Brahman by Breath
BRAHMAN is an ode to the unchanging all pervasive true reality. It exists in and is the connective thread shared by all living things. The Trimurti in chorus, you and I, all one awareness. Music in service to the mirror of nature, to what can arise through stillness.
These songs were originally written as a three-piece opened to an expanded potential from our two-piece beginning. First enlisting fellow Portlander and peer musician Lauren Hatch on Keys. After recording, Rob Wrong (Witch Mountain, The Skull) was struck with inspiration to write and record guitar for the entire album. This unforeseen development and synchronicity continued, folding in new aspects like the appearance of TJ Minnich (Spitalfield) on Djembe in tracks 2 & 5.
Fed by a magnetic fascination to the mystery schools and Shamanic rites of ancient peoples. Emerging reborn, a mediator of this world and the other. Singing to trees, speaking with animals, imbued with the secret lore. At a cost they overcame with the treasure they sought. It's losing ourselves in the woods or meditation and transmuting those experiences into the vibrational feeling and space our musical fingerprint holds.
Tracklist
| 1. | Monastery of the Seven Sages | 8:00 |
| 2. | Awen | 8:49 |
| 3. | Sanliurfa | 6:13 |
| 4. | Sages | 4:05 |
| 5. | Cedars of Lebanon | 3:44 |
| 6. | Hy-Brasil | 11:49 |
Credits
Steven O'Kelly - bass guitars & vocals
Ian Caton - drums & auxiliary percussion
Rob Wrong - guitars
Lauren Hatch - keyboards
TJ Minnich - djembe (tracks 2 & 5)
Recorded and Mixed by Rob Wrong at Wrong Way Recording
Mastered by Justin Weiss at Trackworx
Artwork by Tyler Wintermute
License
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Portland Oregon's bass guitar and drum duo Breath began through a drive of songwriting and spiritual seeking, coalescing into Primeval Transmissions. Growling distortion to incense laden marches that draw inspiration from mystery schools like Orphism and Druidry. Reflected in the songs which serve as a vehicle for exploring inner landscapes through philosophies that transcend the physical world.