Cedars, by Field Works

Cedars

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Koko_Lastiko I was totally astonished by "Ultrasonic" so I naturally listened to "Cedars". This one is different but as good. So peaceful and poetic. I can tell that my love for this music increases with each listen. Favorite track: Before we're born.

Gyakkun In all of the excellent Field Works catalog this is a standout release. Utilizing a single ensemble for each side, Cedars presents clear sense of narrative and perfectly melds its poetic lines with glowing instrumentals. I just wish I could understand the Arabic! Favorite track: In the floodplain.

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1.	La’āli’ 02:53	buy track
2.	Thāk-al-yawm 02:10	buy track
3.	Badron wa Qina‛ 02:18	buy track
4.	’Arāha 02:02	buy track
5.	In‛ikās 02:00	buy track
6.	’Aylūll 02:35	buy track
7.	Ar-raḥīl 01:56	buy track
8.	Ḥalaqah ’Azaliyyah 02:20	buy track
9.	The sharp smell of cedar 01:48	buy track
10.	Before we're born 02:24	buy track
11.	The scars of recent history 02:08	buy track
12.	In the gloaming 02:15	buy track
13.	Drowning in a sky of cotton 02:11	buy track
14.	Each year 02:02	buy track
15.	In the floodplain 02:23	buy track
16.	The pasture 02:06	buy track

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The mystifying 9th album in the Field Works series, Cedars combines cosmic Americana with Western ambient and Middle Eastern influences. Delicate layers of pedal steel, banjo, oud, and hurdy-gurdy ﬂoat atop looping guitar drones to create a soothing, atmospheric chamber where folk and electronic music coalesce. Set to Arabic and English poetry, the song cycle examines some of Earth’s most iconic and ancient forests, revealing our complicated relationship with the natural world. For this special dual-language release, Field Works producer Stuart Hyatt has assembled a supergroup of musicians, poets, and artists. The album is narrated by Youmna Saba and H.C. McEntire. Instrumentalists include Marisa Anderson, Fadi Tabbal, Dena El Saffar, Danny Paul Grody, Bob Hoffnar, Tomás Lozano, Nathan Bowles, Alex Roldan, Youmna Saba, and Stuart Hyatt. Renowned illustrator María Medem brings poems by Todd Fleming Davis and Youmna Saba to life in the accompanying full-color Risograph comic book; and longtime Field Works collaborators PRINTtEXT design the packaging.

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