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Tender Shadows Tender Shadows
Instrumental Classical/World Fusion - An acoustic piano and classical guitar composition, mainly in 6/8 and 3/4 time signatures, in the Baroque 'chiaroscuro' style -- blending shades of light and darkness in the hopes of producing a unified whole.
Prescient Visions Prescient Visions
Experimental Jazz/World Fusion - A reverie of Native American voices - featuring the Dine (Navajo) peoples - percussion, and flutes are fused with fretted and fretless bass guitar, two drum kits, electric violin, and a plethora of synth beds.
Akusala-Mula (The Three Poisons) Akusala-Mula (The Three Poisons)
Instrumental Jazz/World Fusion - This arrangement features electric guitars playing rhythm, melody, harmony, and lead in a foreboding mood over a complex synth bed.
Devas (Realm of Gods) Devas (Realm of Gods)
Instrumental Asian/Ethnic Fusion - This arrangement features dynamic interplay between a hammered dulcimer (panned left), an erhu - a two-stringed Chinese spike fiddle (center), and a pipa - a Chinese lute (right).
Asuras (Titans) Asuras (Titans)
Instrumental World Fusion - Guitar, tabla set, cymbals, ambient percussion, synth, and voices combine in an arrangement that includes a lot of tension and resolution, meant to symbolize the 'celestial hell' atmosphere of this realm.
Sankhara (Karmic Formations) Sankhara (Karmic Formations)
Instrumental World Fusion - Keyboard themes over a complex synthesizer bed, drone, and assorted percussion including: Tibetan singing bowls, Tibetan bells, and bar chimes.
Nama-Rupa (Name & Form) Nama-Rupa (Name & Form)
This arrangement features a banhu (or banghu - a Chinese spike fiddle) playing various themes over a bed of ambient percussion, 'Aum' chant, and effected flute.
Salayatana (Six Sense Spheres) Salayatana (Six Sense Spheres)
Instrumental World Fusion - This composition is centered around sitar and flute solos accompanied by tabla set, rhythm guitar, synth bed, and female voice.
Tanha (Craving) Tanha (Craving)
Instrumental Jazz/World Fusion - This arrangement features jazz fusion-styled electric guitar themes accompanied by synth beds, vox, and effected percussion.
Bhava (Becoming) Bhava (Becoming)
Acoustic piano themes in free time over atmospheric synthesizer beds.
Bhrigu Valli - Part III Bhrigu Valli - Part III
Panned percussion instruments and synth drones transition to an East meets West fusion ensemble accompanying the Vedic mantras of the last part of this Valli.
Bhrigu Valli - Part II Bhrigu Valli - Part II
East-meets-West fusion - Various synth vox, pads, and drones join traditional instrumentation in the accompaniment of lessons from the Taittiriya Upanishad.
Bhrigu Valli - Part I Bhrigu Valli - Part I
Instrumental intro, featuring keyboard themes over layered synths, transitions to the first four lessons of the last section of the Taittiriya Upanishad, each backed by different synth beds & pads, and traditional Indian instrumentation.
Amitabha (Buddha of Infinite Light) Amitabha (Buddha of Infinite Light)
Instrumental Classical/World Fusion - Synth introduction with Buddhist chanting transitions to an acoustic piano composition that features Asian themes performed in a classical theme-and-variations style, with tempo changes and free time sections.
Brahmananda Valli - Part I Brahmananda Valli - Part I
Traditional Vedic chanting is fused with a power trio, as well as added Indian instrumentation, in the first part of the middle section of the Taittiriya Upanishad.
The Will To Power The Will To Power
Instrumental Progressive Rock - Rhapsodic form constantly changing in tempo, time signature, key signature, dynamics, etc., in the style of first-generation symphonic prog rock.
Degrees Of Freedom Degrees Of Freedom
Instrumental Progressive Rock/Fusion - Rhapsodic form with an emphasis on melodic passages and personnel interaction that strives to balance prog rock and jazz fusion elements.
A Tense Bow... A Moving Target A Tense Bow... A Moving Target
Instrumental Progressive Rock - A three and a half minute rhapsody with a couple of tempo changes; electric guitar, drums, and bass guitar solos; and nine different time signatures.
Apartment Living Apartment Living
Instrumental Progressive Rock/Metal - Hard-edged stripped-down miniature composition with an emphasis on dissonance, atonality, odd time signatures, and rhythmically unstable themes.
Seven Falls, Eight Rises - Part I Seven Falls, Eight Rises - Part I
Instrumental Progressive Rock - This part features rhythmic and melodic statements over several odd time signatures, first guitar solo, and personnel interplay in the style of first-generation prog rock artists.
