Jeffrey_Roden--Seeds_of_Happiness-(New_Albion)-2007-UKi

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2007-06-23

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      a r t i s t : Jeffrey Roden
        t i t l e : Seeds Of Happiness
          d a t e : 2007
        l a b e l : New Albion
	    c a t : NA133
      s o u r c e : CDDA
        g e n r e : Avantgarde
  r l s.  d a t e : Jun/2007
      t r a c k s : 26
    b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
          s i z e : 38,9 MB

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     These 26 pieces for 1961 Fender Precision Bass are comprised
     of two sets of miniature and minimalist cycles, recorded
     entirely over two separate days in Los Angeles area studios;
     each contains the briefest treatment that Roden could manage
     to convey the feelings and sensations at hand; they are as
     finite and elusive as leaves on a tree, as pearls on a string;
     a kind of melodic meditationthere is an idea, seeds,
     flowers... a kind of a musical seed catalogue in a med/mex
     ambient light, with a socal samba lurking beneath, an offering
     for equilibrium.

     Every note that is heard on the record was played live. The
     principle tracks of thematic material were recorded as one
     whole performance and the subsequent background tracks were
     then overdubbed without the use of loops or other devices.

     This record is a summation and a beginning. It required
     patience and faith to be made. There were many moments when it
     seemed that it would never be completed. Now that it is
     finished, it is inconceivable why this was so. What purpose is
     ever served by struggle. The answer is obvious, like all
     answers; because it was necessary.
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      01-On Awakening                                           [02:46]
      02-Stillness                                              [02:33]
      03-Shimmering                                             [01:50]
      04-Rift                                                   [02:43]
      05-Certainty                                              [03:06]
      06-A Radiance                                             [02:21]
      07-Clouds Like Choirs                                     [03:00]
      08-Four Vistas                                            [03:01]
      09-Labor And Breath                                       [02:59]
      10-Forms, Shapes, And Silences                            [02:48]
      11-Will Without Reason                                    [03:35]
      12-Revealed                                               [02:39]
      13-Forgiveness                                            [02:43]
      14-Episode Of Beauty                                      [02:59]
      15-Exultation                                             [01:38]
      16-Night                                                  [01:41]
      17-Three Notes Of Reverence                               [02:26]
      18-Devotion And Dance                                     [02:15]
      19-The Nature Of Solitude                                 [02:20]
      20-Theme Taken From A Master                              [01:49]
      21-Emanations                                             [02:12]
      22-Reflections Of A Small Room                            [01:30]
      23-The Sacred Nature Of Despair                           [03:05]
      24-Beginnings And Afterwards                              [02:16]
      25-Invocation                                             [02:13]
      26-Fulfillment                                            [04:05]
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                                                                 66:33 min

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