Master Musicians Of Bukkake
Totem Three (CD)
FormatCDLabelImportant RecordsGenrePsychedelia & Kraut
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This is the final offering before entering the new wave of the failed future from MMOB. Totem Three journeys from quiet Bardo womb choosing meditations and instrumental mantras to the delusional glee of Kali Yugafied Indian rock. Totem Three is the most diverse and heartfelt of the Totem trilogy. A steady pulsating musical mirror prison expressing the atrophy of our "modern world" through No-Age hallucinations of passionate and unfolding melodies. A blissful mirage filled caravan with no destination pushing onward through a mercurial blue sanded desert between what is and what was. A place where disembodied nomadic djinn join in lament attempting to push through the cell phone interference with a message of no return. Culminating finally in the Totem Trilogy's finale the John Carpenter nodding synthetic 80s horror film decay and the utter realization of our "FAILED FUTURE".........."what is veiled, what was, what will be and what will never be, what will we do when we go from living to only surviving?".......Totem Three
Featuring seven new pieces influenced by the music of Satyajit Ray, Tuareg music of the Sahara, Early Music, and John Carpenter, and the writings of French philosopher René Guénon. Totem Three features guests from Secret Chiefs Three and Alan Bishop from the Sun City Girls as well as many more luminaries from the Seattle music scene. Featuring artwork by Seldon Hunt completing the connecting art of all three of the Totem records. Produced By Randall Dunn.
Format
Recorded, Mixed and Produced at Aleph Studios.
Ney on track 3 recorded in Istanbul, Turkey's ADA studios November 2009.
Additional recording in Mt. Shasta, California at Schism Studios.
Songs 1, 3, 6 contain the mantra: Om ah ra pa ca na dhih.
Special thanks to: Alan Bishop, Greg Anderson, Stephen O'Malley, Gentry Desley, Leesa and Max, Laura, Mell Dettmer, Faith and Aaron, Oren Ambarchi, Tinarawen, Group Doueh, Troy Swanson, The Sahel, Mark Gerghis, Jessika Kenney, Eyvind Kang, Satyajit Ray, Rene Guenon, Conspiracy Records, Joris, Seldon Hunt, Dylan Carlson, Ben Chasny, Becca, Meagan, Orkun Tunc, The Traditionalists, John Carpenter, Dean Overton.
Totem One, Two and Three are dedicated with love from us to: Charlie Gocher, Alan Bishop, and Sir Richard Bishop. Thank you.
Note: The record label indicates May 2011 as release date but pre-sales started in April during the band's tour in Europe.
Release notes
Recorded, Mixed and Produced at Aleph Studios. Ney on track 3 recorded in Istanbul, Turkey's ADA studios November 2009. Additional recording in Mt. Shasta, California at Schism Studios. Songs 1, 3, 6 contain the mantra: Om ah ra pa ca na dhih. Special thanks to: Alan Bishop, Greg Anderson, Stephen O'Malley, Gentry Desley, Leesa and Max, Laura, Mell Dettmer, Faith and Aaron, Oren Ambarchi, Tinarawen, Group Doueh, Troy Swanson, The Sahel, Mark Gerghis, Jessika Kenney, Eyvind Kang,…
| 1 | Bardo Sidpa | 5:37 | |
| 2 | In The Twilight Of Kali Yuga | 5:26 | |
| 3 | Illuminating The Ten Directions / Mahur | 3:51 | |
| 4 | Prophecy Of The White Camel / Namoutarre | 7:57 | |
| 5 | 6000 Years Of Darkness | 5:16 | |
| 6 | Reign Of Quantity And The Signs Of The Times / Patriarch Of The Iron Age | 4:21 | |
| 7 | Failed Future | 8:15 |
- Seldon Hunt
- Artwork [Original Artwork And Concept]
- Don McGreevy
- Drums, Percussion, Gong [Gong Ritual], Acoustic Guitar, Other [Eternal Thirst]
- Dave Abramson
- Drums, Percussion, Singing Bowls, Performer [Calabash], Finger Cymbals [Tingsha]
- James Davis
- Electric Bass, Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar [Nylon String Guitar], Other [Fair]
- Milky
- Electric Guitar, Vocals, Other [Drifter, Yugas]
- Taiana Karr
- English Horn [Guest], Oboe [Guest]
- Hans Tueber
- Flute [Guest]
- Josiah Boothby
- French Horn [Guest]
- Tor Dietrichson
- Goblet Drum [Tabla]
- B.R.A.D.
- Gong, Other [Divination, Atrophy, 80's Italian Fear], Vocals
- Mell Dettmer
- Mastered By
- Serkan Bağkesen
- Ney [Guest]
- Dawndra Budd
- Photography By
- Randall Dunn
- Recorded By, Mixed By, Producer, Trumpet [Dungchen Tibetan Long Trumpet], Overtone Voice [Throat Singing], Synthesizer [Korg Ms-20, Micromoog, Korg Poly Six, Arp-2600], Mellotron, Guitar, Sounds [Audio Hallucinations]
- Steve Moore
- Trombone [Guest]
- Timb Harris
- Violin, Viola, Other [Middle Way]































































