Hearn Gadbois
Rara Avis
Abstrakce Records
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2022
Includes Instant Download
LP
21.99
ABST027
Gold foil print, incl. fold-out insert
Incl. VAT plus shipping / Orders from outside the EU are exempt from VAT
Tracklist
1Night 5:10
2Flesh of the Spirit 5:12
3From Here to There 2:54
4Wood 4:54
5Mojo 3:10
6Flown Home 2:16
7Take the Waters 4:47
8Baku Toodle 2:41
9What the Goatherd Heard 4:51
10Clay 2:41
11Tuba City 2:30
12Joinery 3:32

A compilation of Hearn Gadbois' tracks, published here and there along the years (1983- 2020). Most of them are home recordings with very little or no diffusion, so this release tries to shed some light on these amazing compositions. A sound related to Hassell's 4th world, but developed in a very personal way (he even designs & makes some of his instruments) that feels different and goes far beyond. Using mostly acoustic instruments, Hearn combines a love of traditional trance/ecstatic rhythms with the sensibilities of an outsider artist, creating a music that is both archaic and post-modern. A really original and rare work, difficult to classify or explain... In Hearn's own words, included in the liner notes:
"The pieces compiled here tend to fall, with some overlap, into a few broad categories as near as I can tell: Mystery Psychedelic Crime Jazz (Tuba City, Flesh of the Spirit), Ayahuasca Hut Bachelor Pad Music (Night, Take the Waters, Wood), or Party Music that just fell from the sky or bubbled up through a crack in the earth (Flown Home, What the Goatherd Heard)"

As a percussionist, composer for dance and film, instrument designer/ builder, session musician and teacher, Gadbois worked with Meredith Monk, Sussan Deyhim, Gabrielle Roth, Yoko Ono, Patti Smith, Suzanne Vega, The Master Musicians of Jajouka, and Wim Wenders, to name but a few.