Curt and Bruce: Orcas Takes, by Curt and Bruce

Curt and Bruce: Orcas Takes

by Curt and Bruce

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1.	Homecoming 08:56	info	buy track
2.	Farewell 07:34	info	buy track
3.	Orcas 08:32	lyrics	buy track
Uuuuuuu Ahhhhhhh Uuuuuuu Ahhhhhh Mmmmmm
4.	In the Depths 03:46	info	buy track
5.	To the Sea 12:19	info	buy track
6.	Awakening 03:44	info	buy track
7.	Praise the Beauty 10:53	info	buy track
8.	Memories 10:22	info	buy track

about

These “Orcas Takes” were recorded at Susan’s Songhouse Studio on Orcas Island in 2010. Orcas Island is a subtly beautiful place with rocky beaches, deep forests and the sea and sky always close by. The ferry ride to the island gives a sensation of separation from life back on land. The calm Susan and Dave’s home and the drama of the surroundings bathed us for four days and made these sounds possible.

Because of the proximity of the recording to the living space at Susan’s house we were able to saunter into the studio and record — morning, noon or night. There are no preset compositions — Curt set up a tuning on the koto and we began improvising. The tuning of the thirteen strings on the koto and the length of the shakuhachi naturally became the parameters. Sometimes the instruments are in the driver’s seat — almost dictating to us in reverse. It is in these rare moments the music is allowed to go beyond Japan or America to a deeper and more elemental aspect of the traditional instruments and ourselves.

The poise and calm we achieved under Susan’s wing is such a precious and ephemeral thing. So much has happened in the decade that has passed since those four dream-like days— the disasters of 3/11 in Japan, the frightening changes in world politics, the looming catastrophe of man-made climate change. The times seem to be beckoning to us to release this music and continue to heed Susan’s constant call to “keep your heads in the music, and keep playing!“

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released April 15, 2020

Koto/Curtis Patterson

Shakuhachi/Bruce Huebner

Vocal Track 3/ Susan Osborn

Producer/Curtis Patterson and Bruce Huebner

Co-Producer/Susan Osborn

Recording Engineer/Susan Osborn

Mix and Master/Andy Bevan

Design/Shuichi Endoh

Recorded between May 31 and June 3, 2010
at Songhouse Studio, Orcas Island, San Juan Islands, Washington State

Cover Painting Turtleback Triptych by David Densmore

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Bruce Huebner Yokohama, Japan

Shakuhachi performer Bruce Huebner has 40 years of study, performance, composition and music production experience in Japan.

His music is a unique blend of traditional and modern, Western and Japanese, that is the product of his life between California and Japan. ... more