I’ve just released the fourth of my ambient music albums, Stateless, which is now available here on my website or also over at Bandcamp and all the other usual streaming services.

Stateless is a 7 track collection (nearly 80 minutes total) of longform atmospheric soundscapes and cinematic drone music. As with most of my ambient work, a sci-fi theme runs throughout the pieces which have a highly visual feel to them.

You can get the album from the following links and if you’re interested in licensing any of the music for games, films or videos etc. then drop me a line for more info and what you’re looking to license it for and I’ll get back to you with details:

https://www.thebluemask.com/music-tracks/stateless/

• Amazon.co.uk
• Amazon.com
• Bandcamp
• Deezer
• Google Play
• IHeartRadio
• iTunes
• Spotify
• Tidal

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Just found this video I’d forgotten I made for the track Panoramic Light from my atmospheric ambient space music album Cryosleep Dreams.

The album is available from the following links. Enjoy!

http://www.thebluemask.com/music-tracks/cryosleep-dreams/

Bandcamp
https://thebluemask.bandcamp.com/album/cryosleep-dreams

Spotify
https://play.spotify.com/album/0o40KUyDMVmDFlgqKoR613

iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/album/cryosleep-dreams/id1004780963

Amazon
http://amzn.to/2BF5uby

Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Simon_Wilkinson_Cryosleep_Dreams?id=Brmqwcj5aquwep6dj4p7yrvfc5e

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I’ve just released a new album of ambient space music and drone soundscapes titled Merging The Infinite. The album contains 10 tracks of longform atmospheric textural music with a total running time of over 1 hour and 42 mins.The album follows on stylistically from my previous releases Cryosleep Dreams and Perpetual Dimensions and ranges from calm, ethereal and airy drones to dark and edgy space music tracks with an ominous feel. Some of the tracks have a subtle Berlin-school feel (a la Tangerine Dream) with fluttering stereo arpeggios and sequences.

You can watch a promo video for one of the tracks called Spindrift above or buy the album here or over at Bandcamp and other major online stores.

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Today sees the release of my latest ambient album called Perpetual Dimensions. A collection of 7 tracks spanning 87 minutes, Perpetual Dimensions is an album of atmospheric and ethereal space music. It’s the follow up to my last ambient album Cryosleep Dreams and includes a musical collection of deep bass drones, sparkling highs and shifting landscapes of panoramic musical vistas.

Equally suited to focused immersive listening on headphones or as atmospheric background music for meditation, relaxation and subconscious drifting. You can watch a promo video containing short previews of all the tracks set to atmospheric deep space visuals above.

The album can be purchased directly here on my site or also on Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify and most other music streaming services:

On this site:
http://www.thebluemask.com/music-tracks/perpetual-dimensions/

Bandcamp:
https://thebluemask.bandcamp.com/album/perpetual-dimensions

iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/album/perpetual-dimensions/id1143008762

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Simon_Wilkinson_Perpetual_Dimensions?id=Bwpfdpydtc5rzseo6yfu3gljmz4

Amazon:
http://amzn.to/2aYHQvR

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Recently I’ve had several people contact me telling me they find my music useful in triggering ASMR. If you have no idea what ASMR is (I didn’t at first) it stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. It’s a physical (but almost internal) sensation usually characterised by pleasant tingling feelings in the scalp or down the spine, although it affects different people in different ways, and sometimes not at all.

From what I’m told, it’s an abstract experience that’s hard to explain but often likened to things like water rushing under your scalp or having your brain gently massaged or tickled! While I’ve certainly experienced similar tingling feelings when listening to music before, I wasn’t really aware of it as a specific phenomenon, but it’s interesting that so many people report shared experiences.

Common things that can bring about these pleasurable feelings are known as ‘triggers’ and include things like quiet soothing talking, soft whispering or even something as abstract as watching videos of people carrying out simple but deeply-focused tasks. There are thousands of ASMR videos on YouTube if you want to find out more. From what I’ve been told, it’s a very unique experience and what triggers ASMR in one person may have no effect on another.

It seems that my ambient space music is the most common trigger out of all my tracks to use as ASMR music, probably because it’s often very calm, atmospheric and soothing. I also tend to put a lot of detailed but subtle layers of sound in my music, so I guess that’s certainly likely to enhance the effect.

I’ve put together a playlist above of some of my ambient music videos that you might want to take a listen to and see if it triggers anything for you! And there’s links to more tracks below if you want to try them out (some are also available on Spotify/iTunes/Rdio etc.) and you obviously don’t have to license them if you’re just downloading for your own listening:

http://www.thebluemask.com/tag/asmr/

Obviously, listening on headphones is likely to reveal more detail and make the experience more intense. If any of my music does anything for you, I’d love to hear about your experiences -- feel free to let me know.

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