Deserts by Nigel Sanders.

This collection of sound art was composed by Nigel Sanders in response to a call out by Aural Films https://auralfilms.bandcamp.com/album/desert-music-collection. The third track has been included in their release to raise money in planting trees.

The concept came from visions of dark storms and desert soundscapes that lurk in my minds eye.

Aural Films called on electronic music artists to contribute their related works to the "Desert Music" Collection that you find here. Listen to 51 tracks with more than 7 hours of music inspired by desert places.

The desert landscape has been a popular theme in electronic music from the start with the debut of "Deserts" by Edgard Varèse in 1954. The soundtrack for a movie that did not exist, was the first composition to combine electronic and orchestral music in the same piece. Ever since, electronic music artists from Brian Eno to Vangelis have been creating their own slow evolving soundtracks for these unique biomes.

All proceeds from this project will be donated to planting trees with the Billion Trees Project to help support and revitalize the planet. In this way, we can celebrate the life of great artists, and help others with the power of sound.
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released July 18, 2025

All rights reserved by their respective artists. Please click on each track for more information.

The Plant a Billion Trees campaign is a large-scale restoration initiative launched by The Nature Conservancy in 2008. Our first project was to restore Brazil's Atlantic Forest, and now we have expanded to include forest projects all across the world! By planting trees and helping forests regrow where they have been severely degraded, we're helping to reduce the impacts of climate change, slow biodiversity loss, ensure clean water and air for everyone, and provide full, healthy forests for future generations. Read more about the project at www.plantabillion.org

Aural Films is an online record label (netlabel) that releases high-quality soundtrack albums for movies that do not exist. We cover a wide range of music styles ranging from ambient to experimental to popular to soundtrack musics. Often on the same albums. You can find our complete catalog of releases online at AuralFilms.com

Aural Films Catalog No. AF0464
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Dark Ambient Fusions of Sound

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