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"Field of Reeds"

musicians are:

Anthony Curtis Guitar

Forrest Young Drums

C J Wolfe Drums

Marc Langelier Bass

Brian Cruze Acoustic Bass (upright)

Justin Smith Guitar Rhythm/Clean

FIELD OF REEDS composed by Anthony Curtis all rights reserved 2009 ablanathanalba music BMI album will be out sometime in 2009

song list as of December 5, 2008

1. TETRAD only one chord and four tones!

2. HYMN TO ATEN two great 12 tone rows laid out like Parisian Gardens.

3. BOOK OF TWO WAYS mostly compound whole tone what I call Pan tone because while it is all-interval it is micro-tonal also.

4. HEKA, like my earlier song on BOOK OF THE KEY called RUINS after UMmMakathoum's THE RUINS or Al-Atlal, is built on the nine-tone scale used in ancient times to invocate the Muses. Unlike RUINS though I have married east and west in HEKA, Ruins was much more eastern --no doubt influenced by living in Qatar for a few years.

5. HORRATIO or the ratios of Horus more whole tone with only acoustic and electric guitar.

6. BIRDIE AND YUMMIE IN THE DUAT more whole tone.

7. OSIRIS one of my most challenging works to date with lots of John Coltranisms in particular ratios from "BRAZILIA" and "ONE DOWN ONE UP" This work is dedicated to the luminous AKHU/JA-Lus-pa OSIRIS-COLTRANE.

8. SO LONG sappy like my love of Walt Whitman and his LEAVES OF GRASS.

9. POOLS OF HORUS pt II compound whole-tone/minor pentatonic.

10. ROSTAU I used the Hijaz or even scale just as my song INLAND SEA was written with the Hijaz scale. That will do it for BOOK OF TWO WAYS, now I'm off to see the wizard --Blessed are the Pure in Heart, for they shall see OSIRIS.

Anthony Curtis is a musician, composer, and teacher devoted to sound. His albums include Book of the Key (2005), Destroying Silence (2006), Ladies Choice Records vs. Veneto West Records (2006), One Hour Talisman (1997), Squint (1994), Everything is Relative (1991), Variations on the Theme of Being (1989), Yoga of Sound (1988), The Deepest Seat (1987), Six Persimmons (1986).

Book of the Key was recorded in Los Angeles and features Tony Levin on bass and Chapman Stick, Lewis Pragasam on drums and percussion, Mike Keneally on Fender Rhodes, Jeff Gauthier on violin, and Ronan Chris Murphy on harmonium. Book of the Key was released by Jester Records in March 2005 with album art by Kim Solve and Trine Paulsen.