Track 1943/4Ascension

Pensive ambient electric guitar ascends to epic soundscape with mellotron

Richard Lacy (PRS) | Barrie Gledden (PRS) | Richard Kimmings (PRS) From the album Frozen Soundscapes

Ascension1943/4
Richard Lacy (PRS)Barrie Gledden (PRS)Richard Kimmings (PRS)
12 mixesPensive ambient electric guitar ascends to epic soundscape with mellotron

4:25135 BPM
Ascension 21943/40
Richard Lacy (PRS)Barrie Gledden (PRS)Richard Kimmings (PRS)
12 mixesPensive ambient electric guitar patterns with laid back drums & deep Moog bass

4:21135 BPM
Ascension 31943/41
Richard Lacy (PRS)Barrie Gledden (PRS)Richard Kimmings (PRS)
12 mixesWarm, peaceful & dreamy mallet patterns with upright piano chords

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Ascension 41943/42
Richard Lacy (PRS)Barrie Gledden (PRS)Richard Kimmings (PRS)
12 mixesEpic mellotron strings with ascending electric grand piano lines, bass & drums

1:42135 BPM
Ascension 5 (60)1943/43
Richard Lacy (PRS)Barrie Gledden (PRS)Richard Kimmings (PRS)
12 mixesPensive ambient electric guitar ascends to epic soundscape with mellotron

1:00135 BPM
Ascension 6 (60)1943/44
Richard Lacy (PRS)Barrie Gledden (PRS)Richard Kimmings (PRS)
12 mixesPensive ambient electric guitar patterns with laid back drums & deep Moog bass

1:00135 BPM
Ascension 7 (60)1943/45
Richard Lacy (PRS)Barrie Gledden (PRS)Richard Kimmings (PRS)
12 mixesPensive ambient electric guitar patterns

1:00135 BPM
Ascension 8 (30)1943/46
Richard Lacy (PRS)Barrie Gledden (PRS)Richard Kimmings (PRS)
12 mixesEpic electric guitar layers with ascending piano & mellotron string lines

0:30135 BPM
Ascension 9 (30)1943/47
Richard Lacy (PRS)Barrie Gledden (PRS)Richard Kimmings (PRS)
12 mixesAmbient laid back drums & deep Moog bass

0:30135 BPM
Ascension 10 (30)1943/48
Richard Lacy (PRS)Barrie Gledden (PRS)Richard Kimmings (PRS)
12 mixesPensive solo ambient electric guitar pattern

0:30135 BPM
Ascension 11 (Sting)1943/49
Richard Lacy (PRS)Barrie Gledden (PRS)Richard Kimmings (PRS)
12 mixesSting with pensive ambient electric guitar & final chord/hit

0:08135 BPM
Ascension 12 (Sting)1943/50
Richard Lacy (PRS)Barrie Gledden (PRS)Richard Kimmings (PRS)
12 mixesSting with pensive solo ambient electric guitar

0:08135 BPM

Key: D
Metre: 6/4
Tempo: 135 BPM
Tempo notes: Slow
Factoid: British boffin, Harry Chamberlin, came up with the concept for the instrument we now know as the Mellotron in 1946. Looking like a cross between a home organ and a sideboard, the Mellotron is an electro-mechanical instrument which produces sound by playing pre-recorded lengths of analogue tape whenever a key is pressed. The huge, ethereal string sound on this track comes from the Mellotron. Listen to mix 4 for the full Mellotron experience.

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