PGM 848 "READING THE BONES"

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PGM 848 : "READING THE BONES"
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PGM NOTE : a techno-triba-delic journey
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FEED DATE : 8-15-08
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INTRO: It's all so clear in retrospect. The electronic music
revolution of the 1970s empowered artists to explore a new
palette of ethereal sounds and unnatural atmospheres.
In less than 10 years, a new musical language emerged in
Europe, the U.S., and Japan, and spread around the world.
By the 1980s, they looked around...and it was good.

But it didn't take long before a few of these artists realized
that something was missing: the vital, rhythmic foundation
of ethnic and primitive music, famously built into rock from
the African roots of Rhythm & Blues. So just as early 20th
century painters looked to Africa, Polynesia, and other ancient
cultures for vitality and connection to the archaic human
experience — electronic musicians "went tribal."

The moment was marked by STEVE ROACH's famous trip to
the Australian outback and his 1988 album "Dreamtime Return,"
a title that wraps up the idea in two well-chosen words.
But other artists were already moving in this direction, first
crossing cultural barriers and then heading back in time,
to the roots of music and sound itself.

The genre that emerged was called "techno-tribal" —
a psycho-acoustic, trance-ambient music that combined
electronics, atmospherics, ethnic percussion (rainsticks,
rattles, drums), and didgeridoos. The combination possessed
some of the psychedelic powers of its shamanic forbears,
and it lives on today.

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RESONANT DRIFT
Rock, Sand, Soil, Bark (edited) <>2:44 >
: RESONANT DRIFT; Resonant Drift Music 180205; 2004
: Info: www.resonantdrift.com
--segue--
STEVE ROACH
Cerulean Blue Sky Over a Seared Desert Wasteland (part)
<>8:33 >
: LANDMASS; Timeroom Editions TM20; 2008
: Info: www.steveroach.com

STU JENKS
Aspens Ascending (edited) <>12:52 >
: WEST OF THE FIRE: Soundtracks for Photographs Vol. 2;
Fezziwig 1; 2005
: Info: www.stujenks.com

NUMINA
Red Stone, Black Sky <>18:18 >
: CHASING THE DAWN [compilation]; Ultima Thule Ambient Media
UTAM001; Australia 2006
: Info: www.ultimathule.info/CD2006.html; www.numinamusic.com

RESONANT DRIFT
On the Edge of Doubt (edited) <>22:05 >
: RESONANT DRIFT; Resonant Drift Music 180205; 2004
: Info: www.resonantdrift.com

BRIAN PARNHAM
Rising Temperatures <>28:39 >
--segue--
Altar of the Underworld <>33:45 >
: MANTLE; SteveRoach.com SR01; 2007
: Info: www.steveroach.com; www.floatingpointrecords.com

BIFF JOHNSON
Earth Extraction <>42:21 >
: READING THE BONES; Broad Vista Music BVM001; 1997
: Info: www.broadvista.com

AMIR BAGHIRI and BRANNAN LANE
Feather Dance (Part 2) <>46:36 >
: LUCID CIRCLES; BrannanLane.com BLCMUS508; 2004
: Info: www.brannanlane.com; www.amirbaghiri.de

STEVE ROACH
Fate Awaits [with Suso Saiz] <>50:49 >
: TRUTH AND BEAUTY: The Lost Pieces Vol. 2;
Timeroom Editions 2; 1999
: Info: www.steveroach.com

STEVE BRAND
Breathing Light (part) <>58:59 >
: BRIDGE TO NOWHERE; Hypnos Secret Sounds .20; 2008
: Info: www.hypnos.com; www.stevebrand.us

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PRODUCED BY : STEVE DAVIS and STEPHEN HILL
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BAY AREA WEATHER : convection oven
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(c) 2008 Hearts of Space
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