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| released : June 20th 2009 |
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Western Voyage, Eastern Shore
click on image for more information price $25 |
| New Release- APRIL 11, 2009 NEWS For song samples click here: |
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dark mandala |
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The Dark Mandala is that which is unseen, but felt. |
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It is that pregnant pause at full darkness before dawn begins- the pause for breath before the next leap forward...the deep sleep of winter before the blossoming of spring. |
| It is the Shamans' sleep -the mystics' trance wherein the traveler sees the parts that where once over the horizon or hidden within mist. |
| Make of things what you will, |
| Decide how unassociated ideas slide together in a mesh of creation |
| How new springs form old, |
| How growth arises from decay and how the beginning of a thing is also the start of its end, |
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the beginning of decay is the bursting seed of newness |
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Track List |
| Thunderheads |
| Deep Blue Star |
| Persian Trance |
| From A Hill |
| Liminal |
| Waves on the Point |
| Last Year and Today |
| Dark Mandala |
| Shimmering Window |
| Why Not |
| Soft Wind |
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Song Descriptions: F |
| Shimmering Window is a bluesy prog rock journey in the manner of Pink Floyd. Along with DARK MANDALA, PERSIAN TRANCE and THUNDERHEADS, this tune represents The Dark Side of Dulcimerhead |
| Dark Mandala is a quick tempo dance Eastern dance groove - that makes you feel as if you were riding a horse head-long towards a thunderstorm. Dark and brooding, full of the pregnant potential of All That Could Be. |
| Thunderheads is deep, dark ominous living thing, a mid -tempo stomp that evokes the images of thunderheads piling up in the distance on a hot summer day and the arrival of darkness, rain, wind thunder and lightning. |
| Persian Trance has long been our concert opus - slow of tempo and relentless in its forward motion - full of power chords and rock rhythms melded with a slow Eastern Dance spin with a taste of a Scots Hornpipe thrown in. |
| Deep Blue Star Another one that comes to a boil slowly- almost at a slow walk and then soars into the realms of joy. A tip of the hat to Jazz -Rock meisters Deep Purple. |
| From a Hill is a gentle finger picked air that was inspired by a walk through a sun drenched forest right after a rain fall- light sparkling on wet leaves and drops of rain. The simplest of all the tracks on this CD, this tune is the one most structured like a bagpipe tune (Dave's first instrument) |
| Liminal Full of soaring voices and climbing chords. Dancing in a forest clearing. |
| Waves on the Point What more can we say- wind and waves on the point. Clear skies and sun and nothing to do all day but play. Listren for the Ebb and Flow of the various Dulcimer parts. |
| Last Year and Today - a tune that starts off as a introspective slow air and then morphs into a rolling finger-picked celebration. It is a tune about how we all gain perspective about past events |
| Soft Wind Lullaby - is the last tune on the CD - a gentle finge-rpicked sign off and a reminder that the " Dark Mandala" is a place of healthy change that reflects the All That Is and All That Was and the All That Will Be |
| Why Not -a newly recorded goth-prog-jazz rock number built around a wonderful matrix created by Fernando during his days in Heavily Medicated |
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PRICE: $25 |
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For Dark Mandala song samples click here: |
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