Ran Kirlian


Ambient musician and sound sculptor

new releases - Lockdown
Ran Kirlian
Lockdown: The Complete Quarantine Recordings (April 2025)
new releases - Abyssal Drift
Ran Kirlian
Abyssal Drift (Dec 2024)

Lastest releases

News and Upcomming Releases


Many Futures VII

Sonic landscapes for sci-fi short stories Available now

There are Many Futures

A Many Futures Sci-Fi Compilation Available now

The Infinite Harvest

Sonic adventures by Ran Kirlian & Scott Lawlor Available now

Cosmos Vol. II

Second space ambient collaboration with Jaja Available now

Liminal Territories

Sonic explorations at the edge of reality. To be released in 2025

Abiogénesis / Biogénesis

Tribal & dark ambient album with Vauxia Errante. To be released in 2025

Terra Incognita

Dark-ambient album

About Ran Kirlian


Born in Hannover (Germany) in 1972 and later moved to Valencia (Spain), Ran Kirlian began exploring his own musical pathways in the mid-nineties and recorded his first album Shore of Darkness in 2000. Since then nearly a dozen albums have followed, among which include Obscurity (2000), Melting Point (2001), Sleeper (2004) and his lastest work Dissolution (2009). Also, two albums entitled Selected Works I & Selected Works II were released in 2007 collecting music recorded and released between years 2000 and 2007 from tribal-ambient to dark and space ambient genres.

His music, mostly focussed on tribal and dark ambient genres, offers a personal and intense approach to textural landscaping and atmospheres inspiring ritualistic environments, cold spaces and desolate landscapes. Defined as a self-taught musician, he uses to start most of his projects from raw improvisations that later evolve in a continuous refinement process.

With synthesizers and samplers as his main tools, his music tries to combine different sound sources like field recordings, exotic flutes, percussions and ethnic instruments like bowls and didgeridoos. This mixture carries evident influences from artists like Steve Roach, Alio Die, Robert Rich, Mathias Grassow, Oöphoi, Lustmord, Thom Brennan and Jorge Reyes.

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