Oöphoi
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Oöphoi | |
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| Birth name | Gianluigi Gasparetti |
| Born | March 26, 1958 |
| Origin | samplers |
| Years active | 1995–2013 |
| Labels | Due Acque, Hypnos, Nextera, Umbra, Penumbra, Arya/Amplexus |
Gianluigi Gasparetti (26 March 1958 – 12 April 2013), known by the
editor of Deep Listenings, an Italian magazine dedicated to ambient and deep atmospheric music,[1] where he has featured interviews with many famous ambient artists including Steve Roach[2] and Michael Stearns.[3] Oöphoi's music can be characterized as being static, organic and minimalistic. It has an overall solid and monolithic feel to it, often integrated in a meditative and spiritual context. Created by using synths, singing bowls, flutes, and processed voices, his recordings have relatively slight harmonic variations. Gianluigi Gasparetti died in 2013 after a long illness.[4]
Discography
Solo works
- 1996 Static Soundscapes: Three Lights at the End of the World (Hic Sunt Leones)
- 1998 Behind The Wall of Sleep (Due Acque)
- 1998 Night Currents (Due Acque)
- 1998 The Spirals of Time (Aurora)
- 2000 Mare Vaporum (Due Acque)
- 2001 Mare Tranquillitatis (Due Acque)
- 2002 Athlit (Hypnos Recordings)
- 2002 Bardo (Electroshock Records)
- 2003 Mare Imbrium (Nextera)
- 2003 The Dreams of Shells (Mystery Sea)
- 2003 The Rustling of Leaves (Due Acque)
- 2004 Dreams (Umbra)
- 2005 As We Slip Away to Dream (Penumbra)
- 2005 Awakening The Nagas (Penumbra)
- 2005 Hymns to a Silent Sky (Nextera)
- 2005 Khumba Mela 2005, (Penumbra)
- 2005 Signals from the Great Beyond (Gears Of Sand)
- 2005 The Sun is Falling in a Sea Of Blood (Penumbra)
- 2005 Vertigo (Penumbra)
- 2006 Amnios (Umbra)
- 2006 Aquos—the Complete Drones (Umbra)
- 2006 Dreams Part One (Faria Records)
- 2006 Dreams Part Two (Faria Records)
- 2006 Dreams Part Three (Faria Records)
- 2007 Arpe Di Sabbia (Nextera)
- 2008 An Aerial View (Glacial Movements Records)
- 2008 Potala (Substantia Innominata)
Collaborations
with Mathias Grassow and Amir Baghiri
- 1999 Upuaut (Due Acque)
with Klaus Wiese
- 1999 Wouivre (Aurora)
- 2005 A Call, An Echo (Penumbra)
- 2005 The Light Sweeps All The Mist Away (Penumbra)
- 2006 Cherua (Umbra)
- 2006 Deva Mela (Penumbra)
with Tau Ceti
- 2001 Celestial Geometries (Arya)
- 2003 Subterranea (Nextera)
- 2004 Archaic Oceans (Umbra)
- 2005 Le Torri Del Silenzio (Penumbra)
- 2005 Lifting The Veil (Penumbra)
- 2006 Algol (Penumbra)
- 2006 Australis (Penumbra)
- 2006 Borealis (Penumbra)
with Louisa John-Krol
- 2005 I Hear The Water Dreaming (Prikosnovénie)
with L.E.M.
- 2005 Leteph (Penumbra)
- 2005 The Sacred Orbit (Umbra)
- 2006 Aludra (Penumbra)
- 2006 Substrata (Penumbra)
- 2006 The Gates Of Aldebaran (Penumbra)
- 2006 Trifida (Penumbra)
with Netherworld
- 2005 Postcards From The Void (Penumbra)
with Perceptual Defence
- 2005 Where The Green Ants Dream (Penumbra)
with Paul Vnuk Jr.
- 2006 Distance To Zero (Hypnos)
with Paradin
- 2006 Nocturnes (Umbra)
with Faryus
- 2007 Forgotten Rituals (Faria Records)
with Enrico Coniglio as AQUA DORSA
- 2009 Cloudlands (Glacial Movements)
- 2013 The November Earth (gterma)
Compilations
- 2001 Time Fragments Vol. 1 - The Archives 1995/1997 (Due Acque)
- 2001 Time Fragments Vol. 2 - The Archives 1998/1999 (Due Acque)
- 2001 Time Fragments Vol. 3 - The Archives 1999/2000 (Due Acque)
- 2004 Dust In The Wind - The Works, 1995 - 2003 (Umbra)
- 2005 Time Fragments Vol. 4 - Garden Of Earthly Delights (Umbra)
- 2005 Time Fragments Vol. 5 - Wastelands (Umbra)
- 2005 Time Fragments Vol. 6 - Between Nothingness And Eternity (Umbra)
- 2006 EP Collection Vol. 1 (Penumbra)
- 2006 EP Collection Vol. 2 (Penumbra)
- 2006 EP Collection Vol. 3 (Penumbra)
- 2006 EP Collection Vol. 4 (Penumbra)
- 2006 EP Collection Vol. 5 (Penumbra)
- 2006 EP Collection Vol. 6 (Penumbra)
- 2006 EP Collection Vol. 7 (Penumbra)
- 2006 EP Collection Vol. 8 (Penumbra)
- 2006 EP Collection Vol. 9 (Penumbra)
- 2007 Whispers From The Noisy Void (Umbra)
References
- ^ See "Hypnos Artists" at hypnos.com
- ^ Deep Listenings Magazine, Spring 1995 at steveroach.com
- ^ See Deep Listenings - The New Music Magazine
- ^ "Oöphoi (Gianluigi Gasparetti) Has Passed Away". Hypnos.com. 2013-04-13. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
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