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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57355159894339314622011-09-19T12:11:06.059-07:00ptolemthe new frontier for retrofuturist cinematic electronica with orchestral soundscapes and guitars...ptolemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237311495043632362noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5735515989433931462.post-77573482464518079472011-09-19T12:11:00.000-07:002011-09-19T12:11:06.071-07:00news

Summer's almost gone... but it was fruitful. We finished mixing and mastering our new album with Nicolas Bifulci and are very happy about how it sounds. And we are finalising the artwork, which is designed by comics artist Patrick Saradar. It looks so good we decided to also release the album in a limited edition digipack. We'll keep you posted! Thanks for your support.

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Ptolem have been contacted by Electron Festival and Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) for possible collaborations...

ptolemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237311495043632362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5735515989433931462.post-34060959823212993032010-10-10T07:33:00.000-07:002010-10-11T11:15:31.408-07:00an interview with Patrick Saradar!

Hello people, As you know, we have commissioned comics artist Patrick Saradar for the artwork of our new album (which, by the way, should be out early next year!). We had a small chat with him on anything from comics to coffee painting to Lovecraft. And yes, these are his drawings! Patrick, tell us a bit more about you. I was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and started reading comics and drawing when

ptolemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237311495043632362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5735515989433931462.post-18378185881397479042010-04-20T11:26:00.000-07:002010-04-30T10:54:07.142-07:00Artwork by Patrick Saradar

We are currently working with up-and-coming Swiss Lebanese comics artist Patrick Saradar for the artwork of our new album, which will be out around this summer...

ptolemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237311495043632362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5735515989433931462.post-74352343975867540772010-02-24T10:59:00.000-08:002010-03-08T10:34:27.042-08:00Mashal Arman lending her voice to a Ptolem track!

As you know, we are first of all an instrumental band, but, hey, what if we could add voices to one of our tracks? That's what we decided to try with Mashal. Mashal Arman was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. As a singer, she is both at ease in traditional Afghan music and in the Western lyrical repertoire. She has been performing with the Kabul Ensemble since 2005, championing Afghan traditional

ptolemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237311495043632362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5735515989433931462.post-47048570306670065622010-01-30T08:31:00.000-08:002010-01-30T08:33:55.573-08:00cellist Paul Wiancko on one Ptolem track

Acclaimed L.A. cellist Paul Wiancko on one Ptolem track We feel very fortunate to have award-winning cellist Paul Wiancko play on one of our new tracks, “Searching for a reborn sun”. Paul recorded his part in L.A., at the The Aquarium studio. He added his deep cello to make of this electro-percussive track a dramatic trip somewhere between Moroder, Beethoven and the world of J.G. Ballard. Thanks,

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our latest mix session, nic's tweaking... ...francesco in full sound immersion ...patrick - a happy feeling... satisfaction guaranteed...

ptolemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237311495043632362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5735515989433931462.post-53622267883653368102010-01-03T10:36:00.000-08:002010-01-03T10:36:17.898-08:00A solo by Sam Albert

We are very happy to have guitarist Sam Albert play on one of our new tracks, "Colour Filter". He added a great, spacey solo, really enhancing this dream-like track - thanks a lot, Sam! Sam, one of our friends since high school, is a pillar of the Geneva music scene: he played with Ilkhah and Isa Rose, recorded with Nostromo, and is now a member of Helmut (http://www.helmutband.com/), whose first

ptolemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237311495043632362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5735515989433931462.post-5721820570990438602009-08-06T17:20:00.000-07:002010-01-23T09:01:53.894-08:00

Ptolem's recording featuring François Delarzes (Aloan)

ptolemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237311495043632362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5735515989433931462.post-38646605535929452532009-06-03T02:35:00.000-07:002009-12-17T12:30:27.181-08:00

Ptolem are currently mixing some tunes of their next album at soundstudio@bifulci.com.

ptolemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237311495043632362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5735515989433931462.post-10088932821777484082009-01-01T08:10:00.000-08:002010-03-06T05:16:15.439-08:00Soundtrack

Ptolem were been commissioned to write a track titled PROTECTION for Swiss director Xavier Ruiz's latest movie entitled VERSO. A dark drama/thriller featuring Laurent Lucas (Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien) and Carlos Leal (Casino Royale). PROTECTION produced by PTOLEM / all music by PTOLEM vocal guest Helene Borrelli recorded, mixed and mastered during dec.2008 by Patrick at Serenity

ptolemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237311495043632362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5735515989433931462.post-73611418777318783342008-07-19T08:38:00.000-07:002009-12-16T13:42:40.897-08:00Review of the Almagest album by Rockerilla

Rockerilla Vincenzo Santarcangelo 6/10 Intelligent dance music with frequent instrumental incursions. Fractals of digital sound and syncopated breakbeats ("1950 DA") that leave room to inserts of dark soundtrack music. As if Boards of Canada decided to weighten their geometries with loud guitars stolen from hard rock - Patrick Brocca, one of the two Swiss musicians behind Ptolem, works with

ptolemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237311495043632362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5735515989433931462.post-62869483566008169982008-07-07T08:42:00.000-07:002009-12-16T13:46:27.050-08:00Review of the Almagest album by Murmures

Thomas Bourquin www.murmures.info This swiss combo is named after the famous Ptolemy and bases its music upon the mathematical model set out by the astronomer in his treaty "The Almagest". The group develops ethereal synth soundscapes, mixing cold electronic instruments with warm acoustic sounds. Influenced by various artists (such as Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Trentemoller, Populous

ptolemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237311495043632362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5735515989433931462.post-38401108781323235152008-03-23T20:33:00.000-07:002009-12-13T08:55:23.532-08:00Reviews from fans

A Pure Jewel author: PlociforPtolem mix acoustic instruments and electronic beats and sounds that take you on a fresh and breathtaking journey. The pop licks (see ring structure), dark and strange, are as catchy as the concept of the album, taking inspiration from this astronomer. The album hides endless treasures, every listening has me discovering new things, new details. It would be a

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...working on their second album.

ptolemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237311495043632362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5735515989433931462.post-9542632637171816282008-02-17T11:01:00.000-08:002009-12-13T08:52:07.858-08:00Reviews from fans

soundtrack of the cosmos author: gregor dubsterThe album i would bring on a space journey. The Almagest makes you travel through atmospheric layers, digital rain, ground braking basslines and wise pop riffs. An album that you can listen from begining to end and then press repeat to have another run. Ptolemy would surely approve...

ptolemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11237311495043632362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5735515989433931462.post-50152550108219347172008-02-07T09:53:00.000-08:002009-12-13T08:54:18.238-08:00Reviews from fans

When Astronomy Meets Talented Creators author: meshuggenerAmazing. It makes me think of some Autechre with some Aphex parts and microsamples. But the likeness between them stops there. We have a real sensation of refinement in creativity and arrangements, meeting true acoustic instruments, electronic touch and movie scoring wich deserves the whole material. Sometimes dark "Entangled Clouds",

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Blade Runners soundtrack for the 21st century author: Fidatch2007 is the year of the 25th anniversary of the film Blade Runner. The soundtrack has been republished with an entire album of new music from Mr. Vangelis. Forget that lousy electronica flat beats and get the Ptolems album instead. In a Squarepusher meets Röyksopp with the bass of Peter Hook and the guitar of Thurston Moore way, Ptolem

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To create the music that you can hear on our record "The Almagest", we loosely took inspiration from the astonishing work of second-century AD astronomer Ptolemy. Set to describe the irregular paths of the planets in the night sky and make them appear both circular and uniform, Ptolemy devised an ingenious mathematical model in which he considered the planets as worlds travelling in circular

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Ptolem released their first album, The Almagest... produced by PTOLEM / all music by Francesco and Patrick guest on TO TRAVEL ON EPICYCLES Arto recorded during 2006 by Patrick at Serenity Recording Studio, Geneva, Switzerland mixed & mastered in spring 2007 by Nicolas at Recordings@bifulci.com Studio, Geneva, Switzerland all rights reserved 2007 Ptolem / design by Superposition available at

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