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World tree reaches to the sky on the cover graphic of Jungian Epiphanies by Noosfera.

Chris O’Shea at Pixelsumo turned me onto Devachan by Cesare Marilungo, which looks like a groovy app for 3d programming.  I’ll be compiling Devachan on one of my Win boxes later this week, but at the moment I’m swimming in Cesare’s music while Jittering.

This, my friends, is very fine and unique ambient, centering around reverb drenched guitar work and washes of droning feedback.  Surprising melodies, even more surprising melodies hidden underneath, complete with understated, atmospheric vox, occasional piano and zero percussion.

Noosfera doesn’t get in the way, doesn’t force you to concentrate on it, instead creates an embedded place, a structure for time, space and mind to unfold within.  “Noosfera” is Italian for “noosphere,” which seems entirely appropriate.

Every few tracks I looked up from my Jitter efforts to find myself surprised by the room I was still in.