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1 |
Whales
in the Attik |
2 |
Five
Rivers |
3 |
Escape |
4 |
In
D |
5 |
Life
is for Living |
6 |
Distances |
7 |
Whales Go Free |
8 |
New Wandering Way |
9 |
Must Remember... |
10 |
The
Ritual Begins |
11 |
Closer to the Flame |
12 |
On
Swept The Ritual |
Carl
Peberdy - |
sitar,
tabla, bamboo & tin whistles, hammer dulcimer, lyrebec,
bodhran, voice, zither, qen, naal, bamboo & brass horns,
swanny whistle. |
Chris
Conway - |
keyboards, acoustic 10 string & electric 9 string guitars,
flute, bamboo flute,laud, voice, zither, qen, double bass,
kalimba, tin whistle & horn. |
Mary
Browne - |
voice,
percussion, alto saxophone, keyboards, tin whistle, tanpura |
Sudha
Kheterpal - |
Morrocan
drums, naal, piping, tabla, kalimba, zither, swoosh, matches |
Dave
Everitt - |
double
bass, tin whistle - 4, 5, 6, 11 |
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A
classic atmospheric album of world music fusion.
A huge array of instruments weave a path through many
different styles - Indian, jazz, Celtic, Balkan, ambient,
improvised music and more. Throughout is the powerful
atmosphere that defined The Rain Garden sound.
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background
The
Rain Garden, now in 4 piece (and occasionally 5 piece)
mode. Percussionist Sudha Kheterpal (now with pop band
Faithless) adding a more solid percussive base to the
groups sound and freeing the others to roam on a wider
range of instruments. The whole session had a refreshingly
exploratory feel as ideas were freely exchanged and tired
out.
The musicians gathered in an Mary's attik studio and over
the course of several days produced some extrordinary
music.
There was a real creative freshness on this album. New
ideas were flowing back and forth and the improvisations
were especially stunning. The album feels at times like
a sacred ritual.
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influences
Oregon,
Alan Stivell, Stephan Micus, Okay Temiz, Terry Riley,
Collin Walcott, ECM
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trivia
2 - by Carl Peberdy
9 -by Mary Browne
5, 6, 8 - by Chris Conway
4, 11 - by Conway, Peberdy, Browne, Kheterpal, Everitt
1, 3, 7, 12 - by Conway, Peberdy, Browne, Kheterpal
Another
version of Life is for Living can be heard on Re-Orient's Seven Steps to the Sun album.
In D is a reference to Terry Riley's classic In C.
Different versions of Distances appear on Chris Conway's Sanctuary/Piano Natural album as "Beyond Distance" and Chris
Conway's Happy Landings album Think Blue, Count Two as
"Journey Beyond Distance"
The
openng sound on the album was produced by Sudha whirling
a tube of plastic piping round and round over her head.
This
album marks the first time Dave Everitt recorded with
the group.
The
title "Closer to the Flame" came about accidentally
when the band were making toasted cheese under a gas grill
in a lunch break.
CC's
fave track -Closer To the Flame
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