7:48
04 Space Cake 7:54
05 Deus Ex Machina (Festival Edit) 9:53
06 Spiral Clouds (Kumharas Edit) with Catalizer 10:12
07 Solar Movement (Paleolithic Edit) 5:25
08 21th Century 4:09
09 Swinging Satori 8:42
10 Endless Rotation 10:25

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