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AbsolutZero(D.V.M.)
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Justin Chaos
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Waterbone is a musical collaboration between two very different individuals. A native of North Carolina, Jimmy Waldo is a veteran of the rock and pop world, with a long history of successful recording projects. He grew up listening to music from around the world on his short wave radio. He began playing in bands in high school, and had many successful regional touring bands.
After moving to Boston in 1979 he formed the short lived but highly successful group New England, signed a major label recording and management contracts, touring with Kiss, Cheap Trick, Heart, and dozens of others and had a blockbuster radio hit, “Never Gonna Lose Ya”. In 1983 he founded the seminal group Alcatrazz, and with Yngwie Malmsteen and Rainbow’s Graham Bonnet, they broke new ground in the progressive rock arena. He has written music and worked with such notable names as Eddie Kramer, Todd Rundgren, Peter Frampton and many others, and produced music for film and TV.
D. Kendall Jones is a classical composer from Louisiana, having attended the Berkeley College of Music in Boston and UCLA. He is well known for his extraordinary guitar playing, which combines classical structure with a hard hitting rock style. In addition to music, Jones is skilled in fine arts and design. He has composed music for numerous films and television commercials, is a master computer programmer, composer, and accomplished classical and rock guitarist, and lives in Denver, Colorado with his wife Judy.
Together they bring their diverse backgrounds and talents to form what the critics are calling, “ a warmth and trippy originality to the normally sterile world of predictable beats.” - Rolling Stone.
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The Story
Adventure into other cultures is always full of surprises, and no matter how much one plans, the finest moments arrive unannounced. The unexpected is routine. Assisted by Egyptian percussionist Hossam Ramzy, we embarked on a quest to record the finest singers and musicians in Egypt.
One morning we got the bright idea to record a Nay (Egyptian flute) at an ancient, sacred location. We contracted a guide, rented horses, and, with recording equipment and a well known Nay player named Mohamed Aly, set out to find a suitable location First stop was the Sphinx, but upon dismounting we were confronted by armed guards who assumed we were news reporters. After appeasing the guards, we snuck around to the rear of the ancient monument, crossing through a historic graveyard. But another guard stopped us, and this one brandished a machine gun and demanded to know what we were up to. After he confiscated all the equipment, a heated debate ensued. The equipment was eventually returned, and we were escorted to the Tomb of Qar, who was thought to be the head of the royal palace and chief surgeon to the Pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty. Although normally off limits, a bribe bought 30 minutes inside the tomb. Mr. Aly, our Nay player, being typically superstitious, was visibly trembling in the presence of the delicate hieroglyphics. His performance can be heard on “Keeper of the Gates of Mars,” and the accompanying photo appears on the panel on the reverse.
On another day, as we walked through Khan El Khalili, an open bazaar in Cairo, a parade of men, who appeared to be celebrating, approached us. Waldo quickly grabbed two microphones and joined the parade. With outstretched arms, he recorded the celebration. The crowd can be heard on the track “Temple of Thorns.” “King of Cups” was named after a waiter in the bazaar area of Cairo. Tape was rolling as we caught the waiter, chanting and playing teacup percussion with an enormous tray of teacups balanced on his head. The lyrics of this song describe a young bride, who, while working in a rice field in northern Iran, yearns for her beloved to return from a saafar, a hunting expedition. There was one particularly poignant moment of our Egyptian adventure. Late one afternoon, with several hours to spare, we decided to venture out into the desert to the distant side of the Pyramids. We rode a camel to our destination. We climbed a sandy bluff, looked back at the panoramic view and saw the Pyramids bathed in purple twilight. Appearing brightly in the southwestern sky were the three diamonds of Orion’s belt, clearly visible directly above the glowing Pyramids. This is the moment that gave this album its name.
— D. Kendall Jones and Jimmy Waldo
The Story
Adventure into other cultures is always full of surprises, and no matter how much one plans, the finest moments arrive unannounced. The unexpected is routine. Assisted by Egyptian percussionist Hossam Ramzy, we embarked on a quest to record the finest singers and musicians in Egypt.
One morning we got the bright idea to record a Nay (Egyptian flute) at an ancient, sacred location. We contracted a guide, rented horses, and, with recording equipment and a well known Nay player named Mohamed Aly, set out to find a suitable location First stop was the Sphinx, but upon dismounting we were confronted by armed guards who assumed we were news reporters. After appeasing the guards, we snuck around to the rear of the ancient monument, crossing through a historic graveyard. But another guard stopped us, and this one brandished a machine gun and demanded to know what we were up to. After he confiscated all the equipment, a heated debate ensued. The equipment was eventually returned, and we were escorted to the Tomb of Qar, who was thought to be the head of the royal palace and chief surgeon to the Pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty. Although normally off limits, a bribe bought 30 minutes inside the tomb. Mr. Aly, our Nay player, being typically superstitious, was visibly trembling in the presence of the delicate hieroglyphics. His performance can be heard on “Keeper of the Gates of Mars,” and the accompanying photo appears on the panel on the reverse.
On another day, as we walked through Khan El Khalili, an open bazaar in Cairo, a parade of men, who appeared to be celebrating, approached us. Waldo quickly grabbed two microphones and joined the parade. With outstretched arms, he recorded the celebration. The crowd can be heard on the track “Temple of Thorns.” “King of Cups” was named after a waiter in the bazaar area of Cairo. Tape was rolling as we caught the waiter, chanting and playing teacup percussion with an enormous tray of teacups balanced on his head. The lyrics of this song describe a young bride, who, while working in a rice field in northern Iran, yearns for her beloved to return from a saafar, a hunting expedition. There was one particularly poignant moment of our Egyptian adventure. Late one afternoon, with several hours to spare, we decided to venture out into the desert to the distant side of the Pyramids. We rode a camel to our destination. We climbed a sandy bluff, looked back at the panoramic view and saw the Pyramids bathed in purple twilight. Appearing brightly in the southwestern sky were the three diamonds of Orion’s belt, clearly visible directly above the glowing Pyramids. This is the moment that gave this album its name.
— D. Kendall Jones and Jimmy Waldo
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AbsolutZero(D.V.M.)
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amyrobin14
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Posted : Apr 14, 2006 14:30
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Waterbone is exceptional -- my mummy got me hooked! I've had this album for quite a few years, but i just the other day I listened to their first album "Tibet" again. Sooo nice.... Terrific fusion style music. |
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sure_smoke_alot
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Posted : Apr 15, 2006 09:25
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nice music
have heard 2 tracks :-
distance
hymm to isis
both nice
@justin
thx for the link bro
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