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Dove Sounds

Be The Mountain EP

FFO: restrained ambient and textural electronic music.

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Press Release

Be The Mountain (2026) is the debut release from Detroit-based musician Steven Stavropoulos’ ambient project, Dove Sounds. In contrast to his deeply percussive, club-focused work as STS, Dove Sounds explores a more serene and introspective world shaped by organically morphed textures and slowly evolving soundscapes.

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While largely drumless, the EP maintains a subtle rhythmic backbone - not through traditional percussion, but through modulated pads, shifting synths, and carefully sculpted ambience. The music moves and breathes without overt propulsion, finding tension and momentum through tone, density, and motion rather than beats.

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Much of the record was written during a period of sustained physical and mental strain. A time when daily effort fought against perceived limits. Instead of responding with heavier or more aggressive material, the music became a quiet counterweight to the intensity. These tracks function as an escape from chaos. They are built from patience, repetition, and a gradual transformation.

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The title reflects a central idea behind the record: confronting something that initially feels insurmountable, only to realize that the enduring force is the one within us all.

 

Be The Mountain is about endurance, not as struggle, but as presence. 

Record Information

Release Date: Mid 2026 

Label: Dove Sounds

Catalog: DS001

Format: Digital & 12 Inch

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Tracklist
A1 – Be The Mountain
A2 – Between Here and Far Away
A3 – Ultimate Noodle Paradise
B1 – Brute Silence
B2 – Sacrificial Zone
B3 – Places

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Written and produced by Steven Stavropoulos

Guitar written and performed by Tim Barrett

Mastered by Kassian Troyer at Dubplates & Mastering 

Artwork by Niki Williams

Links

Private full-length stream available upon request.

Contact

Steven Stavropoulos

Phone: 248 707 9003

Email: steven.stavrop@gmail.com

IG: @sts__sts__sts

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