Bandelion’s latest album is Experiments in the Key of Prayer.
It is primarily a solo album by Eric Kupers, in close collaboration with Corissa “Reese” Johnson, Keith Penney, and ancestral guides.
The album contains over three hours of original music, in three volumes:
Volume I: Ancestral & Animist Prayers
Volume II: Prayers of Loss & Longing
Volume III: Buddh-ish Practices & Beyond
To purchase a physical copy of the album, send $9 – $108 (whatever you can afford) to Dandelion Dancetheater through paypal or a check, and specify in the notes that you want the Experiments album, and let us know where to send it and whether you’d prefer CD’s or a USB Thumb Drive.
Below is a video of one of the new songs, This One Here
Artist Notes: This music project emerges out of my lifelong quest to integrate the spiritual practices and art-making processes that have been the core paths on my journey. As I turn 50 this year, I’m finally learning to make prayer and meditation my own, primarily through these songs. With the help of deepening connections with my ancestors, I’m realizing that the wisdom I sought so fervently from others, has been with me all along. And even though I’d been told that very thing more times than I can count, I had to live my questions over many decades, in order to find my way to embodied answers. These songs are intended as both music to listen to, and guided practices to experiment with. I’m grateful to all the beings who have guided me along the way. May this work be of benefit to all who encounter it.
–Eric Ray Kupers, February 2022
The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Kristoph Klover at Flowinglass Studio.
We’re releasing the album throughout 2022. Take a listen!
The full album notes can be found here:
Album cover painting of Bandelion by Adam Caldwell