in the chamber of the april wind

by John R. Campbell

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1.	entering the western chasm 04:24	buy track
2.	now I see 02:16	buy track
3.	plum bud plum blossom plum 10:58	buy track
4.	the storm reaches the marsh (rain on the backs of geese and swans) 05:56	buy track
5.	joyous young pine 02:44	buy track
6.	in the chamber of the april wind 05:02	buy track
7.	triumph of the sparrow (Shinkichi Takahashi) 06:49	buy track
8.	utter/calm 04:16	buy track

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A Forest in Sound

The pine tree sways in the smoke,
which streams up and up.
There's a forest in sound.

My legs lose themselves.
The river mirrors flowers
like faces in a dream.

A chill wind and the white
memory of a sasanqua.
Rain comes and goes.

I'll wait calmly on the bank
until the water clears
and willows start to bud.

Time is singed on the debris
of violent fire. Somehow,
here and now, I am another.

--Shinkichi Takahashi
(trans. Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto, ed. John R. Campbell)

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released April 3, 2021

John R. Campbell: electric guitar, bowed guitars, piano, flutes, sampled yangqin, harp, and shakuhachi, electronics, loops, keyboards, processed harmonica, toy shamisen, kalimba, percussion, voice, electric drums

Juan Ramon Rodriguez: double bass, cello, bamboo flute

Compositions by John R. Campbell
Recorded 2021 at Hovering Horse studio, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

Cover art based on “Joyous Young Pine” (1944) by Morris Graves

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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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