Will
Pimlett & Chris Conway - Summoning The Spirit
Will
Pimlett - Native
American flutes
Chris
Conway -
keyboards,
piano, acoustic & electric 9 string guitars, voices, harmonizer,
theremin, low whistle, native percussion and vocal samples
featuring
-
Michael
Looking Coyote - spoken word
1
The
Circle
2
Two
3
Essence
4
Spirit
Runner
5
Beginnings
6
Better
Way
7
Eagle
Call
8
Land
of Winding Waters
9
Great
Spirit Told Me
10
Summoning
the Spirit
A
Tribute to the Native American People.
Evocative music, words and sounds combine to make an atmospheric
soundworld especially featuring Native American flutes.
"Amazing. This is without
doubt an exceptional CD" - The Holistic Directory
background
When
asked to do a tribute CD to the Native American People including
some wise sayings by Michael Looking Coyote, CC immediately thought
of Will Pimlett, with whome he had shared the bill at a couple
of festivals. Chris then went o to create the music around the
flute parts drawing inspiration from a wide array of sources,
and incorporating Michale Lookin Coyote's spoken word sayings,
using them sparingly through the album.
influences
AR
Rahman, Alan Stivell, Paul Winter, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Jim Pepper,
Oregon
trivia
The
album was created very quickly - under 3 weeks - in order to coincide
with the launch of Vision Magazine which had a feature on Native
Americans - 2 tracks were on the cover CD. Chris thinks that speed
of putting it together captured a freshness and spirit somehow.
The album has gone on to sell really well all over the world and
is to date Chris Conway's top selling new age album.
Michael Looking Coyote has used the music on the album as a backdrop
to an album of spoken word meditations.
CC's fave track
- Great Spirit Told Me
track
by track
1.
The Circle 5.12
This piece kind of grew to be like a majestic adagio-like film
theme.
Will - native flute (made by Raymond Redfeather) Chris - synthesizers, native percussion and vocal samples Coyote - spoken word
2.
Two 6.05 The way the rhythm sample and Coyote's spoken word gelled
together made this special. Wills flute line suggested the chords.
Will - native twin flute (Barry Gould) Chris - synthesizers, voices, native percussion and samples Coyote - spoken word
3.
Essence 4.19 flute and 9string acoustic guitars gave this a really fresh
sound. Wills playing is stunning on this.
Will - high C native flute (Barry Whitecrow) Chris - acoustic 9 string guitars, synthesizers, native
percussion and vocal samples Coyote - spoken word
4.
Spirit Runner 5.02 Coyote's strong words made this a powerful piece. The middle
section is a bit special.
Will - native flute (Raymond Redfeather)
Chris - voices, harmonizer, electric 9 tring guitar, synthesizers,
native percussion and vocal samples Coyote - spoken word
5.
Beginnings 4.11
An atmospheric soundscape - I imagined a camp by the river at
dusk.
Will - high C native flute (Barry Whitecrow) Chris - synthesizer, native percussion vocal samples
6.
Better Way 4.29 A fun piece - the way the chill-out loop locked so well
with the native samples - I just couldn't resist it.
Will - native twin flute (Barry Gould) Chris - synthesizers, drums, native percussion and vocal
samples Coyote - spoken word
7.
Eagle Call 1.49 A beautiful solo native flute performance by Will.
Will - high C native flute (Barry Whitecrow)
8.
Land of the Winding Waters 4.38 Piano and native flute worked really well together, and
added a new texture to the sound. Again some great playing by
Will.
Will- native flute (Raymond Redfeather) Chris - piano, synthesizers, water samples Coyote - spoken word
9
Great Spirit Told Me 6.09 Again I couldn't resist it - native flute and theremin?
surely not ! - but yes it works on this very mellow hypnotic
piece.
Will - native twin flute (Barry Gould) Chris - theremin, synthesizers, native percussion samples Coyote - spoken word
10.
Summoning the Spirit 11.06 Fun to duet with the native flute and low whistle at the
start. This grew and grew as I added layer on layer of vocals
- the track grows to feel really powerful.
Will - native flute (Raymond Redfeather) Chris - synthesizers, voices, harmonizer, theremin, low
whistle, native percussion samples Coyote - spoken word
What
we thought: Amazing
This is without doubt an exceptional CD, I love Native American
Music and have a lot of CDs with this type of music on. If you
like Native American Music you really must get this. Allyson
Well
I have just got this CD and all I can say is WOW! I feel it will have a wide appeal--not just to those that
like me are working in the Shamanic way.It can be played as
background music quietly---or wound right up and blasted out!!
10/10!!!!
