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Tr3s Lunas is the 21st studio album by English musician and songwriter Mike Oldfield, released in June 2002 by Warner Music Spain. After his previous album The Millennium Bell (1999), Oldfield started work on is first release for MusicVR, a musical virtual reality project with simulator video game elements and music.[2] The idea developed to have the Tres Lunas MusicVR feature included as part of an album package, for which Oldfield wrote and recorded new music and signed with Warner Music Spain.[3] Tr3s Lunas saw Oldfield explore electronic and chill-out music.

Tr3s Lunas
Studio album by Mike Oldfield
Released	3 June 2002 (2002-06-03)
Recorded	Oldfield's home studio at Roughwood Croft, Chalfont St. Giles and Plan 1 Studios, Munich
Genre	Chill-out, new-age[1]
Length	58:19
Label	Warner Music Spain
Producer	Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield chronology
The Millennium Bell (1999) Tr3s Lunas (2002) Tubular Bells 2003 (2003)
Singles from Tres Lunas
"To Be Free" Released: 20 May 2002 "Thou Art in Heaven" Released: 26 August 2002

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Background

Title

When translated from the Spanish language to English, the album name Tres Lunas is Three Moons. This is reflected in the typeface on the album cover, with the letter 'e' being replaced with a numeric '3'. Oldfield stated that the title was inspired by an Italian restaurant in Ibiza (where he was living at the time) called Las Dos Lunas, which uses two mirrored C-shaped moons as a logo - as well as by the fact that the Tres Lunas game, which he created simultaneously with the music, features three moons within its landscape.

Recording

Oldfield's sister, Sally makes a speaking appearance on this album. The last previous Mike Oldfield album which she had appeared on was 1978's Incantations. The main vocalist for "To Be Free" is the Jazz singer Jude Sim. British-Asian vocalist called Amar, who first appeared on Tubular Bells III, also contributes vocals to the album. The album was recorded at Oldfield's Roughwood Studios, with additional parts recorded at Plan 1 Studios, Munich.

The saxophone sound is played with the use of a guitar synthesizer.[4]

The game

Tres Lunas was the vehicle for Oldfield's first publicly released MusicVR game. It was followed by Maestro. Some of the music from the Tres Lunas game eventually ended up on Oldfield's Light + Shade album.

Artwork

The cover is from an original idea by Hans Claesson of Kebawe.

Track listing

1. "Misty" – 3:59
2. "No Mans Land" – 6:08
3. "Return to the Origin" – 4:38
4. "Landfall" – 2:19
5. "Viper" – 4:32
6. "Turtle Island" – 3:40
7. "To Be Free" – 4:21
8. "Fire Fly" – 3:46
9. "Tr3s Lunas" – 4:35
10. "Daydream" – 2:15
11. "Thou Art in Heaven" – 5:22
12. "Sirius" – 5:47
13. "No Mans Land" (Reprise) – 2:56
14. "To Be Free" (Radio edit) (Bonus track) – 3:56

Personnel

• Mike Oldfield
• Sally Oldfield – Spoken voice
• Jude Sim – Vocals on "To Be Free"
• Amar – Vocals
• Ben Darlow – Assistant engineer
• Philip Lewis – Percussion programming (assistant at Plan 1)
• Thomas Süssmair – Percussion programming (assistant at Plan 1)

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[5]	Platinum	100,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

External links

• Mike Oldfield Discography - Tres Lunas at Tubular.net
• Cover from an original idea by Hans Claesson of Kebawe

На других языках

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[de] Tr3s Lunas

Tr3s Lunas (sprich Tres Lunas) ist ein Studioalbum des britischen Musikers Mike Oldfield aus dem Jahr 2002. Wie auch schon bei The Songs Of Distant Earth und später Light + Shade verschreibt sich der Künstler auf diesem Album dem instrumentalen Chill-Out. Oldfield hatte sich nach The Millennium Bell eine ungewöhnlich lange Auszeit von drei Jahren gegönnt, da das Album auch als Soundtrack zu dem gleichnamigen Computerspiel gedacht war, das er parallel entwickelte.

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- [en] Tr3s Lunas

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[es] Tres Lunas

Tres Lunas (estilizado Tr3s Lunas) es un álbum del músico y compositor Mike Oldfield, publicado el 3 de junio de 2002. La edición fue realizada por WEA, aunque no por la propia multinacional sino por su filial WEA Music Spain, siendo el primero de un contrato de tres discos del artista con dicha discográfica.

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