ContemplativeMotion, by Bill McNeill Ross

ContemplativeMotion

by Bill McNeill Ross

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1.	Himalayan Calypso (with Sympatico Rhythm Unit) 04:26		buy track
2.	Running with the Wind (RhythmBowls I) 03:54		buy track
3.	Duet, VAST HandPan with the Cicadas (Live) 04:40	lyrics	buy track
("Bz-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z....")
4.	Reverberating Forest 03:48		buy track
5.	Camel Train Winding Over The Dunes (w/ Sympatico Rhythm Unit - rec. live) 03:52	info	buy track
6.	No; Yeah! (Live at Woodstock Chimes) 05:18	info	buy track
7.	Sailing (RAV Vast handpan, gongs) 05:40		buy track
8.	A Question Posed 03:04	info	buy track
9.	Atmospheric Stream 06:41		buy track
10.	Wandering the Night Skies 04:20		buy track
11.	Deep Cavern Gathering (Gong song) 06:26	info	buy track
12.	Crickets, Katydids, Woodstock village (nature rec., 1 am) 14:02	lyrics	buy track
"Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..."

about

Hello there - this is a new album of curious sounds, to slow you down and mellow you out, this time with some rhythms to it.

There are no electronics involved, they're all naturally made, handcrafted bells, gongs and percussion instruments of metals, wood, clay and skins. Then there are those most natural of all sounds, recordings of favorite corners of the natural world.

We hope it makes a nice little environment for you.
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It's the second of a pair of such albums, the previous being purely a flotation device (and soon to be coming to Garageband):

"All-Acoustic Contemplative Sound Spaces"
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mhRaj-UuCvD4kC1k8hv8M5XehaqfACAs0

Bill's produced and played on two other related albums, including with the group that appears here twice, Sympatico Rhythm Unit, and with the Warblehead Union. They're on all the major streaming services. It's all distributed along the spectrum of what we've always thought of as "World Trance Fusion" (in the traditional sense).

A sampling from those is collected in this 12-track Youtube playlist:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5lSqonhq3py-PT99euunWe-YZD-C7tgi

credits

released June 18, 2023

Big Thanks to Peter Blum, co-producer.

The album cover image is a work of unconscious toe art (it's a good story,) and the surprised photograph, truly a unique photo opp. One of those things that if you had tried to do that, you couldn't have done in thousand years.

(Image & photo ©2023 Bill McNeill Ross)

The members of Sympatico Rhythm Unit on the two tracks here were Kevin Johnson, Dave Ghent, Peter Blum, David Budd, Nathan Brenowitz and Bill.
Sympatico's album "Global Village Music" is on all the major music service, Apple, Spotify, etc. and Youtube:

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k8J9djK3N_K4tL06YhrjWmnEeVUJUKQ5c

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