An exploration of seven centers of awakening, from the material realm to the astral. Composed and performed by Gregory Allison on violin and viola. www.gregoryallison.net

Recorded at Lions Den Studio, Cloverdale, CA
Engineered by Mitchel Slade
Mixed by Jason Adams and Gregory Allison
Mastered by Gils Van Klooster

Conical Visions

Portal

Inhale

Desire

Arise

Recorded as a livestream during the first lockdown in March, 2020, this 44-minute improvised ambient set is an expression of stepping into the unknown- the darkness- without a light or knowledge of what's to come. May it serve as an accompaniment for the long winter nights and carve out a sonic space to make peace with what is as-yet unknown. I offer it with the hope that through the music you may find a moment of release.

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Recorded live in an apartment in Los Angeles on March 28, 2020

Gregory Allison plays violin, keyboard (track 3), sansula (track 4)

Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Gregory Allison

Album Cover Photo by Eric Lee Huffman www.headshotsbyhuffman.com

©2020 Holy Volcano Music

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Gregory Allison creates with a single violin a sound that travels across great landscapes.  He brings the sensibility of a film composer into a live and intimate setting.  His training in South Indian Classical music brings a melodic fluency and emotional fire to his compositions while his Western Classical training is apparent in the wide sonic palette that he creates.  He is a sound shaper.  His violin goes from intimate weeping to orchestral soundscapes, carrying the listener on a journey all the way.  
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A composer, multi-instrumentalist, and actor who performs in a wide variety of styles and genres, Greg is originally from Madison, WI where he began studying piano at age 5 and violin at 9.  In high school he used his classical violin training as a springboard for learning about improvising, jazz, world music traditions.  He started playing the mandolin and his studies on the instrument landed him a four-year scholarship at the Berklee College of Music in Boston where he completed a degree in Composition. After college he moved to Vermont and was a founding member of the ME/2 Orchestra, a nationally-recognized full orchestra based in Burlington, VT created for people with mental disabilities and those who support them. He also performed in the traditional middle eastern music ensemble Grup Anwar, and travelled to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with the Vermont theater troupe Spielpalast Cabaret. In Portland, OR he opened a private studio teaching violin, viola, mandolin, and piano while performing over 200 shows a year with Three for Silver, Eliza Rickman, as a sideman for various local bands, and as a studio musician. He has received two U.S. State Department grants to tour and teach in Russia.
 
In 2018 he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a solo performing, recording, and film scoring career.  He formed the acoustic trio RAQIA who will be releasing their second studio album next year. His first solo album is due out in early 2021.

Gregory Allison

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