Description
- Mbira [4:11]
- Rainforest Suite: Forest Dreams of Bach [5:45]
- Rainforest Suite: Drumsong [4:41]
- Rainforest Suite: Surface [5:54]
- Sanctuary [6:24]
![MP3 soundclip of Sanctuary [3:00]](/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/m3u.gif)
- Temple of Eyes [5:19]
- The Raining Room [6:51]
- Veil of Mist [10:38]
- A Passage in Bronze [3:30]
A polyrhythmic, electroacoustic journey
Robert Rich –
The seed for Rainforest was planted while traveling through the heavily forested American Northwest, a region magnificent in its wild wet beauty, yet a painful reminder of the ravages of mankind. Seeing the scars of strip-cut lumbering gave me a visceral understanding of the ongoing deforestation of the planet. I felt a sharp sadness, a longing for Eden. I wanted to communicate this yearning through my music.
For me, the yearning for a world of lush physical beauty is a manifestation of a deeper yearning, an intuitive recognition of a very elusive Necessity. A thing of beauty can show us a Unity more lasting than the relative truths of our daily lives. By recognizing this Unity, we can strive to approve it and understand it. Rainforest” is about this yearning