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antonym 05:39
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the i and the eye 08:21
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directly to the point 06:50
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the wind is burning 07:49
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praxis 07:53
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zephyros 05:19
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the swallow at dome mountain 09:27
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phase 04:18
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blind lions 09:07
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John R. Campbell: guitar, bass, keyboard, vinyl samples
David Floratos: tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, effects
Kevin Van Walk: drums, percussion

Blind Lions formed at Hovering Horse studio over several months as we three musicians, each from a different generation but all deeply influenced by jazz and experimental musics, immersed ourselves in extended live improvisations. Our work was to convey our musical psyches to the edges of expression, well beyond genre boundaries. After many such sessions, it was time to record an album together.

Our name refers to our interest in spirituality and is drawn from a quote by Leon Bloy: "When those who love God try to talk about Him, their words are blind lions looking for a spring in the desert." The music also reflects our interests in landscape, classical composed musics, tribal musics, blues, noise, film music, collage, and poetry. All pieces are original group compositions.

For more blind lions music, go to
blindlions.bandcamp.com

credits

released October 30, 2017

Produced by John R. Campbell
Recorded at Hovering Horse studio, Corvallis, Oregon April--June, 2017


John R. Campbell is a progressive musician and a poet. He has worked with Trio Bravo, Woodman/Kellam/Campbell, Avant Garage, and other configurations. He produces music from his Hovering Horse studio in Corvallis, Oregon. johnrcampbell1.bandcamp.com

David Floratos is a saxophonist, flutist, and composer. He embraces jazz, funk, blues, and classical music as well as film/game music. He's played with, among others, the American Metropole Orchestra, The Western Hemisphere Orchestra, Black & Blue, DTW, and his jazz trio, The Leftside.
www.linkedin.com/in/david-floratos-b07973156

Kevin Van Walk is a drummer, musical catalyst, and impresario steeped in ambient music, free jazz, noise, and experimental. His projects include The Van Meyers, Toadstool, The Unraveling of Mrs. Pots, Module 7, and many other sonic excursions. kevinvanwalk.bandcamp.com

credits: vinyl samples

antonym:
Gustav Mahler
“Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde” (The Drinking Song of Earth’s Sorrow)
from Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) 1908

Lili Chookasian, mezzo-soprano
Richard Lewis, tenor
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Normandy, conductor
Columbia Records

directly to the point:
Jim Roche
“Lucky T’s Texaco” (1975)
Learning to Count: Jim Roche, Early Works
Hard Line Productions

Ravi Shankar
“Raga Rageshri”
Ravi Shankar: Improvisations (1962)
World Pacific Records

the wind is burning:
Robert Creeley
“The Rescue” (1962)
Twelve Contemporary Poets: 1966 Houston Poetry Festival Poets Reading Selections of Their Own Works
The National Council of Teachers of English

zephyros:
Roger Sessions
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d 1971 (poem by Walt Whitman, 1865)
Esther Hinds: soprano
Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano
Dominic Cossa, baritone
The Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
New World Records

the swallow at dome mountain:
Richard Strauss
Death and Transfiguration (1889)
The Vienna Philharmonic
Fritz Reiner, conductor
London Records

“Dome-shaped Mountain” (recorded 1973)
from the Keihina Dance

Papago singers, Santa Rosa Village (Kaij Mek), Arizona:
Jose Pancho
Baptisa Lopez
Mary Lopez
Eva Lopez

lyrics (translated):
the swallow flies past the mountain,
slowly and lowly singing his song,
with his head up in the air

Papago Dance Songs: An Anthology of Papago Traditional Music, Vol. II
Canyon Records

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John R. Campbell Corvallis, Oregon

John R. Campbell creates soundscapes via jazz, experimental, contemplative, spoken word, & alt roots textures. He's worked with
Trio Bravo triobravo.bandcamp.com
Blind Lions blindlions.bandcamp.com
Woodman/ Kellam/ Campbell woodmankellamcampbell.bandcamp.com
Avant Garage
avantgarage.bandcamp.com
& others. His blues persona, Green Man Blues, can be found at greenmanblues.bandcamp.com ... more

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