Sequences Special Edition No 173: The Music of David Parsons

We welcome you to another special edition, the music of David Parsons, an influential musician who has been so important in our genre of electronic sounds. I came to hear David’s music in 1983, the album ‘Sounds of the Mothership’ by accident when visiting a classical record shop, from that day I have a big fan of his unique blend of Western technology & Eastern music. David continues to live in New Zealand (or Middle Earth, as he has taken to calling it since his homeland became the cinematic home for The Lord Of The Rings trilogy), and still writes music for television and film. With his experiences traveling through Central Asia over the years have given him an insight into his own music. The darkness that has remained a defining element of his sound today, he says, “not darkness, really. It's more like a sense of awe. You go to the Himalayas and you hear the rumble of the ice and the low long horns of the monastery. Tibetan Buddhism has that darkness: it’s not evil, it’s the awesome power of the universe, the sound of Om. That’s the darkness I’m drawn to.” We have a collection of tracks from most of David’s output from the last four decades, with his latest album released on gterma ‘Chakra’, which carves and weaves its way through the mysteries surrounding of the seven Chakras, starting at the crown and working towards the foundation. TRACK 02.03 Sahasrara 09.56 Atmanaut 16.37 Offerings pt 1 24.52 Tashi 34.07 Akash 43.40 Tsaparang 52.41 Old Man In The Trees 01.00.11 Beyond The Pass 01.11.30 Corona 01.20.08 Alien Dreaming 01.28.38 Tisra Loka 01.37.58 Cloud Gompa 01.47.33 The Future Buddha Realm of the Hungry Ghost 01.54.33 Gurla Mandhata 02.01.05 Shaman 02.07.59 Urartu to Ubud 02.14.38 Tantra 02.23.39 Haha Puja 02.34.12 Himalaya 02.43.28 Tibetian Plateau 02.56.14 Meditation On A Loney Pool