As I Breathe, by Adrian Freedman

As I Breathe

by Adrian Freedman

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1.	Clarity 07:44		buy track
2.	Lake 04:13		buy track
3.	Stillness 08:19		buy track
4.	Sweet Avre 04:58	info	buy track
5.	Call to Prayer 04:06		buy track
6.	Hafra 06:52		buy track
7.	Hana Ori 06:21	info	buy track
8.	Depth 06:33		buy track
9.	Moonrise 04:13		buy track
10.	Peace Mother 07:15	info	buy track
11.	Grasslands 09:46		buy track

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A new album of transcendental acoustic music for shakuhachi, piano, trumpet, bouzouki, yangqin, erhu, frame drum and other instruments. Alternating deeply meditative solo shakuhachi tracks with shimmering arrangements for mixed ensembles.

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released April 2, 2018

All tracks composed by Adrian Freedman

except Track 6 – Adrian Freedman and Iwan Kushka

Track 9 – Adrian Freedman and Heather Golding

Adrian Freedman shakuhachi, piano, trumpet, accordion, khene, tenor, recorder

Neil Davey bouzouki

Rebecca Jackson cello

Iwan Kushka frame drum

Esoh yangqhin

Ikuko Tsutsui erhu

Heather Golding voice

Recorded and mixed in Kyoto, Amiens and Dartington by Adrian Freedman

Except Track 7 – recorded and mixed in Nara by Esoh

Mastered by Andy Miles at Star Delta Audio Mastering, Dartmoor, UK

Produced by Adrian Freedman

Cover art: Noriko Moonbird

Design and Layout: Amy Behrens-Clark

Adrian plays shakuhachi made by Tom Deaver, Kimura Kanzan, John Kaizan Neptune and Adrian Freedman

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Adrian Freedman Devon, UK

Adrian Freedman is a master of the shakuhachi, bamboo Zen flute of Japan. His music is heartfelt and full of subtle dynamics which conjure an atmosphere of rarefied peace, with a deeply healing sense of spaciousness, pristine clarity and delicate beauty. The scope of his music is diverse, including songs was well as instrumental music, but an ineffable sense of the sacred is retained throughout. ... more

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