:: a little midsummer night music ::

Below you will find links to 80 minutes of music for your midsummer dining, dancing, chanting, romancing, shamanic, ecstatic, eclectic, sybaritic, psychedelic, skyclad, family trad, out-of-sight, out-of-body, late-night dee-lite.

No claims are made as to the authenticity, appropriateness, ritual efficacy, karmic safety or good taste of this music. Use with caution. Do not listen while operating a motor vehicle. Avoid direct moonlight. Play the tracks ONLY in the order listed below, to avoid the risk of planetary misalignment.

These files are posted for illustrative purposes only, to accompany a recent discussion on the MEP mailing list concerning pagan music, modern and otherwise. When possible, I have provided links to sources where you may purchase these fine recordings and support the artists, composers and (mostly smaller) record labels involved.

The files will remain on the server only for a short time. If you hold the copyright to one of these selections and would like it removed, just e-mail me at jazzpolice[at]nickname.berlin.de and this will be done right away.

Enjoy!

:: a fire on the moon ::

:: dionysia ::

1. Prelude (text from the Kalevala :: Einojuhani Rautavaara :: from The Myth of Sampo
2. Last Night Sleep :: Can :: from the soundtrack Until the End of the World
3. Night of Four Moons: 1 :: George Crumb :: Dawn Upshaw, soprano :: from White Moon
4. An den Mond (for the Moon) I :: Franz Schubert :: Siegfried Lorenz, tenor :: from Lieder Nach Goethe
5. Lost City :: Les Baxter :: from The Exotic Moods of Les Baxter (out of print)
6. In Sequoia's Shade :: Lou Harrison :: from Pacifika Rondo
7. You Are the Roots that Sleep Beneath... :: Bright Eyes :: from Fools
8. Bird :: Dead Can Dance :: from A Passage in Time
9. Jaguar God :: Dominic Frontiere :: from Pagan Festival (OOP)
10. A Hymn to Pan :: Unto Ashes :: from Saturn Return
11. Pagan Song :: Mychael Danna :: from the soundtrack Exotica
12. Polyamore :: Don Tiki :: from The Forbidden Sounds of Don Tiki
13. Lust :: Bas Sheva :: from Mondo Exotica
14. Dragon Dance :: Lucia Hwong :: from House of Sleeping Beauties
15. Nature's Way :: This Mortal Coil :: from Blood
16. Dark Waters :: Ingram Marshall :: from Dark Waters
17. For Whom the Bell Tolls :: Michael Andrews :: from Donnie Darko
18. Persephone, Queen of the Underworld :: Unto Ashes :: from Empty Into White
19. Midnight Zombie Dance :: Bruce Lenkei :: from Two Zombies Later
20. Spirit :: Dead Can Dance :: from A Passage in Time
21. Gentle Morpheus :: George Frederic Handel :: Dawn Upshaw, soprano :: from White Moon

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