Welcome to the 1st edition of the rainbow family circus & tribal zoo field recording project. The name was a humorous definition of the gathering by long time rainbow Frenchy. The Montana gathering was held near the town of Jackson, Montana, in the Beaverhead National Forest. I had purchased the recording equipment several months prior to the gathering and I was slowly figuring out how to position myself in a complex environment as recording around a campfire, walking on the trails, in windy conditions or huddled near center stage at Granola Funk Theater often presents an unexpected challenge.
When I began to sort through the recordings I realized at that point I was knee deep into this project. Now over ten years later I am still at it and the opportunity to record in such a spontaneous and adventurous environment is what keeps me going. We live in exciting and uncertain times(aren’t we always?) and the warmth, joy, exuberance, and wonder that is evoked around the campfire is becoming even more unique and distinctive in today’s world.
It is my hope to offer a small glimpse of the magic that may be bestowed in these recordings. Jeweled nuggets of sound which sometimes appears like they are about to fall apart. Some do. Although I do think you will find that many hold together and rise to the occasion to delight our ears. And sometimes it is the sounds in the background, the laughter, the crickets, the sneezing, the distant drums or what have you, that decorate even the simplest of songs in a way that you just can’t capture in a recording studio. OK, enough already.
This collection contains 2 CDs. The first CD has 15 tracks on it and the second CD has 15 tracks. Pass Freely, No Sale or Commercial Use.
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The option to download the albums as a ZIP is coming soon…
CD 1
- Walkabout/Drum Boogie – Various 7.3 MB
- All Blues – Kid Village Jazz Band 6.7 MB
- Jah Jah – Rich 2.8MB
- Fall – Wild Thing 2.1 MB
- If I Could Be In Dixie – Colonel Crust 2.5 MB
- Bring It Home – Groove Camp 3.1 MB
- Living In Bliss – Shambala 9.2 MB
- Spirit Take Me Home – Sasha Butterfly 5.6 MB
- These Are The Times – Double Dose 2.4 MB
- Guitar & Melodica – Stilts 1.7 MB
- Oud & Tar – Nada Bindu 5.7 MB
- Chant #1- Nada Bindu 5.6 MB
- Orisha Chant- Various Granola Funk 3.1 MB
- Song Needs A Title – Unknown 3.7 MB
- Walk Your Own Road – Bear 3.2 MB
CD 2
- Y’all Come – Double Dose 2.3 MB
- Improv – Kid Village Band 6.9 MB
- Rainbow In My Mind – Bear 3.1 MB
- Little Green Men – Colonel Crust 2.8 MB
- Love Is Divine – MJ 5.2 MB
- Universal Lover – Fantuzzi 5.0 MB
- Mother – Various Granola Funk 4.1 MB
- OM Song – Nada Bindu 7.9 MB
- Chant #2 – Nada Bindu 13.0 MB
- Bringers Of The Dawn – Ariana w/ Double Dose 4.8 MB
- Weave a Web – Heron & Rebecca 4.6 MB
- Crickets – Dem Der Crickets 950.5 KB
- Kalimba & Flute- Random 2.2 MB
- We’re A Rainbow – Phillip & Kid Village 2.7 MB
- Secret To A Long Life – Groove Camp 3.0 MB
