Label: Trance Port
Catalog#: TPT 101
Format: Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry: US
Released: 1988
DISCOGS OFFICIAL AMAZON
A1 Farming In Arabia 5:36
A2 Tunnels 3:10
A3 Owachamo 4:58
A4 Pulse 4:01
A5 October 1st 4:49
B1 Ashes Of Love 8:12
B2 #2 2:53
B3 The Raw Silk, The Uncarved Block 8:45
B4 The Clearing 4:08
"The Clearing" was originally released in 1988 in an edition of 500 LP’s. At the time, I considered it to be “an album of conceptual space.” It was also very much a transitional album having gone from playing guitar in the “dark dance band” Afterimage in the early 80’s to where I was headed musically and creatively in the 90’s on up to the present.
The notion of the Trance Port label also evolved in the early 80’s, first as a cassette releasing label of what was evolving as the “L.A. underground” music scene. Many of the artists I met during that time appeared on the two L.A. Mantra compilations issued on Trance Port during those years.
Many also appeared on the tracks of "The Clearing" project. I am thankful for those artists’ varied contributions on this album. It would not have turned out as well and as interesting a project without them.
After release of "The Clearing" LP, I began to drift into more space/ambient realms. Some of "The Clearing"’s original tracks have appeared on later compilations of my work. This is the first time the entire album has been rejoined as the whole it originally came from. An added “lost” track has been included on this CD release to complete the experience. For this release, all track tracks have been remastered by Loren Nerell and myself. - Notes by a Produce
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