Thursday, November 4, 2010

Deep in the Bamboo Cosmos



Peaceful Solutions was a collaboration between Kirby Shelstad and Richard Allen, two musicians from Nashville, Tennessee. This, their first lp, was released in 1984. Richard Allen made the instruments he is playing from bamboo. Various flutes including shakuhachi and transverse, whistles and bamboo saxophones were among the instruments used on this recording. Kirby Shelstad added synthesizers, vibraphone and various percussion instruments. The music is a kind of a folk/new age fusion and the result is unbelievable.

Peaceful Solutions
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12 comments:

  1. Gianni aka Cesare BarbettaNovember 4, 2010 at 12:19 PM

    thank you Zeroy, I am enjoying it.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 5, 2010 at 1:51 AM

    Thanks! Always a treat to discover something new and awesome!

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  3. SooorNovember 5, 2010 at 5:18 PM

    listening to it right now...

    only got past the three merlin's suite tracks yet but i can say that the album is worth it just for those 3 tracks alone :)

    thanks for this..

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  4. bassoNovember 5, 2010 at 10:27 PM

    oh my god! this is wonderful.........total blisssss thanks a lot!

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  5. MikeNovember 6, 2010 at 3:11 PM

    How do you find this stuff? You must have some radar built into your DNA for rare gems. ;)

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  6. AnonymousNovember 15, 2010 at 12:51 AM

    this is rad. couldnt find a discogs entry.

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  7. lukeNovember 18, 2010 at 7:38 AM

    what an absolute gem! thank you so much for sharing this

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  8. ZeroyNovember 19, 2010 at 5:11 PM

    Fixed the Discogs problem . . .

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  9. graphixNovember 20, 2010 at 4:36 AM

    thanks for the discogs fixing

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  10. AnonymousApril 26, 2012 at 1:18 AM

    any way you could re-up this??? thanks!
    -Kris

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  11. thesweettitzJune 12, 2013 at 5:16 AM

    i bought this on cassette at an art fair in louisville in the mid eighties. i listened to it constantly while reading fantasy novels.

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  12. RizOctober 21, 2016 at 12:03 AM

    Would love to hear this. Any chance of a re-up link? Thanks in advance.

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thanks!