Sound on Rembrandt Posted August 1, 2006 On the 400th Year Commemoration of Rembrandt's birth, SSRC will release Rendering Rembrandt van Rign by Ray Buttigieg, a series of 14 atmospheric sound cycles for 14 paintings. "The inspiration behind this project, aside from the awesomeness and genius of the paintings was the parallel between the dark element between the visuals and the sounds. The dark manner and the use of chiaroscuro in the painting method Rembrandt used and the moodiness of light and dark, happy and sad, in the music style that I like to employ," Ray said. Tentative titles are "The Syndics of the Clothmakers Guild," "The Sacrifice of Abraham," "The Blinding of Samson," "Samson And Delilah," "Self Portrait 1660," "Portrait of Maria Trip," "Night Watch," "Joseph Accused by Potiphar's Wife," "Jan Six," "Diana Bathing With The Stories Of Actaeon And Callisto," "Danae," "Balaam's Ass," "Artemis," and "Agatha Bas." 30th Anniversary of Maltese Summer release Posted July 15, 2006 30 years ago this month, Ray's first compositions, "Maltese Summer/Gone With the Wind,"were released. The single went on to become a top 10 double smash hit on both sides of the Atlantic. These two compositions are what started Ray Buttigieg on a very prolific career in music. On this thirtieth anniversary of its release, SSRC will release the Maltese Summer Mixes Part I-IV to celebrate this milestone. Ray Buttigieg Maltese Summer Mixes (Souvenirs from Malta) I Maltese Summer Pt.1 (Dreams will come true) Ray Buttigieg/Cykx [1976 Hit Release] II Maltese Summer Pt.2 (And the sun will always shine on) Johnny Rocker [1996 20th Anniversary Release] III Maltese Summer Pt.3 (Aphrodite’s Wish) Ray Buttigieg [2006 Ramla Sunset Mix] IV Maltese Summer Pt.4 (Johnny’s Theme) Ray Buttigieg [2006 30th Anniversary Mix] Standing Stone E-Cards Posted April 6, 2006: New on Standingstoneltd.net, Standing Stone Recording Company E-Cards! Featuring images from Ray Buttigieg's Elements and Time Temples, courtesy of Radius Mundus Music, with art from other Standing Stone artists coming soon, they are sure to please both the eye and spirit. Click here to send them to friends and loved ones. Great Siege Audio Demo Sketches up Posted June 2, 2006 Eight audio demo sketches are up under the heading, Great Siege of Malta A.D. 1565 in the Ray Buttigieg Artist section.. As early as 1970 Ray Buttigieg wanted to do a rock opera someday based on the great siege, then in the late ‘70’s early ‘80s Pathe’ Pictures were interested in doing the epic siege into a big budget motion picture for that time. These 8 demo sketches were started and ended with these two ideas respectively. The rock opera was never pursued by Ray and the motion picture was never made by Pathe’ Pictures due to lack of funds, but in Ray’s mind it was never forgotten; after all it is a big part of his Maltese heritage. On the 440th anniversary of one of history’s great sieges, and 35 years after these first ideas Ray Buttigieg started working on two major works based on the Great Siege of 1565. One work is a long version epic poem for an interactive book and the other a symphonic poem for orchestra in the classical mode simultaneously; this will be part of the Symphonic Poem series. Here is the list of sketches. Sketch 01. All Forts and Watchtowers Sketch 02. Post of Castile Sketch 03. Faithful onto Death (The Cross and the Crescent) Sketch 04. Slopes of Mount Sciberras Sketch 05. Gallows Point (The Maltese Divers) Sketch 06. September 8, 1565/The Feast of St Mary Sketch 07. Corradino Heights Sketch 08. Dragut Rais last Breath Posted Sept 2, 2005 Mysteries of Life - Greatest Hits Distributed worldwide by Cykxincorp, SSRC will release a Ray Buttigieg commemorative greatest hits collection titled Mysteries of Life. There will be chunks of hits from the past two decades that will pertain to the subject of life. It has also been confirmed that there will be 4 unreleased bonus tracks, one about the ethics of death, another about war, one about the life and death of Pope John Paul and the forth one inspired by the catastrophic disaster in south east Asia. No titles provided as of yet. More to follow. Another Ultra Volume Posted July 26, 2005 It was announced that SSRC will release two volumes in the series, Traveler's Guide to Ultra Worlds. The second title is Space Aquarium. These are some of Ray’s early works going back to as early as the beginning to mid-70. This is the era where the lines were drawn when it comes to the future of music with Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, Tangerine Dream’s Phaedra, Vangelis’s Heaven and Hell, Kraftwerk’s Autobahn, Klaus Schulze’s Cyborg, and Jean Michel Jarre’s Oxegene. These series of volumes are Ray’s contribution to that era and development of Electronic music. There will be limited edition releases and will be exclusive to members only. Please subscribe for more info. Ray Teaming up with Croatian composer Posted June 30, 2005 SSRC are pleased to announce the signing of classical and soundtrack composer Dalibor Grubacevic (pronunced Grubachevich). He was born in Koprivnica, Croatia/Europe in 1975. He writes scores for certain chamber orchestras, symphonic and ethnic orchestras, for film and television and collaborates with many composers and authors in Croatia and abroad. Ray will produce as well as collaborate with Dalibor on various musical projects in the very near future. These are some. These are some of some of the projects to his credits. 2006 - Ghost in the Swamp (feature - Interfilm); dir. Branko Istvancic; (in pre-production) 2006 - Wars of the Species (documentary series - Croatian Television); 4.episodes; dir. Silvio Mirosnicenko 2005 - Making of...? (educational series - Croatian Television); (main title, additional music) 2005 - The Stone Picker (documentary - Croatian Television); dir. Branko Istvancic 2005 - There Goes The Store (documentary - Croatian Television); dir. Miro Brankovic 2005 - Plitvice Rangers (documentary - Croatian Television); dir. Branko Istvancic 2005 - Iron Mornings (documentary - Croatian Television); author: Tanja Kanceljak 2005 - Children – Victims of the War/Never Again (documentary - Croatian Television); author: Suzana Hetrich 2005 - The Lost Treasure (documentary - Croatian Television); dir. Branko Istvancic 2004 - Pizza: The Movie (feature -USA); dir. Donald Gregory; (additional music) 2004 - The Cross of My Hands (documentary - ADU); dir. Branko Istvancic 2004 - Traditional vs. e-Procurement ( documentary - USA); dir. Katrin Bates; (additional music) 2003 - Blago Krsa (documentary - Croatian Television); (unused music) Ultra Worlds Series Posted May 20, 2005 As part of Ray Buttigieg's 50th birthday celebration, Standing Stone Recording Company will release the first volume of in the Series Traveler's Guide to Ultra Worlds, titled Ursae Majoris. These are early works from the vault are being made available after years of you the fans continuously inquiring and requesting them. Through out the years there has been information out there through various sources that there are hours upon hours of master tapes archived, but not yet released. Thank you for all the emails and letters showing your support. We at SSRC have listened to your requests. Here is the first volume. Lost Radius Mundus Master Tape Posted Feb 16, 2005 A recently discovered master tape of vintage Ray Buttigieg music from the mid 70’s recorded for his publishing company Radius Mundus was discovered underneath the drawer it was intended to be stored in. For many years it was missing from the archival list and could not be accounted for. It was thought that this master tape was borrowed and lost, or stolen, or misplaced. Now the mystery is solved, it was always there not to far from where it was placed three decades ago. If dust could have spoken! More updates as they come available.   Check out this week's FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE WEEK!!! Click Here to Download it As 800 x 600 Wallpaper! Click Here to Download it As 1024 x 768 Wallpaper! Previous Downloads: Click Here to View It With Special Java Effects! Click Here to Download it As 800 x 600 Wallpaper! Click Here to Download it As 1024 x 768 Wallpaper! Keep checking back to see new downloads...   NEWS ARCHIVES: October 15, 1986: Ray Buttigieg and a small audience visited among the spirits of knights and the defenders of the islands for a live poetry performance. A view of the Fortress of St. Anthony, the location of the performance, on the coast of the shores.