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Originally Posted by ShCeriff Rhys Chatham
free improv.?
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Thanks for the input but I'm looking more for recommendations of specific recordings. Free improv also falls in the category of music I don't really care to hear at the moment.
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Originally Posted by Savage Clone
If you can find a record on Nonesuch called "The Pulse Of Tanam," pick it up. Vina music from India, and a fine one it is.
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The 4 CD box set "The Christ Tree" by the Trees ommunity, recently reissued in this deluxe form with 3 additional CDs worth of material by the wonderful Hand/Eye label, is a masterpiece of strange Christian folk music made by a travelling Christian dropout commune community in the early 1970s, and contains some seriously compelling and beautifully played music. This was a really far-out group for its time, and sounds very good even by contemporary standards of strangeness, yet they were also not "naive" players' they were very talented musicians. Taking influence from the middle and far east, weird chanting and beautiful folk sounds, this really is a true "lost gem." I'm not into "Jesus" music per se, but this transcends all that. It's a compelling listen, and the sincerity of its makers shines through. REALLY GOOD.
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Yes! That's exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for.
I've already collected almost all the original Nonesuch recordings (including the Pulse of Tanam), but a fine record it is.
The Trees Community I have never heard of. Do you know if there's anything cheaper than a 4 CD set? I was actually thinking about including religous music in the 'what I'm looking for list' when I first posted this.
edit: nevermind. turns out the box set is only $30.