Dark Mandala is not yet finalized, but here is a tantalizing tidbit of info we discovered on the newly revamped website: www.davidrankineart.com -- the liner notes sound trippy, full of natural imagery and lyrical experimentation. :) Enjoy! PLEASE TAKE NOTE: you can order the CD at a pre-sale special price!!!
For Dark Mandala song samples, please visit www.myspace.com/dulcimerhead1
| Track List |
| Crucible |
| Dark Mandala |
| Thunderheads |
| Courting Song |
| From a Hill |
| Last Year and Today |
| Waves on the Point |
| Persian Trance Dance |
| Liminal |
| Deep Blue Star |
| Song Descriptions: The Crucible is already a concert favourite and is the lighter side of Duclimerhead's "medieval stomp" sound. You'll want to dance, shake and laugh to this one |
Dark Mandala is a quick tempo dance Eastern dance groove - that makes you feel as if you were riding a horse head-long towards a thunderstorm. Dark and brooding, full of the pregnant potential of All That Could Be. |
Thunderheads is a mid -tempo stomp that evokes the images of thunderheads piling up in the distance on a hot summer day |
Persian Trance Dance has long been our concert opus - slow of tempo and relentless in its forward motion - full of power chords and rock rhythms melded with a Eastern Dance spin with a taste of a Scots Hornpipe thrown in. |
| Deep Blue Star Another one that comes to a boil slowly- almost at a slow walk and then soars into the realms joy. A tip of the hat to Jazz -Rock meisters Deep Purple. |
From a Hill is a gentle finger picked air that was inspired by a walk through a sun drenched forest right after a rain fall- light sparkling on wet leaves and drops of rain. The simplest of all the tracks on this CD, this tune is the one most structured like a bagpipe tune (Dave's first instrument) |
Liminal Full of soaring voices and climbing chords. Dancing in a forest clearing. |
Waves on the Point What more can we say- wind and waves on the point. Clear skies and sun and nothing to do all day but play. Listen for the Ebb and Flow of the various Dulcimer parts. |
Last Year and Today - a tune that starts off as a introspective slow air and then morphs into a rolling finger-picked celebration. It is a tune about how we all gain perspective about past events |
Courting Song - is the last tune on the CD - a lullaby - a gentle fingerpicked sign off and a reminder that the "Dark Mandala" is a place of healthy change that reflects the All That Is and All That Was and the All That Will Be |
| PRICE: $25 presale price: $17 |
- Awakening the Heart (a guided meditation with Reiki Master Chantal Garneau)
- Sacred Sound (music played for the Sharon Temple Illumination 2008)
- Revealed Structure (an instrumental CD by David Rankine designed for healing and meditation)
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