"Alter-destinies/Prehistories" Double EP

by CARROM

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telstar23 It's love at first hearing. Favorite track: Spice Traders.

The Sonic Cloth Podcast Just a great, textured guitar record fusing 90's SST weirdos, desert moods, and eastern flourishes. Did a podcast with Chandan where he picked a bunch of inspirational tracks -- thesoniccloth.podbean.com/e/tsc11-goin-down-the-hole-with-chandan-narayan-carrom/ Favorite track: Toda Cosmologies.

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Limited edition (of 100) on heavy-ish vinyl of the double EP, "Alter-destinies" and "Prehistories" on Branch Dravidian Records (www.branchdravidian.com). Cover art by Lee Henderson. Includes insert (Toda Creation Myths, recorded by M.B. Emeneau, 1984) and shipped in resealable clear poly bag.

Recorded in Willis, Michigan and Toronto, Ontario

"Alter-destines" EP
1. Toda Cosmologies
2. Couple's Quarrel
3. Spice Traders
4. Thinking of Empire
5. Chinvat Bridge
6. Up on the Sun

"Prehistories" EP
1. Brahui Telepathy
2. An Elamite's Lament
3. Hind & Hellas
4. Showdown in Mohenjo-daro

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Two 6x8 photo prints of collages assembled by Lee Henderson (Victoria, BC) using source material with Indus Valley themes. The heron-head collage appears on the cover of the "Alter-destinies/Prehistories" double EP. Great for framing and decorating your boudoir.

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1.	Toda Cosmologies 04:15	buy track
2.	Couple's Quarrel 00:41	buy track
3.	Spice Traders 04:19	buy track
4.	Thinking of Empire 04:30	buy track
5.	Chinvat Bridge 02:12	buy track
6.	Up on the Sun 02:35	buy track
7.	Brahui Telepathy 05:16	buy track
8.	An Elamite's Lament 03:35	buy track
9.	Hind & Hellas 04:32	buy track
10.	Showdown in Mohenjo-daro 05:14	buy track

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"I am the alter-destiny, the presence of living myth"-Sun Ra

"Alter-destinies"/"Prehistories" is a double EP, with the previously unreleased "Alter-destinies" EP (6 tracks) and 2018's "Prehistories" limited cassette (4 tracks). This double EP is limited to 100 numbered copies.

Like 2018's "Prehistories," "Alter-destinies" presents rock instrumentals inspired fantastical events in the imagined prehistory of the various peoples of subcontinent. With themes ranging from creation myths of the Toda communities of the Nilgiri hills in South India (Track 1) to battle cries of a Perso-Afghan empire (Track 4) to the tribulations of drug smugglers crossing into Tibet (Track 3), and an ode to Zoroastrian afterlives, "Alter-destinies" takes the listener on a musical tour of magical realist hallucinations. The EP ends with a psyched-out cover of the Meat Puppets' "Up on the Sun."

"Alter-destinies"/"Prehistories" incorporates historical ethnographic (Toda and Andamanese), comedic (Tamil), and folk instrumental (Afghani rebab) recordings from 78rpm discs (1920s-1950s), some of which have never been available commercially. The liner notes on the record gives you the nitty gritty details.

**All proceeds of the digital version of "Alter-destinies/Prehistories" go to the Scarborough Food Security Initiative (scarboroughfoodsecurityinitiative.com/)**

The cassette version of "Alter-destinies" is released by Radio Khiyaban (Eindhoven, NL) and available for Europeans at radiokhiyaban.bandcamp.com/album/alter-destinies

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released June 1, 2020

Chandan Narayan-guitars, bass, glockenspiel, swaramandal, handclaps, composition
Dylan Strzynski-bass, drums (Track 6) (on "Alter-destinies")
Scott DeRoche-guitars, bass (on "Prehistories")
Chuck Sipperley-synths
Chad Pratt-Drums
Nathan Smith-Violins (Track 1 on "Alter-destinies")
Andrew Timar-Balinese Sulings (Track 5 on "Alter-destinies")
Jonathan Sielaff-Bass clarinet (Track 1 on "Prehistories")
Joda Clement, Jesse Kudler, Robert Millis-Field recordings (on "Prehistories")
TM Umashankar, Makkaya Annan-Nadaswaram (Track 2 on "Prehistories")

Jim Roll-Recording at Willis Sound, Willis, Mich.
Jeremy Goody-Mixing ("Prehistories" and Tracks 5 & 6 on "Alter-destinies") at Megasonic, Oakland, Calif.
Sandro Perri-Mixing ("Alter-destinies") in Toronto, Ont.
Joshua Stevenson-Mastering at Oticsound, Vancouver, Brit. Col.

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Instrumental music inspired by fantastical events on the subcontinent and near east c.2500-100BCE

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