Ourself Behind Ourself, Concealed

O U R S E L F , B E H I N D O U R S E L F C O N CWARREN EALED TASHA

& DAVE EGGAR

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AFRICAN TALES BY PAQUITO D'RIVERA CROW CAVERN BY CORNELIUS BOOTS BLACK MOUNTAIN CALLING BY MARTHA REDBONE LALIN BY NATHALIE JOACHIM PHANTASMAGORIA BY MEG OKURA SNAPSHOTS BY PASCAL LE BOEUF TASHA WARREN BASS CLARINET/CLARINET

FEATURING

DAVE EGGAR CELLO

MARTHA REDBONE VOCALS & PERCUSSION (3)

CHUCK PALMER PERCUSSION (3)

MEG OKURA VIOLIN (5)

PASCAL LE BOEUF PIANO (6)

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COINCIDING WITH THE UNPRECEDENTED RECKONING USHERED IN BY A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND THE SURREAL STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE, CLARINETIST TASHA WARREN AND CELLIST DAVE EGGAR EXPLORE INDIVIDUAL IDENTITIES IN CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH SIX MUSICAL STORIES FROM THE PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF COMPOSERS PAQUITO D’RIVERA, MARTHA REDBONE, PASCAL LE BOUEF, NATHALIE JOACHIM, CORNELIUS BOOTS, AND MEG OKURA. AS THE WORLD SIMULTANEOUSLY STOOD STILL AND TRANSFORMED ACROSS THE GLOBE, THESE SIX PIECES EMERGED AS A REFLECTION OF A NEW COMPLEX GLOBAL LANDSCAPE. FROM FAR EAST ASIA TO THE HAITIAN CARIBBEAN, TO THE PLAINS OF AFRICA, THEN JOURNEYING TO CUBA AND NEW YORK, THESE TALES WHISPER AND WEAVE TO FORM A BEAUTIFUL AND POIGNANT COLLISION OF GENRES. THESE NEW WORKS COME TO LIFE

VIA

THE

SHAPESHIFTING

NATURE

OF

THESE

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COMPLIMENTARY INSTRUMENTS TO TELL STORIES OF BEAUTY, POWER, JOY, ECSTASY, ISOLATION, AND UNITY; ALL UNIQUELY INSPIRED BY PERSONAL NARRATIVE, IDENTITY, AND THE TIME IN WHICH THEY WERE WRITTEN.

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TRACKS COMPOSED BY

PAQUITO D'RIVERA (1), CORNELIUS BOOTS (2),

MARTHA REDBONE (3), NATHALIE JOACHIM (4), MEG OKURA (5), PASCAL LE BOEUF (6)

PRODUCED

BY

DAVE

EGGAR,

TASHA

WARREN,

PHIL

FACONTI,

MIKE STEPHENSON (13), LOUIS LEVITT

PUBLISHED BY

BOOSEY AND HAWKES (1), WOOD GOD MUSIC/BMI (2),

REZ KITTY SONGS/SESAC (3), FLUTRONIX (4), MEGUMI OKURA/ASCAP (5), LE BOEUF BROTHERS MUSIC (ASCAP) (6)

ENGINEERED BY

MIKE STEPHENSON (13,.5), CLASSIC RECORDING STUDIO; JIM PRICE (4), BRENDAN MULDOWNEY (45), & MCLEE MATTHIAS (4), HAT CREEK STUDIOS; & COLTON CARNLEY (6), AURELATION STUDIOS

MASTERED BY

ANDY VANDETTE

MIXED BY

BRENDAN MULDOWNEY (1), JOHNNY NICE (23), JIM PRICE (46), PHIL FACONTI (45)

ALBUM COVER + PACKAGE DESIGN BY

MARIAN C. HOLMES

TRACKS RECORDED AT CLASSIC RECORDING STUDIO, BRISTOL, TN, MAY/OCTOBER 2021 (13); CARRIAGE HOUSE RECORDS, STAMFORD, CT, AUGUST 2021 (45); HAT CREEK STUDIOS, JOESBOROUGH, TN AUGUST 2021 (4); AUREALATION STUDIOS, KNOXVILLE, TN, OCTOBER 2021 (6)

“Ourself, Behind Ourself Concealed” is credited to The Poems of Emily Dickinson, edited by Thomas H. Johnson, Cambridge,Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Copyright © 1951, 1955, 1979, 1983 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

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