• Lars Bartkuhn – Every Morning I Meditate
    • Lars Bartkuhn – Transcend (Anima Mea)
    • Lars Bartkuhn – African Skies
    • Lars Bartkuhn – First Kalimba
    • Lars Bartkuhn – Back To My Inner Self
    • Lars Bartkuhn – The Flame
    • Lars Bartkuhn – Moving Mountains
    • Lars Bartkuhn – Nomad (Album Version)
    • Lars Bartkuhn – Ghibliman
    • Lars Bartkuhn – Massai (Album Version)
    • 1. Every Morning I Meditate
    • 2. Transcend (Anima Mea)
    • 3. African Skies
    • 4. First Kalimba
    • 5. Back To My Inner Self
    • 6. The Flame
    • 7. Moving Mountains
    • 8. Nomad (Album Version)
    • 9. Ghibliman
    • 10. Massai (Album Version)

    Back in 2016, Lars Bartkuhn was on a quest to expand his musical horizons. Inspired by the idea of the desert as a transformative place – an alien environment whose combination of vastness and beauty challenges those lost within it to first find themselves before they can find a way out – he loaded up his sampler with sub-Saharan samples and set about making two 12” singles, ‘Nomad’ and ‘Massai’, which subsequently appeared on Utopia Records.

    Following completion of work on his 2023 album Dystopia, a conceptual ambient meditation built around electronic and acoustic improvisations, the German musician and producer decided to return to the core ideas that inspired those two 12” singles. Once again, he wanted to challenge himself, explore the more exotic side of his musical influences, and discover a course through the musical desert to ultimately become a better musician, producer, and composer.

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