13 Blackbirds/13 Lotus

by 17 Pygmies

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2 CD set with cover art by Marnie Weber. CD 2 contains "Lotus" mixes by various artists. Produced by Jackson Del Rey. Art Direction by Jackson Del Rey. Layout by Meg Maryatt.

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1.	1-01 Heavenly Intro 00:40	buy track
2.	1-02 13 Blackbirds 03:30	buy track
3.	1-03 Tree Of Life 03:21	buy track
4.	1-04 Get Out! 02:51	buy track
5.	1-05 Cras Amet 03:07	buy track
6.	1-06 Precious Hearts On Fire 04:10	buy track
7.	1-07 Lotus 03:15	buy track
8.	1-08 Water Carry Me 04:47	buy track
9.	1-09 A Brief Interlude 02:12	buy track
10.	1-10 History 03:14	buy track
11.	1-11 Lila Pausa 03:37	buy track
12.	1-12 Ubi Sunt 04:47	buy track
13.	1-13 Heavenly Creatures 03:50	buy track
14.	1-15 Arcanica 04:16	buy track
15.	1-16 Bley 04:21	buy track
16.	1-17 Heavenly Creatures (The Sequel) 03:40	buy track
17.	2-01 Lotus 03:11	buy track
18.	2-02 Lotus 06:32	buy track
19.	2-03 Lotus (Rainforest Crunch Mix) 06:41	buy track
20.	2-04 Lotus (Notorious P.Y.G Mix) 03:17	buy track
21.	2-05 Lotus (Squeezebox Mix) 03:06	buy track
22.	2-07 Lotus (Electropygmy's L.A. Adventure) 05:24	buy track
23.	2-07 Siren Lotus 06:25	buy track
24.	A Lotus On New York Streams 03:15	buy track
25.	2-09 Lotus (Floating Petals Dub) 07:24	buy track
26.	2-10 Lotus (Call From The Minaret Mix) 07:14	buy track
27.	2-11 Lotus (Beloved Mind Glitch Mix) 05:16	buy track
28.	2-12 Lotus (Distressed Mix) 06:43	buy track
29.	2-13 Lotus (Electric Mermaid Mix) 06:23	buy track

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After a brief 17 year absence, ‘80s icon band 17 Pygmies strikes back with not a one, but a two disc set of new and unusual compositions that not only encompass the elements that made the band a cult curiosity, but in fact includes and expands upon those sounds in a manner assuring them of yet another foothold (but a stronger one) in the world of musical obscurity.

Consisting of original member of 17 Pygmies and Savage Republic, Jackson Del Rey, Jeff Brenneman (original member of White Glove Test) late ‘80s 17 Pygmy’s member (and resident in-house poet) Louise Bialik. Additional players are classical guitarist Meg Maryatt, violinist Jean Sudbury, cellist Tanya Haden and gospel singer Jacquie James who combine their unique talents to create a new blend of unpopular musical styles dubbed arcanaca.

Partly pop, partly folk-implosion, partly classical, partly cinematic, partly electronica, partly…(you get the picture) the Pygmies utilize the Brian Wilson “whatever works” aesthetic to get their musical vision(s) across. Can you play it on the radio? You tell me…I don’t think you can dance to it, but if you are really desperate, I suppose you could dance to anything.

But that is just disc one..disc two consists of 13 different versions of the composition “Lotus” by 13 different guest artists, ranging from Tupac Shakur mixer Lea Reis to New York based chanteuse Jo Gabriel to the sometimes trippy (but always interesting) sounds of in-house mixer Echo Wanderer.

With the recent interest in ‘80s music and the resurgence of meaningful, acoustic based, but uniquely inspired folk-implosion music, 17 Pygmies would seem to be in the right place at the right time.

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released January 2, 2007

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17 Pygmies La Quinta, California

Keeping in mind that we are talking about a band with a 39+ year history, 17 Pygmies are a band that has admittedly undertaken many personnel changes (the only original member is Jackson Del Rey) and diverged in any number of musical directions. The band now has a lineup that includes Jackson Del Rey (aka Philip Drucker), Jeff Brenneman, Dirk Doucette, Meg Maryatt and Greg Grunke. ... more

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