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1.	A Life 05:56	info	buy track
2.	Screamer 02:31	info	buy track
3.	See No See, Know No Know 02:58	lyrics	buy track
(Nonsense intro) See no see, know no know See no see, know no know No hear hear No feel feel No see no say, hey No hear, no say nothing, never Nothing real Only know what they tell you on the news That is what they say No hear, no feel, so see, no no no say No no know oh no
4.	Don't Believe a Word 02:30	lyrics	buy track
Suckers
5.	I Am in Your Dreams 02:05	lyrics	buy track
I am gone to bed I am in your dream I am gone to sleep We’re inside of me I am gone to bed I am in your dream I am gone to sleep Whatever we decide that means I am gone to bed I am in your dream I have gone to sleep Whatever that means I am gone to bed I am in your dream I am gone to sleep
6.	Dolphin Duet 02:46	info	buy track
7.	Rise 02:20	lyrics	buy track
I shall now arise I shall now arise I shall now rise, rise I will rise up, rise up Rise I shall now arise Rise up, rise up, rise, rise up I shall now arise I shall now arise I shall now arise Rise, rise, rise Rise, rise I shall now arise Rise, rise up, rise, rise
8.	Why Not Me Today 02:18	lyrics	buy track
Why not me today? Why not me today? Why, why, why, why? Why, why, why, why? Why, why, not me, why, me? Why, why, why, why, why, why, me?
9.	Say It Ain't So 04:28	lyrics	buy track
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, Ah, ooh, ah, oh Say it ain't, it ain't so Say it ain't so Say it ain't so Eh, ee, see, ain't so Say it ain't so oh Lahala ah oh ah woo ooh ooh ooh Ah ah Say it ain't so Sayin' it ain't so It ain't so Say it ain't so Oh, oh Ain't so
10.	Riding into Otherland 02:19		buy track
11.	Village of Infinite Sand 01:45		buy track
12.	Eereererie 02:37	lyrics	buy track
Ee ree ee ree oo ee ree Ree oo ree oo ree oo ree Ra wo ree ee Ree ee re oo noo
13.	You're Walking Away 02:31	lyrics
You’re walking away It’s not the right day We still have time to play I haven’t wasted away Ooo oooo oooo ooooeh You’re walking away It’s not the right day We have time I say I haven’t disappeared away Oooo ooo ooo ooo ooooeh  Don’t walk away hey hey
14.	Duck, Otter and Me 02:59	lyrics	buy track
You are my other I am your one You are my otter I am your fun Oh You are my other I am your one You are my otter I am your fun You are my otter I am your fun
15.	Won't You Come Away 02:40	lyrics	buy track
Won't you come away Won't you come away, Ladeh, Ladeh Won't you come away Won't you step away, Ladeh, No more fight today. You've killed enough today Won't you step away, Ladeh Oh, the living, oh the dead Oh the living, oh the dead Won't you come away You've killed enough today Step away, Ladeh, step away Oh the living, oh the dead Oh the living, oh dead
16.	Be My Spider of Delight 05:34	info	buy track

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Genre: Experimental

Each song presents with a carefully composed, accessible, relatively normal, though progressive, instrumental influenced by future synth, trip hop, a bit of galloping rock, and even elements of pop -- and then gloriously destroys itself. It messes up the settings with unexpected tones and deliciously deviant inappropriate virtual instrument choices. Tracks of acoustic melodica and flute, or synth, audaciously riff off the innocent melodies, having their hedonistic way with them. New potentials for vocals are ever-explored in unforeseen directions song by song.

Vocals carry scintillating emotions even when wordless, and some explore the range of creature calls like dolphins, horses, a duck, an otter, and a woman who is her own animal. Some pieces tell poetic stories, like "Be My Spider of Delight." Others, like "See No See" and "Rise" are sincere anthems against censorship. The moods range from eerie witchy, through joyfully playful, to dystopian.

Background: I was trained as a singer when young, traveling around the state to win competitions with German lieder and modernist works, and I also took advantage of a silver flute scholarship. I later taught myself to play piano by regularly traveling to a nearby mountain to visit an empty chapel built into a boulder, where the doors remained open. I play an inordinate number of instruments besides those, including guitar, bass, Thai khaen, Indian pungi, Greek double shepherd's flute, drum kit, and many more. I produced the album in Berkeley.

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released December 7, 2022

Rosemary Bensko (SA) produced the album in Berkeley, CA.

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Sound Animal Berkeley, California

Ranges feral beyond traditional human constraints.

Many non-genres. Khaen, pungi, bass, guitar, flutes, melodica, harmonica, bodhran, cajon...

SA produces; most is solo. Collaborators: Igor Iofe, Steve Gilmartin, XAW, A.J. Kaufmann, Infinite Wimshurst, Psychedic Mayhem, The Fall of Saigon, Tom McCarthy, Chris Nolte.

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