This wild and charming recording of Alicia Bay Laurel and Ramón Sender Barayón singing and playing their original music from their book Being of the Sun opens a sonic window on the nature worshipping ceremonies of our ancestors, and the revival of wiccan ways that arose from 20th century counterculture and continues to flourish in the 21st century.
The tracks were originally recorded by Ramón Sender Barayón on a Sony TC 854-4 four track reel-to-reel tape recorder in 1973, except for "Only Thou," which he recorded in 1968, and the two Sanskrit chants, which he recorded digitally in 2013.
Alicia produced this CD, which included organizing the digitizing of the original tape by Maggi Payne, Chairman of the Music Department at Mills College, where Ramón's tapes are archived, and the editing, mixing, mastering and additional recording by Ron Grant of Film Music Arts in Los Angeles in 2013. The illustrations and music are from the book Being of the Sun (Harper & Row 1973), which Alicia and Ramón co-wrote, and inwhich Ramón's sheet music of these songs and explanations of the modes and scales can be found. Alicia created the packaging design using elements from the book Being of the Sun, plus additional graphics and liner notes.
Listen to the Autumn Equinox Chant
Listen to the Winter Solstice Chant
Listen to the Spring Equinox Chant
Listen to the Summer Solstice Chant
Reviews and Listener Comments on Songs from Being of the Sun
Production Notes for Songs from Being of the Sun
The tracks were originally recorded by Ramón Sender Barayón on a Sony TC 854-4 four track reel-to-reel tape recorder in 1973, except for "Only Thou," which he recorded in 1968, and the two Sanskrit chants, which he recorded digitally in 2013.
Alicia produced this CD, which included organizing the digitizing of the original tape by Maggi Payne, Chairman of the Music Department at Mills College, where Ramón's tapes are archived, and the editing, mixing, mastering and additional recording by Ron Grant of Film Music Arts in Los Angeles in 2013. The illustrations and music are from the book Being of the Sun (Harper & Row 1973), which Alicia and Ramón co-wrote, and inwhich Ramón's sheet music of these songs and explanations of the modes and scales can be found. Alicia created the packaging design using elements from the book Being of the Sun, plus additional graphics and liner notes.
Listen to the Autumn Equinox Chant
Listen to the Winter Solstice Chant
Listen to the Spring Equinox Chant
Listen to the Summer Solstice Chant
Reviews and Listener Comments on Songs from Being of the Sun
Production Notes for Songs from Being of the Sun