True Winter, by The Gateless Gate

True Winter

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Tichounko This album is just beautiful, I can’t pick my fav track, and I’m proud of my friend Allister. One day I might even brag to my future grandkids, “I was the first being in the known universe – back in the 23rd – who purchased The Gateless Gate’s True Winter on Bandcamp.” I hope they’ll know Bandcamp as the beloved platform *we* knew, you know, back in the 23rd…

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1.	The Voice of Winter 05:06	buy track
2.	Ice Crystals in the Sun 07:03	buy track
3.	Tracks in the Snow Must Melt Away 05:13	buy track
4.	I Lost You in March 06:37	buy track
5.	Will I See You Again? (Winter Dream Version) 06:29	buy track
6.	Minus Forty 09:54	buy track

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When I first started making instrumental music, out of the gate I produced a number of totally or partially winter-themed albums ("Sibir," "Cold Front," "Landscape of North Iceland," “Wrangel Island,” "Near North"), to the point that I got "known" for that, to the extent that I was known at all.

I soon branched out into other, sunnier and also darker themes, but for this release I decided to return to the theme of winter, this time in a more intimate and personal way; when I started making ambient music, I didn't even live in a northern setting. Now that I do and have actually experienced -40 C, I feel better prepared to think of winter as a companion.

So here’s some icy-sounding music for you.

The primary sound sources on this recording are guitar, mellotron and a bit of voice.

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released October 5, 2023

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Allister Thompson - The Gateless Gate North Bay, Ontario

This is the place to meet the psychedelic, progressive, ambient, and folk/rock music of Allister Thompson released under his own name and as The Gateless Gate, Sons of Birches, Twilight Fields, and Khan Tengri.

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