not to be confused with the book "Dolphins in the Future" by Joan Ocean...this is the solo project of one Lieven Martens who also runs a wonderful little tape label, Cetacean Nation Communications.
honestly, you could draw a lot of parallels between the book and musical project. the book is Ocean's study of 200 dolphins and how she interacts with them on different metaphysical levels etc, think Celestine Prophecy with dolphins. Dolphins into the Future (the music) wouldn't be far off as a soundtrack to said book. Martens uses lots of field recordings of waves, birds, etc and builds on top of it with calming synths. this fits in quite comfortable with the kosmische leaning explorers of late, but has a more mystical, astral plane feeling to it. that might sound like a bad thing on paper, but in the words of Adam Strohm of Dusted Magazine:
"Lieven Martens, the one man behind this one-man band, found his inspiration for the music in devotional texts, making music “to awaken the listener’s inner-seeing or God-vision.” That statement alone may trigger alarm bells for some, but it may be because we’re all just a bit too cynical these days."
originally released on Not Not Fun in 2009 and sold out in a flash. was recently just re-released (also by not not fun) in an edition of 300 LP's that are gonna be gone just as quick. Can still purchase a physical copy here if you act fast. Listen to it here.
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