Palantir

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Fatal Charm 00:00 Tools
Exhibit A 00:00 Tools
Lost Between Dimensions 00:00 Tools
Falling Down 00:00 Tools
The Empire Of Illusions 18:42 Tools
Changing Moods 00:00 Tools
Elapsed Time 00:00 Tools
Time Loop 00:00 Tools
Escaping Reality 00:00 Tools
Ered Mithrin - The Grey Mountains 00:00 Tools
Inside Energy 00:00 Tools
Qi - Energy Of Life 00:00 Tools
Mover (Bonus) 00:00 Tools
Time Passing 00:00 Tools
Orange Dream 00:00 Tools
Tranceamazônica 19:58 Tools
To Valhalla 00:00 Tools
Pisces and Cancer II 08:13 Tools
The Waters of Life 00:00 Tools
Revival 00:00 Tools
Under The Silverwheel 00:00 Tools
War of the Worlds 00:00 Tools
We are the Black Death 04:16 Tools
The Gardens 00:00 Tools
The Flight 00:00 Tools
The Dark Crystal 00:00 Tools
Warriors of the Sun 00:00 Tools
Fountains 00:00 Tools
Tragicomedy 00:00 Tools
Searching For Words 00:00 Tools
The Storm Feeds the River 00:00 Tools
Fantasy & Reason 00:00 Tools
Gil-Galad (Starlight) 00:00 Tools
Pisces and Cancer 00:00 Tools
Mind Wave 00:00 Tools
The Old-Forest 00:00 Tools
Summer Rain 00:00 Tools
Ocean 00:00 Tools
Blue Abyss 00:00 Tools
Extinct is Forever! (Remix) 00:00 Tools
Spinback 00:00 Tools
World In My Head 00:00 Tools
Centre Of My Life 00:00 Tools
Kings And Queens 00:00 Tools
Cruel Caradhras 00:00 Tools
Icebound 00:00 Tools
Floating Ice 00:00 Tools
Threnody 00:00 Tools
Dreamin' 00:00 Tools
The Threshold Of Perception 00:00 Tools
Carousing in Jealousy 00:00 Tools
Sleeping with the Nightwitch 00:00 Tools
My Heart Will Go On 00:00 Tools
My Heart Will Go On (Celine Dion) 00:00 Tools
Empire of Illusions 00:00 Tools
The Eyes of Living Dead 00:00 Tools
My Heart Will Go On (Power Metal Cover) 00:00 Tools
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** Please note: the album "Secrets of the Arcane" presented on this page is NOT by Palantir (= Christian Schimmöller). It's by an US based prog-rock artist who decided to use the same name. ** "Palantír" is the name of a project by the composer and artist Christian Schimmöller from Munich, who publishes albums since 1991 using this name. The name is taken from the well known book by the english author J.R.R. Tolkien. In Tolkien's fantasy world "Palantír" is translated as "what glances at the very distant" and is the name for an ancient crystal ball that can be used to look at distant lands and things and for telepathical communication with other persons far away. "Palantir" has published several albums on the "Spheric Music" label. The artist webpage can be found at http://www.circleofsounds.de The musical "roots" of Palantír, among others, can be found in the music of the so-called "Berliner Schule"(Berlin School), a style invented in the 70s by artists like Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze or Ashra. The intention of this music was to break free from the clutching rules and old structures of music styles. The long tracks of this music used repeated sequences (patterns, that were slightly varied, similar to the methods of "Minimal Music") to create an effect of trance and meditation. Mostly instrumental, these tracks also discovered new worlds in sound by the use (and development!) of electronic sound-generators such as synthesizers, sequencers and digital samplers. From these "roots" in Electronic Music Christian Schimmöller developed his own musical style, without sticking to the "rules" of dedicated genres. Therefore the music of Palantír cannot easily be put into one of the common genre-drawers such as New-Age, Ambient, Pop, Jazz, Avantgarde, Classical or Electronic. For Christian Schimmöller the search for new forms of musical expression and sounds is a vital part in creating new music. To achieve this, every tool is welcome to Palantír, be it electronic or acoustic, natural or artificial, analogue or digital. Next to the elements rhythm, melodie or harmony, the sound is equally part of the composition. On the search for new musical sounds and structures one thing is especially important for Palantír's music: the music should be accessible to the listener, touching his emotions. In many parts of Avantgarde or New Instrumental Music the main purpose of music moves too far into the background. Music is made for listening to, it must have a meaning. The listener must be able to emotionally experience the music, otherwise the music becomes insignificant, meaningless, becomes mere noise. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.