Secret Rooms, by Kevin Braheny

Secret Rooms

by Kevin Braheny

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1.	Passage 1: Ingress 00:45	buy track
2.	Til You Get There 05:12	buy track
3.	Passage 2 00:20	buy track
4.	Shadowcatcher 05:02	buy track
5.	Secret Rooms: Visited By Spirits 06:24	buy track
6.	Passage 3 00:20	buy track
7.	A Moment With You 06:17	buy track
8.	Forgiveness 06:16	buy track
9.	Saturn Ballet (for Andrea) 04:47	buy track
10.	The Magus 07:35	buy track
11.	Passage 4 01:04	buy track
12.	Things Seen and Unseen 06:19	buy track
13.	May Peace Prevail 04:41	buy track
14.	Passage 5 00:39	buy track
15.	Hard to Say Goodbye 03:29	buy track
16.	Passage 6: Egress 00:45	buy track

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KEVIN BRAHENY's reputation as "one of the finest musicians on the new age music scene today" (Pulse!) rests on the subtle intricacy of his compositions and the sophistication, sensuality, and sensitivity of his sonic palette. Secret Rooms showcases significant growth in both these areas - as well as completely new developments. KEVIN BRAHENY's first two solo albums, Lullaby For The Hearts Of Space (1980) and The Way Home (originally entitled Perelandra [1984]), established his mastery of the serene, extended meditation. On the other hand, reviewers praised his 1988 planetarium soundtrack album Galaxies for the exquisite beauty of its very concise pieces.

While working on Galaxies and Secret Rooms, Braheny also participated in two successful collaborations: Western Spaces (1987), with Steve Roach and Richard Burmer, and Desert Solitaire (1989) with Roach and Michael Stearns. CD Review called the trio "three acknowledged synthesizer masters."

What separates the masters from the masses? Real synth heroes roll their own. Kevin actually builds much of his own equipment and creates all his own samples, often using his "Mighty Serge" modular analog synthesizer. For Secret Rooms, Braheny also built the custom 3-D binaural recording technology for the "Passages" that link the musical pieces. (Try listening to them through headphones to get the fullest effect.)

Secret Rooms unveils Braheny's expanded range as a composer. The brilliant "Shadowcatcher" and "'Til You Get There" represent his first significant rhythmic explorations to date, with ethno-percussion specialist Leonice Shinneman. Other pieces extend and deepen his trademark warmth, depth, and unerring melodic appeal.

The theme of secret "internal rooms" - hidden emotions, psychic states, spaces in consciousness, each with an individual ambience and identity - conjures up a journey that, in Kevin's words "is about experiencing the different spaces, and then using each experience to move on to the next."

Secret Rooms confirms Braheny's own ability to keep moving on - exploring, expressing, and evolving his singular talent in ever more significant and satisfying ways.

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released July 1, 1990

KEVIN BRAHENY Prophet VS, Prophet 2002, Oberheim OBX-A, Oberheim SEM
4-voice, Casio CZ101, Steiner EW electronic woodwind, The Mighty Serge modular
analog synthesizer, soprano sax, piano
LEONICE SHINNEMAN Percussion on Shadowcatcher- N. Indian tablas, S. Indian
thavil; 'Til You Get There -African anglo ewe drum set: sogo, kaganu, gankogui bell,
dumbek, cymbals, kick drum, high hat, banjo snare, S. Indian gatham;
Forgiveness -N. Indian tablas, S. Indian kanjira, congas, shaker
VERMETTYA OYSTER Vocal on May Peace Prevail
ANDREA CAGAN, LAURIE ROSE The Unseen

Composed, performed, produced, engineered and mixed by Kevin Braheny.
Recorded to Dolby SR analog at Crystal Studios, Hollywood, 1988/89.
Binaural Passages digitally recorded on a custom system designed and built by KB.
Digital mastering to DAT at Hearts of Space Studio, San Francisco, by Stephen Hil
and Kevin Braheny. Binaural system and mix consultant: Keith Johnson.
Executive Producer: Leyla Rael Hill. All music © 1990 Heartcall Music/BMI.
Aldus Freehand 2.0 illustration and graphic design: Patsy Faragher
Image assembly and electronic separations: Sanjay Sakhuja at DPI, San Francisco.
Art Direction: Stephen Hill

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