Experimental

THE ELECTRIC BIBLE | CHAPTER 240

POSSIBLE MUSICS JON HASSELL & BRIAN ENO (1980) A1: CHEMISTRY (6:48); A2: DELTA RAIN DREAM (3:22); A3: GRIOT (OVER “CONTAGIOUS MAGIC”) (4:00); A4: BA-BENZÉLÉ (6:03); A5: RISING THERMAL 14° 16′ N; 32° 28′ E (3:34). B1: CHARM (OVER “BURUNDI CLOUD”) (21:24). CATEGORY: FOURTH WORLD |…

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Fourth World

THE ELECTRIC BIBLE | CHAPTER 183

BROWN RICE DON CHERRY (1975) A1: BROWN RICE (5:15); A2: MALKAUNS (14.00). B1: CHENREZIG (12:50); B2: DEGI-DEGI (7:07). CATEGORY: FOURTH WORLD | DURATION: 39 MINUTES The first fully-formed manifesto of fourth world music, a mesmeric and hallucinatory fusion of global styles synthesized from Africa, India and…

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Drone

THE ELECTRIC BIBLE | CHAPTER 035

INCARNATIONS ROBBIE BASHO (1967) A1: LOST LAGOON SUITE: Walking Into The Forest/Prelude/Blue Wolf/Sky Medicine/Finale/Walking Out The Forest (12:16); A2: SONG OF GOD (11:04). B1: THE THOUSAND INCARNATIONS OF THE ROSE (13:38). CATEGORY: FOURTH WORLD | DURATION: 38 MINUTES Incarnations collects three extended instrumental tracks recorded by steel-string acoustic guitarist Robbie Basho (self-named after a…

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Drone

THE ELECTRIC BIBLE | CHAPTER 017

SACRED SOUNDS PANDIT RAVI SHANKAR (1965-67) A1: RAGA MALKAUNS: ALAP (10:03); A2: RAGA MALKAUNS: JOR (10:46). B1: RAGA RASIYA : VILAMBIT GAT IN TEENTAL (21:15). CATEGORY: FOURTH WORLD | DURATION: 43 MINUTES Master sitar-player Pandit Ravi Shankar is a central figure in the cultural integration of Eastern and Western music; his…

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