====== Ishur Ninku ======

Ambient / World Beat\\
St. Louis. Missouri, USA

Ishur Ninku is a side project by [[Rick Mester]]. According to Rick: "Ishur Ninku began as a side project... an outlet. My band, [[Sombrance]], was recording the //Dark Days and Afternoon Sleep// album and we had been experimenting with a little electronic vibe on a few songs. I suppose I got a crush on the synths and software as I began spending more and more time after the sessions tinkering around and learning.

Many of the songs on the first Ishur Ninku CD actually came about quickly. By the time //Dark Days...// was in the can, I had about half of the Ishur disk completed. [[Sombrance]] was signed to a record label at the time called [[Indie Dream Records]].  The label released a sampler to tease audiences with new music from [[Sombrance]], [[Deliverance (California)]], [[Spy Glass Blue]], and others.  Two Ishur songs were also featured on this sampler as well. They were “Shroud” and “The Mystic”.

I have long been a HUGE Tangerine Dream fan and frequently listen to experimental ambient/electronic ‘music’.  So when the inspiration hit me to record a second Ishur CD, I wanted to drop some of the structure occasionally and just make controlled noise.  So it was that the second CD called //Shiva// was a blend of beats and experimental songs.  //Shiva// was released about a year after the first disc.

Eventually, I decided to combine the albums into one.  The honest reason is that it costs a lot less to manufacture one disc! So I recorded a couple of new tracks, “Mourning” and “Hollow Skies,” to add to the collection as bonus tracks.

Throughout my Ishur career I have been blessed to have my music used for various web pages and organizations such as the Paranormal Task Force Group.

In 2014, I released //Beyond The Red Door// as a digital album. It contained eleven songs and was originally intended to be the final Ishur record. But recording Ishur music is therapeutic and I imagine I’ll need more therapy in the future."

===== Discography =====

| 2002 | Ishur Ninku |
| 2003 | Shiva |
| 2006 | Contemplation: A Collection |
| 2014 | Beyond The Red Door |

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==== Ishur Ninku ====

2002 Independent

[[Rick Mester]] - All programming, instruments, music, and words

Produced and mastered by [[Rick Mester]]

  - Hindu (1:46)
  - Persia (3:29)
  - The Faraway Sigh (4:02)
  - Dawn of RA (3:25)
  - Plague (3:31)
  - Cold (3:25)
  - The Coming Sun (2:50)
  - Bloodsoul (3:07)
  - Hate (3:02)
  - Out To the Unknown (0:58)

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==== Shiva (out of print) ====

2003 Independent

[[Rick Mester]] - Guitars, vocals, bass, synths, programing, and other noises

Angel Poe - Additional vocals on “Asian Rain”

Produced, engineered, and mixed by [[Rick Mester]]

All words and music written by [[Rick Mester]]

  - Dreams: Circa 1010 (Part 1)
  - Cosmic Sojourne
  - Spirit Rising
  - Gored and Trembling
  - Asian Rain
  - Solemn Mindscape
  - REM Galaxy
  - Dreams: Circa 1010 (Part 2)

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==== Contemplation: A Collection ====

2006 Independent

  - Hindu
  - Persia
  - The Faraway Sigh
  - Dawn of RA
  - Plague
  - Cold
  - The Coming Sun
  - Bloodsoul
  - Hate
  - Out To the Unknown
  - Dreams: Circa 1010 (Part 1)
  - Cosmic Sojourn
  - Spirit Rising
  - Gored and Trembling
  - Asian Rain
  - Solemn Mindscape
  - REM Galaxy
  - Dreams: Circa 1010 (Part 2)
  - Hollow Skies (previously unreleased)
  - Mourning (previously unreleased)

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==== Beyond The Red Door ====

2014 Independent
 
[[Rick Mester]] - Guitars, synth, programming, bass, vocals, and random sounds

All songs written, recorded, and composed by [[Rick Mester]]

Mixed and Mastered by [[Rick Mester]]

  - So Down Song
  - The Mystic
  - Latsona
  - Ice Adorned
  - Empire
  - Space
  - Amani
  - Who Can Separate? (bonus demo track)
  - My Place (bonus demo track)
  - The Mystic (bonus bass mix)
  - Shroud (bonus first Ishur Ninku demo)

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===== Links =====

  * [[http://www.rickmester.com/ishurninku/|Ishur Ninku Website]]