Propagation (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Propagation
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Robert Rich


Released = 1994
Recorded = 1993 at Soundscape Studio in Mountain View, California
Genre = Ambient
Length = 57:20
Label = Hearts of Space Records
Producer = Robert Rich
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5luk6j777180 link]
*Piero Scaruffi 6/10 [http://www.scaruffi.com/avant/rich.html link]
Last album = "Soma" (1992)
This album = "Propagation" (1994)
Next album = "Trances/Drones" (1994)

"Propagation" (1994) is an album by the American ambient musician Robert Rich. This album is an expression of Rich’s interest in biology and is a tribute to the proliferation of organic life in all its forms. It features a complex range of world music influences, just tunings and guest performers, similar to "Rainforest" (1989).

Track listing

#”Animus” - 9:29
#”Lifeblood” - 5:31
#”Whispers of Eden” - 7:35
#”Terraced Fields” - 4:24
#”Luminous Horizon” - 9:45
#”Spirit Catcher” - 9:25
#”Guilin” - 11:11

Personnel

*Robert Rich - Wavestation, Morpheus, Proteus/3, DX711D, EPS16+, Prophet-5, bamboo and PVC flutes, ocarinas, lap steel guitar, fretless bass, su gzeng, zither, brass and clay dumbeks, tar, udu, talking drums, kendang, Waterphone, windwand and whirlies, key tree, Woodstock chimes, rainstick, shakers, “glurp”
*Andy Wiskes - environmental source recordings (“glurp food”)
*Lisa Moskow - sarod (track 3)
*Forrest Fang - violin (track 7)
*Carter Scholz - gendér and gambang (track 7)