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    Posted: May 18 2015 at 06:54
Days ago I found it worthy to trace down the composer of a song featured in a documentary. It turned out to be a one-man electronic show from Lithuania called Stellardrone. Some tracks:







The full discography is freely available at Bandcamp.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 18 2015 at 07:57
^ That sounds great, I'll bring it to the rest of the team. Thumbs Up
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2015 at 15:35
Nice to learn I am not alone appreciating this artist. Please drop me a line if/when it is introduced in the database.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2015 at 09:09
I'm listening to it and it's fantastic! Clap
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2015 at 14:32
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2015 at 21:53
thanks for the info gonna check them out at bandcamp.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2015 at 11:37
I've downloaded all the tracks and it's better than many Tangerine Dream's albums. This guy deserves to be known. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 02 2015 at 13:17
Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

I've downloaded all the tracks and it's better than many Tangerine Dream's albums.


Even though it is far easier to do music like this today, I agree that from a spacey perspective these albums are in general at par with the best of Tangerine Dream. The latest one is particularly travelling and addictive.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 10 2015 at 15:43
I've now made it back to the very first LP (pity there ain't more). It is absolutely mind blowing, this guy is one of the most progressive musicians out there.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 10 2015 at 16:46
Toatally agree! . STELLARDRONE- should be in! His "On a Beam of Light" proves to be top of the line  prog/electronic material.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 10 2015 at 17:46
^ You could write the bio, since they were already cleared!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2015 at 02:55
Here is a first try for a bio. I'll try to complete it.

Stellardrone is the pseudonym of amateur composer Edgaras Žakevičius, born in 1987 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Edgaras started creating music in 2007, using only computer software (Reason, Ableton, Audacity) and virtual synthesisers. He is mostly interested in ambient, electronic and space music, listing as inspirations Kelly Bailey (computer game composer), Aaron Marshall (emerging film composer), Brian Eno, Tangerine Dream, Altus, Vangelis and Aphex Twin's ambient works.

Between 2009 and 2013 Stellardrone released five LPs and one EP, all very involving works of great introspection, largely supported by gentle sequencer loops. All Stellardrone albums have been released for free and the free sharing of digital copies is encouraged. For this reason Stellardrone's music features often in low budget or amateur pictures and documentaries.

There is also a new "official" logo:

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2015 at 02:56
The logo image was censored, here is the raw URL:

https://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/p720x720/11737831_10153022427247816_8797280684253950309_n.jpg?oh=b90585618237b353798d25aa6e978507&oe=56135724
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2015 at 08:53
There are also some stellar photos showing the artist in "action"






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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 15 2015 at 10:04
Great! He's on my portable reader since some time already 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 12 2015 at 03:54
Hi everyone, I only now noticed the artist has actually been added. Many thanks to the team, I feel encouraged to suggest other artists.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2015 at 03:30
I have managed to exchange a few e-mails with Edgaras Žakevičius. Apparently, he has had very little influence from the Prog world - if at all. This makes his music all the more fascinating.

Here is an excerpt from an interview:

“From a young age I had very little interest in human affairs. I think I saw the world as something bigger than what happened only in plain sight. Of course I probably didn't consciously realize it then, but I was always interested in new ideas and questioning the present ones – in constructing things and trying to understand how we came to be."

You might find in there some bits worth adding to the artist bio.

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