upcoming album
Paradise Lost
We live in an amazing world: The wonderful variety of plants, animals, and people is truly inspirational. That’s what gives Chris Meyer of Alias Zone hope, despite the efforts of some to cover swaths of our planet with concrete and asphalt, or to segregate people by their race, beliefs, or who they love. Paradise Lost comments on these topics, from the pleas of Buddhists in Tibet to the hopefulness of Native Americans making their pilgrimage on The Barefoot Trail to Zuni Heaven.
Chris combines both real and virtual electronic music synthesizers with both acoustic and electronic percussion instruments plus field recordings of nature to create his uniquely sweeping, impressionistic soundscapes. Each song takes you on a richly layered journey, propelled by a strong undercurrent of beguiling percussion.
Previews from the upcoming album:
The Gathering Storm
Compassion
Paradise Lost
The Barefoot TraIl
The reaction from fellow electronic musicians has been glowing:
“With Paradise Lost, Chris Meyer’s Alias Zone contributes an important evolution to the language of cinematic, emotional, organic electronic music. Sweeping melodic and rhythmic arcs, dynamic surprises and orchestral motility combine to reward active listening, while painting an earthbound landscape of broad-brush vistas and wide open skies.”
– Robert Rich
“Cinematic and extra-worldly, each track inspires the listener to close their eyes. To think. To feel. To travel through the mind to a place where compassion is the lead instrument.“
– Cynthia Malaran (aka DJ CherishTheLuv)
“This is my fave work of yours! Great, amazing, and personal music. Excellent production as well. A brilliant listen.”
– Jeff Rona
Chris Meyer of Alias Zone
Alias Zone is the “zen master alter ego” of Chris Meyer of LearningModular.com. Each composition starts with a sound that catches Chris’ ear: an experiment on his modular synthesizers, a particular rhythmic pattern, a field recording, or even something as simple as a Tibetan bowl being struck. From this core, he builds stories and entire worlds by researching and retelling the stories behind those sounds, weaving in layers of complimentary textures as he conjures his own narrative to this “alias” or alternate reality.
Musically, modular synthesis is at the core of each new Alias Zone composition. However, Chris is unafraid to blend in struck & plucked arpeggios, ambient soundscapes, ethnic rhythms & percussion, and “found” spoken word in different languages as part of his journey creating this uniquely emotional, impressionistic electronic music.
Upcoming Events
Alias Zone performances have been described as “amazing,” “nuanced,” “transcendent,” as being in “a whole other class,” and simply “one of the finest live electronic sets I have ever witnessed.” Make sure you catch Chris Meyer perform when he appears near you:
July 27, 2025 – 2-7:30 PM
Prismajic – Lakewood, Colorado
Album Release Party! I will be headlining a full day of performances, interactive experiences, and more at Prismajic in the southwestern Denver area. Monoscene, Amra the White Lion, and SynthBod will be performing ambient sets in the themed spaces and bar inside Prismajic, followed by a formal concert starting at 6 PM with Meridian Alpha opening for me. We’ll be in an “in the round” setting with quadraphonic sound. I will also have the first copies of my upcoming album Paradise Lost for you to buy. Tickets will be $10 advance sales/$12 at the door, with access to their bar and restaurant.
September 6, 2025
Knobcon Chill Out Room – Schaumberg, Illinois
It has become an annual tradition for me to premiere a new piece at the Knobcon industry trade show. In addition to playing the Saturday evening show I am also curating the performers for the Saturday afternoon show.
September 13, 2025 – 8 PM start
The Gatherings – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
I am very proud to be part of The Gatherings concert series this fall at St Mary’s Hamilton Village, 3816 Locust Walk, Philadelphia. Orbital Decay will the opening act, and then I will play an extended set.
When done, I pack up and move to WXPN radio and play a live set on Chuck Van Zyl’s famous Star’s End radio program, starting at 1 AM (Eastern). It should be quite a day! I’m really looking forward to it.
September 21, 2025 – 3-4:30 PM
Sigal Music Museum – Greenville, South Carolina
I will be giving a talk about the evolution of electronic music instruments – particularly in the context of acoustic instruments, which have been around for much longer – followed by a performance.
October 9-11, 2025
Wavetrails Festival – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Last year, I had the honor of headlining the opening night of the inaugural Wavetrails Festival (part of the larger Rising High Arts Fest) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Wavetrails had standing room only both nights, so we’re being upgraded to a larger room, and will be staging more events. I will be playing again – probably on the first night – as well as giving a talk about performing electronic music live. The link below goes to last year’s Wavetrails web site for now; I’ll update this page once I have more details – including buying tickets (I had fans turned away at the door last year!)
I also have potential gigs lined up in Charolette North Carolina on September 19, Colorado City Colorado on October 29, and Albuquerque New Mexico on December 6. I’ll post details once those firm up.
live performance
Chris Meyer’s Alias Zone: The Gathering Storm
Live at Wavetrails 2024
This is the ending section of my live performance inside a “holographic video cube” on the opening night of the inaugural Wavetrails Festival at Fusion in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
lead visual artist: John-Mark Collins
cameras: Chris Meyer, Trish Meyer
the Previous album
Water Stories
Bodies of water – and the mysteries that lie beneath their surface – is the thread that runs throughout this deeply-layered audio travelogue. Inside these three extended tracks,
Chris takes you searching for sea monsters in Iceland, waking the souls stranded underwater in a shipwreck off the coast of Cyprus, and exploring a series of majestic underground caverns by canoe in Thailand. His goal is to create a uniquely emotional experience. Ellison Wolf of Waveform Magazine described Water Stories as “a relaxing, positive-vibed, soothing listen.” It has also been featured on numerous playlists, and was named one of the best Ambient/Space Music releases of 2022 by Lloyd Barde.
Previews from the Water Stories:
Iceland
Shipwrecked
The Cave
Compelling Dreamscapes
We Only Came to Dream
Aztec poetry (read by a descendent of the author), a Buddhist ceremony in Vietnam, and a Navajo elder sharing his wisdom provide the inspiration for the tracks on this album. Chris Meyer takes these seeds and carefully crafts entire musical worlds around them with each story slowly unfolding for the listener to explore and enjoy. Two pieces also contain flute by old friend Richard Bugg, who appeared also on the original Alias Zone album from 20 years ago, Lucid Dreams.