TALES OF POWER

Since the release of Tales of Power by Rich Patz at Shroom , I've been really really appreciative of so many kind words about the music. Likewise I enjoy as well , the not so positive stuff too! It's all good, as we all , players and listeners alike, are part of a greater collective, a brotherhood/sisterhood in a great form of expression and communication - it's just great to share the music after so many years. Important to note regarding the recording, is that it's not a studio one. "Tales..." is made up primarily of early basement demos, with music recorded live in stereo (only 2 mics) onto an under-exploited Dokorder 4-track reel-to-reel. Vocals were then overdubbed with myself literally crammed into bassist Tom Ketterer's bedroom closet, clothes and all, with the door slid shut. Of the few other overdubs(BGVs and acoustic piano on the NOVELTY , synth & guitar jungle FX on the POND ) they were also in Tom's room , ac.piano and full band were in the Ketterer's basement. One track, as credited, is Live at Allegheny Community College to 2 track but perhaps is a live mic (2) and direct signal from mixer blend - , that would be Except for Dreaming (aka The Last Remake of Sredni Vashtar) the final version of the first song we ever wrote. Other points of post-Arabesque interest to anyone still curious : In summer of '81 I moved to State College PA and joined local favorites "RED ROSE COTILLION" (see redrosecotillion.com and jamie thompson. net) . We did a final, groovey version of THE FARMER SONG which became an RRC fan favorite. All live recordings from The PHYRST etc..

On a sad note, Arabesque drummer Jim Renda , dearest friend, died suddenly in November of 2005. He was a beloved gentle soul and a great drummer. Deeply missed every day by this arabuddy. More recordings exist and are in the Shroom archives. Three 16-track real studio tunes from 1980 as well as more basement demos. PLUS a huge archive of personal music from 1974-2006 from everybody in the Arabesque lineage: Schizm, Spectra, Jirus, Tuberunity, free-form jams and solo projects.....

I can be reached via Red Rose or Jamie Thompson or temporarily at [email protected] THANKS AGAIN for all the kind feedback -- BK.

The craft continues .....

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