Deep Peace

The title for this music has been taken from the following old Gaelic prayer deep peace of the running wave to you deep peace of the flowing air to you deep peace of the quiet earth to you deep peace of the shining stars to you deep peace of the son of peace to you The musical equipment consists of 400 year old Zen Buddhist Densho bells, Ming dynasty Chinese temple bell, various Kyeezees (Burmese meditation gongs) none less than 50 years old, Japanese and Chinese bell trees, Chinese Buddha gongs, Burmese chime bowls, Chinese gongs, Paiste orchestral tuned gongs, Paiste sound-plates and sound-discs (tuned and untuned), Tibetan bells, Indian bells, Swiss cowbells, glass bowls and glasses, Japanese resting bells, Japanese and Chinese bells, home-made petal-discs (made from the Paiste sound-disc material), untuned sound discs, Tibetan invocation cymbals and meditation cymbals. The production of the music on this album involves no electronics whatsoever. Apart from where obvious (i.e. accurately timed gong strikes on Side 1) all the music is completely improvised (as also inspired and spontaneous). To the Holy One; the One Great INITIATOR, without Whose help none of this music could be made, all praise and thanksgiving. May the Light of the Spiritual Sun shine within the Hearts of All. May the Great White Spirit bless All. Recorded September 1-3 and October 4-6, 1980 at Ridge Farm Studios, Surrey, England Manufactured by Wakefield Released by arrangement with Quartz Records/Publications, London © & ℗ MCMLXXXIII Celestial Harmonies Printed in U.S.A. ____________________ Includes a foldout insert