Alpha Wave Movement is the electronic music project of Gregory T. Kyryluk. Alpha Wave Movement's musical style can be considered ambient

Ambient music

Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

, New Age

New Age music

New Age music is music of various styles intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation, and optimism. It is used by listeners for yoga, massage, meditation, and reading as a method of stress management or to create a peaceful atmosphere in their home or other environments, and is often...

, some space rock

Space rock

Space rock is a subgenre of rock music; the term originally referred to a group of early, mostly British, 1970s progressive and psychedelic rock bands such as Hawkwind and Pink Floyd, characterised by slow, lengthy instrumental passages dominated by electric organs, synthesizers, experimental...

, and the classic 1970s period German style electronic music otherwise known as Berlin school

Berlin School of electronic music

The Berlin School of electronic music, or just Berlin School, was a development of electronic music in the 1970s, shaped by Berlin-based artists like Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream and Ashra....

 and the ambient aesthetics of Brian Eno

Brian Eno

Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...

, and Steve Roach. Releases such A Distant Signal and Terra have more ambient space elements than other Alpha Wave Movement releases. Beyond Silence has more space rock elements and has a more rhythmic feel in their overall music compositions. In 2007 Alpha Wave Movement released The Mystic & The Machine, a musical exploration of 1970's era romantic progressive rock performed on synthesizers with the addition of UK musician Steve Hillman on electric guitar. The influences of Genesis

Genesis (band)

Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...

, Ozric Tentacles

Ozric Tentacles

Ozric Tentacles are an instrumental rock band from Somerset, England, whose music can loosely be described as psychedelic or space rock. Formed in 1983, the band has released 28 albums as of 2011, and become a cottage industry selling over a million albums worldwide despite never having major...

 (1980s era) and Camel

Camel (band)

Camel are an English progressive rock band formed in 1971. An important group in the Canterbury scene, they have been releasing studio and live recordings steadily, with considerable success, since their formation.-1970s:...

 are quite obvious and intended and shows yet another side of Alpha Wave Movement's composition. Alpha Wave Movement's music is semi electronic-based, utilizing digital synthesizers and MIDI

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MIDI is an industry-standard protocol, first defined in 1982 by Gordon Hall, that enables electronic musical instruments , computers and other electronic equipment to communicate and synchronize with each other...

 to create its sonic explorations. Aside from the music influences nature and natural landscapes are a continuous source of inspiration for compositions. Alpha Wave Movement has performed at the Ambient Ping Canada and at the Gathering Room USA. Alpha Wave Movement has released music on the Dutch label Groove Unlimited, Silent Records

Silent Records

Silent Records was a record label established in 1985 by Kim Cascone when he released PGR's debut LP, titled Silence. The label went on to produce primarily electronic experimental and ambient music. From 1993 to 1996, three imprints were started in order to highlight different genres of...

 (USA), Waveform Records

Waveform Records

Waveform Records is an American record label founded in 1994. It specializes in a "sensual and stimulating genre of chill and ambient music" that the label calls "exotic electronica"....

 (USA), Spiralight (USA) and on the private label Harmonic Resonance Recordings. Alpha Wave Movement's other projects include Thought Guild, Open Canvas and Kyryluk's solo releases.
The latest release from Alpha Wave Movement is titles "Soniq Variants"(2011). The release is based conceptually on the use of Ensoniq synthesizers solely for the compositions. Ensoniq was an American manufacturer that spearheaded early affordable synthesizer workstation's the first of which was the ESQ-1 in 1986. Music on this release was composed primarily on the ESQ-1, VFX-SD, SQ-R and a DP4 all of which were made by Ensoniq. Additional use of a Novation synthesizer was also incorporated to add some timbral variation.

Full-length as Alpha Wave Movement

• Transcendence (1995)
• The Edge of Infinity (1997)
• Concept of Motion (1998)
• Drifted Into Deeper Lands (2000)
• Bislama (2000)
• A Distant Signal (2002)
• Cosmology (2003)
• Beyond Silence (2005)
• Ephemeral Highways (2005)
• The Regions Between (2007)
• The Mystic & The Machine (2007)
• Terra (2008)
• Cosmic Mandala (2009)
• Soniq Variants (2011)
• Myriad Stars (2011)

Full-length as Open Canvas

• Nomadic Impressions (1998)
• Indumani (2000)
• Travel by Sound (2009)

Compilations

• From Here to Tranquility #4
• The Other World
• The Truth Is Twisted
• Lektronic Soundscapes II
• Sequences Magazine Issue #26
• Sequences Magazine Anniversary Issue

External links

• Alpha Wave Movement homepage