Robert feels especially good about this improvisation, and decided to name it Mycosphere because it reminded him of the slow inexorable growth of mycelia, the web-like carpet of fungus that pervades the forest floor, feeding the forest by breaking down dead organic material into simpler nutrients that plants can use. That fungal metaphor didn't specifically inspire this music; but rather, the music reminded him of those images while listening back later.

The feedback loop is now complete.

1. Mycosphere part 1
2. Mycosphere part 2
3. Mycosphere part 3
4. Mycosphere part 4
5. Mycosphere part 5
6. Mycosphere part 6
7. Mycosphere part 7
8. Mycosphere part 8

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 7/3/2009
Robert Rich lives in California USA

Tagged as: Ambient, New Age, Space Music, Experimental Electronic, Ethereal

1. Moments Musicaux by Elizabeth Wolff: 19th century classical piano
2. From the Lobby of the Cooper Arms by Robert F Trucios: classical piano
3. Clementi, Dussek, Kuhlau - Sonatinas For Piano by Marko Nouwens: classical piano sonatinas for students
4. Fractal Universe by Rildrim: electronic music becomes poetry
5. Dreamed Rules by Rildrim: electronic music becomes poetry
6. bachconnections by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood and Colm Carey: dazzling and luminous duo performances of Bach
7. The Lonely Wizard by Rildrim: electronic music becomes poetry
8. The Depths of a Year by Ehren Starks: piano and cello/jazzy new age
9. Starborn by Opera Rock: 80's sound, metal Riffs and cinematic interludes to blow your mind
10. Guitarscapes by Jeff Wahl: acoustic new age and jazz guitar.
11. Driemoty by Antonio Ciacca Quartet: Jazz played with earthiness, fire and intellect
12. Lines by Paolo Pavan: Urban funky jazz piano, in a sober and straightforward style
13. Sharp With No E by Jake Bradford-Sharp: Experimental Nu Jazz that cannot be classified or categorized
14. The Ice Castle by Kirsty Hawkshaw: ambient electronica
15. Across The Night by Rildrim: electronic music becomes poetry
16. Breathing Beauty by Rildrim: electronic music becomes poetry
17. Poetry of the Unnamed by Rildrim: electronic music becomes poetry
18. Reconstruction by Rob Costlow: melodic piano pieces
19. The Chopin Variations (on piano, violin and cello) by Chad Lawson: Multi-award winning pianist and composer who is not afraid to put his hat in anything
20. The Nu-Jazz Experiments by Jake Bradford-Sharp: Experimental Nu Jazz that cannot be classified or categorized

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