Mind Over Mirrors - Bellowing Sun

Mind Over Mirrors - Bellowing SunA twelve faceted sonic inquiry into celestial cycles and the illuminating nature of darkness, Bellowing Sun is the majestic culmination of composer, harmoniumist, and synthesist Jaime Fennelly's immersive explorations of the natural world's sensory dimensions and the dialogues between musical traditions acoustic and electronic, vernacular and avant garde. Commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago for its world premiere performance, and

and his early recordings (like Kottke’s) were for Fahey’s Takoma label

a collection of tracks loosely themed around cerebral hypoxia and the beautiful complexity of the natural world

My sister and brother and I would often get together at my brother’s house in the Redwoods of Northern California

coming out in 1984 and acting as a bridge between their first two albums

along with one brief french horn piece that was multi-tracked

The record was recorded and mixed by Chicago scene luminary Dave Vetraino (Lala Lala

This means of working gave Manu and Laswell license to fuse synthesizers and kora

fighting with ‘Silver Bullets’ or the observant nature of Southern Lights on ‘Aurora Corona’

With lyrics inspired by the deeply personal

” is a tempo-shifting cabaret-style ditty that warns you “The OGI is watching you

this album may be deviating from the conventional definition of music

In this sense