Cedar Spirits, by Cedar Spirits

Cedar Spirits

by Cedar Spirits

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Dave Aftandilian Beautiful, powerful ritual musical offerings to the Earth spirits. It’s often hard to tell where the made music ends and the natural sound recordings begin: drums pound like heartbeats, flutes call like owls, rattles become snakes become Knowing. Homegrown heathen wisdom from the Pacific Northwest!

Martin Clements This is stunning, a beautiful work of art. So much to take in, its hard to describe. Just buy it, you'll not regret it.

Austin Simply beautiful! You need this album! Favorite track: Calling Down The Sun.

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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
A "6x6” six panel deluxe gatefold CD
featuring a smoked dark matte brown foil stamping!

The debut full length journey from Cedar Spirits features a
collaborative offering from two Pacific Northwestern ritual folk
artists, known to the community as novemthree and
Cycle of the Raven Talons.

From the opening invocation; “Oh spirit Sun, guide
and protect us. Oh spirit Rain, cleanse and inform
us. Oh spirit Earth, nurture and feed us. In this
life, I start anew....”

Through this organic and purely acoustic presence,
It becomes self evident the Cedar Spirits express a
growth of spirit, light of life within a deeply respectful
musical craft. A craft focusing a humble, apologetic
nature through a richly intent filled medicinal musical.
An honoring of the Mother through every note and
every word.

A collective practice, a declaration of vows through
important, careful stewardship and human well being
towards a bio-region in need of love, strength, respectful
participation and vital protection!

“To the keeper of the woods, under moonlight
stood, deep within your earthen womb....
please forgive us.”

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"Such an achievement is all too rare, and speaks to both the artistic brilliance and the spiritual courage of its creators. There is more of both darkness and light in a second of this music than in many musicians’ entire discographies. Its ultimately positive spirit – not of denying darkness, but of accepting it and therefore allowing it to grow into something more – is a healing balm.

Anyone who is interested in underground/post-industrial/neo-folk music needs to own this release. No – anyone who is interested in music at all needs to own this release. No…anyone with the slightest spark of spirit in their breast needs to own this release. It could just change your life."

----HEATHEN HARVEST

"The sounds of the Cedar Spirits are elemental, drenched by rain, warmed by the sun, in deep connection with the woodland soil.

There’s a lovely, distinctly modern pagan feeling in Cedar Spirits, one that leans less on man-made tradition, and more on a direct communion with the environment, channeled through a uniquely American musicality that combines influences foreign and native. It is perhaps precisely what you’d expect to hear from these artists, fated to work together at some point, but that doesn’t make it any less impressive. Possibly the best bit of wyrd witchery you’ll hear this year."

----EVENING OF LIGHT

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1.	River Of Purification 08:31
2.	Growth 06:54	lyrics
Oh spirit sun, guide and protect us Oh spirit rain, cleanse and inform us Oh spirit earth, nurture and feed us In this life, I start anew
3.	Alone 04:21	lyrics
Give it away (I'm not afraid) Feeling so alone Give it away (I'm not alone) Feeling so alone
4.	Soil 03:52	lyrics
Fallen tears from the Father Sky Feed the soil with love To the Mother's womb we honor
5.	Keeper Of The Woods 05:05	lyrics
To the keeper of the woods Under moonlight stood Deep within your earthen womb Please forgive us
6.	Calling Down The Sun 04:56	lyrics
To the sun To the sun divine To the sun divine Why have you not shined? To the sun divine Our folk look to you Our sun now in divide Home (Whole) Whole (Home) Home (Whole)
7.	To You I Give Myself 06:33	lyrics
Ocean waves crash down upon her shores I cast a stone into your sacred form Ocean waves crash down upon her shores I cast a stone into your sacred form To you I give myself
8.	Soar 03:49	lyrics
Tangled in the ivy I struggle It wants me to stay! There is no fighting! It's here I find my home Home It swallows me! Here its branches gouge my eyes! I see, I feel For the first time It's beautiful my home
9.	Wild Serenity 07:04

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"Ten of ten points given for this album? Although the first track is just made of splashing? Sure, why not? You have to face this album in its entire context in order to reveal its whole mystical and musical power. Cedar Spirits is a collaboration between the artists Pythagamus Olaf Marshall (Novemthree) and Chet W. Scott (Cycle of the Raven Talons), which maybe are known to those who love ritual and nature inspired music. In fact the whole album is very quiet, with acoustic (and also unusual) instruments, that are responsable for the organic and natural sound. They used the mountain dulcimer, Sacred Horns and the ocarina just to name a few. Due to the field recordings like twitter and splashing, you can imagine dwelling in green fields and meadows. For myself Cedar Spirits embodys freedom, summer and the conjointness with mother earth. Especially the track "Soar" makes you feel this strength. In the first place it is a very positive work - the sunwheel (a symbol of light) on the inside of the "6x6" gatefold verifies this. The physical release is also something special because of its remarkable size, motifs from the woods and at last the wonderful uncoated paper with flat brown foil stamping. Indeed the fire for Cedar Spirits sparks not before listening several times to it, but i believe that's the reason for what makes it such a masterpiece to me!
-HAMMER HEART MAGAZINE (translated from German)
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*October, 31st MMXII*
Cedar Spirits
“Self Titled Debut” (GTR-019)

A 6”x 6”~six panel deluxe gatefold CD
featuring matte Brown foil stamping!
(D.D. format cover art featured above)

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released October 31, 2012

Cedar Spirits is a novemthree / Blood of the Black Owl / Cycle of the Raven Talons collaborative offering featuring:

Severin Marshall: Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Woodwind, Sacred Bowls, Vocals, Harmonium, Field Recordings.

Chet W. Scott: Mt. Dulcimer, Percussion, Sacred Horn, Vocals, Wooden Owl Caller, Ocarina, Acoustic Baritone, Auto Harp, Field Recordings.

Rachel Boaz-Scott: Bowed Psaltery, Vocals, Percussion.

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