Altus

About

The artist

Altus is the Ottawa electronic music project of composer, producer, mixing engineer, and mastering engineer Mike Carss. The current Altus Music biography identifies Carss as based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and describes Altus as an active project founded in 2001. The artist-controlled Bandcamp profile independently displays Ottawa, Ontario and lists new releases through June 2026. Together, these current sources establish an active Canadian and Ontario professional base. Carss developed Altus around ambient and new age music, later extending it into modern classical, dark ambient, cinematic electronic music, and electronica. In 2018 he separated the melodic ambient strand into the related project Loneward, leaving Altus as a space for work outside a single ambient template. He also operates the synthpop, new wave, and darkwave project Burlorke through the independent Altus Music label. The 2025 album Terraform completes a trilogy begun with Pioneer and Anthropoaliena. Official credits identify Carss as the composer, mixer, and mastering engineer for Terraform, produced at the Green Cellar. The exact Spotify identity 62kvcfv0UdETqmSjsGzpvB contains 39 album and single containers available in Canada from 2006 through June 2, 2025. Spotify classifies 33 as albums and six as singles. Representative releases are Terraform, Ultraviolet, Solastalgia, Descender, and Pioneer. The current official Bandcamp catalog continues beyond the Spotify window with Musings of a Painted Sky in 2025 and Symphony for the Sullen, Paradox of Silken Stars, and Mosaic: Singles Collection Volume 5 in 2026. In January 2026, Altus Music stopped sending new releases to Spotify while continuing distribution through Bandcamp and other services. The official website, Spotify, Bandcamp, MusicBrainz artist 59a4801b-e37f-4c76-ab0f-0b6741470f45, and Wikidata Q56314936 converge on the same project and creator. Current relationships include Mike Carss as the artist behind Altus and Altus Music as the independent label. MusicList links to the official contact page for radio, podcast, licensing, and original music inquiries without reproducing direct contact details. Spotify media is displayed live with provider attribution and a monogram fallback.