{"title":"Instrumental","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"bruce-katz-crescent-crawl","title":"Bruce Katz Band - Crescent Crawl","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"descript\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew \u0026amp; Now Shipping!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"descript\" style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBruce Katz Band’s “Crescent Crawl” is receiving its first ever vinyl reissue.  Out-of-print since the original 1992 AudioQuest Music release, the album has become the label’s most sought-after record.  The reissue, pressed on 180 gram vinyl at RTI, is a limited edition of 500 pieces with mastering and lacquers by Bernie Grundman – who handled the recording’s original mastering duties.  A cherished album in the audiophile blues community; original copies of the vinyl release have been commanding hundreds of dollars across the internet.  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 400px; height: 472px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1679530071\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/sledgehammerblues.bandcamp.com\/album\/crescent-crawl\"\u003eCrescent Crawl by Bruce Katz Band\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"descript\"\u003e\"Amazing\" is the only way to describe Bruce Katz's piano and Hammond B-3 organ playing. He has awesome technique along with that important \"something extra\" - soul. Get acquainted with one of the best new bands in jazz! \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"After many years as a side man, Bruce Katz stepped out on his own in 1992 to record \u003ci\u003eCrescent Crawl\u003c\/i\u003e. Although it is an all-instrumental album, Katz is the \"frontman\" on this recording, taking the spotlight -- and most deservedly so -- on both piano and Hammond B-3 organ. \u003ci\u003eCrescent Crawl\u003c\/i\u003e blurs the line between blues and jazz (the utilization of an upright bass assists in this effort). The title tune has -- as you would expect -- has a New Orleans groove. \"Contrition\" appeared on Ronnie Earl's \u003cem\u003eStill River\u003c\/em\u003e a few years later when Katz was a member of Earl's band, although this version is a bit more understated. Both \"Contrition\" and \"BK's Broiler\" feature Katz on the B-3. \"Buzz Cut\" is essentially a swing tune, but one with a funky feel thanks to guitarist Kevin Barry's rhythmic backing. Billy Preston's \"Will It Go Round in Circles\" is superb. Katz closes with a harmonically complex solo piano version of \"Just a Closer Walk With Thee,\" a tune he also included in every live gig in the early '90s. This disc is about loose definitions of blues and jazz, strong grooves, and, first and foremost, improvisation -- Just check out the Irish jig that suddenly dances from Bob Malach's sax on \"One Way Ticket\"!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e- Ann Wickstrom (All Music Guide)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Eclectic keyboardist Bruce Katz sets no limits on his imagination as he rocks the Hammond organ or tickles the piano.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e-Tom Krehbiel, \u003cit\u003eCD Review\u003c\/it\u003e, June 1993\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I'm tellin' ya, he's downhome and uptown all at once, and that's a winning combination.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -\u003cit\u003eThe Boston Phoenix\u003c\/it\u003e, July 9, 1993.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"descript\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePerformers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bruce Katz - Organ, Piano\u003cbr\u003e Bob Malach - Tenor Sax \u003cbr\u003e Marty Ballou - Bass \u003cbr\u003e Kevin Barry - Guitar \u003cbr\u003e Lorne Entress - Drums \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRecording\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Joe Harley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e2-AQM-1012\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sledgehammer Blues","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":19537171939397,"sku":"1-AQM-1012","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Test Pressing LP (PRE-ORDER)","offer_id":19537179902021,"sku":"1-AQM-1012TP","price":119.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":6267251011,"sku":"2-AQM-1012","price":16.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"MP3 Album","offer_id":6267251075,"sku":"2-AQM-1012D","price":8.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"WAV Album","offer_id":6267251139,"sku":"2-AQM-1012L","price":11.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/6410\/products\/Bruce_Katz_Band_-_Crescent_Crawl_-_Vinyl.jpg?v=1556805109"},{"product_id":"sasha-matson-steel-chords-i-5","title":"Sasha Matson - Steel Chords i-5","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"copy-paste-block\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSteel Chords \/ i-5: Works for Pedal Steel Guitar, Harp and Strings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFascinating contemporary classical music from California composer Sasha Matson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"descript\"\u003eSasha Matson was born in Seattle in 1954, grew up in Berkeley, and matured there during the hippie heydays of the late sixties and seventies. After attending UC Santa Cruz where he received his degree in history and film, he went on to study at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with John Adams and Elinor Armer. Adams later invited him to compose a work for the Conservatory New Music Ensemble which became the first version of Steel Chords, written during a period of private study with Andrew Imbrie. Matson arranged works of Gabrielli and Vaughan Williams for the San Francisco Symphony, wrote music for the Beck Dance Company, and an orchestral work, Spell, for conductor Kent Nagano, among many other projects before migrating south to the City of Angels, smog, and eternal sun. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePerformers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sasha Matson - Conductor \u003cbr\u003e Joel Derouin - Violin \u003cbr\u003e Erika Duke-Kirkpartick - Cello \u003cbr\u003e Peter Kent - Violin \u003cbr\u003e Doug Liningston - Guitar, Guitar (Steel) \u003cbr\u003e Bruce Morgenthaler - Bass \u003cbr\u003e Cynthia Moussas - Violin \u003cbr\u003e Maria Newman - Violin \u003cbr\u003e Amy Shulman - Harp \u003cbr\u003e Raymond Tischer - Viola \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRecording\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Produced by: Joe Harley\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"descript\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSteel Chords Triple Concerto For Pedal Steel Guitar, Violins And Strings\u003cbr\u003e1. 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Willis is clearly his own man, as he makes no attempt to mimic Hancock's keyboard style. Joined by trombonist Curtis Fuller (who is in superb form) and saxophonist John Stubblefield, along with a rhythm section anchored by drummer Ben Riley, Willis avoids the predictable paths. Especially rewarding is his unusual treatment of Hancock's well-known \"Maiden Voyage,\" speeding up its loping tempo and taking a more angular approach with a Latin flavor in his exciting arrangement, though it is unfortunately faded out. \"Wayman's Way\" was inspired by Hancock's \"Like a Hurricane,\" though one has to pay close attention to catch the relationship between the two pieces. The leader's lovely ballad \"Sensei\" (Japanese for \"teacher\") is a trio feature, while his \"Teasdale Place\" is a fun and funky closer, complete with teasing brief references to Hancock's \"Watermelon Man.\" Beautifully recorded, this release was issued both by the label on CD and as a premium HQ 180-gram super vinyl LP, though the latter edition omits Willis' \"For Jean.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e- Ken Dryden, All Music Guide\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"descript\"\u003eRecorded at Clinton Recording, New York City, NY on July 13-14, 1993.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"descript\"\u003eDavid Williams - bass\u003cbr\u003eBen Riley - drums\u003cbr\u003eLarry Willis - piano\u003cbr\u003eJohn Stubblefield - saxophone\u003cbr\u003eCurtis Fuller - trombone \u003cbr\u003eTom Williams - trumpet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"descript\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. 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ATM\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"descript\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"descript\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e2-AQM-1036\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sledgehammer Blues","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":6503732739,"sku":"2-AQM-1036","price":16.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"MP3 Album","offer_id":6503732803,"sku":"2-AQM-1036D","price":8.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"WAV Album","offer_id":6503732867,"sku":"2-AQM-1036L","price":11.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Secrets (MP3)","offer_id":20092879878,"sku":"USAKS0500823","price":1.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Secrets (WAV)","offer_id":20097337670,"sku":"USAKS0500823L","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"No One Knows I'm Here (MP3)","offer_id":20096796166,"sku":"USAKS0500824","price":1.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"No One Knows I'm Here (WAV)","offer_id":20098482118,"sku":"USAKS0500824L","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Aurora (MP3)","offer_id":20096884870,"sku":"USAKS0500825","price":1.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Aurora (WAV)","offer_id":20097352134,"sku":"USAKS0500825L","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Scriabin (MP3)","offer_id":20096891014,"sku":"USAKS0500826","price":1.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Scriabin (WAV)","offer_id":20097365510,"sku":"USAKS0500826L","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Echoes (MP3)","offer_id":20097172038,"sku":"USAKS0500827","price":1.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Echoes (WAV)","offer_id":20097369030,"sku":"USAKS0500827L","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Filles De Kilimenjaro (MP3)","offer_id":20097193478,"sku":"USAKS0500828","price":1.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Filles De Kilimenjaro (WAV)","offer_id":20097371398,"sku":"USAKS0500828L","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Last Visit Home (MP3)","offer_id":20097256326,"sku":"USAKS0500829","price":1.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Last Visit Home (WAV)","offer_id":20097378182,"sku":"USAKS0500829L","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ATM (MP3)","offer_id":20097264966,"sku":"USAKS0500830","price":1.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ATM (WAV)","offer_id":20097380422,"sku":"USAKS0500830L","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/6410\/products\/Secrets.png?v=1447184477"},{"product_id":"kevin-braheny-the-way-home","title":"Kevin Braheny - The Way Home","description":"\u003cspan class=\"descript\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-shop\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collateral-box\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"descript\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Way Home\u003c\/i\u003e is expressive, tender synthesizer music that communes with the deep human yearning for inner peace and contentment. Sonically sophisticated and emotionally refined, \u003ci\u003eThe Way Home\u003c\/i\u003e breathes with profound serenity and heartfelt beauty.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Perelandra,\" the companion piece, is inspired by C. S. Lewis's famous science fiction novel. This three-part composition for synthesizers and choral voices evokes the sensual, floating atmosphere of a lush, Venusian paradise.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Kevin Braheny has been active musically since the age of 4, when he began playing piano. Early compositions followed at age 7, and at 11 he took up woodwinds, which became the core sounds of his mature works. He had early ensemble experiences in classical music, jazz, big band, funk, and rock.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 1971, Kevin discovered the new frontier of electronic music and moved to Los Angeles, where we worked with pioneer Moog synthesist Malcolm Cecil and modular synthesizer inventor Serge Tcherepnin. He built new prototypes for the latter's advanced analog synthesizers and in 1978 assembled \"The Mighty Serge,\" an advanced modular analog system.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"I modified or built my own equipment to insure maximum sonic control and expressiveness,\" says Kevin. \"I try to get inside sounds and work from the inside out. My compositions flow from a sensual experience of sound, but they're designed by my knowledge of form -- and my love, passion, actually, for beauty.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The particularly expressive instrument Kevin plays is the Steiner EWI (electronic wind instrument), which is controlled by the performer's breath and touch. It's an extremely sensitive instrument, immediately responsive to the slightest change in breath or pressure or position of the lips, fingers, or hands. An amateur picking it up is in for a number of surprises! While Kevin characteristically uses it to produce woodwind-like sounds, it also functions as an all-purpose controller, interfacing Kevin and his audience, with a limitless universe of sounds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Like his instrument, Kevin himself is versatile of mood yet single-minded of intent to express emotion. His brand of new age music includes passion, emotional intensity, and the intent to bring the listener an enhanced experience of self and surroundings.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Way Home\u003c\/i\u003e was originally released under the title \u003ci\u003ePerelandra\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"descript\"\u003e\"An expressive and forward-looking album, The Way Home set the tone for not only [Kevin] Braheny's career but for much of the new age\/electronic music to come.\"  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"descript\"\u003e- Heather Phares, \u003cem\u003eAll Music Guide\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"descript\"\u003e\"For sheer beauty and music magic, \u003cem\u003eThe Way Home\u003c\/em\u003e has no peer. Shimmering, floating electronics intertwine with ethereal tones of airy flute to result in a journey through the realm of celestial sound.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"descript\"\u003e- Archie Patterson, Editor, \u003ci\u003eEurock\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Way Home  24:53\u003cbr\u003e2. 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Travel through musical starfields. Experience the Milky Way rising over the horizon of an alien world. Look back in time brought present by the ancient light of the eldest stars, eternal witnesses to all the happenings of time and space. And experience the emotions of the traveler. Exhilaration. Awe. Poignant nostalgia, both for home and for unimaginable vistas never to be seen again save in imagination. And a jazzy, joyful return at journey's end.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Galaxies Main Theme   \u003cbr\u003e2. Starflight   \u003cbr\u003e3. Ancient Stars  \u003cbr\u003e4. Milky Way Rising\u003cbr\u003e5. Galactic Sky\u003cbr\u003e6. The Southern Cross\u003cbr\u003e7. Starflight 2\u003cbr\u003e8. The Pleaides\u003cbr\u003e9. Starflight 3\u003cbr\u003e10. Winds Proxima Centauri   \u003cbr\u003e11. Intertgalactic Space   \u003cbr\u003e12. Ice Forests Of Orion   \u003cbr\u003e13. Lookback Time   \u003cbr\u003e14. Going Home   \u003cbr\u003e15. Starflight 4   \u003cbr\u003e16. Down To Earth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCredits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eAll Music composed, performed and produced by Kevin Braheny.\u003cbr\u003e© 1988 Heartcall Music\/ BMI. Original tracks recorded at The Base, Granada\u003cbr\u003eHills, CA. Mixed at Crystal Studios, Hollywood. 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Bill has played keyboards and bassoon on all of Stoltzman's RCA hits - \u003ci\u003eBegin Sweet World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Counterpoint\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInnervoices\u003c\/i\u003e - and written over 50% of the original music on the albums.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e I've always felt that the ability to write melodies is one of the real benchmarks in music, regardless of style. 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What we have here is a truly eclectic musician.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e For his Hearts of Space debut, we concentrated on Bill's melodic, space-creating ballads, but that didn't prevent him from including \"Highland\" and \"Killarny,\" a couple of wonderfully joyous Irish folk dances (he says its his Scotch-Irish ancestry coming through), a darkly exotic Spanish\/Moorish piece (\"Karuna\"), and an exquisitely beautiful song featuring soprano JANE GRIMES, based on an ancient Gaelic blessing (\"Deep Peace\").\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Overall, \u003ci\u003eJewel Lake\u003c\/i\u003e is probably best described as a mainstream new age electro-acoustic album, both in terms of emotional content and variety of source material.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Instrumentation is Bill on electronic keyboards, piano, and bassoon, plus fine performances on oboe, flute, voice, and ethnic percussion by several Boulder area musicians. 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A rich, magical ambience and welter of musical influences from southeast Asian gamelan to European classical electronic stretch the mind with a seductive, multi-cultural mix. Rainforest demonstrates the paradox of contemporary electro-acoustic spacemusic projects, with its high-tech approach to some very ancient musical experiences. Digital samplers, computer sequencers, specially tuned synthesizers, conventional acoustic instruments, skin drums, and ambient sound recordings all cohabit a seamless musical and spatial environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the deepest level, Robert Rich says the music is about the \"yearning for unity... couched in the metaphor of a world of lush green beauty.\" And you can dance to it! 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class=\"tracklist_track_duration\" width=\"25\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6:24\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"tracklist_track track\" itemprop=\"track\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicRecording\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003eTemple Of Eyes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_duration\" width=\"25\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5:19\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"tracklist_track track\" itemprop=\"track\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicRecording\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003eThe Raining Room\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_duration\" 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width=\"25\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3:30\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCredits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusicians\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRobert Rich: sampler and synthesizers, Israeli \u0026amp; Persian\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edoumbecs, bamboo flutes, ocarina, lap steel guitar odd\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003epercussives, glurp.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCarter Scholz: bonang on A Passage In Bronze\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAndrew McGowan fretless bass on Mbira\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAll Music © 1989 Soundscape Productions \/ BMAI\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecorded and Mixed during 1988-89 at Soundscape by\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRobert Rich, A Passage In Bronze recorded at The Lobby,\u003cbr 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Secret Rooms showcases significant growth in both these areas - as well as completely new developments. KEVIN BRAHENY's first two solo albums, Lullaby For The Hearts Of Space (1980) and The Way Home (originally entitled Perelandra [1984]), established his mastery of the serene, extended meditation. On the other hand, reviewers praised his 1988 planetarium soundtrack album Galaxies for the exquisite beauty of its very concise pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile working on Galaxies and Secret Rooms, Braheny also participated in two successful collaborations: Western Spaces (1987), with Steve Roach\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and Richard Burmer, and Desert Solitaire (1989) with Roach and Michael Stearns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. CD Review called the trio \"three acknowledged synthesizer masters.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat separates the masters from the masses? Real synth heroes roll their own. Kevin actually builds much of his own equipment and creates all his own samples, often using his \"Mighty Serge\" modular analog synthesizer. For Secret Rooms, Braheny also built the custom 3-D binaural recording technology for the \"Passages\" that link the musical pieces. (Try listening to them through headphones to get the fullest effect.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSecret Rooms unveils Braheny's expanded range as a composer. The brilliant \"Shadowcatcher\" and \"'Til You Get There\" represent his first significant rhythmic explorations to date, with ethno-percussion specialist Leonice Shinneman. Other pieces extend and deepen his trademark warmth, depth, and unerring melodic appeal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe theme of secret \"internal rooms\" - hidden emotions, psychic states, spaces in consciousness, each with an individual ambience and identity - conjures up a journey that, in Kevin's words \"is about experiencing the different spaces, and then using each experience to move on to the next.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSecret Rooms confirms Braheny's own ability to keep moving on - exploring, expressing, and evolving his singular talent in ever more significant and satisfying ways.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"playlist\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicGroup\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"first tracklist_track track\" itemprop=\"track\" 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class=\"tracklist_track_duration\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6:17\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"tracklist_track track\" itemprop=\"track\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicRecording\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003eForgiveness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"25\" class=\"tracklist_track_duration\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6:16\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"tracklist_track track\" itemprop=\"track\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicRecording\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003eSaturn Ballet (For Andrea)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"25\" class=\"tracklist_track_duration\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4:47\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"tracklist_track track\" itemprop=\"track\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicRecording\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003eThe Magus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"25\" class=\"tracklist_track_duration\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7:35\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"tracklist_track track\" itemprop=\"track\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicRecording\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003ePassage 4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"25\" class=\"tracklist_track_duration\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1:04\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr 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itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicRecording\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003ePassage 5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"25\" class=\"tracklist_track_duration\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0:39\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"tracklist_track track\" itemprop=\"track\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicRecording\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003eHard To Say Goodbye\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"25\" class=\"tracklist_track_duration\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3:29\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"tracklist_track track\" itemprop=\"track\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicRecording\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title\"\u003e\u003cspan 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The Painter is one of those rare piano records to live with and savor again and again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCredits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eAll music composed, arranged, performed and produced by John Boswell\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDigitally recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEngineer: Devon Bernadoni Assistant Engineer: Michael Semanick\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMastering: Bob Olhsson\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCover Painting: John Derry, with Painter X2\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInlay Image Processing: Stephen Hill, with Painter X2\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginal Artist Photo: John Hammitt\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDesign: Hilary Davis and Stephen Hill\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e2-HOS-11041\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"Hearts of Space Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":10408709379,"sku":"2-HOS-11041","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"MP3 Album","offer_id":10408709507,"sku":"2-HOS-11041D","price":8.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"WAV Album","offer_id":10408709699,"sku":"2-HOS-11041L","price":11.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/6410\/products\/The-Painter.png?v=1449857631"},{"product_id":"tim-story-the-perfect-flaw","title":"Tim Story - The Perfect Flaw","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"...a wonderfully warm album [from Tim Story]\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e- Steven McDonald\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilding on his first HOS release Beguiled, TIM STORY's The Perfect Flaw adds rich tonal colors - oboe, english horn, clarinet, and cello - to his Satie-inspired piano and synthesizer orchestrations. Modern chamber music to die for, from Hearts of Space. There is such a thing as a perfect flaw. It's a single cloud that roams across the sky on a summer day, a moment of pain that deepens and strengthens a relationship, a mistake that leads an artist or a scientist to explore a whole new area of possibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTim Story understands this phenomenon. In fact, he has developed a technique for making it happen at will to fuel his aesthetic strategy as a composer and instrumentalist. On his cunningly titled latest release, odd and angular melodies run rampant with a grace that turns the unexpected into the most sublime of moments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 11 short pieces on his latest venture come with evocative titles like \"Liquid Shadow Night,\" \"The Color of Vowels,\" and \"Until She Fades Away.\" At less than five minutes each, they appear deceptively simple. The nuances reflected in each selection bring to mind the pleasure of staring at a finely cut diamond in a plain gold setting. Just as such a gem catches available light in infinitely intriguing ways, Story's music speaks with an open-ended lyricism that changes and evolves over repeated listenings. His elegant, understated instrumentals satisfy people who crave melody but would like to see it taken beyond the predictability and sentimentality that rule most forms of contemporary music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou can compare his style to ironic miniaturists like early 20th-century French composer Erik Satie. You can mention Story's accomplished union of acoustic grand piano, oboe, clarinet, English horn and cello with subtle, finely-crafted electronic sounds. You can quote journalists who have characterized his approach as \"graceful, visceral chamber music for 21st century romantics\" (Pulse! 1992). The one thing you can't begin to do is describe the individual pieces themselves, for Story takes listeners to places that words can't follow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis is the language of the soul whispering behind the brain, the intricacies of feeling that stir though the body and yet ultimately leave us speechless. Poets can paint a vague outline of this landscape with their metaphors and suggestions, but only certain kinds of music can take you on a full fledged tour of living emotions: those constantly churning, ambiguous sensations that make you cry at the bittersweet ending of a tragic film yet want to go back and see it again and again. It's this passion for the ironies of life that drives Story's music. The composer himself has described his approach as \"a desperate serenity,\" and he achieves the effect through subtly dissonant melodies that are refined to the point where they flow effortlessly with an integrity and beauty all their own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf course with Tim Story, it's not light catching the eye that creates the magic. It's the feelings, memories and dreams each individual brings to the music that creates a synthesis of sound and emotion that can never be heard the same way twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e2-HOS-11045\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCredits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eRecorded and mixed by Tim Story at Zeta Recording, Toledo, Ohio. 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In these dark waters, dreams and archetypes rise up to nourish those who yearn for inspiration in the search for creative renewal. After thirty years of composing, performing, and inspiring other people with his lush, transcendental romantic style, the Maui-based musician Raphael faced an artistic crisis. His previous releases, \u003cem\u003eMusic to Disappear In\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMusic to Disappear In II\u003c\/em\u003e had become bestselling classics in the new age\/contemporary genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"My harmonies were getting stuck,\" he recalls. With only twelve notes in an octave, I was beginning to wonder if I hadn't already worn them out.\" The breakthrough came in a dream: swimming with a magnificent whale, he told the creature his fears of losing his muse. \"That's ridiculous,\" said the whale. \"The possibilites of music are endless. You can never reach the end. 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Soon the illusion of swimming becomes synonymous with flying as the music soars with an intensity of feeling unmatched by his previous recordings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese opening pieces climax and recede, yet echo throughout the rest of the album. \"Prayer\" floats gently toward the Pacific Rim with the childlike sweetness of an Indonesian lullaby, then transforms into a passionate ballad for piano. Feeling of reverence and thankfulness culminate in rhapsodic flourishes that blur the boundaries between romantic devotion and love of the divine. Other selections celebrate sensuous flute melodies, earthy dance grooves, and exotic modal melodies suspended in mystical drones that flow once again toward the unknown reaches of human experience. At the end, Raphael performs a meditative version of Erik Satie's oriental-inspired \"Gnossienne No. 3\" that adds new insight to the early 20th-century composer's gift for conveying the quiet intensity of life's undercurrents.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUltimately, Raphael's vision of creative renewal is potent enough to reach beyond personal experience and move listeners who also crave more meaning -- and magic -- in life. This composer's angels may have fins instead of wings, but their songs, too, are otherworldly and their power to inspire as formidable as any muse or guardian spirit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e2-HOS-11047\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCredits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eMusicians:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRaphael - synthesizers\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBruce Bec Var - shakti harp and guitar\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCharlene Idé - flute\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKim Atkinson - congas on \"Initiation\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIan Dogole - udu on \"Initiation\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProduced by Warren Dennis Kahn and Raphael\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMixed by Warren Dennis Kahn at The Banquet Sound Studios, Santa Rosa, California.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMastered by Bob Olhsson and Stephen Hill at Hearts of Space Studio, San Francisco,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewith WAVES SP software and THIEL monitors.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhale Sounds courtesy of Dr. Payne and the Wildlife Conservation Sociely\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"This music was deeply inspired by my beloved Kutira Décosterd.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShe has opened me to dimensions of music I've never dreamt of.\" --Raphael\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAll music composed by Raphael\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eexcept \"Remembrance,\" composed by Raphael and Sherri Michaels,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand \"Prayer\" composed by Raphael and Pinchi Pete Velasquez.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e© 1995 Raphael Sharpe Productions\/BMI, administered by Liminal Music\/BMI. \"Gnossienne No.3\" by Erik Satie. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hearts of Space Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":10592445507,"sku":"2-HOS-11047","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"MP3 Album","offer_id":10592445635,"sku":"2-HOS-11047D","price":8.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"WAV Album","offer_id":10592445763,"sku":"2-HOS-11047L","price":11.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Angels of the Deep (MP3)","offer_id":26115771782,"sku":"USAKS0600143","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Communion (MP3)","offer_id":26115790278,"sku":"USAKS0600144","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Prayer (MP3)","offer_id":26115818758,"sku":"USAKS0600145","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Initiation (MP3)","offer_id":26115847686,"sku":"USAKS0600146","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Remembrance (MP3)","offer_id":26115912774,"sku":"USAKS0600147","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Purification (MP3)","offer_id":26115923078,"sku":"USAKS0600148","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gnossienne No. 3 (Satie) (MP3)","offer_id":26115939078,"sku":"USAKS0600149","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Angels of the Deep (WAV)","offer_id":26115955590,"sku":"USAKS0600143L","price":1.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Communion (WAV)","offer_id":26115968838,"sku":"USAKS0600144L","price":1.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Prayer (WAV)","offer_id":26115976070,"sku":"USAKS0600145L","price":1.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Initiation (WAV)","offer_id":26115981254,"sku":"USAKS0600146L","price":1.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Remembrance (WAV)","offer_id":26116000070,"sku":"USAKS0600147L","price":1.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Purification (WAV)","offer_id":26116086278,"sku":"USAKS0600148L","price":1.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gnossienne No. 3 (Satie) (WAV)","offer_id":26116109766,"sku":"USAKS0600149L","price":1.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/6410\/products\/Angels-of-the-Deep.png?v=1449853771"},{"product_id":"robert-rich-lisa-moskow-yearning","title":"Robert Rich \u0026 Lisa Moskow - Yearning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Robert Rich \u0026amp; Lisa Moskow created \u003ci\u003eYearning\u003c\/i\u003e as an 'evolution of the traditional approach to alop,' the introduction and slowest part of the Indian raga.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e- All Music Guide\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe musical concept behing Yearning emerged during the making of ROBERT RICH's 1994 Hearts of Space release \u003cem\u003ePropagation\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Top soloists from both the Toronto folk scene and the LA studio world built the instrumental beds over a period of months. When this phase was complete, the strings and orchestral elements were added in Salt Lake City, and the mixes finally came together in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe results are extraordinarily varied and colorful, no less so for the fact that they are a careful exposition of the original Deirdre legend, which has been translated and adapted for the notes by JOHN STUART DICK. In a recording that abounds in outstanding performances, KRYSIA KOCJAN's powerful reading of the song \"Lament,\" with original lyrics by John Stuart Dick, rings in the mind long after it is first heard. The soulful blasting of the highland pipes, flat out against the full strains of the orchestra is another highlight. 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Digital editing by Paul Inston and\u003cbr\u003eJohn Hegedes. Utah Orchestra conducted by\u003cbr\u003eBrian Miller, recorded by Brad Haehnel, assisted\u003cbr\u003eby Blair Sutherland and Aaron Gant. 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An original Eurojazz chamber concert. Taking its inspiration from the deep sea fish that changes color to match its surroundings, the eclectic Swiss duo Zeus Faber fashions a broad range of musical textures. No stranger underwater, TRISTAN FELDBAUER brought his long experience as a scuba driver to fellow keyboardist and veteran session-player OLIVIER TRUAN. Their maiden voyage also featured a host of stellar guest musicians on their first recording, 1993's HOS debut Scubason.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhere Scubason adopted a broad style of contrasting moods, Below settles in to a cool groove and then dives deeper. Atmospheric European jazz is the main influence, and the music is expansive with underwater ambiences and nautical embellishments. The complimentary textures of piano and keyboard-based synthesizers combine with solos on saxophone, clarinet, melodica, and acoustic guitar. Below fuses Jazz and ambient sonorities in an original chamber setting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoined by the OBERWIL CHOIR and the Strings of the BASEL SINFONETTA, Below revisits the site Debussy's \"Sunken Cathedral\" for a Eurojazz chamber concert. A tender moment of reflection graces the understated etude, \"Moonwater\" with gentle spirals for solo piano and strings. The opening, \"Song of the Big Fish,\" is an anthem to our leviathan cousins the whales, the Earth's largest mammals. JOHN VOIROL's heartfelt soprano sax takes its cue from the longing choir of whale voices and speaks through the deep blue eternity with a hopeful majesty that sings through the ages. The warm spirits of these graceful giants soar. It's an invitation to dive deeper in this fascinating exploration \u003cem\u003eBelow\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e2-HOS-11064\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCredits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll music composed and produced\u003cbr\u003eby TRISTAN FELDBAUER and OLIVIER. TRUAN.\u003cbr\u003eArranging and programming by OLIVIER TRUAN.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal concept and additional arranging by\u003cbr\u003eTRISTAN FELDBAUER. 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The music flows effortlessly, belying the fact that worlds within worlds of wonder are layered into each of the eight pieces. Like explorers of the subatomic realm, listeners will find that each elegant melody is actually formed from many intricate smaller symmetries, each as fundamental to the overall sound as atoms are to our own being.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the opening notes of \"The Magician\" to the fading moments of \"Sorcerer's Parade,\" Braheny and Clark use their expanded palette to paint panoramic vistas like \"The Magician,\" and \"Merlin's Last Voyage\" as well as intimate portraits like \"The Spell\" that are both familiar and exotic. Two superb programmatic pieces are served up as well. On \"Time in the Mirror,\" the looking glass shatters inward, revealing the mysteries that lie on the other side, and, on \"A Perfect Evening for Flying Carpets,\" even the imagination-impaired cannot fail to enjoy the exact moment when the carpet lifts off and soars into the starry Arabian night.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThroughout it all, the music is marked by countless subtle nuances that are the hallmark of true craftsmen, and imbued with a unique magic that flows as a natural byproduct of this enchanting collaboration. 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The glove compartment was full of tapes which had been sent to Klaus Schulze, the German electronic composer. We zapped through a few - dull, doodly, self-indulgent stuff mostly - before being struck by the welcome sound of restraint. Poignancy. Composition even. The name was Tim Story and he came from Ohio. Before long we'd arrived at our destination, hit the eject button and my back seat companion, Wolfgang Fenchel, pocketed the cassette.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA couple of months later, when visiting the French record label Atem, I came across the name again. A small pile of test pressings, stamped Tim Story Threads, stood forlornly in a corner gathering dust. Atem was about to fold...but more of Threads later. Enter a third country. My friend Wolfgang had sent the cassette to Uniton Records in Norway and a year later the appropriately titled In Another Country was released.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGermany, France, Norway... 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At a time when electronic music often tended towards rambling, side-long epics, Tim's fondness for distillation and compactness was becoming, by contrast, all the more apparent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe last album for Uniton was the warm, rounded Wheat and Rust (1986). Its congenial Howard Hodgkin sleeve almost gives us a sense of place, but not quite - typical of Tim's music. There's something quietly majestic about \"The Secret Rhythm,\" for example, conjuring up images of prairies or fantastic waterfalls...that is until the sound of something like a shakuhachi flute transports us to the privacy of a Japanese ornamental garden. Yet it is less a sense of place and more a sense of feeling which characterizes Tim's music, no more so than on \"Chanarambie,\" included here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMention must now be made of Threads, the not-to-be debut album. 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The pieces are modest in scale, private in nature, but live with them and they will reveal more of their character with each listen. Tim, of course, has since developed his style with subsequent releases, including the recent Beguiled and The Perfect Flaw, on Hearts of Space. But Abridged is a timely and welcome reminder of - or indeed introduction to - Tim's early music. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e2-HOS-11066\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCredits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComposed and Produced br Tim Stori\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginal tracks recorded and mixed 1979-86 by Tim Stor\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eat Seventh Chance Studio, Maumee, OH and Scharren\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStudio. Holland, OH. 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The late 1970s was a very exciting time for me, both in terms of personal growth and laying a new musical foundation. I had been playing guitar since I was about 14 (1962), first in surf music bands, then backing up concert artists such as The Lovin Spoonful and Paul Revere and the Raiders, later evolving to acid rock, and finally, in the mid 1970s, playing in a Las Vegas style revue. In 1967 I began to evolve my own personal music and explore musically in non-traditional ways, starting with compositions for guitar, organ, voice, and processed tape. These early sonic explorations were musical hieroglyphics for the inner and outer changes I was experiencing. At first, the only frame of reference my audience had for my private music was the drug experience. Over the years, the music grew and evolved but I still had no public context to define and develop into support for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1975 I met Emilie Conrad-Daoud and her husband Gary at a workshop in my hometown of Tucson, Arizona. I had been playing music in local bands, had built my first recording studio, and was producing commercials. Gary was playing music for Emilie's workshops using a Mini Moog synthesizer and processed tape loops. His music resonated with the sensibilities of my private explorations. And he had a context for his work. During their stay in Tucson we had a chance to hang out together and share our music and visions. By the time they left I had been invited and encouraged to move to Los Angeles, study with Gary and Emilie, and play music at the Continuum studio. Within two weeks my girlfriend Susan Harper and I tied up all our loose ends in Tucson and moved to LA! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt their studio I met and played with Don Preston of the Mothers of Invention, and Craig Hundley, with whom I formed the free jazz trio Alivity and later began my explorations in film composition. I also played with Fred Stofet, an amazing percussionist who bowed cymbals and played trumpet-like sounds through various hoses. Several years later, synthesist Kevin Braheny also joined the studio. The body of the work was performing live music on a daily basis for classes of Emilie's students who had come to participate in the process that she called \"Continuum.\" At that time, Continuum included ritual meditations, breathing and sounding explorations, and what Emilie called \"cellular movement.\" Along with the class work, there was often opportunity for live public performances. By 1977, I had formed a small independent record label with Susan Harper and a close friend and investor, David Breuer. This was the year of our first releases, Desert Moon Walk and Sustaining Cylinders. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the release of Ancient Leaves in 1978, I performed a concert series in Los Angeles and Berkeley called \"The Voice of the Dragon.\" The concerts were based on a dream realm I had been entering in which there was no differentiation between sound, movement, and color. To bring these dreamings into concert form, I worked with dancers Susan Harper and Emilie Conrad Da-oud and lighting designer Marianne Schneller. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust before traveling to Berkeley to perform, I received a call from Stephen Hill, who had a radio program on KPFA-FM in Berkeley on Thursday nights called Music from the Hearts of Space. He had been listening to Ancient Leaves and invited me to be interviewed on his show while I was in Berkeley for the concert. 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On them I wove the sound of the Mini Moog, Yamaha CS-80 and other early electronic instruments with a Finnish kantele, Gregorian Chants, and my own voice. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1979, with the piece \"Morning\" I began weaving ambient recordings made during my travels into the fabric of the music. These early field recordings were made with a cassette recorder and a pair of Pearl microphones. For \"Morning\" I recorded the ambiance of a desert sunrise outside Tucson, Arizona, and early morning sounds of the jungle village of Yelapa, Mexico. \"Jewel\" was created on the \"Eikosany\" vibes, an instrument created by Erv Wilson. The \"Eikosany\" is a set of vibes with 20 tones to the octave. The raw recording was made by fading up the microphone after the impact of the mallet on the bar. This created a soft envelope for each note without the sharp sound of the mallet striking the metal. The recording was then slowed down and processed. The vocals were sung by Marsha Lee and then recomposed and edited to fit the piece. \"Night Currents\" was recorded late one night in Big Tujunga Canyon in Southern California. While hiking up the canyon, I had a close call with a rattlesnake who was out looking for a midnight snack. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Subterranean Ambiance,\" \"Rivers of Rhythm,\" and \"The Dragons Dream World\" were recorded with sculptor George Landry's Lyra Sound Constellation, an installation at the Double Rocking G Gallery in Los Angeles in the spring of 1983. 'Lyra' was a gigantic electronic harp over 35 feet across and 20 feet high, with 156 strings tuned in a microtonal scale. One played the instrument by moving through it while bowing and plucking the strings. I also collaborated with George Landry on \"Landlight,\" featured on my 1993 Hearts of Space album Sacred Site. All these pieces were recorded live with the instrument. 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I remember one meeting held in Topanga Canyon with myself, Gary David, Stephen Hill, Georgia Kelly, Steven Halpern and others, to discuss what we could do about being labeled \"New Age.\" Nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInitially many of us did earn our bread and butter through a loose association with the New Age movement. At the time there were no formal distribution channels for such music, and many emerging artists made extra income on the New Age fair circuit. These were large public gatherings where people hawked everything from meditation techniques to communal life styles. We would travel around the country to different cities several times a year, set up booths and introduce the public to our music. Georgia Kelly, Constance Demby, Iasos, Steven Halpern, and Ethan Edgecomb of Fortuna Records were some of the others selling their music at these events. It was great exposure. During and after the shows we would get together to network, and exchange ideas. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs my main gig from 1975-1981, I played music for Emilie Conrad-Da'oud's Continuum Studio in Los Angeles. At Continuum, I was creating a live musical context for participants who were exploring what it might mean to be human in other than our habitual enculturated ways, through breathing, sounding, ritual meditations, and \"cellular movement.\" It was a perfect context for my musical explorations and development, free from stylized musical forms and intonations. We created new musical instruments and new expressions, and wove into the fabric styles and instruments from other musical traditions. It was a very exciting time. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of my other gigs was performing live at Brugh Joy and David Spangler's annual year-end conference at Asilomar, California. 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It also gave me the capability of producing and mixing sound tracks for large format films, which I immersed myself in for the next seven years. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis CD features music from my early albums Ancient Leaves [1978], Light Play [1983, re-released on CD as M'ocean in 1984], Plunge [1986], Floating Whispers [1987], and several previously unpublished pieces. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI composed and recorded Ancient Leaves at Continuum in the spring of 1977 and performed it live in August of that year at the \"7-7-77\" concert event in Ocean Park, California. The event featured myself, Francisco Lupica and his \"Cosmic Beam Experience,\" dancer Lisa Walford, and other early New Age artists. After the release of Ancient Leaves on vinyl in 1978, I traveled to the San Francisco Bay area to perform \"The Voice of the Dragon\" concert series. 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In 1984, I arrived back in Los Angeles after traveling to Europe and Egypt with the Chronos film crew, and found a huge pile of new instruments and tape recorders literally sitting on my doorstep. \"Voyager,\" a piece that I had entered in the Roland\/Teac synthesizer tape contest, had won both First Place and Grand Prize. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Three Faces of the Goddess Theme\" and \"Her Way\" were created for a series of performances at the Asilomar conference, a collaboration between myself and dancers Susan Harper, Georgianne Cowan, Vicki Esken, Carolyn Conger, Sheila Rosen, and Stephanie Franz. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI released the albums Plunge in 1986 and Floating Whispers in 1987 between film projects. 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In considering the title of Halcyon Days, the landmark collaboration between Steve Roach, \u003cspan class=\"descript\"\u003eStephen Kent and Kenneth Newby,\u003c\/span\u003e note these definitions:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHalcyon: \u003cbr\u003ecalm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather. \u003cbr\u003eprosperous: the halcyon years. \u003cbr\u003eWebster goes on to explain the Greek origin of the word, dating from 1350-1400 B.C. Alcyon refers to the kingfisher bird of classical legend who would nest on the waters after they were calmed by the gods for a period of two weeks each year during winter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis final definition relates to the circumstances in which the trio came together to make this recording over two weeks surrounding the Christmas holiday in 1995. These three men, whose lives could at the best of times be described as hectic and turbulent, found a period of grace and calm under the Sonoran desert sunshine while the rest of the nation was deluged with snow and freezing temperatures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith only this short block of time held in common, the trio gathered with their families at Roach's Arizona home and studio, The Timeroom. There was no predetermined composing or recording strategy. They allowed their various musical influences free rein in the studio and in discussions over long walks in the desert and evening meals together. Sounds from Mexico, Indonesia, Australia and Africa were woven through electroacoustic soundscapes of hybrid trance rhythms and samples, colored and shaded by washes of shamanic textures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn their respective aesthetics, each musician is intimately familiar with the ways in which history, spirit, myth, lore and origin, operate and inform the many levels of the world of sound. 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Their fluid sonics bear witness to the psychic body upon which they are inscribed, then rise up and out from its surface for the listener, adding a new depth and dimension to the encounter of \"hearing music.\" The worlds created here mirror what lies inside the opaque, endless heart of sound itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere, in the Halcyon Days of this trio's two weeks journeying together under the blessing of the gods, we experience the mystery of prolific collaboration, and the fruit of pure musical convergence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e2-HOS-11072\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCredits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll selections composed, recorded, and mixed December 17 - 28, 1995\u003cbr\u003eat the Timeroom, Tuscon, Arizona, by Steve Roach, Stephen Kent and Kenneth Newby\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Steve Roach, Stephen Kent, and Kenneth Newby\u003cbr\u003eMastered by Bob Olhason and Stephen Hill at Hearts of Space studio, San Franciseo\u003cbr\u003eAll compositions © 1996 Soundquest Music\/BMI, administered by Liminal Music\/BMI, and Trance\u003cbr\u003eMission Music\/BMI. 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The German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen once said that concepts of beginnings and endings in music were artificial. \"To present a work of art with a particular beginning and end is only an illusion,\" he proclaimed. \"It is one proposition of an excerpt of time, the timeless time.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCoyote Oldman lives in this time. With the first breath into their flutes, they open a gateway into this timeless world of sound. Between that first breath and the last exhalation, Coyote Oldman pulls down a sound that could have come from some mythical gathering in a prehistoric kiva, or a cyberspace meeting 20 minutes into the future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe navigation chart for Coyote Oldman's odyssey can be found on the title track of their first album, Night Forest. It opens with a simple solo flute calling out across a canyon of digital echo. For 95% of the Native flute albums out there, that's as far as the trip goes. For Coyote Oldman's MICHAEL GRAHAM ALLEN and BARRY STRAMP it's just the beginning, as the piece evolves into a serpentine melody, joined by one, then another flute weaving ghost echoes and sympathetic resonances.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTheir name comes from Oldman Coyote, the trickster and sometimes fool of Native American mythology. It was the name of Allen's flute company and it hung on, even though none of those characteristics would apply to Coyote Oldman. But Allen and Stramp do play Native flutes, as well as Incan pan-pipes and ocarinas and they use Native American iconography to give their music some kind of metaphorical-spiritual grounding.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDespite these Native cultural connections, Allen and Stramp make no glorification of their fractional Native ancestry. Instead, Coyote Oldman operates from a core sound in which many cultures are embodied. As much as they are playing Native music, you could also say they're playing Medieval hymns, 20th century space music or Tibetan chants. Coyote Oldman draws intrinsic links with other cultures, evoking, but not playing, the shakuhachi flute of Japan and the bansuri flute of India. On \"Lunar Symphony\" they sound like a cathedral pipe organ, with unimaginably low flutes booming out a rolling pedal tone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlabama-born Michael Graham Allen met Oklahoma-bred Barry Stramp in 1981 at an Oklahoma City crafts fair. Allen was there selling his hand-made Native flutes. At the time renowned Native flutist R. Carlos Nakai hadn't yet ignited the Native flute boom, and they were still a curiosity bordering on oblivion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAllen is the founder, principal flutist and composer of the group. He is also the craftsman and earth voice of the duo. He researches the history of his instruments, tracking down flutes from many countries, but especially Native cultures of the western hemisphere. On this album you can hear flutes that Allen may have made a few days before the recording and clay ocarinas that might date back hundreds of years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBarry Stramp is the modernist of the group. Classically trained in concert flute and composition, he also studied engineering and physics. That means he can drop references to Pierre Boulez and IRCAM as well as DSP and FFT processing into a conversation that started about live performance. It's Stramp's skill at studio manipulation that turns the raw material of Allen's flutes into the expansive soundscapes that are Coyote Oldman. They work together, manipulating the sound in real time, feeding back off the echoes, reverb, and harmonization as if creating a superflute. On pieces like \"Ancient Light,\" they use these studio transformations to create traceries in the air as the high flutes descend through the atmosphere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is a remarkable synergy between these musicians. As soon as Allen would hear one of Stramp's manipulations, like his pan-pipes pitched down a few octaves, he'd go home and invent an instrument that would give him the same effect acoustically. One of these inventions, the C# Bass Flute, looks like the overgrown child of a bassoon and a Native flute. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor Coyote Oldman nothing is pure, but everything is purity. They mix technologies, create hybrid flutes and even bring in other instruments like Stramp's Chapman Stick on \"Iron Wood,\" and MICHAEL FITZSIMMONS's percussion on \"Dawn Procession.\" On \"Compassion,\" the mournful soprano of singer HUI CHENG of the Chinese National Opera is etched across Coyote Oldman's solemn bass flutes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the most part, however, they stay, in Allen's words, \"in our own backyard.\" You can hear Stramp playing shakuhachi and bansuri flutes on his solo album A Sky of Dreams as well as on Invisible Rhythm with his group, Satori. But in Coyote Oldman, it's strictly wind instruments from the New World.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Shape of Time,\" the most recent track on In Beauty I Walk, points to new directions for Coyote Oldman. Flutes sing like enormous train-whistles, creating Doppler effects through metallic tamboura-like drones, mysterious percussion and disembodied voices. It seems like no less than the sound of the universe opening up before you. For Coyote Oldman, that really isn't such a new direction after all. They are, as Stockhausen suggests, surfing the winds of a timeless sound.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"playlist\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicGroup\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"first tracklist_track track\" itemprop=\"track\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicRecording\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_pos\"\u003e1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"track tracklist_track_title\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tracklist_track_title\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003eAncient Light\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist_track_duration\" width=\"25\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3:35\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"tracklist_track track\" itemprop=\"track\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicRecording\"\u003e\n\u003ctd 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Haunting phase shifts, metallic chords and vast sonic panoramas guide you into soft alien realms: very gentle and sweet. When seen from an unfamiliar viewpoint, even the most familiar object can seem outlandishly alien. Under extreme magnification, oil on the surface of water is a rioting nebula of color; an eggshell is a new planet of plunging valleys and treacherous cliffs. These perceptual cracks in the everyday insure that nothing can be too familiar, that alien encounters may be as likely found within as \"out there.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFissures, the new collaboration between conceptual electronic composers ALIO DIE (Stefano Musso) and ROBERT RICH, is the soundtrack for such psychic displacements, an acoustic and electronic report on the commerce between nature and technology, and structure and amorphism. The music is a rendezvous of divine symmetries, balancing Alio Die's centerless, synthetic beds of sound and Rich's subtle progressions and instrumental arcana. 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To this day his songs are keystones in the repertoire of every Celtic harpist and a pillar of the Celtic legacy in music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eO'Carolan brought light into the darkest days of Irish history. The epitaph at his grave within the old church of Kilronan reads: Turlough O'Carolan Harper, Composer, Poet, Singer \"Our Great Solace in Our Great Need.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEire: Isle of the Saints\u003c\/em\u003e is ultimately the gift of a pilgrim soul called home by a mystical land and its resilient people. Together, they have moved him to create some of the finest and most memorable music that ever rang out from his enchanting instrument. John Doan was an eleven year old living in Venice, California when he began playing guitar. Given the setting, it's only natural that his earliest passion was surf music. He later became interested in classical guitar and earned a degree in Music Perfomance from Cal State Northridge. John furthered his musical education after moving to Oregon, where he earned a Masters in Musical Education from Western Oregon State and served on the faculty. He studied renaissance lute in Paris and baroque lute in The Netherlands. Playing lute set the stage for mastery of his true calling: the harp guitar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe version of the harp guitar that John plays is a 20 string instrument created at the end of the last century in Europe and America. It supplements the standard guitars six fretted strings with six unfretted sub-bass strings, but its most distinctive sound is the crystalline harp tones of the 8 treble strings that complete the instrument. These high strings ring with bell-like clarity and have magnificent sustain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe harp guitar was widely popular in turn of the century America as a parlor instrument and was available from famous makers like Gibson and Martin. It gradually fell out of favor but is now the subject of renewed interest thanks to the recording and performing efforts of Doan and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn has performed with a diverse range of artists from Burl Ives to Larry Carlton, and his virtuoso playing and arranging has attracted praise from no less a guitar luminary than Chet Atkins. He has starred in two much-loved television specials produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting: A Christmas to Remember With John Doan and A Victorian Christmas With John Doan, which was nominated for an Emmy. He lives near Salem, Oregon with his wife Deirdre, where he is an Assistant Professor of Music at Willamette University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEire: Isle of the Saints\u003c\/em\u003e is John's second recording for Hearts of Space. His first, \u003cem\u003eWrapped in White: Visions of Christmas Past\u003c\/em\u003e, is a collection of Christmas Carols freshly reinterpreted and arranged for dozens of forgotten 19th century instruments, released in 1995.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e2-HOS-11080\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCredits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll selections composed by John Doan, Heirloom Serenades (BMI), O© 1997\u003cbr\u003eexcept Hill of Tara, John Doan, Heirloom Serenades (BMI and Billy Oskay (BMI.\u003cbr\u003eFarewell (Celtic Twilight, 2-HOS-11104, 1994) and The Journey Home (Celtic Twilight 2, 2-HOS-11106, 1995)\u003cbr\u003ewere previously released on Hearts of Space and were produced by Billy Okay with John Doan at Billy's Studio.\u003cbr\u003eFarewell and The Journey Home arranged by John Doan\u003cbr\u003eAll other selections are produced, arranged, and recorded by Billy Oskay with John Doan at Billy's Studio.\u003cbr\u003eAdditional recording by Bob Stark at White Horse Studio, Portland, OR., January and February 1997\u003cbr\u003eMixed by Bob Stark at White Horse Studio, Portland, OR, February 1997\u003cbr\u003eAdditional mixing by Dave Friedlander at White Horse Studio, Portland, OR, March 1997\u003cbr\u003eSound Design by Billy Oskay, Cal Scott, and Bob Stark\u003cbr\u003eDigital mastering by Bob Olhsson and Stephen Hill at Hearts of Space, Sausalito\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hearts of Space Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":10675141315,"sku":"2-HOS-11080","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"MP3 Album","offer_id":10675141443,"sku":"2-HOS-11080D","price":8.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"WAV Album","offer_id":10675141571,"sku":"2-HOS-11080L","price":11.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/6410\/products\/Eire-Isle-of-the-Saints.png?v=1449862767"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.valley-entertainment.com\/ja\/collections\/instrumental\/lisa-lynne.oembed","provider":"Valley Entertainment","version":"1.0","type":"link"}