Astrowind

Kirils Lomunovs

Paleopsychedelic-Ambient

New video for Stalker's Dreams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGiqsVUdMwY Composer, musician and sound designer Kirils Lomunovs has been featured as a key figure of the Latvian electronic music scene for producing some of the most essential experimental electronic, ambient music of the past years. Formerly known as Bongo in the middle of 90's in times of famous Riga dance-punk Yaputhma Sound System. Started improvisation on the old soviet synthesizers and effects in 1996. In 1997 founded Ayahuasca ambient music project. In 2001 founded Oloolo - electroacoustic music project and analogue electronics sound lab. Kirils Lomunovs a.k.a Kriipis Tulo was involved in such experimental electronic music events as Jazz Giants: Past/Present Riga (2001), Watercolors 2002, Sound Forest - festival of avant-garde music and video art (2003-2005) and also Pan Sonic (2002), Yoshio Machida (2003) and Phill Niblock (2004) live performances. In collaboration with Voldemars Johansons he worked for an audio installation "Gaismas pils", inspired by the project of the New National Library of Latvia of the same name and presented it on the Architectural biennial NEXT (Venice) and KIMAF 2002 (Kiev). In 2002 completed an EP entitled Ujuja (in Estonian means “swimming”). In 2005 as sound producer worked on a short film "Alise" (Director Asnate Ribena). In 2004-2005 actively took a part in organization of ‘MikroStraava’ – the series of post-ambient and microwaves music mini-festivals in Riga. At October 2004 participated at MOKS Media Art Symposium in Estonia. At November 2005 collaborated with the most popular Latvian painter Ritums Ivanovs for video installation "Exposed Paintings" with original music as a soundtrack. Video installation was presented during the Ritums Ivanovs exhibition "Exposed" at Art gallery "Riga Gallery". In 2006 founded Astrowind project and presented new soundtrack to the “Dreamers” – a new exhibition of Ritums Ivanovs in spring 2008 presented at Art gallery "Riga Gallery". Astrowind released several significant albums which declared forward-looking style – Paleopsychedelic ambient. Essential Astrowind’s album “Kedr” published in 2015. The songs have all been recorded live in real time in the Tokctoka studio. During 2007 - 2018 a few Astrowind's albums and tracks were published by Musica Excentrica, ElectroSound, 12Rec, Just Not Normal, Universal Human Underground, Fluttery Records, My Outer Space, Greytone, Frozen Light record labels. For Booking Inquiries: astrowind.net@gmail.com