Music Artist

The Gateless Gate

The Gateless Gate began as the ambient music project of Allister Thompson, a singer-songwriter from Canada, who started it to explore his interests in ambient, psychedelic, post-rock and experimental music. Each release focuses on different aspects of these kinds of music. Musical influences on The Gateless Gate include: the masters of ambient music such as Brian Eno, Harold Budd, Thom Brennan, Steve Roach and Robert Rich; "world" music from Central Asia and East Asia; early "Krautrock" artists such as Popol Vuh, Tangerine Dream and Ashra; psych-folk; and the acoustic world/ambient music of Stephan Micus. The project's title is that of the classic book of Zen koans, Mumonkan (The Gateless Gate), used to this day in Soto and Rinzai Zen instruction. In 2013 The Gateless Gate became a duo wit

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Catalogue & Listenership

Tracks

Albums

Total audio

5h 27m 38s

FMA listens

133,885

Favourites

176

Avg bitrate

298 kbps

Genre & Licence Profile

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci — 37
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike — 14

Top Tracks by Listens

Track	Album	Year	Duration	Listens
Light	Heikan no Setsu	2013	4m 28s	13,620
Hokkaido	Ancient Metals	2015	12m 04s	6,143
Melniboné	Ancient Metals	2015	15m 45s	5,748
Interdependent Coorigination	Heikan no Setsu	2013	5m 29s	5,728
View of the Greenland Sea north of Siglufjörður, 2	Landslag Norður Íslands (The Landscape of North Iceland)	2015	16m 47s	5,573
Sunrise on Mount Shumisen	Heikan no Setsu	2013	4m 17s	5,082
Gaki	Heikan no Setsu	2013	3m 53s	4,888
The Land Dreams Under a White Blanket	Cold Front	2015	21m 31s	4,351
Returning Home	All Is One	2015	3m 36s	4,342
Samarkand	Ancient Metals	2015	17m 50s	3,710

Track Length Distribution

Length	Tracks	Share
Under 1 min	1	2%
1–3 min	7	13.7%
3–6 min	25	49%
Over 6 min	18	35.3%

Release Timeline

2012

2013

2015

Collaborators Credited

Allister Thompson — 5

Albums (8)

Album	Released	Type	Tracks	Listens	Producer / Engineer
Cold Front	2015-10-29	Album	6	16,802	Allister Thompson / Allister Thompson []
Ancient Metals	2015-07-23	Album	3	15,536	Allister Thompson ['new age', 'meditation']
Remnants	2015-04-03	Album	9	12,626	Allister Thompson / Allister Thompson ['ambient', 'krautrock', 'psychedelic', 'psych folk']
All Is One	2015-03-27	Album	5	16,389	— ['ambient', 'post rock', 'psych folk']
Landslag Norður Íslands (The Landscape of North Iceland)	2015-03-02	Album	4	9,630	Allister Thompson / Allister Thompson ['iceland', 'drone', 'ambient', 'nature']
Germania	2013-12-31	Album	7	10,352	— []
Heikan no Setsu	2013-04-23	Album	8	41,934	— ['vocal', 'ambient', 'minimal', 'voice', 'choral music', 'acapella', 'choral']
Xinjiang	2012-01-01	Album	11	10,430	Allister Thompson ['psychedelic', 'psych folk', 'krautrock', 'acid folk', 'ambient', 'kosmische', 'progressive rock']

Track Catalogue

51 tracks shown

Track	Album	Duration	Listens	Licence
In April Everything Wakes [15, 33, 107]	All Is One 2015	2m 29s	2,972	Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
A Sea of Blossoms [15, 33, 107]	All Is One 2015	2m 31s	3,330	Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Missing Her [15, 33, 107]	All Is One 2015	2m 55s	3,189	Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
All Is One [15, 33, 107]	All Is One 2015	4m 13s	2,559	Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Returning Home [15, 33, 107]	All Is One 2015	3m 36s	4,342	Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Samarkand [15, 36, 107]	Ancient Metals 2015	17m 50s	3,710	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Hokkaido [15, 36, 107]	Ancient Metals 2015	12m 04s	6,143	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Melniboné [15, 36, 107]	Ancient Metals 2015	15m 45s	5,748	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
The Idea of North [26, 36, 107]	Cold Front 2015	6m 33s	2,185	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Limitless Blue [26, 36, 107]	Cold Front 2015	4m 12s	2,310	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Approaching Snow Squall [26, 36, 107]	Cold Front 2015	8m 21s	1,954	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Endless Grey [26, 36, 107]	Cold Front 2015	3m 56s	2,843	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Shield Rock, Red Leaves, Lichen [26, 36, 107]	Cold Front 2015	7m 24s	3,193	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
The Land Dreams Under a White Blanket [26, 36, 107]	Cold Front 2015	21m 31s	4,351	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Hverir Geothermal Area [15, 47, 107]	Landslag Norður Íslands (The Landscape of North Iceland) 2015	6m 59s	1,267	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
View of the Greenland Sea north of Siglufjörður [15, 47, 107]	Landslag Norður Íslands (The Landscape of North Iceland) 2015	17m 35s	1,406	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Mývatn viewed from Hverfell caldera, October [15, 47, 107]	Landslag Norður Íslands (The Landscape of North Iceland) 2015	8m 57s	1,424	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
View of the Greenland Sea north of Siglufjörður, 2 [15, 47, 107]	Landslag Norður Íslands (The Landscape of North Iceland) 2015	16m 47s	5,573	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Yellow Emperor [15, 36, 107]	Remnants 2015	4m 28s	909	Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Distant Voices [15, 36, 107]	Remnants 2015	1m 48s	1,079	Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Altai [15, 36, 107]	Remnants 2015	9m 04s	1,021	Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
The Long Winter [15, 36, 107]	Remnants 2015	3m 59s	1,212	Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
The Life of Milarepa [15, 36, 107]	Remnants 2015	8m 29s	987	Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
The Great Engineer [15, 36, 107]	Remnants 2015	6m 01s	1,405	Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Farewell-Eternity [15, 36, 107]	Remnants 2015	5m 51s	1,505	Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Larkrise [15, 36, 107]	Remnants 2015	3m 30s	1,653	Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Spring Hum [15, 36, 107]	Remnants 2015	6m 25s	2,855	Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Die Sprache der Pflanzen [15, 36, 107]	Germania 2013	5m 20s	1,308	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Exosphere [15, 36, 107]	Germania 2013	4m 28s	1,793	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Roten Himmel [15, 36, 107]	Germania 2013	10m 53s	1,744	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Auf Wanderung [15, 36, 107]	Germania 2013	4m 51s	2,549	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Für Florian Fricke [15, 36, 107]	Germania 2013	4m 55s	3,002	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Sunrise on Mount Shumisen [38, 107, 443]	Heikan no Setsu 2013	4m 17s	5,082	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
The Mirror of Hui-neng [38, 107, 443]	Heikan no Setsu 2013	4m 56s	3,057	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Eihei-ji [38, 107, 443]	Heikan no Setsu 2013	3m 26s	3,162	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Bodhidharma at Shaolin [38, 107, 443]	Heikan no Setsu 2013	5m 04s	3,043	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
The Realization of Dogen Zenji [38, 107, 443]	Heikan no Setsu 2013	5m 55s	3,354	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Gaki [38, 107, 443]	Heikan no Setsu 2013	3m 53s	4,888	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Interdependent Coorigination [38, 107, 443]	Heikan no Setsu 2013	5m 29s	5,728	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Light [38, 107, 443]	Heikan no Setsu 2013	4m 28s	13,620	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Tian Shan [36, 107]	Xinjiang 2012	7m 14s	562	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Taklamakan [36, 107]	Xinjiang 2012	5m 40s	511	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Bezeklik [36, 107]	Xinjiang 2012	2m 46s	539	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Dunhuang [36, 107]	Xinjiang 2012	4m 56s	544	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Lop Nur [36, 107]	Xinjiang 2012	3m 52s	658	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Karakoram [36, 107]	Xinjiang 2012	4m 21s	692	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Kunlun [36, 107]	Xinjiang 2012	7m 06s	865	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Dandan Uiliq [36, 107]	Xinjiang 2012	4m 16s	867	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Buran [36, 107]	Xinjiang 2012	2m 25s	1,241	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Chinggis [36, 107]	Xinjiang 2012	2m 57s	1,551	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Tengri [36, 107]	Xinjiang 2012	0m 57s	2,400	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci