Temple of the Invisible

by Robert Rich

Temple of the Invisible cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 May 2003
  • Label: Soundscape
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 59:48
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Rich's first entirely acoustic recording dispenses with electronics to imagine the rituals of an invented lost culture, its tracks titled in a language of his own devising. Guests include qawwali singer Sukhawat Ali Khan, Forrest Fang on baglama and gu zheng, and Tom Heasley on conch shell, in a programme produced and engineered by Rich at his Mountain View studio.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, ritualistic, acoustic, ancient, percussive

Tracklist

  1. Etranon (3:20)
  2. Antalieh (7:13)
  3. Pa Tanak (7:51)
  4. Jibral (4:13)
  5. Fasanina (10:42)
  6. Tulcrhu (9:39)
  7. Lan Tiku (9:42)
  8. Otranon (7:05)

Credits

  • Forrest Fang - baglama, guzheng [gu zheng]
  • Paul Hanson - bassoon, bombarde [bombard]
  • Tom Heasley - voice, conch
  • John Bergin - design, artwork [additional]
  • Brad Cole - photography by [photographs]

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