Occasional Overtones:

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Late Sunday afternoon, 4th July 1999:
I go downstairs to play some music. 2 hours later the notes still keep coming and the tapes keep rolling. It’s getting dark but I don’t want to turn on the light and change the mood. Finally I run out of tape. I keep sitting in silence. What was all that? What did I play? I feel I’ve just returned from a walk through an enchanted forest. I go to bed. Over the next few weeks I listen back to the tapes and add a few sounds that remind me of that feeling that night. Maybe I heard them in my mind then. Although there are distinct beginnings and endings of musical movements they all appear closely related. I decide to keep them together. Here they are. Hope you like them!

The guitar and sitar featured on this CD were originally recorded on audio tape to utilise audio compression. Pickups and two microphones were used to capture the characteristics of the sound. The track were then transferred to digital recording equipment using minimal EQ to preserve the overtones and harmonies. The additional sounds were recorded digitally.

Tracklist:

1) Musical Box   8:42
2) Shimmering Light   7:45
3) Slide 4 Miles 4:26  
4) How Far Is East   7:02
5) Done This B4   7:19   mp3 sample
6) Mathnawi   3:58   mp3 sample
7) Last Rays Through Leaves  5:28
8) The Long Drive At Dusk   21:46   mp3 sample

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Ticket 2 Katmandu:

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Trying to slip back into everyday life after a 21 day track in the Himalayas can be quite a challenge. After our return home we moaned about it for weeks and it inspired the words to a song. A few more melodies and ideas emerged all reminiscent of our adventure. I've put them together here as snapshots for you. Maybe you have been through the same or maybe you intend to see Mt. Everest for yourself one day. So you can say: "Been there, done that, bought the CD!"

Tracklist:

1) Ticket to Katmandu   3:56   mp3 sample
2) Big ol' Truck   5:48
3) 21 Days   7:10
4) Movin' again   4:02   mp3 sample
5) Ticket to Katmandu   7:54
    (Freak Street Mix)   

Parts of the proceeds of this CD go to the Fred Hollows Foundation (www.hollows.com.au)
                         A HolyCow Production

A spicy mix of eastern and western sounds and styles. Be mesmerised!

1) Raise Your Head  4:07   mp3
2) Loving Strangers   6:34
3) Sabe Sankara   6:27
4) Rasa Leela   5:02   mp3
5) Dance of the Dragonfly   5:53   mp3
6) Thumri   6:56   mp3
7) Da Pacem Cordium   4:46
8) Kaharwa   5:28   mp3
9) Leaves   4:24
10) Light on a Lily   5:51

Produced by Martin Tucker

from Lyra with Love:

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Tracklist:

1) Let's Dance in the Temple   3:32   mp3
2) Your Own Star   5:06   mp3
3) The Groove Ganesh   4:25   mp3
4) From Lyra With Love   6:52   mp3
5) Angels   3:41   mp3
6) The Flame of Love   7:17
7) I'm Ready 2 Go   4:05
8) Handa Dani   6:19
9) Cool It Down   4:33
10) O.R.I.O.N.*   5:23
11) Sabba Danam   10:00
12) All Is Fine   7:24

*On Request Information Out Now

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