Portland, Oregon based Ambient/Pop Progressive Rocker Ethan Janais published the official video for the title-track from debut album “Ultralight” out on October 03, 2024 via Absolute Probabilty Recordings. Watch the video through the YouTube player below:
“Ultralight” is Ethan Janais debut solo album. After a prolific eight-album stretch of work with Echo Us, his music has returned to the synthesizer as its main source of musical inspiration.
“Ultralight” is short, sweet, and unwavering in it’s harmonically rich atmospherics. Stacking chords on top of chords, alongside gentle beats and lyrical mysticism, the album features three vocal pieces and three instrumentals that swoop and change in the blink of an eye, and return to their familiar themes.
“With age, one can get extremely scrupulous about what is worth pursuing musically. For that reason, and many others- Ultralight is not part of my former Echo Us project. It was also fitting that for the first time, I created an album entirely by myself with no other musicians.” – Ethan
For over two decades Ethan’s musical output has ranged from Heavy Metal to Progressive Rock – many times combining Celtic, Classical and Jazz underpinnings. However, his first love is electronic music of all varieties. Clocking in at just under 40 minutes, “Ultralight” features both digital and analog synthesis.
Purchase the album on Bandcamp: https://ethanjanais.bandcamp.com/album/ultralight
Tracklist:
01. Ultralight 05:41
02. What I Am 2U 06:55
03. White Paper Elephant 01:56
04. Parity 05:30
05. My Sparrows 07:11
06. Parasol 10:01
Lineup:
Ethan Janais Matthews (Echo Us) / Vocals, All Instruments
