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DEAN DE BENEDICTIS: A LONE REPLY - This CD, released in 2001, is an atmospheric collage of multi-ethnic influences based primarily on American Indian culture and spirit. On A Lone Reply Dean draws on deep, elongated, atmospheric melodies, sometimes accompanied by driving hand-drum rhythms. Field recordings and various samples were also utilized to create slowly evolving layers of sound. A Lone Reply portrays a spirituality, simplicity, and sensitivity based on closeness with the earth, while at the same time seeks to extract a darkness and sorrow from the mystery of existence.
INSTRUMENTS AND MUSICAL EQUIPMENT LIST for A Lone Reply ---- SYNTHS: Yamaha SY77, Chroma Polaris II, Roland Juno 60, Ensoniq ESQ 1, Kurzweil K2000R, Korg M1, Roland D50, Akai AX 80, ---- PROCESSORS: Yamaha SPX 90, Digitech DSP 128, Alesis Quadraverb GT, Alesis Quadraverb 4, Lexicon PCM 90, DBX Compressors, AKG 414 mics, Bellari preamp ---- RECORDING: Tascam 38, Behringer Eurodesk, Power Tower Pro 2000, Tascam DA-30 MK II ---- SOFTWARE: Bias Peak, Cubase VST (Mac system 7) ---- ACOUSTIC: Hamilton upright piano, Harmony electric bass, Mayahachi flutes (combination Mayan and Japanese flute), Venice Beach bamboo flute, ocarinas, Peruvian flutes, Balinese flutes, Balinese drum, slit drum, clay drum, gourd and egg shakers, tambourine, Tibetan wind chimes, the human voice.
As the ocean emptied, they followed the water-line until its final point. Lands left exposed would become their new desert home, and they forged great communities along stunned playas, and coral caves of natives past. Not a single prayer was offered before the gods and wandering spirits of this land filled the entire ocean back up again with one unsettling clap of thunder. The gods remained without their prayers.
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