Tim Byrnes-vocals, synthesizers; Patrick Wolff-saxophones

All else has been consumed by
A holy cloud of forgetting
Build this man up by the way attained
Forth into the warm waters brother
He sat with them but not in vain
He sat among the ones long dead
A feast, a store, a partner, love.

Encourage him in all his ways
Help him to forget the time of disengagement
Calling power down
Upon the hour
Scouring the sea for Word and need
The broken healer
Prays the skies to shut the rain and
Makes them shower down again
A sign He's there, a Friend.
Skilled to these degrees.

"Lethe" is based on a lyric written sometime in 2008.  Toby Driver and I both made settings of this poem for a concert in Brooklyn in the fall of 2010 that featured Shane Perlowin on guitar.  Toby's setting later became the first track of Kayo Dot's Gamma Knife.  The Hazel-Rah setting was based on the harmony of a saxophone piece I wrote for a Lenten church service in 2007.  The vocal part was recorded in December of 2011.  The track was edited and mixed occasionally between 2012 and summer 2013. Wendell Edwards mastered it in fall of 2013.

Lethe

Toby Driver-vocals; Andrew Hock-guitar; Tim Byrnes-vocals, synthesizers

A love that serves her
She needs to be an 'am'

And a spiritual sister, her lovely ends disclosed
Eternally home
I'll keep a quiet eternity home
I'll stain deeper to pull her to finish
She needed to be an 'am'
Spiritual daughter, she's lovely, disclosed.

The lyric for "Middle Women" was written sometime in 2009.  A full-scale setting of the song was written in 2012, but this is a reduction of that setting.  This version was tracked in Bushwick December 2012, and mixed throughout 2013.  Wendell Edwards mastered it in fall 2013. 

Middle Women

A 'remix' of Candiria's "Pull" from the record The Process of Self-Development (1999).  Remix from 2008.


Pull (Candiria)

Recorded at Bennett Studios, NJ, January 2008 by Eric Bennett. Featuring Toby Driver on guitar, Mike Pride on drums, and Tim Byrnes on synth and voice. "...the most annoying song I've ever heard..." -George Korein

Recorded at home, March-May 2009.  Featuring Tim Byrnes on piano. voice, and synth.  

Wormwood

Recorded in Fort Washington Church, NYC, June 2010.  Featuring Tim Byrnes on horn in F and Charlie Looker on baritone guitar.  'Glacier' was composed in 2002 and revised in 2007.

Glacier

This track was recorded by Colin Marston, January to May 2011, at Menegroth the Thousand Caves and features Adam Minkoff on standard guitar, Charlie Looker on baritone guitar, David Andrew Moore on drumset, and Tim Byrnes on vocals, synths, and horns.  'Behold, A Firewall" was premiered at The Stone in New York City on February 19th, 2010 by the same musicians as recorded it.  To purchase, please visit http://africantapegroup.bandcamp.com/album/the-africantape-ep .

Behold, A Firewall

This track was recorded by Colin Marston, January to May 2011, at Menegroth the Thousand Caves and features Adam Minkoff on standard guitar, Charlie Looker on baritone guitar, David Andrew Moore on drumset, and Tim Byrnes on vocals, synths, and horns.   'Stars' was originally composed for Friendly Bears, though was never played by them.  The song was premiered at The Stone in New York City on February 19th, 2010 by the same musicians as recorded it.  To purchase, please visit http://africantapegroup.bandcamp.com/album/the-africantape-ep .

Stars

This is an excerpt from Side 1 of the upcoming release from Hazel-Rah on the Africantape Label.  Expect to see it on 10" vinyl and digital download in early February 2012.  http://www.africantape.com/

"Behold, A Firewall" was recorded by Colin Marston, January to May 2011, at Menegroth the Thousand Caves and features Adam Minkoff on standard guitar, Charlie Looker on baritone guitar, David Andrew Moore on drumset, and Tim Byrnes on vocals, synths, and horns. The song was premiered at The Stone in New York City on February 19th, 2010 by the same musicians as recorded it. 

Behold, A Firewall (excerpts)

This is an excerpt from Side 2 of the upcoming release from Hazel-Rah on the Africantape Label.  Expect to see it on 10" vinyl and digital download.  http://www.africantape.com/

"Stars" was recorded by Colin Marston, January to May 2011, at Menegroth the Thousand Caves and features Adam Minkoff on standard guitar, Charlie Looker on baritone guitar, David Andrew Moore on drumset, and Tim Byrnes on vocals, synths, and horns. The song was premiered at The Stone in New York City on February 19th, 2010 by the same musicians as recorded it. 



Stars (excerpts)

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