Earthrid Catalogue:
CA01CD

The music on Vestigial Digital was made using software to transform natural and unnatural sounds. No conventional synthesisers (hardware or software) were used. New directions in electronic music for which you will need a good HiFi and a taste for the truly experimental.

"For all its raw-edged venom, Carya Amara's music nevertheless displays a sense of connectedness with the world that is rarely found in electronic and tape works generally. And, amongst all the anger (or is it angst?), there is evidence of an altogether wicked sense of humor at play" - Computer Music Journal

"a secret harmony, a reckless boldness and unconcern for established order... Check it out" - Erebus magazine

"A twenty-first century concept album, and one well worth listening to. The juxtaposition of distorted jangling voices and smooth electronic bluster is both intriguing and challenging" - Flux Europa

See below for more reviews, or find out more about Carya Amara.

Hear audio extracts These are MP3 files which you can download and listen to using the MP3 player of your choice). Nietzsche is Dead Job's Torturer Teslalations Phallusy Orthodox Sea Viva Cadaver Wind versus Windscale Part 1 - Blowy Day Part 2 - On the Beach Part 3 - The Tao of Power

Download complete tracks You can listen to MP3s of the following tracks courtesy of the Sonus Web site: Orthodox Sea Phallusy Wind versus Windscale: Part 2 - On the Beach You can also listen to Phallusy at the Web site for the CEC (Javascript required). Be sure to listen to these MP3s loud, over high-quality speakers. Tinny computer speakers will not give any useful impressions of the music!

Magazine and Web Reviews Computer Music Journal: "For all its raw-edged venom, Carya Amara's music nevertheless displays a sense of connectedness with the world that is rarely found in electronic and tape works generally. And, amongst all the anger (or is it angst?), there is evidence of an altogether wicked sense of humor at play" Y. Arkadin, Erebus magazine: "a secret harmony, a reckless boldness and unconcern for established order, that I have found quite intriguing. Check it out". Read the very useful full review, reproduced by kind permission. J. Berk, Splendid review site: "There are no songs here in any traditional sense... The group has completely done away with... everything that music normally is... the result is ultimately damn near unlistenable" Modern Dance magazine: "as atmospheric as hell... pioneering stuff indeed" Flux Europa: "A twenty-first century concept album, and one well worth listening to. The juxtaposition of distorted jangling voices and smooth electronic bluster is both intriguing and challenging." The Violet Apple: "The effect is at first just plain bizarre, but on extended listening becomes intriguing, disturbing and even at times moving... This is the sort of music the Surrealists would have made if they were still around... Vestigial Digital is definitely an experience to live through". Stone Gnome review site: "bold, brash and exceptionally potent... a violent and fairly gut-wrenching sonic assault... thought-provoking sonic statements, masquerading as music" Comments from listeners Kay Orchison (Australia): "Teslalations and Orthodox Sea are both perfect, wonderful works, and so is The Tao of Power" Tom Ellard, Severed Heads (Australia): "I must say that's some heavy and dour stuff... There's no chance of it being confused with fashionable lightweight blip blop, it's much too nasty. You can feel people's bones cracking". Michael Griffin (USA): "The final suite was purely gorgeous! Those three movements, along with the midsection of the first piece, are my favourite bits of the whole. I'd like to say that the cover really caught my attention...The whole disc has a certain freshness about it... I am really growing very fond of the CD. Very well done" Kendall Shaw (USA): "Incredible!"