Future Rust: Volume 1

Future Rust: Volume 1 by Future Rust Future Rust: Volume 1 is a compilation of some of world’s best handpan music from 16 different artists from four different continents. The album is a free/name-your-price digital download, so you can get the album for free or show your support for our future releases. Available as digital… Continue reading Future Rust: Volume 1

Future Rust: Volume 2

Future Rust: Volume 2 by Future Rust Before All Handpans Become Rust… Handpan music label Future Rust releases a new free/pay-what-you-want compilation of the best new handpan music. Future Rust: Volume 2 consists of sixteen new tracks from some of the most exciting handpan artists today. In 2019 Future Rust released their first compilation as… Continue reading Future Rust: Volume 2

Future Rust: Volume 3

Future Rust: Volume 3 by Future Rust Not your average Burning Man “hang drum” jam — Future Rust releases a new pay-what-you-can handpan compilation On the October 13th, 2021, the handpan music label Future Rust will release a third volume in their annual series of handpan music compilations. The album consists of 14 tracks of… Continue reading Future Rust: Volume 3

Color of Rhythm: Change of State

Change of State by Color of Rhythm “Change of State juxtaposes the physical phases of matter with psycho-social phases of life represented through collaged imagery of solid, liquid, and gas, arranged in their corresponding alchemical symbols.   As inspiration and energy ebbed and flowed throughout the pandemic so did feelings of uncertainty and stability, but… Continue reading Color of Rhythm: Change of State

Contra Spem Spero – A Compilation of Ukrainian Handpan Music

Contra Spem Spero – A Compilation of Ukrainian Handpan Music by Future Rust Sorry! We are experiencing technical difficulties with the PayPal donation button! For now, use the “Friends and Family” transfer on PayPal to: < ramanhandpan1983@gmail.com >Please include the message: “Future Rust” About this project: “Contra Spem Spero!” is the title of a poem… Continue reading Contra Spem Spero – A Compilation of Ukrainian Handpan Music

Connor Shafran: For the Time Being

For the Time Being by Connor Shafran Music for friends far away. Buy

8 Hands of Sound: New Light

New Light by 8 Hands of Sound 8 Hands of Sound is the result of a spark that was ignited in 2014 when four multi-instrumental musicians from the far reaches of the globe came together in the USA. In January 2018, they met again in Australia to record their first album, New Light. The album… Continue reading 8 Hands of Sound: New Light

Kumea Sound: Real Music for Unreal Times Vol. 2

Real Music for Unreal Times: Vol. 2 by Kumea Sound In the spring of 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic began, the Helsinki-based percussionist Lauri Wuolio ended up recording his new album at a project studio he built under his loft bed. Despite being literally an “indie bedroom album”, it sounds grand and spacious, as if… Continue reading Kumea Sound: Real Music for Unreal Times Vol. 2

Dan Mulqueen: Real Life

Real Life by Dan Mulqueen Dan Mulqueen’s Real Life is an inspired collection of 10 instrumental songs that combine acoustic handpans effortlessly with urban electronic production. Mulqueen is known for his technical agility and talent of crafting inspired and catchy melodic patterns, and on this release he takes his music to a whole new level.… Continue reading Dan Mulqueen: Real Life

Archer & Tripp: Perspectives

perspectives by Archer & Tripp Buy “Finding sanctuary among the chaos, and the awe of colourful diverse life growing out of cracked and barren land was a great inspiration in the making of Perspectives.” – Archer & Tripp 
In early 2019, the world music duo, Archer & Tripp, set out on a minimalist three month adventure… Continue reading Archer & Tripp: Perspectives