earman048 - Kit Watkins - This Time and Space (DVD)

Prepare yourself for a truly extraordinary release from Earth Mantra. This release from Kit Watkins, called "This Time and Space", is an hour long collection of seven great tracks, released not as MP3 files but as a single multimedia experience for your home entertainment center -- a full length video DVD!

That's right, folks, this release includes some of Kit's most beloved music, performed live and improvised in the studio, together with some eye candy visuals that seamlessly interact to produce a whole new listening and viewing experience. If you love ambient music and wondered about the fusion of ambience with lush, slowly evolving images, look no further; this is the release for you.

As one would expect from Kit Watkins, the music on this DVD is gloriously beautiful, but we really have to emphasize that the eye popping visuals add a whole new dimension to the experience. There is something synergistic about combining enigmatic imagery with such lovely music, something that makes the end product much greater than the sum of its parts. In fact, this DVD is perfect for playing in the background while talking with friends, perfect for playing on the entertainment center in the bedroom as you fall asleep, or frankly, perfect for simply sitting and listening/watching with a nice cup of tea by the fire.

Earth Mantra is very proud to bring you the music of Kit Watkins via Creative Commons, but at the risk of patting ourselves on the back too much, we have to say that this is one of the freaking coolest things we have ever released. It's a big download, to be sure, but it is one that is well worth the time and bandwidth. A must-have for all fans of ambient music.

Be sure to check out the companion audio CD release on Earth Mantra:

http://earthmantra.com/thistimeandspacecd

For those interested, Kit has also posted snippets from the DVD to YouTube:

Tranquility - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNCxCOm72mU

Sacred Honour - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbEfJ7CHqyc

This Time and Space - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqvMH1x0_vU

As always, all Earth Mantra releases are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported license. For commercial use, please contact us.

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Installation instructions:

Note that to play this DVD you must have a standard DVD player hooked up to a television set/home entertainment center, or the equivalent software for your PC.

Also note that the DVD has been encoded to the NTSC broadcast standard, so if you encounter problems playing back the DVD on PAL video equipment, you may need to enable NTSC compatibility mode in your player (if it supports it), or simply play the DVD on your computer instead.

If you want to play the DVD on your computer, please note there are too many different DVD playback software packages to list here, plus most new computers nowadays come with a software bundle that includes DVD playback. Therefore, we suggest you consult the owner's manual of your computer for more information, if you do not know if you have an appropriate DVD playback package, or search the net for free DVD playback options for your platform (there are many).

To create the DVD itself, please follow these simple instructions.

1. Insert a blank DVD into your computer's DVD burner and launch your favorite DVD burning software. If you do not have DVD burning software already, there are many free alternatives available on the net, such as:

Windows: ImgBurn http://www.imgburn.com
BwgBurn http://bwgburn.sourceforge.net/

Mac OSX: Disc Burner http://www.centromedia.com/en/products/discburner
Burn http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/

Linux: Brasero http://www.gnome.org/projects/brasero/
k3b http://k3b.plainblack.com/

There are other alternatives as well. Please note that Earth Mantra does not endorse or require any particular DVD burning software; feel free to use the one that best suits your needs.

2. Burn the included .iso file in its entirety to the DVD using the DVD burning software. Be sure to finalize the disc.

3. (optional) Print the artwork of your choice (DVD case format or jewel case format) using your favorite CD or DVD label printing software.

4. Pop the DVD into your entertainment center DVD player, or into your computer's DVD tray, and enjoy.

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Music written, recorded, and produced by Kit Watkins. Video and imagery created and produced by Kit Watkins.

Originally released in 2004. Re-released under Creative Commons on Earth Mantra in August 2008.

Please visit Kit Watkins on the net at www.kitwatkins.com.

Released under the "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported" license, which allows and encourages free use of this material so long as certain conditions are met. Details of this license can be found at:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

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earman048 - Kit Watkins - This Time and Space (DVD)

DVD-Video - 58:55 - 3.29 GB

01 - Tranquility (4:06)
02 - Sacred Honour (6:27)
03 - Reflectivity (11:30)
04 - This Bliss (5:05)
05 - This Time and Space (4:25)
06 - Circumference of One (14:40)
07 - Finally Touched (12:42)

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