Sequences Special Edition No 173: The Music of David Parsons
We welcome you to another special edition, the music of David Parsons, an influential musician who has been so important in our genre of electronic sounds.
I came to hear David’s music in 1983, the album ‘Sounds of the Mothership’ by accident when visiting a classical record shop, from that day I have a big fan of his unique blend of Western technology & Eastern music.
David continues to live in New Zealand (or Middle Earth, as he has taken to calling it since his homeland became the cinematic home for The Lord Of The Rings trilogy), and still writes music for television and film. With his experiences traveling through Central Asia over the years have given him an insight into his own music. The darkness that has remained a defining element of his sound today, he says, “not darkness, really. It's more like a sense of awe. You go to the Himalayas and you hear the rumble of the ice and the low long horns of the monastery. Tibetan Buddhism has that darkness: it’s not evil, it’s the awesome power of the universe, the sound of Om. That’s the darkness I’m drawn to.”
We have a collection of tracks from most of David’s output from the last four decades, with his latest album released on gterma ‘Chakra’, which carves and weaves its way through the mysteries surrounding of the seven Chakras, starting at the crown and working towards the foundation.
TRACK
02.03 Sahasrara
09.56 Atmanaut
16.37 Offerings pt 1
24.52 Tashi
34.07 Akash
43.40 Tsaparang
52.41 Old Man In The Trees
01.00.11 Beyond The Pass
01.11.30 Corona
01.20.08 Alien Dreaming
01.28.38 Tisra Loka
01.37.58 Cloud Gompa
01.47.33 The Future Buddha Realm of the Hungry Ghost
01.54.33 Gurla Mandhata
02.01.05 Shaman
02.07.59 Urartu to Ubud
02.14.38 Tantra
02.23.39 Haha Puja
02.34.12 Himalaya
02.43.28 Tibetian Plateau
02.56.14 Meditation On A Loney Pool
I came to hear David’s music in 1983, the album ‘Sounds of the Mothership’ by accident when visiting a classical record shop, from that day I have a big fan of his unique blend of Western technology & Eastern music.
David continues to live in New Zealand (or Middle Earth, as he has taken to calling it since his homeland became the cinematic home for The Lord Of The Rings trilogy), and still writes music for television and film. With his experiences traveling through Central Asia over the years have given him an insight into his own music. The darkness that has remained a defining element of his sound today, he says, “not darkness, really. It's more like a sense of awe. You go to the Himalayas and you hear the rumble of the ice and the low long horns of the monastery. Tibetan Buddhism has that darkness: it’s not evil, it’s the awesome power of the universe, the sound of Om. That’s the darkness I’m drawn to.”
We have a collection of tracks from most of David’s output from the last four decades, with his latest album released on gterma ‘Chakra’, which carves and weaves its way through the mysteries surrounding of the seven Chakras, starting at the crown and working towards the foundation.
TRACK
02.03 Sahasrara
09.56 Atmanaut
16.37 Offerings pt 1
24.52 Tashi
34.07 Akash
43.40 Tsaparang
52.41 Old Man In The Trees
01.00.11 Beyond The Pass
01.11.30 Corona
01.20.08 Alien Dreaming
01.28.38 Tisra Loka
01.37.58 Cloud Gompa
01.47.33 The Future Buddha Realm of the Hungry Ghost
01.54.33 Gurla Mandhata
02.01.05 Shaman
02.07.59 Urartu to Ubud
02.14.38 Tantra
02.23.39 Haha Puja
02.34.12 Himalaya
02.43.28 Tibetian Plateau
02.56.14 Meditation On A Loney Pool
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