ISHQ
Real Name: Matt Hillier and Jacqueline Kersley
Profile: Ishq are based in st ives Cornwall, uk and have been making music since about 1995 under various guises including 'Indigo egg , Ishvara , Elve and a few other alter egos.Ishq music skirts between Idm electronica , Deep ambience and even has some newage overtones.The emphasis seems to be on music as harmony.
Ishq means "love" in Persian and Hindi, or is a word used by such past masters as Rumi to express love of the divine and the ecstatic love of the Sufi, or lover of God and all God's creation.
Ishqs music has something of this overflowing and romatic spiritual quality and 'Beauty 'and could be summed up as music of the heart (though also of the head )
Matt and Jacqueline also run ' Virtual ' a limited edition cd label which releases their more experimental soundscape music and other studio works.
URLs:http://www.ishq.orghttp://www.myspace.com/qhsihttp://www.v-i-r-t-u-a-l-w-o-r-l-d.comhttp://www.v-i-r-t-u-a-l.blogspot.comIshq - Orchid 2002
Label: Interchill Records
Catalog#: ICHILL CD 013
Format: CD, Album
Country: Canada
Released: Feb 2002
Genre: Electronic
Style: Ambient
Credits: Artwork By - Gordon Field
Producer, Written-By - Matt Hillier
Vocals - Jacqueline Kersley
Notes: Recorded 1999-2001 at Thx St-Just, Cornwall, UK.
Mastered by Sourcer Media at Redtripe Studios.
Image thematics by Earth Octave & Ishq.
This is the single CD version. (There’s also a double CD version on Dakini Records).
Tracklisting:1 Skyblue (11:42)
2 Yu (9:38)
3 Opal (7:45)
4 Daisy (8:39)
5 Cyandragonfly (13:27)
6 Bhakti (10:18)
7 Arc (7:22)
DOWNLOADPan Electric & Ishq - About Time 2008
Label: Absolute Ambient.com
Catalog#: AA0004
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK
Released: Nov 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: Downtempo, Experimental, Ambient
Credits: Composed By - Ishq , Pan Electric
Mastered By - Phil Bodger
Notes: Track 8 'Forever' is not listed in the back cover.
Tracklisting:1 Clox (3:25)
2 6 Minute Festival (6:00)
3 Being There Pt1 (6:40)
4 Being There Pt 2&3 (12:36)
5 Metronomique (5:07)
6 Neverland (14:22)
7 Everchange (7:14)
8 Forever (9:45)
DOWNLOADIshq - Timelapse In Mercury 2008
Label: Virtual Musical Reality
Catalog#: Vs01
Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition
Country: UK
Released: Jul 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: Ambient
Credits: Producer, Written-By - Matt Hillier
Notes: Recorded 2001/2007 @ Thx1138 and Ix. Limited edition of 500 copies. Catalogue No. on artwork clearly states Vs01 - on the inner ring of the disc, it reads: VIR VIRTUAL4. First release on the Virtual Space Series.
Tracklisting:1 Departure (13:54)
2 Nebula Phase (9:20)
3 Hyperdrive (3:32)
4 Photosphere (2:42)
5 Cathedrals In Space (3:30)
6 Timelapse In Mercury (9:43)
7 Dark Clouds (1:44)
8 Fluroscopia (5:28)
9 Seraphim (7:30)
DOWNLOADIshvara - Magik Square Of The Sun 2005
Label: Virtual Musical Reality
Catalog#: Vr01
Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition
Country: UK
Released: 05 Mar 2005
Genre: Electronic
Style: Ambient
Credits: Producer, Written-By - Matt Hillier
Notes: Encoded 2003-2005 at Thx1138 Studio, Cornwall by Ishq. Limited edition of 500 copies.
Tracklisting:1 Nomad (21:06)
2 Green Sun Prismatic Sky (17:48)
3 Iqqoa (8:22)
4 Blue Helix (5:50)
5 Sun In Venus (5:57)
6 Utopian Moon Garden (7:20)
7 Infinity Beam Home (6:34)
DOWNLOADIshq - Organic Electrified Forms (Unreleased) 2002Tracklisting:1. Organic Electrified Forms 01 (20:21)
2. Organic Electrified Forms 02 (15:32)
3. Quazx Stream (16:11)
DOWNLOADIshq - Mass & Sometimes 2004Tracklisting:1. Mass (06:51)
2. Sometimes (06:58)
DOWNLOADIshq Other & Compilation TracksPART 1
PART 2
PART 3
Ishq, Ambient, Experimental
