David Antony Clark - Sacred Sites (2004)

"David Antony Clark is a new kind of explorer, his spirit of adventure guided not by sextant and compass, but by the instruments and charts of the composer and the faint footprints of his forebears. In his quest to map the soundscape of our human journey, he roams continents, listening for echoes of ancient rhythms He then pours these primaural relics into his musical melting pot and gently stirs our souls."

Capturing the essence of sacred ground with this deeply reflective album inspired by sites of World spiritual significance.

Combining environmental soundscapes and contemporary rhythm, David mixes ethnic voices and instrumentation summoning powerfully evocative images to capture the spiritual essence of some of the world's most revered sacred sites.

With this album David uses a variety of ethnic languages and instruments melding them with unique invented sounds. He ranges widely - from New Zealand to Nepal, Syria to Peru and is joined by musicians and vocalists from many world traditions.

Tracklist:

01. The Cape of the Restless Souls
02. To the Ice God
03. Midnight in the Temple of Baal
04. The Abbey and the Thorntree
05. Ghosts of Culloden
06. The Martyrs' Stone
07. Bru na Boinne
08. Machu Picchu
09. The Dreaming Pool