dreamSTATE is a Canadian ambient music group known for their soundscape installations and early live ambient performances in the Toronto area. They have also nurtured the Toronto ambient music scene by curating THE AMBiENT PiNG, a weekly performance event providing a stage for developing artists in the genre and hosting notable touring performers such as Robert Rich, Sara Ayers, Alpha Wave Movement, Eric Wollo, Tom Heasley, James Johnson and Vir Unis.

dreamSTATE was founded in 1995 by Toronto electronic musician Scott M2 (Scott McGregor Moore) who was soon joined by Jamie Todd (aka URM). Their first ambient installation ""waveforms"" (1996) was mounted in the H5 holographic gallery in Toronto where it played continuously for 6 months. dreamSTATE's first CD release, ""BETWEEN REALITIES"" (1998), was a one hour excerpt from that installation. They began performing their soundscapes live in 1997 using portable synthesizer rigs, which later evolved into computer-based systems. In 2000 dreamSTATE began curating THE AMBiENT PiNG, a weekly live ambient event in Toronto, as part of their continuing efforts to support ambient music. The cross-pollination of that scene led to dozens of dreamSTATE live improvisatory performances with other ambient/experimental artists and some recordings from these performances have appeared on compilations. In 2004 they performed in the Huron Historic Gaol in Goderich, Ontario at the opening of the ""Bread & Water"" multi-media installation, which played for 3 months in the gaol. Their soundscapes from that installation (inspired by the book ""Moon Sea Crossing"" by poet Lynn Harrigan) were released as the CD ""PASSAGE"" in 2005. In July 2006 Scott M2 performed soundscapes from ""PASSAGE"" live for the premiere performances of the stage adaptation of ""Moon Sea Crossing"" at the Toronto Fringe Festival.

Between Realities The title track from the BETWEEN REALITIES CD of music from dreamSTATE's "waveforms" ambient soundscape installation at the H5 holographic gallery in Toronto.

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