Gateway (2025 remaster), by Erik Wøllo

Gateway (2025 remaster)

by Erik Wøllo

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Progressive Music Planet Erik is incredibly talented. I blown away by this album and the new bonus material as well. Favorite track: Gateway.

calixmeus Beautiful and ethereal. It really transports me to a place. Recommended.

dikbozo such a lovely open expression of the world ere.
not a lonely place but one where you can be alone, if you want. I am becoming quite the fan of Mr Wallo.

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1.	DISC 1: 2025 Remaster 00:04
2.	Land of Myths 04:51	buy track
3.	First Arrival 07:09	buy track
4.	The Crossing 08:25	buy track
5.	A Sublime Place 03:17	buy track
6.	Gateway 05:38	buy track
7.	Blue Universe 03:56	buy track
8.	The Traveler 05:55	buy track
9.	There Will Be Snow 05:38	buy track
10.	The Mental Trail 05:10	buy track
11.	Full Circle 06:17	buy track
12.	Wetlands 05:24	buy track
13.	Thule 08:36	buy track
14.	DISC 2: Unreleased Bonus Tracks 00:04
15.	Gateway 2 05:28	buy track
16.	Time Fracture 07:09	buy track
17.	Everywhen 04:48	buy track
18.	Isotope 05:38	buy track
19.	Blue Tapestry 03:55	buy track
20.	Vandring 10:03	buy track
21.	Peaceful Mind 07:48	buy track
22.	Sunburst 05:46	buy track

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Genres: Electronic, Ambient, Space Music 

Erik Wøllo is an architect of poignant, ethereal and elegant electronics, a poet of ambient atmospheres. This 15th anniversary remaster of his classic GATEWAY includes a bonus disc with eight additional unreleased tracks mostly from the 2010 era. Known for highly lyrical and vivid sonic spaces, Wøllo’s 14th album bridges grand harmonic realms and gentle, serene environments.

John Diliberto of Echoes Radio wrote back in the day, “Celestial evocations inspired by the night skies in the land of the midnight sun. It’s hard to resist picking an Erik Wøllo album as a CD of the Month…. On his latest, GATEWAY, there’s no denying the way he sends you piloting down canyons, soaring between mountains and launching on trajectories somewhere toward the heavens… One of the most distinctive voices in contemporary instrumental music... Step through Wøllo's GATEWAY and you’ll see his world revealed.”

To create the remastered edition, Wøllo went back to the original stereo digital mixes, running them through analog equipment and the latest high resolution plug-ins. Showcasing amazing depth and clarity, the remaster has an enhanced sound: a more detailed, transparent and wider audio spectrum with greater sonic cohesion.

Erik says, “It was very exciting to revisit this album. So many memories from 2010, almost like looking through old photos from the past. I could not have done this music any better today, but the remastered version gives a more exact feeling of what I was trying to do at that time. The bonus disc includes 8 previously unreleased tracks. A couple are brand new, some are from the same period as GATEWAY, and a couple are tracks from the late '90s I brought back to life using MIDI data to control the same equipment I used at that time. I have kept all my synthesizers from these periods; it was a joy to fire them up again. All these bonus tracks are remixed from old multi-track and the original MIDI files.”

This sparkling remaster is a luscious work, kindling feelings of nature inspired by Wøllo’s Norwegian homeland. Created over two years in the late aughts, GATEWAY is a fine-tuned collection of carefully crafted compositions. The melodic guitar work and expansive electronics create evocative passages that combine intense and serene moments with masterful performances.

Wøllo reflected at the time of the album’s release, “There is always a meditative attitude, recollections from dreams and reality suggesting the mysterious. Every artist has their own unique inner landscape that emulates where they were born and raised, influencing the creative expression. By reflecting all the different kinds of music that you have been hearing through your lifetime, GATEWAY is a mirror of time.”

Matt Rowe from Music Tap: “It’s so refreshing to hear such grandly orchestrated music in the ambient framework that the first spin of GATEWAY should have fans of ambient compositions completely in thrall to Erik Wøllo… No matter your preference, Wøllo’s new album is the key to multiple dreamworlds. It also unveils an extraordinary talent, one that draws on the influence of the masters of the past, yet crafts music that is uniquely his own, music that will etch Wøllo into your mind as one to be enshrined with those same masters. Immeasureably recommended!

Chuck van Zyl from Star’s End: “Bypassing verbal thought, connecting directly with the mind, his fluid lead melodies speak, as if in a voice, directly to the listener. Wøllo uses guitar as the primary instrument in which to convey his message… From stark simplicity to prog-influenced anthems Wøllo’s spirit comes out in the precision and detail of his work – as it touches the best part of us.”

credits

released June 30, 2025

Instrumentation: Electric Guitars, Guitar Synthesizers,
Keyboards, Wøllo VST Instruments, Percussion and Programming

DISC 1: 2025 Remaster
Recorded and mixed by Erik Wøllo 2007-2009
at Wintergarden Studio, Norway. Remastered by Erik Wøllo

DISC 2: Unreleased Bonus Tracks
All music composed between 1998 and 2025
Re-recorded and mixed 2025 at Wintergarden Studio, Norway

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