This new release from yesterday 7.17.26 definitely highlights a combination of being influenced by my surroundings and my own ethos and values. There’s definitely a buzz and a unity going on because of the World Cup. The song also addresses an overarching themes of the Artemis Amenti title album “Victory Joy: Unboxed” of sovereignty andContinue reading ““Victory Joy” & The Songwriting Process”
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Art + Music Update: Colorful Composites & Electroacoustic Opera
So far this summer I have really enjoyed making fantastical, surreal and colorful composites of numerous original nature photos, and adding some graphic elements to go for the vibrant pop art feel. This also allows me to express sone futuristic concepts like “Kudzu On Mars” since the resilient plant grows like crazy and takes overContinue reading “Art + Music Update: Colorful Composites & Electroacoustic Opera”
Multimedia Update: “Visions Of Biosynergy” in Venice, IT & More
Now Playing 06.19.26 – 07.03.26 ”Visions Of Biosynergy” Part 1 (10 minute version) || Sarah Ikerd, Studio Shangri-La Multimedia || Anima Mundi: Consciousness by ITSLIQUID Group || Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Venice IT Among other themes of “Visions Of Biosynergy,” is the reflexive relationship of scientific discovery and human perspective. Patterns and fractals in nature and howContinue reading “Multimedia Update: “Visions Of Biosynergy” in Venice, IT & More”
New Music Publication: Electric Echoes, A Cosmic Tech Opera — Movement 3, Dialogue Of The Stars
Buy the Digital and Paperback on Amazon Or purchase here on the site & this version has the individual parts included, as well as USA shipping: PDF download Paperback For inquiries, e-mail: sarah.ikerd@studio-shangri-la.com Written and released digitally in 2024, Electric Echoes received an ASCAP Concert Writer’s award that year. However, in the flow of spontaneousContinue reading “New Music Publication: Electric Echoes, A Cosmic Tech Opera — Movement 3, Dialogue Of The Stars”
OCTAVES New Music Friday: “This World, Other World” Cosmic Rock
The well timed alt rock tribute to exploration is out today & available on Apple Music & more! Check out the lyric video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/R3fHtS6Ed8I This is a great example of the lyrics and melody floating from the aether, so it’s meant to be!
Multimedia Update: Art Of The Month, New Podcast Episode, Return Of GIGABEAT
This March pop / graphic art of the month is clearly a play on editing words. The layered combination of photos also includes ink drawing, turning ‘Fragile’ into AGILE. That’s certainly a statement for life: Life is agile. Otherwise, none of this would be here! “Agile” is available direct here through the shop, as wellContinue reading “Multimedia Update: Art Of The Month, New Podcast Episode, Return Of GIGABEAT”
OCTAVES New Music Friday: Artemis Amenti “Sky Over Miami”
In the spirit of Miami Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week, as well as the ubiquitous and hilariously relatable Jon Hamm + Kato video / meme, this escapist dance pop track has some uplifting lyrics and harmonies for the dance floor as well as headphone or home listening. It’s the third song from theContinue reading “OCTAVES New Music Friday: Artemis Amenti “Sky Over Miami””
OCTAVES New Music Friday: Artemis Amenti – Casino + Video & Score
Lyric Video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEx_7UZRyxg Today’s new music Friday release is the next track from the upcoming 2026 Artemis Amenti album, and is a cross between alternative pop and trip hop. And it’s about the cosmic casino of life. There’s a lot to keep ‘betting on’ and exploring, including oneself. Life differentiated for a reason,Continue reading “OCTAVES New Music Friday: Artemis Amenti – Casino + Video & Score”
New Score: Electric Echoes, A Cosmic Tech Opera: Aria Of The Cosmos, Movement 2
The next installment of the Electric Echoes score is Movement 2, The Aria. As is much of this ‘cosmic tech opera,’ some of the instruments are acoustic and the others are synths, in addition to the vocal parts of course. This is a highly adaptable piece for different ensembles. The specific qualities, especially sonority, ofContinue reading “New Score: Electric Echoes, A Cosmic Tech Opera: Aria Of The Cosmos, Movement 2 “
OCTAVES Music New Release: Artemis Amenti -“Blooming For Good”
Out now on Apple Music and major online music outlets, this is the first release of 2026 and the of upcoming Artemis Amenti album. Watch the Music Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7YjIDDEt7fs?si=vpdIgXpB5Q31AyvZ Download the Musical Score for Vocal, Piano, Bass, Drums & Synth: The score is also available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3LyebNK
New Publication: Electric Echoes, Movement 1 “Digital Overture” Score
Paperback: Digital / PDF: Buy Paperback & Digital on Amazon The first movement of Electric Echoes: A Cosmic Tech Opera is out now on Studio Shangri-La / OCTAVES Music Publications. This was released last year as an album and even received an ASCAP concert writer’s award. It was composed for the most part by comingContinue reading “New Publication: Electric Echoes, Movement 1 “Digital Overture” Score”
OCTAVES Music Remixes Madonna
I’m definitely so grateful to Beatport and the 2025 Global Remix Challenge for the opportunity to remix Madonna’s “Ray Of Light” with the original Stems! What an iconic and Grammy winning song she made with William Orbit from 1998. It is as dazzling as ever. My remix is a guitar laden dance pop version. IContinue reading “OCTAVES Music Remixes Madonna”
OCTAVES Featured Music & § Publications Featured Book: “432 Guitar” & “Awasis”
Awasis, named for the actual exoplanet and the Cree word for ‘child’ or ‘sacred gift’ is an epic science fiction adventure for all ages. The illustrated story encompasses the cosmos and beyond, with humor and memorable characters, and meaningful messages for a better world. Awasis tells the tale of how humanity becomes an interstellar speciesContinue reading “OCTAVES Featured Music & § Publications Featured Book: “432 Guitar” & “Awasis””
OCTAVES Music Publications: The Changing Skies String Quartet
by Sarah Ikerd (Author) Format: Kindle Edition See all formats and editions Out now on OCTAVES Music Publications is the score and parts for a traditional string quartet of Violin 1, Violin II, Viola and Cello. Each of nature’s changing skies are uniquely and breathtakingly beautiful, from sunny to stormy and from dawn until dusk. The composition isContinue reading “OCTAVES Music Publications: The Changing Skies String Quartet”
Multimedia Update: Rococo & Deco Geometric Photography + Forthcoming Album On OCTAVES
There is a lot of new work this month in May, with more to be posted! This particular group in the slideshow represents an ornate, rococo style of tree canopy photography. The layouts are decidedly baroque. And this is all original photography using various programs for editing. One topic that appears here is the amazingContinue reading “Multimedia Update: Rococo & Deco Geometric Photography + Forthcoming Album On OCTAVES”
OCTAVES Experimental Sound: 1080 Hz Healing The Mind’s Eye
The focus of this experimental sound piece is 1080 Hz, specifically a combination of 8010, 1080 (x2), 801, 108, 80, 10 & 8 hz with all the numerical parameters (such as Low Frequency Oscillators) matching combinations of the digits 1080. There are 8 channels, and interestingly, 1080 degrees is the sum of internal angles ofContinue reading “OCTAVES Experimental Sound: 1080 Hz Healing The Mind’s Eye”
Featured Art Collection: Signal & Noise + Studio Multimedia Update
As 2025 begins, this mini collection “Signal & Noise” harkens back to 2022 and then to the end of 2024, year of the dragon, with strong medicinal associations in Chinese culture. The cubist / op art photo collages of glitching screens are put together in such a way as to make new patterns out ofContinue reading “Featured Art Collection: Signal & Noise + Studio Multimedia Update”
Studio Multimedia Update: Multimodal Resonance Therapy, Entrainment, Modulo Art & More
There much to update at this point in early October with OCTAVES music releases, Studio Shangri-La artwork, and publications. Let’s begin with the new sound therapy / medicinal music on Octaves, based on known healing frequencies, with much more to explore in that area. Both “The Lyre Of Light,” with its 7 healing frequencies andContinue reading “Studio Multimedia Update: Multimodal Resonance Therapy, Entrainment, Modulo Art & More”
Studio Multimedia Update: Moments With Nature, The 2025 Grammys & More
The latest studio multimedia starts off with new (and old) additions to the Studio Shangri-La conceptual online photography catalogs – here of course, and also TurningArt and Saatchi Art. The above original with graphic design is “Khepri’s Sunflower,” named for the ancient Egyptian hieroglyph of the beetle, representing bringing something into being or to create.Continue reading “Studio Multimedia Update: Moments With Nature, The 2025 Grammys & More”
The OCTAVES Music Album Release Update
Artemis Amenti Modern Melt 7.26.24 The most recent OCTAVES Music release is material from 2022-2023. And this album has more of a alternative pop flavor. The narrative is very much of the now with the philosophical flower power theme. The cover art is Studio Shangri-La’s “Flower Fusion Reactor Core.” Artemis Amenti Blue Shift Red ShiftContinue reading “The OCTAVES Music Album Release Update”
Plastic-To-Water Lab Notes: Testing A Desktop UV Reactor With Sound
As the popular quotation goes, “do what you can with what you have.” The exploration of science and life is open to many pathways. In this continued series of experiments, the overall goal is to transmute or catalyze plastic into water with light, and possibly the addition of sound. So, using what amounts to molecularContinue reading “Plastic-To-Water Lab Notes: Testing A Desktop UV Reactor With Sound”