PGM 164R "ANCIENT EVENINGS"

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PGM 164R : "ANCIENT EVENINGS"
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PGM NOTE : gene-splicing world music and electronics
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FEED DATE : 4-18-08
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INTRO: This week we continue our 25th Anniversary retrospective
series. On this transmission of HEARTS of SPACE, we go back to
the early days of the techno-tribal sound, with a 1988 program
called ANCIENT EVENINGS.

After years of nonstop electrification of popular music, the 1980s
saw a turn toward so-called "world music" from ethnic, traditional
and even aboriginal cultures. World music fusions by popular artists
like PAUL SIMON on GRACELAND and PETER GABRIEL on his solo
albums "MELT" and SECURITY inspired spacemusic composers to
ground the ethereal sound of electronic instruments by combining
them with earthy rhythms, trance percussion and ritual sounds.

This program featured English composer GARRY HUGHES' second
solo album ANCIENT EVENINGS, and STEVE ROACH's epic double
album inspired by the ancient aboriginal soundscape of Australia,
DREAMTIME RETURN — plus music by world frame drum per-
cussionist GLEN VELEZ from SEVEN HEAVEN, by GRATEFUL DEAD
drummer and ethno-musicologist MICKEY HART from DAFOS,
and by spacemusic composers KEVIN BRAHENY and STEVE ROACH
from WESTERN SPACES.

In the mythology of the Aborigines, the "dreamtime" was a
prehistoric era of continuous paradise. Documentary filmmaker
DAVID STAHL met STEVE ROACH while working on a film about
aboriginal rock paintings called ART OF THE DREAMTIME.
David Stahl writes:

"The ancient magic the initiated knew in the bush may already
be lost, yet a different magic, a universal subconscious longing
for a Dreamtime Return is firmly planted today in the mind of
modern man and in his heart."

These artists are all exploring a deeper, older sense of time and
space, which we can share.

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GARRY HUGHES
Ancient Evenings <>8:58 >
Trance 7 <>13:39 >
Zanzibar <>19:12 >
: ANCIENT EVENINGS; Audion SYNCD 314; 1988 — out of print

GLEN VELEZ
Ramana (edited) <>24:01 >
Snake Eyes <>28:35 >
: SEVEN HEAVEN; CMP Records CMP CD 30; Germany 1987
: Info: www.glenvelez.com

MICKEY HART et al
Dry Sands of the Desert <>33:47 >
Composed with Steve Douglas, Shabda Kahn, and Hamza El Din
: DAFOS; Reference Recordings RR-12 CD; 1983/1984
reissued by Rykodisc in 1989
: Info: www.mickeyhart.net/Pages/discography.html;
www.deaddisc.com/disc/Dafos.htm

STEVE ROACH
The Ancient Day <>39:54 >
Red Twilight with the Old Ones (part) <>43:35 >
: DREAMTIME RETURN; Projekt 175; 2005
originally released by Fortuna Records in 1988
: Info: www.projekt.com; www.steveroach.com

KEVIN BRAHENY
Desert Walkabout <>50:44 >
: WESTERN SPACES [w/ Steve Roach]; Fortuna 17051-2; 1990
originally released by Innovative Communication in 1987
: Info: www.harmonies.com/releases/17051.htm

STEVE ROACH
The Return <>58:59 >
: DREAMTIME RETURN; Projekt 175; 2005
originally released by Fortuna Records in 1988
: Info: www.projekt.com; www.steveroach.com

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PRODUCED BY : STEPHEN HILL
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BAY AREA WEATHER : superspring
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(c) 1988-2008 Hearts of Space
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