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1. Red - (physical) Invigorating and strengthening
the physical body. It relates to the base chakra, the earth, land, solids,
mineral, touch, glory, vitality, congeniality, joy, passion, sexuality,
heat, anger, blood, muscles, skin, body, Aries, Scorpio. (Key: C, Scale:
C ionian / mixolydian, Time Signature: 4/4)
This piece begins with the didgeridoo (earth).
It has an ambient keyboard introduction. The didge resounds, the click
sticks beat out a pulse and an electric guitar cuts through to finally
bring in into a melodic, rock music theme with drums, bass and rhythm guitar.
2. Orange - (emotional) Bridging the physical
and the mental. It relates to the sexual chakra, emotional and sexual energy,
passion, vitality, expansion, warmth, pride, manipulation, liquid, taste,
Leo. (Key: D, Scale: D natural minor, Time signature: 4/4)
Once again this piece begins very mellow and
with deep emotion on a journey through landscapes with wild horses and
wolves and wailing guitars to finally come out into Latin conga rhyhtms
and passionate guitars.
3. Yellow - (mental) Stimulating conscious
mental thought. It relates to the chakra at the solar plexus, conscious
mental thought, intelligence, will, wisdom, communication, criticism, judgement,
sun, light, Gemini. (Key: E, Scale: E mixolydian / pentatonic, Time signature:
7/4)
This music is light and rhythmic with Peter Haddock
playing a dancing flute around the 7/8 rhythms.
4. Green - (psychic) Opening the heart.
It relates to the heart chakra, life, healing, growth, plants, forest,
serenity, compassion, love, harmony, beauty, attraction, electromagnetic
energy, possessiveness, jealousy, Taurus. (Key: F, Scale: F major, Time
signature: 4/4)
This jouney begins in the forest, walking along
a path. The forest opens up and the sunlight shines onto an amazing vision,
your vision. The journey continues in a light, cruizy groove with accoustic
guitars soloing over a bed of vocal chanting, piano, fretless bass and
percussion.
5. Blue - (dream) Channelling dreams. It
relates to the throat chakra, speech, fear, anxiety, sky, space, ocean,
religious aspirations, dreams, creativity, serenity, constancy, devotion,
coolness, will, melancholy, Aquarius, Libra. (Key: G, Scale: G natural
minor, Time Signature: space)
This is dream music, floating, watery, washes
of sound textures with beautiful, whispy flutes played by Anthony Branagan.
6. Indigo - (imagination) Solidifying self
awareness within the dreamstate. It relates to the third eye chakra, spirituality,
inspiration, intuition, understanding, perception, creativity, coolness,
vagueness, superiority, Sagittarius. (Key: A, Scale: A ionian / mixolydian,
Time signature: 15/8)
A light, rhythmic arpegio dances it's way through
many textures building up to a crescendo as the drums and electric guitars
weave their way in harmony, whirling from left to right speakers.
7. Violet - (integration) Blending and
integrating all the various aspect of oneself, bring the power of all the
colours into physical reality. It relates to the crown chakra, psychic
awareness, spirituality, clairvoyance, idealism, cold, dreaminess, forgetfulness,
Pisces. (Key: B, Scale: B ionian / lydian, Time Signature: 4/4)
A long slow, orchestral journey of majestic splendor
on this velvety, magic carpet ride which flies to the heights of melodic
rapture with beautiful flutes and climaxing electric guitars.
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1. Jungle Walk - is a 15 minute long groove.It begins in the jungle with the birds, monkeys, elephants, roaring lions....the drum rhythms appear and the soprano sax answers the trumpeting elephants...the marimbas and bass set the groove and the jungle walk begins.We journey through a trombone solo, a tremendous tenor sax wailing with the animals and an electric guitar hotting up the groove with some funky rhythms....the steamy heat is finally quenched with the coolest alto flute charming the snakes and birds as we return to the jungle birds and creek.
2. Birds Call - we travel up into the Andes where the flutes and pan flutes, rhythms and calls lift us into the crystal skies of the "alti-plano".
3. Glow Qwela - night falls,the birds dissappear,the cricket
chorous chirps, the frogs croak out and the evening throb begins with a
"Baiao" rhythm (from NE Brasil) on the percussion. The bass,steel string
guitar, and finally the harmonized sax and flute melodies make us feel
like we're
hearing Kwela music in the African townships of Johannesburg.
4. In Flew Enza - was composed in 1989 when I had a bad dose of flu. Guitar,bass and drums create tight,chordal and rhythmic changes with the melodies switching from flute to sax.
5. Le Fleu - Stong,samba,funky rhythms with a catchy melodic line that developes and changes and climaxes.A superb flute solo by Tony.
6. Mumbo - Back to Africa for a brassy, rhythmic groove with melodic lines that cross over in layers.
7. Solsito - lift your feet up,close your eyes and appreaciate the exquisite soprano sax by Tony. This begins very smoothly and then moves into a light bossa nova feel to drift back into that spacey place.
8. Heart - a repetitive melody that pulls at the heart strings. The light, sensual samba feel gives me "saudades" (Brazilian for nostalgia) for Brazil, a country and people I love.
9. Latin Adventure - take the final journey with these five guitars back into the jungle.This is travelling music, a 5/4 rhythm sets off on percussion,the piano lays the chords and the groove,and the guitars weave their harmonies,layer upon layer .... we finally hear those junglebirds from somewhere and the constant flow of the creek ... back to our roots...........