Terracotta Canyon

LVDY - Terracotta Canyon

i have been a thousand different women

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eSTRANGEd couSINs is a project shaped by family, distance, and loss. Daniel grew up barely knowing his cousins Timmy and Kenny after his father left early in his life. While Daniel served in the military, Timmy and Kenny kept making music, and years passed without real contact.

After learning his father had died, Daniel reached out to Timmy. Their first deep conversation brought another heartbreak: Kenny had been killed in a motorcycle accident, and Timmy survived with serious injuries that stayed with him.

When they finally reunited, Timmy arrived with a thick notebook full of poems and songs written for his brother. The two walked to a dark boardwalk in the woods and played—Daniel on guitar, Timmy choosing pages by memory. Daniel recorded everything on his phone. The sound was raw and unpolished, but full of truth. Songs like “Let It Go,” “No Regrets,” “Wheels of Fate,” “Walk Upon Your Grave,” “Without You,” and “The Master of Pain” carried Timmy’s grief, love, and struggle to live with Kenny’s absence.

They spent years dreaming of creating more together. Daniel even wrote a full heavy album, hoping for another chapter. But that future changed when Daniel received the call that Timmy had passed away.

Though Timmy and Kenny are gone, their couSIN Daniel is still here, and the family line continues. eSTRANGEd couSINs now lives on as a dedication: a way to preserve Timmy’s voice, poetry, and spirit, and to let the world hear the heart behind their story.

It's Killing Me (Improv Demo at Wookie's)

Download the full 7 track album here: tinyurl.com/yagbbsxj

In early 2017, Amani Friend re-envisioned selections from his rich Liquid Bloom catalog to deliver new downtempo compositions into a contemporary electronic space. Subsequent to that Re.Generations release, Canadian producer ATYYA selected seven of the album's tracks to put his own spin on them.

Crafting whole new worlds around Liquid Bloom collaborators Poranguí, Deya Dova, Ixchel Prisma, Numatik, Rara Avis, and more, Tyy Clark generously imbues his signature tribal tonic into these works, for a mysterious and pulsing fresh spin on these re-imaginings -- one that balances the lightness of Amani Friend's remixes with an intriguing, contrasting darkness.

Never before have Black Swan and Desert Trax released an entire remix pack by one artist taking on another. This is truly a look behind the curtain at two innovative and truly groundbreaking artists.

credits:

All tracks remixed by Tyler Clark (aka AtYyA)
original tracks produced by Amani Friend
Ensañame original produced by Summit Jaffe

Musicians:
Amani Friend – didg, synths, shakers, percussion, jaw’s harp, nature
Deya Dova - ancient songline vocals [3]
Poranguí - medicine vocals, berimbau, percussion, ngoni [1, 3]
Robert Mirabal - native vocals & Taos flute [4, 5, 6, 7]
Ixchel Prisma - medicine vocals [2, 4, 5, 6]
Rara Avis - overtone chanting & spoken word [1, 2, 6, 7]
Natalia Clavier of Thievery Corporation - vocals [2]
Sahuna Love of Shamans Dream - conga drums [1, 3, 4, 7]
Sarah West - angelic female vocals [7]
Darma Friend – Shamanic Voice [7]
Michael Kott – cello [1, 4, 7]
Aum Prakash - charango guitar, whistles [4]
David Brown of Rising Appalachia - acoustic guitar [2]
Biko Casini of Rising Appalachia - percussion [2]
Trey Crispen – percussion [2]

Mastered by Gregor at GZ Mastering
Visionary Medicine Art by Luis Tamani
Graphic Design by Gonzalo Rescalvo
© and (p) Global Dragon (ASCAP)

All rights to the master recording licensed exclusively to:
Black Swan Sounds | www.blackswansounds.com

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Liquid Bloom - Resonant Migration Feat. Deya Dova (ReGen ATYYA Remix)

In June 2018, East Forest was invited to Ram Dass’ home in Maui to join in conversation and record brand new teachings from the legendary teacher. After capturing these words of wisdom, East Forest returned to his studio in the high desert of Southern Utah to compose the soundtrack to beautifully support each songs’ subject. In these new recordings, Ram Dass’ words speak masterfully to the modern challenges that so many face with technology, dark thoughts, the nature of soul and so much more. The new East Forest record also features guest appearances from the likes of Trevor Hall and Grammy nominated artist, Krishna Das, all framing Ram Dass’ teachings with contemporary voices and cementing the 87 year old spiritual teacher into an echelon of relevancy and immediacy — offering a direct antidote for a highly polarized nation that is deeply in need of a universal voice of wisdom, connection and unconditional love.

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I made this edit a long time ago and today I felt it needed to be shared.
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