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Dance Of The Helix
Matt Venuti and The Venusians
Inspiring music to chill and thrill to...featuring the Hang Drum and other exotic instrumentation with Venusianized compositions. Nothing quite like it...designed to help you feel alive and well.
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Honaunau | 3:43 | Play |
| 2 |
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Owl Song Man | 3:31 | Play |
| 3 |
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Wind Wand | 2:27 | Play |
| 4 |
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Headstand | 3:13 | Play |
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Dance of the Helix | 4:51 | Play |
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Bangin' the Hang | 3:00 | Play |
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Skeleton dance | 3:06 | Play |
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Twelve | 2:29 | Play |
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Tuko | 2:55 | Play |
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All Well | 3:37 | Play |
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Description
"Check this band out...they're great!"
Craig Newmark, Craig's List
Instrumentation:
Matt VenutiHang Drum, Electronic Valve Instrument, Keyboards, Puahe, Digeridoo, Percussion, Huaca, Glockenspiel, Basslines, Drum programming.
Daniel BerkmanKora (African Harp), Keyboards
Richard MichosAcoustic and Electric Guitars, Mandolin
John Steiner.Keyboards
Robert PowellPedal Steel and Electric Guitars
Rob MichaelGuitar on Wind Wand
Rifat SalamatVocals on Owl Song Man
Fusing exotic and familiar instrumentations, Matt Venuti has recorded and assembled 10 songs that range from ambient-atmospheric to future-funk, designed specifically as a platform to feature his newest joy: The Hang Drum.
Developed recently in Switzerland, the Hang Drum has 9-tones, is made of steel, and employs hand and finger techniques allowing a player to evoke tones that suggest gamelan, steel pan, guitar, and harp. As a longtime player of the EVI (Electronic Valve Instrument) wind synthesizer, the Hang Drum came to Matt as a welcomed acoustical accompaniment to his musical identity.
The Hang Drum is a sophisticated tuning matrix with 9 clear tones on the top, and flipped over it doubles as an Udu-type pot drum. In Dance of the Helix both ends are utilized, but mainly the tonal top side, creating trance-like and driving patterns, skanking rhythms, and tonal effects ranging from buttery to resonant.
The Electronic Valve Instrument (EVI) is a fascinating musical instrument that has trumpet fingering, an 8-octave range, and extraordinary expressiveness accessed through breath control. The EVI plays an important role in The Dance of the Helix, as in most of Matts recordings. The title track is a good example of the versatility of this expressive midi wind controller. Here the EVI performs the duties of cello, violin, flute, guitar, string section, and theramin. Matt also uses the EVI to play all the bass lines throughout the album.
Further info on Matt Venuti and the Venusians, the Hang Drum, the EVI, and Matt's "Theme Music Archives" can be found at www.venusians.com.
All songs written, produced, and recorded by Matt Venuti
except All Well by Matt Venuti, Daniel Berkman, and John Steiner.
Mastered by LP White using bio-resonant frequences
C&P 2006 Venus Central Productions
www.venusians.com