ETHERICOM
The Ethericom label was set up to release Steve's archive material onto CD-R beginning with his first album, 1983’s “From Distant Shores”, which was released on June 9th 2009. The CD-R had full colour artwork and an additional 27 minutes comprising five previously unreleased tracks recorded in the same time period as the original album. The album only had a limited production run and has now sold out and been deleted. A digital download only version will be available in 2012. Excerpts of tracks can be heard at www.myspace.com/stevehillmansethericom
ETHERICOM 001
1) FROM DISTANT SHORES (PART ONE) 6.38
2) CHAMBER OF BELLS 2.50
3) TOWER OF MAXT 9.18
4) ATLANTEAN MEADOWS 2.53
5) RITE OF OSCENAI 1.42
6) JEWELLED EYE 2.52
7) FROM DISTANT SHORES (PART TWO) 2.37
8) VORTEX 10.10
9) MOONFLOW 2.20
10) ILLUMINERE 1 4.24
11) ALTAIR 7.01
Previously unreleased bonus tracks:
12) FIRES OF SHALA 6.26
13) ENETOR VALDIA 9.12
14) SONIC PORTAL 3.45
15) STARBURST STRATA 5.18
16) AT THE END 2.23
Total Time: 80 minutes
Originally released in 1983 on the Eye Tapes cassette label.
Steve Hillman: Yamaha CS30L synthesiser, audio generator,
Casio 301 organ & electric piano, Soundmaster SR88 drum machine.
Flute on "Enetor Valdia". Watkins Copycat echo & reverb.
Linda Hillman: Improvised flute on "Jewelled Eye".
All music composed, played & produced by Steve Hillman.
Layout & artwork designed by Steve Hillman. Painting by Linda Hillman.
Shore photo by Pete Hillman.
Digitally Remastered 2009.
Bonus tracks are all first take improvisations recorded between 1980-82.
"Enetor Valdia" incorporates the original 1981 improvisation of "Moonflow".
"At the End" is the original 1981 improvisation of the introduction to "Vortex".
Please note that due to the nature of the recording of the bonus tracks that some have a degree of tape hiss, distortion & drop outs.
P & C ETHERICOM 2009
In March 2011 a newly remastered version of Steve’s 1994 “Matrix” album was released as a digital download via CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon etc.
1) OVERDRIVE
2) MATRIX (Part One)
3) INTERCHANGE, ASCENDANT, SPHINX DANCER, INTO SPACE
4) TAKEN TO THE LIMIT
5) SEQUENT SEVEN
6) MATRIX (Part Two)
7) DAWNING LIGHT, INTO THE BLUE
8) TRITONE
All music composed & produced by Steve Hillman.
Recorded February - April 1994.
Mixed July 1994.
Steve Hillman: Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesisers & Drum Programming.
Linda Hillman: Flute on Sphinx Dancer & Matrix (Part Two)
Artwork designed by Steve & Painted by Linda
Originally released on the Cyclops records Label as CYCL 011 in 1994
Digitally Remastered by Steve Hillman February 2011
Special thanks to Malcolm Parker for having the vision to make this originally happen!
Booklet back over of original release.
Star Temple (Pencil 1978) Booklet illustration of original release by Steve Hillman