- Banana & the Flying Colors on vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, singing bowls, bells, and weirdness.
We feel extremely lucky to have some very talented dancers and performance artists with us at our shows in Montreal. The Secret Dancers of Mu, who accompany Feast of Spirits, have included Soy Boy, Catalina Insignares, Lucy May and Morena Lagrandeur.
We have also recently welcomed the "Children of Mu Ritualists" into our performances. For the Land of Mu show in 2008, our friends Rosemary, Cassandra, Chris and Elissa integrated a magickal ritual into our set - we sacrificed Linear Time in favor of Cyclical Time, and a bountiful harvest was released from a ritual clock and fed to the audience. The Children of Mu will be collaborating with us for our music video, which will be released in the summer of 2009.
Feast of Spirits is a 2-person, Montreal-based improvisational music act, whose repertoire explores many realms, including glitchy freak-folktronica, free jazz and tribal circus jams. Feast features Banana & the Flying Colors on vocals, keyboards, synths, and other instruments, and Specially Marked Boxes on vocals, broken toys, guitar and electronic glitchery. They collaborate with Montreal dancers, mystics and artists for their performances, integrating surreal theatre, experimental dance and Pagan rituals into their shows.
Their self-titled debut album is an auditory excursion that takes the listener into a dreamlike world of magic, mystery and mayhem. The 20 songs envelop the listener in a surrealistic tapestry of beautiful textures, hypnotic rhythms and spontaneous vocalizations. In The Day it Rained Watercolour, sonic colors splash the aural canvas, shadowed by the haunted echoes of stormclouds. Synthesizers, mbiras and vocal harmonies combine to produce an ethereal listening experience. The music on this album has been described by fans as ‘fun romps in a noisy, enchanted forest’, ‘outsider music for pagans’ as well as ‘an inspiring and refreshing feast for the senses’.
The Feast of Spirits album can be purchased for 8:50$ CAD on Cd Baby:
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Limited edition hand-crafted Feast of Spirits tape cassettes are also available for 5$ + shipping by contacting feastofspirits@gmail.com
i'm so happy you enjoyed some of it! especially because I really enjoy your recordings... supremely. let your friends know they can download all the goodies as well.
and there will definitely be some new albums coming soon.
until then, i look forward to speaking with you... and one of these days playing with you. -travis-
"Justice for missing and murdered Indigenous Women" in collaboration with CKUT 90.3 FM present: "Voices for Indigenous Women" at the Eastern Bloc on Friday March 6th 2009 in Montreal. 7240 Clark, 9pm 10$.
All proceeds from this show will go towards funding a lecture by Beverley Jacobs, president of the Native Women's Association of Canada, as well as a panel presentation featuring Jacobs, Ellen Gabriel of Quebec Native Women, and 3 women from the Kitigan Zibi reserve who have lost mothers and daughters. These events will explore the root causes of violence towards indigenous women in Canada and pressure our government to investigate the disappearance of at least 510 native women since 1980.
« Voices for Indigenous Women » will feature performances by:
It will also feature a silent auction with visual works by: Emily Rose Michaud, Caili Woodyard, Naledi Jackson, Ipapurw, Francis McKenzie, Chandra Melting Tallow, Bronwen Moen, Monique Mathieu and Allison Astridge.
Join us in requesting that the new administration focus on stopping the genocide in Darfur, ending poverty by accomplishing the Millennium Development Goals, and reducing climate change.
- just had the joy of hearing 'empty cities under the ocean'...a beautiful grouping of sounds to let loose in the air on this rainy afternoon in new york.
thank you for being a friend to our collection of songs.
"While it's hard to really try and compare The Darkening Scale to any other artist, this release is worth checking out for the simple fact that it's free and also because it's a breath of fresh air to the ears. Those looking for something different, dark, but playful should go and download this today." - ReGen Magazine
Sonic Archaeology:-
“A kaleidoscope of sampled instruments put into an avant-garde symphony. Without question, this release shows that sampling is a true art form …........ during part 2 it turns into what can only be described as bizarre carnival music, as if one were lost in some Neil Gaiman landscape.” ReGen Magazine
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