Floating Worlds

Imagine you could watch a program that taps into and amplifies our hard-wired pleasure and fascination in the link between sound and vision, that offers a feast of flowing, sinuous and shimmering vision and inspiring music. With Liquid Music you can. Liquid Music is best viewed in a darkened room . Just go with the flow, let the sound and vision wash over you. Surrender to the timeless flow. Music by Guido Negraszus. www.liquidmusictv.com; www.negraszus.com

Imagine you could watch a program that taps into and amplifies our hard-wired pleasure and fascination in the link between sound and vision, that offers a feast of flowing, sinuous and shimmering vision and inspiring music. With Liquid Music you can. Liquid Music is best viewed in a darkened room . Just go with the flow, let the sound and vision wash over you. Surrender to the timeless flow. Music by Guido Negraszus. www.liquidmusictv.com; www.negraszus.com

The deserts of the Southwest possess an unique beauty, found nowhere else on Earth. The sheer vastness and sculpted elegance of this environment is masterfully captured on film by renowned photographer/cinematographer David Fortney, using techniques that transport the viewer on a magical flight over and through the landscapes.

Flow....the new ambient video masterwork by Austrian multi-media artist, Helmuth Humphrey and renowned ambient composer Dwight Loop. Filmed in Europe, Mexico and the United States, Flow explores water in all states of form and movement...,from steam to ice, from torrents to stillness. ( www.floatingworlds.com; www.thirdear.org. )

Flow....the new ambient video masterwork by Austrian multi-media artist, Helmuth Humphrey and renowned ambient composer Dwight Loop. Filmed in Europe, Mexico and the United States, Flow explores water in all states of form and movement...,from steam to ice, from torrents to stillness. ( www.floatingworlds.com; www.thirdear.org. )

Dub track featuring jazz clarinet by Perry Robinson and otherworldly vocals by Taressa Bell. Snake dancer Le'ema Kathleen Graham creates her magic against a backdrop of time-lapse nature footage of Emmy winning cinematographer David Fortney.

Antarctica II: Chill with timeless vistas of the last continent. Hub Culture and Forward Motion Theater present Antarctica, a meditation of melting ice, barren stone, and impossibly blue seas. Featuring a playfully ambient-accustic score by Aerostatic. Second in a series of excepts from the full-length DVD available at http://www.forwardmotiontheater.org

Progressive techno with vocals by Sofiah Thom & Desire. Video was shot in the Mermaid Room at the world-famous Brookdale Lodge in the Santa Cruz mountains. Take a breath before you dive deep and swim with our models in this underwater fantasy.

The Blue Flower, filmed in the FloatingWorlds? Dreamers aesthetic, is inspired by the blue flowers significance as a symbol of love and longing. Featuring the beautiful Belle Fast, and the music of Belgian Ambient composer, Vidna Obmana, The Blue Flower depicts a Dreamer absorbed in the flames of longing?.the flames of the Floating World?(www.floatingworlds.com; www.vidnaobmana.be)

The deserts of the Southwest possess an unique beauty, found nowhere else on Earth. The sheer vastness and sculpted elegance of this environment is masterfully captured on film by renowned photographer/cinematographer David Fortney, using techniques that transport the viewer on a magical flight over and through the landscapes. Exquisite and haunting melodies by internationally renowned Native American artists, R. Carlos Nakai and John Huling resonate through each scene. This is an experience you will enjoy again and again. (http://www.davidfortney.com)

The Blue Flower, filmed in the FloatingWorlds? Dreamers aesthetic, is inspired by the blue flowers significance as a symbol of love and longing. Featuring the beautiful Belle Fast, and the music of Belgian Ambient composer, Vidna Obmana, The Blue Flower depicts a Dreamer absorbed in the flames of longing?.the flames of the Floating World?(www.floatingworlds.com; www.vidnaobmana.be)

Tantrika is the first of a series of meditation videos that center consciousness on the beauty of the human Presence. Inspired by the traditional Tantric discipline of controlling attachment by meditation on either decaying corpses or exquisite nude women, FloatingWorlds seeks to transcend this need to transcend desire by sharing a radiant appreciation of the human presence as consciousness is raised through all 7 Chakras. Tantrika reveals the luminous within everyone....the luminosity of The Floating Worlds. Filmed by John Wadsworth. Edited by John Wadsworth with Frank Ford. Featuring a Tibetan Bowl Chakra aligning soundtrack by Karma Moffett. ...(www.floatingworlds.com; www.karmamoffett.com)

Tantrika is the first of a series of meditation videos that center consciousness on the beauty of the human Presence. Inspired by the traditional Tantric discipline of controlling attachment by meditation on either decaying corpses or exquisite nude women, FloatingWorlds seeks to transcend this need to transcend desire by sharing a radiant appreciation of the human presence as consciousness is raised through all 7 Chakras. Tantrika reveals the luminous within everyone....the luminosity of The Floating Worlds. Filmed by John Wadsworth. Edited by John Wadsworth with Frank Ford. Featuring a Tibetan Bowl Chakra aligning soundtrack by Karma Moffett. ...(www.floatingworlds.com; www.karmamoffett.com)

Subconscious Soul, choreographed and performed by Kate McDevitt, explores a different conception of dance?one where movement is not forced from without but released from within. The art of Butoh dance bridges the conscious and subconscious, revealing a physical and spiritual metamorphosis. Subconscious Soul was filmed and edited by Austrian multi-media artist, Helmuth Humphrey and features an atmospheric soundtrack by Brannan Lane. (www.helmuthhumphrey.com; www.brannanlane.com; www.floatingworlds.com)

Subconscious Soul, choreographed and performed by Kate McDevitt, explores a different conception of dance?one where movement is not forced from without but released from within. The art of Butoh dance bridges the conscious and subconscious, revealing a physical and spiritual metamorphosis. Subconscious Soul was filmed and edited by Austrian multi-media artist, Helmuth Humphrey and features an atmospheric soundtrack by Brannan Lane. (www.helmuthhumphrey.com; www.brannanlane.com; www.floatingworlds.com)

A Floating Worlds voyage from Life to Death, from Death to Life; inspired by the Swiss artist, Arnold Bocklin. Filmed in the French Riviera by Floating Worlds' John Wadsworth, scored by renowned composer, Brannan Lane. Isle of the Dead also features water imagery from A Luna Blue, the creative leader in royalty free strange and beautiful stock footage. Although we pass from the realm of flesh, we never leave our Floating Worldswww.floatingworlds.com; www.johnwadsworth.com Music by Brannan Lane : www.BrannanLane.com Model: Scar Styling: Lili Forrest: www.myspace.com/liliforrest Water stock footage: www.alunablue.com

Electric Aquarium is a collection of five hauntingly beautiful visual music pieces, created through the collaboration of visual artist and filmmaker, V V Hsu, and composer Wayne O'Brien. Images of sea jellies become works of art augmented by deep ambient music. A relaxing and contemplative experience as sight and sound immerse the viewer in the mysterious beauty within the Sacred Sea. Visuals: V V Hsu: www.vvhsu.com Sound: Wayne O'Brien: www.wayneobrien1@mac.com Vocals; Producer: Kate McCallum: www.bridgeartsmedia.com Co-Producer: Philip Horvath: www.philiphorvath.com Mastering: Noa Winter Lazerus: www.noawinterlazerus.com Graphic Design: Brit Wolfson: www.britwolfson.com

DREAMERS...DREAMING: sensuality and feminine Eros immersed in floating worlds..three exquisite women are interwoven in the fabric of dreams...shifting identities, blending presences, emerging from dream to again be dream submerged... Veils and pearls accent their suspension in the hypnotic states between wakefulness and sleep. Another atmospheric John Wadsworth vision, scored with an excerpt from Steve Roach's dimensionless Dream Circle... relax... let go... (www.floatingworlds.com; www.steveroach.com)

Our lives have become incredibly homogenized. On a daily basis, many of us leave our cracker box, high rise apartments or condos and cookie cutter, well-manicured subdivision homes, marching off to our monotonous careers, eating at the same chain restaurants, shopping at the same chain stores, and vacationing at the same tourist traps. Tragically, we often fail to open our eyes and realize this country of ours is teaming with unappreciated natural beauty and diversity. Cinematographer David Fortney has done us tremendous service by capturing some of the most amazing visuals of life within our National Parks. From mountains, forests, and deserts to rivers, lakes, and oceans, these National treasures are beautiful to behold. Fortney's mix of aerial, still, and time lapse photography transport us from the comfort of our living rooms to Death Valley to witness the passing of a thunderstorm, to Joshua Tree where we marvel at the age old rock formations, to Redwood where the majesty of its resident trees dwarf all other surroundings, to the Grand Canyon where the hand of mother nature herself has carved indescribable artwork over thousands of years. Our 45 minute journey takes us through 18 different National Parks -- Arches, Banff, Bryce, Canyonlands, Death Valley, Denali, Glacier, Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Jasper, Joshua Tree, Olympic, Pt. Lobos, Redwood, Salt Point, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion -- each with its own unique and distinct architecture and splendor. This is a trip everyone can and should experience, granting us a much needed perspective that we are merely one small part of something much larger, grander, and more important.

DREAMERS...DREAMING: sensuality and feminine Eros immersed in floating worlds...three exquisite women are interwoven in the fabric of dreams...shifting identities, blending presences, emerging from dream to again be dream submerged...Veils and pearls accent their suspension in the hypnotic states between wakefulness and sleep. Another atmospheric John Wadsworth vision, scored with an excerpt from Steve Roachs dimensionless Dream Circle...relax...let go...(www.floatingworlds.com; www.steveroach.com)

Solar Wind is "Dimensional Fluid Light and Sound for Visual Meditation and Atmosphere" "Light as art does not need interpretation or analysis. Light has its own language that crosses all boundaries. Today's visual and auditory experiences are ultra fast-paced and complex to grab your attention, manipulating your perception leaving no room for the imagination. "Visual fluid light images supported by vibrational music access our senses through several channels. When light and sympathetic sound vibrations mesh as one, enlightened visceral experiences flow into our consciousness. Our logical and intellectual mind can rest. Resting the mind opens the door to layers of inspiration and a deep state of relaxation, heightening our mood and sensitivity. These light images have been created by Halogen light sources, not computers, giving an organic feel with natural movement. The color ranges are soft, complex, natural and subtle. The electronic music and sound by Dwight Loop ranges from deep resonant vibration, cellular sound to spacious cosmic ambiance. My objective is to fully engage our sensory experience with the desire to soften our psyche, melting our stresses away, making room for expanded self awareness. ...Lynn Augstein www.cobaltsun.net

ANEMONES: Slowly undulating tendrils of anemones, irradiating like solar rays in deep water. A genuine floating world... filmed by Jhator, scored by Belgian Ambient artist, Vidna Obmana. First of a series of deep explorations of underwater ambience. (www.floatingworlds.com; www.vidnaobmana.be)

OMYMA: Richard Bone's ambient video "Omyma" is, in essence, a form of electronic mandala. Created as a visual aid for meditation, yoga or reiki, the soft geometric shapes slowly evolve and morph over the course of the fifteen minute piece. The music is serene and floating. It gently lifts the spirit and carries the soul to peaceful and tranquil destinations. Richard Bone's music has been compared to that of Harold Budd and Brian Eno. It is, in the most modern sense of the word, music for a new age. (www.richardbone.com; www.floatingworlds.com)

An amazing journey exploring human spirituality and the mystical bond between mankind and nature. Spirit is a one-of-a-kind tour into the heart of 'Zen' and brings to light a way of life seldom seen. www.jumppoint.org

Hub Culture and Forward Motion Theater present Antarctica, a journey to the last continent with an electro-ambient score by Aerostatic. Full DVD available at www.forwardmotiontheater.org

A dream documentary of the secret life of lilies.  A quintessential Floating Worlds experience, created to enhance environments and parallel experiences.  Relax In Consciousness. Share Your Floating Worlds....www.floatingworlds.com

Deep Unknown: A haunting, contemplative journey through an otherworldly yet familiar dimension. Filmed by Austrian multi-media artist, Helmuth Humphrey and featuring an atmospheric soundtrack by Brannan Lane, Deep Unknown takes the viewer into the ethereal regions of the Floatingworlds. Audio tracks titles are Deep Unknown 1,2, and 3

SHIMMERING: Deep relaxation. Soothing release. A window onto a luminous, evanescent world with subtle changes wrought by gentle winds. Scored with the timeless beauty of Steve Roachs Structures From Silence, Shimmering invites the viewer to flow, simply flow. One of many collaborations between Steve Roach and multi-media artist, John Wadsworth...created in the floatingworlds aesthetic of continuous looping and letting go... (www.floatingworlds.com; www.steveroach.com)

ROCK MIRROR: A meditation video, created to nurture a Zen inspired calm through a subtle ebb and flow of water across the surface of a faceted rock. Light changes from dawn to dusk, with a soundtrack of a mental tuning drone washed with natural sounds.

Deep Unknown: A haunting, contemplative journey through an otherworldly yet familiar dimension. Filmed by Austrian multi-media artist, Helmuth Humphrey and featuring an atmospheric soundtrack by Brannan Lane, Deep Unknown takes the viewer into the ethereal regions of the Floatingworlds. Audio tracks titles are Deep Unknown 1,2, and 3

A dream documentary of the secret life of lilies.  A quintessential Floating Worlds experience, created to enhance environments and parallel experiences.  Relax In Consciousness. Share Your Floating Worlds....www.floatingworlds.com

ICELAND: A surreal exploration of Iceland's volcanic environment. Filmed by Austrian multi-media artist, Helmuth, and scored with selections from renowned Ambient/Deep Space composer, Dwight Loop's Mystery's River, Iceland is quintessential floatingworlds... Revealing the other worldliness of our planet and of our existence... the hallucinatory essence of our reality. Iceland lifts the viewer from perceptual complacency through Helmuth's transcendence of conventional perspective... into the floating worlds... (www.floatingworlds.com; www.earwaves.net)

Hub Culture and Forward Motion Theater present Antarctica, a journey to the last continent with an electro-ambient score by Aerostatic. Full DVD available at www.forwardmotiontheater.org

Our lives have become incredibly homogenized. On a daily basis, many of us leave our cracker box, high rise apartments or condos and cookie cutter, well-manicured subdivision homes, marching off to our monotonous careers, eating at the same chain restaurants, shopping at the same chain stores, and vacationing at the same tourist traps. Tragically, we often fail to open our eyes and realize this country of ours is teaming with unappreciated natural beauty and diversity. Cinematographer David Fortney has done us tremendous service by capturing some of the most amazing visuals of life within our National Parks. From mountains, forests, and deserts to rivers, lakes, and oceans, these National treasures are beautiful to behold. Fortney's mix of aerial, still, and time lapse photography transport us from the comfort of our living rooms to Death Valley to witness the passing of a thunderstorm, to Joshua Tree where we marvel at the age old rock formations, to Redwood where the majesty of its resident trees dwarf all other surroundings, to the Grand Canyon where the hand of mother nature herself has carved indescribable artwork over thousands of years. Our 45 minute journey takes us through 18 different National Parks -- Arches, Banff, Bryce, Canyonlands, Death Valley, Denali, Glacier, Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Jasper, Joshua Tree, Olympic, Pt. Lobos, Redwood, Salt Point, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion -- each with its own unique and distinct architecture and splendor. This is a trip everyone can and should experience, granting us a much needed perspective that we are merely one small part of something much larger, grander, and more important.

KASUMI VS JAMES LAUER: Fresh from a European club tour, internationally renowned, award winning VJ Kasumi mixes her avant-garde video art with a relentless Tribal House mix by Chicago based DJ James Lauer. Compositing go go dancers with found-footage and ground-breaking live cinema performance, Kasumi's experimental films have empowered a multitude of collaborations including DJ Spooky, Grandmaster Flash, and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, enthralling audiences from Ankara to New York to Sapporo. (www.kasumifilms.com; www.floatingworlds.com) James Lauer (www.JamesLauer.com) is a major player in the underground electronic music community and continues to steadily prove himself as someone who is dedicated to pushing things forward. Growing up in Chicago listening to such artists as Jeff Mills, Derrick Carter, Mark Farina and Richie Hawtin James eventually discovered the deeper and darker sides of electronic music while living in New York and traveling and working abroad in Europe and Australia. Today his unique blend of house and techno reaches the ears and minds of many around the world and he is consistently selected as the opening DJ of choice for many the world's biggest electronic artists. His mixes can be heard weekly in Chicago on WNUR 89.3FM and around the world on such stations as XTC Radio London, Proton Radio and XM Satellite Radio. James currently keeps over 250 hours of live, radio and studio mixes available for download at www.JamesLauer.com and can be reached for feedback, bookings or just to say hello at James@DJLauer.com(www.djlauer.com; www.floatingworlds.com)

ISLAND: A solitary granite island, surrounded by mirror still water... the sun slowly rises and one man rows back and forth in front of this impenetrable façade. Filmed by Helmuth, scored by Vidna Obmana, Island is a quiet recognition of an ageless setting that cannot be changed by man. Is the island rising or is it sinking? Will the waters rise or recede? A dreamlike confrontation with a natural presence...a natural confrontation with a dreamlike presence (www.floatingworlds.com; www.vidnaobmana.be)

OMYMA: Richard Bone's ambient video "Omyma" is, in essence, a form of electronic mandala. Created as a visual aid for meditation, yoga or reiki, the soft geometric shapes slowly evolve and morph over the course of the fifteen minute piece. The music is serene and floating. It gently lifts the spirit and carries the soul to peaceful and tranquil destinations. Richard Bone's music has been compared to that of Harold Budd and Brian Eno. It is, in the most modern sense of the word, music for a new age. (www.richardbone.com; www.floatingworlds.com)

ANEMONES: Slowly undulating tendrils of anemones, irradiating like solar rays in deep water. A genuine floating world....filmed by Jhator, scored by Belgian Ambient artist, Vidna Obmana. First of a series of deep explorations of underwater ambience. (www.floatingworlds.com; www.vidnaobmana.be)

SHIMMERING: Deep relaxation. Soothing release. A window onto a luminous, evanescent world with subtle changes wrought by gentle winds. Scored with the timeless beauty of Steve Roach's Structures From Silence, Shimmering invites the viewer to flow, simply flow. One of many collaborations between Steve Roach and multi-media artist, John Wadsworth...created in the floatingworlds aesthetic of continuous looping and letting go... (www.floatingworlds.com; www.steveroach.com)

FROZEN: A crystalline gem from the vision of Austrian multi-media artist, Helmuth. Filmed waist deep in snow, at dawn, in an Alpine valley....scored to the music of Steve Roach, Frozen captures a dreamlike moment that melts away with the sun's first rays...

URBAN DAWN: filmed from a hotel window overlooking Central Park in New York City?.a visual meditation born of an eventful night, when sleep eludes those still engaged in nocturnal states?.a visual journal by Jhator blended with the ascendant music of Steve Roach. The night ends, the sun rises?the city awakens? (www.floatingworlds.com; www.steveroach.com)

THE HEALING WHISPER: Like its companion piece, "Omyma," Richard Bone's ambient video "The Healing Whisper" is, in essence, a form of electronic mandala. Created as a visual aid for meditation, yoga or reiki, the soft geometric shapes slowly evolve and morph over the course of the fifteen minute piece. The music is serene and floating. It gently lifts the spirit and carries the soul to peaceful and tranquil destinations. Richard Bone's music has been compared to that of Harold Budd and Brian Eno. It is, in the most modern sense of the word, music for a new age. (www.richardbone.com; www.floatingworlds.com)

ICELAND: A surreal exploration of Iceland's volcanic environment. Filmed by Austrian multi-media artist, Helmuth, and scored with selections from renowned Ambient/Deep Space composer, Dwight Loop's Mystery's River, Iceland is quintessential floatingworlds... Revealing the other worldliness of our planet and of our existence... the hallucinatory essence of our reality. Iceland lifts the viewer from perceptual complacency through Helmuth's transcendence of conventional perspective....into the floating worlds... (www.floatingworlds.com; www.earwaves.net)

ROCK MIRROR: A meditation video, created to nurture a Zen inspired calm through a subtle ebb and flow of water across the surface of a faceted rock. Light changes from dawn to dusk, with a soundtrack of a mental tuning drone washed with natural sounds.

Solar Wind is "Dimensional Fluid Light and Sound for Visual Meditation and Atmosphere" "Light as art does not need interpretation or analysis. Light has its own language that crosses all boundaries. Today's visual and auditory experiences are ultra fast-paced and complex to grab your attention, manipulating your perception leaving no room for the imagination. "Visual fluid light images supported by vibrational music access our senses through several channels. When light and sympathetic sound vibrations mesh as one, enlightened visceral experiences flow into our consciousness. Our logical and intellectual mind can rest. Resting the mind opens the door to layers of inspiration and a deep state of relaxation, heightening our mood and sensitivity. These light images have been created by Halogen light sources, not computers, giving an organic feel with natural movement. The color ranges are soft, complex, natural and subtle. The electronic music and sound by Dwight Loop ranges from deep resonant vibration, cellular sound to spacious cosmic ambiance. My objective is to fully engage our sensory experience with the desire to soften our psyche, melting our stresses away, making room for expanded self awareness. ...Lynn Augstein www.cobaltsun.net