We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Subtle Refractor

by Steve Brand

/
  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    CDr in 5"x7" bi-fold booklet, first edition limited to 10, signed, hand-assembled, comes in a re-sealable cellophane bag.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Subtle Refractor via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days
    2 remaining

      $15 USD or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $10 USD  or more

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 70 Steve Brand releases available on Bandcamp and save 65%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of tending the flame, origin stories (24bit), Hidden Streams (24bit), Legacy of Silence (24bit), Lost Languages (24bit), Subtle Refractor, Personal Myths (24bit), Tides Of Time, and 62 more. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $231.70 USD or more (65% OFF)

     

1.
Subtle Refractor 01:01:07

about

track
subtle refractor : 61:08

For nearly 20 years, Steve Brand has quietly been reshaping the boundaries of the ambient genre. From his debut eponymous release “Quiver of Dreams,” through the 50-plus solo and collaborative releases that have followed, Brand's willingness to explore new territory (internally and in the wider world), to repeatedly reinvent his approach to instrumentation and composition, and to never compromise his standards or his sense of self have given birth to a body of work that is as wondrously diverse as it is consistently excellent. That purity of intent and fearlessness are as alive today as they were in the first notes of the auspiciously titled “An Invitation,” and have found their natural evolution his latest release, “Subtle Refractor.”

Refracting technology is centuries old, and is the foundation upon which our modern society's understanding of telescopy rests. Refraction refers to the use of a lens to collect light and focus it so that the eye may more clearly see distant objects. On “Subtle Refractor,” Brand uses the lens of his long and patient experience with his art—his ability to focus energies and draw them together into a cohesive whole—as the sonic palette for this slow-evolving, 61-minute masterpiece of restraint. The music demands nothing, merely that you allow it to sweep you along—drawing your energies into a brighter whole and casting that image back upon your eye. An image subtly changed, far-reaching and ultimately full of hope. - Geoff Small

.:. .:. .:.

>> i thought i finally had forgotten about time
welcome, subtle refractor
the light returning from all other mirrors
facets branches bejeweled
seas, tributaries, rivers, streams
scry looking deeply
safe passage
like soot
like a spark
like the carapace of belief
some things just slip away

credits

released June 11, 2022

thanks to jill, leeloo, geoff and peter. design and photography, brand. all words, compositions and instruments, brand. mastering, peter james.
©sbrand2022

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Steve Brand

Steve Brand originally recorded and released in the experimental genre under the name “Augur,” with more than 20 limited edition releases on independent labels. In 2003, Steve began creating in the “ambient” genre under his own name. He has issued more than 40 self-released disks, as well as a number of solo and collaborative releases on AtmoWorks, Hypnos, Relaxed Machinery, txt and Databloem. ... more

contact / help

Contact Steve Brand

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

Steve Brand recommends:

If you like Steve Brand, you may also like: