Ayahuasca

by Pelt

Ayahuasca cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 12 June 2001
  • Label: VHF
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 2:13:42
  • Community rating: 3.78/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Jack Rose, Mike Gangloff, Patrick Best, idiophone

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Ayahuasca' is a deeply spiritual and avant-garde plunge into long-form drone and free folk improvisation. Pelt utilizes acoustic instruments and Appalachian folk traditions to weave highly hypnotic, ritualistic, and mysterious psychedelic soundscapes.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, improvisation, ritualistic, droning, acoustic, experimental, atmospheric, minimal, repetitive, ambient, traditional, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. True Vine (16:42)
  2. Deer Head Apparition (26:57)
  3. The Cuckoo (6:06)
  4. Deep Sunny South (4:33)
  5. Raga Called John, Pt. I (12:10)
  6. The Dream Of Leaping Sharks (21:06)
  7. Bear Head Apparition (10:48)
  8. Will You Pray For Me? (3:29)
  9. Raga Called John, Pt. II (25:39)
  10. Raga Called John, Pt. III (6:12)

Credits

  • Mike Gangloff - esraj, hurdy gurdy [9-key], banjo, idiophone [electric bowl], zither [dolceola], vocals, tambura [tanpura]
  • Patrick Best - guitar, idiophone [tibetan bowl], organ [chord], concertina, vocals, tambura [tanpura]
  • Jack Rose - guitar, organ [chord]

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