BINDU - Love and Dream Music

by Ariel Kalma

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1.	Visualise 04:50		buy track
2.	Japanese Dream 05:50	info	buy track
3.	Bindu 07:04		buy track
4.	Visualise 2 05:32		buy track
5.	Ballade sur le Lac - long version 13:48	info	buy track
6.	Love and Dream Music 12:03		buy track

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Recorded between 1976 to 1980 at the GRM studio (Musical Research Group) in Paris, France, where Ariel was an assistant engineer. Cover photo with Margot Anand.

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released January 2, 2020

1 Visualise, 4:50 At the GRM upon finding a recording of birds tweets and ocean sounds. Ariel decided to compose a soft guitar background with flute. Where did this melody came from?

2 Japanese Dream, 5:50 Recorded in 1973 at the GRM studio (Musical Research Group) in Paris, France with Monk Hayes on piano and Ariel Kalma on tenor saxophones, long loops, digital reverb, effects, tuning digital echoes and reverb until piano and saxophone seemed to float in space.

3 Bindu, 7:05 Unusual mix in a scale of an open-tuned zither, Tibetan bowls and bells plus an improvised bamboo flute in a long crescendo towards an open door… then a Breath Release …

4 Visualise 2, 5:23 As the first track but no birds, a bit faster, with harmonic voices, dumbeck on a relaxed journey to Dreamland.

5 Ballade Sur Le Lac, 13 :48 Ariel was in Geneva, staying near the beautiful quiet lake when there was a sudden strong, noisy lightning storm … it lasted just half an hour but impressed him enough to recapture this moment on an effect-less Bosendorfer grand piano… just a pair of Neumann tube mics. Full version = “ IN MY DREAMS” (another album)

6 Love and Dream Music, 12:03 Dreamcatcher inspiration mixing voices, Tibetan bowls, open-tuned zither, bells that Ariel gathered from his traveling…

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Ariel Kalma Byron Bay, Australia

Over 4 decades, Ariel Kalma published several vinyl LP's, cassettes, and CD's. His compositions have been used for modern dance-theatre, films, musical poetry, guided meditations, transformational groups. Ariel Kalma has also played on many albums in France - even throughout Europe, the US and recently Australia, where he lives. ... more

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