Recordings

Below are two pieces from the Kairos album with Austin Kourakin (Ableton) and Sequoia (piano). 

Dive into the ethereal realms of Kairos, the debut album from Anamnesis, released on April 17, 2024. “Kairos” is a sonic adventure into the land of completely improvised ambient soundscapes, blending the ethereal beauty and soulful and invigorating trumpet, piano, and Ableton synthesized sound. 

Kairos, derived from Ancient Greek philosophy and theosophy, is a propitious or opportune moment, atime of great significance and spiritual fulfillment. Spanning just two tracks, this album invites listeners on a profound auditory expedition. The first piece, “Mellow New World,” is a play on “Brave New World.” Aldous Huxley’s famous dystopian novel is, in fact, a use of rhetorical irony, as “Brave New World” comes from a line Miranda speaks in Shakespeare’s The Tempest when she encounters the awe of humanity for the first time outside the context of her isolationwith her father, Prospero. Anamnesis flips the irony back so that the original intention is preserved: “Mellow New World” is designed to inspire awe in a way that enables the functionality of the parasympathetic nervous system to be optimized, drawing on nuanced musical devices.

The second piece, “Off to the Races,” evokes a horse – perhaps a stallion – being freed to run in its quintessentially passionate and unique way, the way only skilled equestrians can understand, intuitively and kinesthetically. From a spiritual perspective, the horse was also inspired by the Tibetan Buddhistconcept of “windhorse” (རླུང་རྟ་) which connotes vitality, good fortune, and success. It is energizing in nature and scope and is designed to inspire propitious action.

“Kairos” stands for something much more than what music is. This piece is sonic medicine and is particularly designed for rest and healing. This album emerged from a spark of inspiration during the quiet introspection brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic—urging the listener toward more profound, more resonant engagement with music and life itself. Kairos is a time that God – however you understand this concept – has chosen to act, through you, through us, through music.

Kairos was recorded at the prestigious Big Red Studio in Portland, Oregon recorded by Billy Oksay. It is an invitation to pause, listen, and humanly connect with the deeper currents of life. Take a journey into the heart-mind with us on this unique musical voyage with sounds from the earth and the heavens.