Akshan - The Tree of Life

Here’s a very recent release from Altar Records. Artist name is Akshan, and his new album it called The Tree of Life. Samples sound absolutely fantastic. I thought they sounded a lot like Aes Dana, Juno Reactor, and I was right. The bio from Altar Records’ Akshan page states: 

Akshan, a native of France, was attracted to the synthesizer in his adolescent years. Inspired by artists such as Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, cinematic scores, and classical music; Akshan found himself attracted to the seemingly infinite possibilities the synthesizer offered.

In 1993, he attended the first ‘underground’ gathering of electronic music organized in the south of France. It is here that he discovered the magical world of Goa Trance and here that his understanding of music was forever changed. Experiencing forerunners to current Djs such as Alex Escalofrio, Akshan was indelibly marked with an interest in those techniques and possibilities of the mixing styles he experienced, as well as the being moved by the powerful clear energies the progressive mix conveyed to those on the dance floor. Continue reading…