The Talisman is the brand new ambient atmospheric space CD from Max Corbacho.
Eleven compositions created between 2004 and 2006, based on new, on the edge, harmonic and textural explorations. Intense, light, dark and purely atmospheric, most of these songs were composed during various, long, deep meditative improvisation sessions. " In the planning stage, I have developed an intense activity in deeply programming new sounds in my habitual equipment, my beloved Korg Triton & Korg Z1, and sound processing outboard expansion units such Reverbs and Delays, as well some other esoteric gear. I have tried to create all the songs of this work "inside" my synthesizers exclusively, inside this deeply isolated world, an amniotic-like innerspace that develops in the synth and multieffects circuits, without insert any "external" element except for the voices in the first song. Also, I have experimented more and more with long, spacious reverbs and looping treatments ". Thus, the "oceanic" nature is strengthen, creating an atemporal quality, suspended in time and space, without rare elements disrupting the internal balance and natural flow of harmonic streams. No tempo, no synchronization, maybe only the breathing and the pulse of the artist. All fuelled by Max's personal, emotional perception of life's beauty.

" state-of-the-art soundscape music"
Bert Strolenberg /Journalist E-dition magazine / www.e-ditionmag.com

"Gorgeous and breathtaking, The Talisman is pure floating space music of the highest caliber"
Phil Derby / Electroambient Space

"The Talisman feels like awakening in an ever-evolving ocean of pure sonic bliss"
Stéphan Geschiere , independent reviewer, Holland

"Tracks like "Reborn To Expansion", "Three Circles", "The Talisman" (especially this one) and "Cellular Memory" are absolute masterpieces in this ambient/space-area"
Paul Rijkens, E-dition magazine

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"A collection of previously not published tracks, destined to collaboration projects that finally did not see the light, plus two totally new pieces. Moontribe creates an immersive space, where spectral colourzones meet floating tribal-esque pulsing groovescapes. The four first tracks correspond to stage 2000-2001, the tribal character emerges forcefully in "Suntribe", the first piece of the CD, and the energic percussions drive the atmospheric textures also in the next two tracks. Huge growing currents of sound are rising, falling and surrounding. Techno-tribal beats, with mesmerizing sound effects are taking full control of us. The sound here is so powerful, expanding yet warm and elegant. This most beautiful storm we've been in ends somewhere in the deep hidden ancient foggy swamps. The two final pieces were created in the last months of 2003, in them can be appreciated the evolution of Max´s soundscapes. The final cut, "Moontribe", spiral in an entrancing and melancolic synth layered chords over 20 minutes, a vastly, relaxed and amorphous immersive conclussion.

Max Corbacho’s Moontribe is a heady collection of ethno-cyber-ambient rhythmic soundscapes that makes my blood race
Bill Binkelman
WIND and WIRE http://www.windandwire.com

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"INDALO is the first collaboration work between both artists, inspired by a join trip to the South of Spain. The whole CD represents an exploratory excursion to atmospheric ambient textures of a dark and dreamy beauty, a deep kind of ritual echoes.
Structurally this CD presents seven soundscapes, carefully placed, starting with some rythmic movements, from the walking groove of "Indalo", driving the listener over the atmospheric synth lines, to the more relaxed and introspective realms of the following tracks. The textures are made based on a mix of field recordings, computer manipulated samples and spontaneously created tracks on synths and samplers. Strange far-away noises, swirling windy ancient echoes, subtle percussions, distant acoustic sounds and undulating synthlayers conform this work, all selected and presented in a deep, full of emotion, organic experience."

"This work tells of a shared spiritual imagination and of the steps each artist has taken toward enlightenment. Their detailed harmonic soundscapes portray the vast expanse of a timeless panorama".
Chuck van Zyl, Host of "Star´s End

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Click here for Interview with the two artists Bruno Sanfilippo and Max Corbacho , talking about the new release "Indalo" and the new solo albums .

"73+ min long form work that slowly drift along transparent synthwashes, developing through silent landscapes in his formation, almost hostile, sometimes underground, always stony, ancient. This CD conjures up an amazing world that we feel remotely past, like a forgotten sanctuary, approaching the sonorous
aridity to human senses.

"Corbacho has arranged a beautiful backing with a vast aray of environmental sounds and fx's, giving the musical painting an almost dense atmosphere."
Bert Strolenberg, E-dition Magazine.

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"The resonant Memory of Earth", is a slow landscape of organic, waving, and mysterious atmospheres. Max Corbacho completes some ways begun in Vestiges, but of an absolutely atmospheric form. Across all four tracks that compose the album, Corbacho brings the listener to a new state of acoustic perception, inducing a state of semi drowsiness, increased by the down tempo, the sinuous movement of the mysterious sonorous currents and the subtle, fine harmonic architecture, ever mutating and regenerating.
Soft coiling and morphing textures, heavy atmospheric textural music for a deep drift into the dimensions of space, time and place.

"I hope you all are appreciating this gem and masterpiece of ambient electronic space music. This is music rich in experience and expertly crafted."
Eric Meece aka Eric Mystic
http://www.kkup.org/ericm.html
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The album contains no rhythms and is filled with very intense and sometimes rather dark andlong-stretched sounds in a sparser, sometimes darker sonic landscape. From the high soft shimmers of "Primigenial Frontier" to the low rumblings of "Predawn Darkness," the mood throughout is haunting and dramatic, yet serene and beautiful

"Corbacho's music has an energy that gives the listener the feeling of belonging into an eternal, endless pulse of an ever-expanding universe, leading our imagination through the immensity of the cosmos in a tireless quest in the realms of wonder."
Hector Jordan (Groove Unlimited)
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Max Corbacho's Vestiges has often been compared to Steve Roach's Western Spaces and Desert Solitaire. While such comparisons have some validity, they distract listeners from hearing Corbacho's nuances and subtleties. The CD is definitely in the style of Roach's desert ambience, but Corbacho puts his own twists and turns on the soundscape. The ethnic rhythms and arid atmospheres are full and distinct. The rhythms drive the atmospheres. This disc, while certainly a desert ambient offering, stands on its own as a work of merit. It will appeal to fans of Ma Ja Le, Biff Johnson, Temps Perdu, Steve Roach, and Vidna Obmana.
— Jim Brenholts, All Music Guide

Gliding ambient serenity with hypnotic hand drumming. Max Corbacho's first CD drifts over the listener like soft sand and silk, weightless wafts and gossamer veils of synthetic tone rising and falling in delicate harmony. The tone is light and dreamy, floatational and airy - atmospheric rather than oceanic, skybound rather than subterranean. The percussive content is confined to the first four pieces - here gentle loops comprised of organic beats with an ethnic flavour roll round evenly, trance-inducing, repeating until a part of the fabric of the environment. As the album progresses the introspective nature of the music increases - the beautiful Erosion lulling and spacious leading into the final three beatless tracks. The shadows pull in somewhat toward the end, Vestiges opening with a twilight moodiness that seems to open into a clear night - the listener a solitary presence in a vast panorama.
Morpheus Music & The Mall Magazine

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