Ascension Engine

For those brave souls heading off to Rainbow Serpent this year here’s a little something you might want to check out:

flyer_lo_resRainbow Serpent welcomes a new event to the festival- Ascension Engine is an audio visual cornucopia of meditative sound and vision from some of Australia’s finest audio visual
experimenters. With sacred frequencies, audio reactive mandalas for meditation, blissful binaural beats and alchemical transformations through sound and vision.
Ascension Engine is a discreet part of the Crystal Mandala and comes alive at 10pm on Friday and Sunday nights until 2am.

Artists playing include:
Sacred Resonance http://www.ultimalive.blogspot.com/ http://www.sacredresonance.com.au/
Duo from South Australia – Darren Curtis <BA.Hon.MUS.St.> and Bradley Pitt set up Sacred Resonance through visionary thinking and higher experience of the sacred, incorporating new media of biofeedback and immersive entrainment through sonic and visual design.

Electronic Shaman http://electronicshaman.com
Wielding laptop processed field recordings and synthesised frequencies

Abre Ojos https://abreojos.net
Exploring the realms of synesthesia by creating an immersive audio visual experience, it is improvised sound and vision for dystopian meditation

Look to the Skies http://looktotheskies.net
An improvised laptop collaboration exploring deep soundscapes with cinematic landscapes

Zen Paradox
The esteemed electronic music pioneer doing a special ambient set just for the Crystal Mandala & Ascension Engine

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phase-loc is Ross Healy (Cray, Amnesia, 56k, This Digital Ocean etc) and Simon Birds of VICMOD teaming up to bring you an ambient, electro acoustic space set.

Running Times
Friday 22nd Jan
10.00 – 10.45 Look to the Skies
11.15 – 12.00 VICMOD Ross & Simon
12.30 – 1.15 Sacred Resonance

Sunday 24th Jan
10.00 – 10.45 Zen Paradox
11.15 – 12.00 Electronic Shaman
12.30 – 1.15 Abre Ojos