Name: Celestial Soul Portrait
Brand: Iasos

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

num049cd

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Download code: No

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2013-05-17

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

825764104913

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Iasos

Genre GB

Experimental / Avant-Garde / Industrial / Noise

Label GB

Numero

Iasos (born 1947) is a Greek-born American new age musician living in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. He is one of the earliest creators of the new age genre, known for his ethereal and uplifting compositions.

With a career spanning several decades, Iasos has released numerous albums that have captivated audiences with their soothing melodies and celestial soundscapes. His music blends elements of ambient, electronic, and world music to create a unique sonic experience.

Influenced by his spiritual beliefs and experiences, Iasos' music aims to transport listeners to otherworldly realms and evoke feelings of peace and tranquility. His compositions often feature lush synthesizer textures, gentle melodies, and ethereal vocals.

The Numero Group is a Chicago-based record label, dedicated to the preservation and celebration of lesser-known artists. Their exploration spans the globe and reaches deep into the recesses of music history to&nbsp;create compilations of previously released music, reissues of original albums, and creation of album reconstructions from a variety of musical genres.

The label's focus since its 2003 founding has been to research and preserve obscure recorded material and ephemera by artists and entrepreneurs who found little commercial success upon their material's initial release.

Amazing archival stuff from Numero. Inspired by the infinitely numbered harmonies transmitted by Vista, a benevolent being from a distant dimension, Iasos broke ground for a new age of electronic sound manipulation. His was pioneering work?done from a bohemian boat-slip home office?on some of the first commercially available synthesizers and, on stage, into the kaliedoscopic heart of psychedelic-era concert visuals. As life-affirming and attuned to spirit as Iasos soul portraits were, prestigious psychology departments heard in them the tones humans hear at the precipice between life and death. Before ambient and New Age were so named and codified, the 'Paradise Music' of Iasos represented here by 13 selections transmitted between 1975 and 1985 brought Earth-transcriptions of a vast and galactic soundhealing to a planet much in need. 

Celestial Soul Portrait

Music GB