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f o r w a r d

Composed, Produced and Mastered by Simon Slator, April 24-27, 2014

Instruments used: Reaktor, Dron-E, Nexus

Headphones are recommended for the best listening experience.

Cover photo Public Domain

(Library of Congress - http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3c01002/)

Antarctica has always been a place that has fascinated me and, back in 2003,

I recorded an album called

Antarctica

based on the sights and landscapes of

our southernmost continent. The music was both grand and powerful, but al-

so barren and windswept. To this day, the album remains among the most

popular and acclaimed of my early ambient compositions.

When I began working on new music early in 2014, I hit upon the idea of

making a return visit – only this time, I would approach it from an explorer’s

point of view. I’d been inspired to create this piece after reading the story of

Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer who led the first successful expedi-

tion to the geographic South Pole. In doing so, I aimed to capture his first

landing, his approach and his goal all in one piece.

The album title comes from a translation of the Norwegian word “fram”,

meaning “forward”. “Fram” was the name of the vessel that carried Amund-

sen and his team to Antarctica and, given the first-person perspective and

linear progression of the piece, I thought the word summed it up perfectly.

So wrap up warm, crank up the volume, and prepare to experience one of the

most historic journeys ever made.

Simon Slator, May 2014

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