Chelsea R.
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contributing musicians on Arrowwood songs are/have been: Pythagumus Marshall, Kim Larsen, Melissa Dusoliel, Lindsey Hoffman, Josh Lovejoy.
Influences
In Gowan Ring (especially the album "...the Glinting Spade"), Espers, Mum, novemthree, Current 93, Dead Can Dance, Death in June, Unto Ashes, Gravenhurst, A Minority of One, Autumn Tears, Green Mistletoe, ballads of the Legendary Pink Dots, Vashti Bunyan, birdsong, enchanted woodlands...all things mysterious, old churches, abbeys and monasteries, gold embroidered indian cloth, earl grey tea...books about strange things, castles and tapestries, melancholy poetry, moss, persian cats, bells on strings, pre-raphaelite and victorian fairy art, gypsy rings, old dagguerotypes and artistic photography, skeleton keys, mint leaves, old carnival fortune-teller machines, dreams, candelabra and old chandeliers, tales of circus "freaks", velvet, ancient architecture, sacred geometry, faith and religious wonderings, folklore, mushrooms on forest pathways, the smell after rainfall, mountain streams, paintings in antique carved frames, old glass bottles, costume-ball masks, ghost stories, dust in the sunlight, windchimes, butterflies and dragonflies, cutglass doorknobs, unrequited love, chaos and harmony...foxglove, white moths and stellar jays, wildflowers...
melancholy experimental folk music using various instruments such as voice, acoustic guitar (also played by Pythagumus and *Kim Larsen -on yet to be released material-), nylon strung harp, bouzouki, glockenspiel, mountain dulcimer (played by *Melissa Dusoliel -on yet to be released material-), harmonium (played by Pythagumus and many moons ago by Josh Lovejoy), recorder/flute/pennywhistles (often played by Pythagumus, more than once by Lindsey Hoffman), latin and tingsha bells, wood and metal chimes, singing bowls (sometimes played by Pythagumus), tambourine, gypsy finger cymbals, goat's toenails, djembe/hurdy gurdy (often played by Pythagumus), shakers & other noismakers....
The second part of the trilogy "The
Empty
Circle" by The Joy of Nature, entitled «Rastos de Sangue e fragmentos da
Tradição», has been now released by Ahnstern.
In this second part a lot more instruments were used and more
musicians collaborated, like R. Coutinho, B. Ardo (Sangre Cavallum), Rui
Almeida (Massa Última), Triarca, Mara Neves and M.J.
Not only a reaction against the modern world, but
an alternative to this post-modern world.
thank you for your lovely comment. am really pleased you are enjoying it, and thanks for getting hold of it. seems funny that something i made in a small place near Wales is travelling the world. I am a big fan of your music
Hey. Thanks for the add. I've got a couple shows coming up (6/24 @ The Swiss in Tacoma & 6/26 @ The Mocha Moo in Lakewood) so if you're in the neighborhood, come check it out! How's your week going?
The first Sproatly Smith album (RW 76) was released yesterday. The Yew And The Hare can be purchased for £5.00 from REVERBWORSHIP.COM Limited edition of only 50 I hope you enjoy xx
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