![]() It builds rhythmically as if representing the orbits of planets with choreographed movements in a star-flung ballet. The serene and graceful "As the Earth Kissed the Moon" opens with the song of a mockingbird, the first song of spring, and in musical waves leads us to a point in the celestial firmament. “In the Beginning” births the album within primordial ambience that brightens with a blossoming mix of electronic space rock and cinematic swells. Stearns is one of the first Americans to tune his synthesizers to the "key of space," adding a Californian earth-sensitivity to the mix. ![]() PLANETARY UNFOLDING exhibits both a compositional immediacy and a studied grasp of synthesizer mechanics. From our subatomic origins to our intergalactic destiny, the universe is made of sound held together through resonance where atoms, cells, oceans, plants, animals and humans are all part of a complex orchestration. The pieces have aged gracefully, as powerful today as 41 years ago. His essential masterpiece tells the story of the cosmos not with words but with mighty, emotional sonics. Projekt's remastered edition of Stearns’ groundbreaking and long out-of-print PLANETARY UNFOLDING (1981) features the sound of the Serge Modular Synthesizer in 6 movements, the slowly evolving atmospheric swirls of this early spacemusic classic are a journey within inner and outer space. Projekt Records inaugurates an ongoing CD/digital reissue series of 13 influential works from American electronic ambient composer Michael Stearns. Re-mastered in the Fall of 2021 by Bob Olhsson
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