OBSIDIAN BUTTERFLY Alice Gomez, Madalyn Blanchett & Marilyn Rife

"Expansive, dreamy, lively and atmospheric ... Gomez's melodies are sensitively shaped to transform legendary settings and traditions into a tapestry keenly enchanting to modern ears."
San Antonio Express-News

1. Celestial Dancer (3:27) [Listen!]
2. Pyramid Temples (4:29)
3. Voices of the Wind (4:07) [Listen!]
4. The Ancient Ones (3:17)
5. Ghost Dance (6:01) [Listen!]
6. Passage to MesoAmerica (4:44) [Listen!]
7. Sacred Landscapes (5:10)
8. Path of Dreams (3:50)
9. Eagle's Flight (3:31)
10. Obsidian Butterfly (2:15)
11. Spirits of the Earth (3:50)
12. Soul Healer (3:26)
13. Cloud Serpent (2:38)
14. Searching for the Aztecs (3:41)

Surprise track: The Concheros

All music composed and arranged by Alice Gomez. All compositions published by Musiquest/Silvertron Music (ASCAP).

Madalyn Blanchett: sopranino, soprano, alto and tenor recorders, panpipes, synthesizer Marilyn Rife: percussion, marimba, synthesizer, keyboard bass, and clay flutes Alice Gomez: acoustic and electric guitars, synthesizer, keyboard bass, clay flutes, cow horn, percussion Percussion instruments used on Obsidian Butterfly include marimba, log drums, Peruvian bombo, Indian gourd cabasa, guiro, maracas, rattles, seed rattles, frog scraper, triangle, rain stick, dance bells, wind chimes, bamboo chimes, puili sticks, Pakistani tambourine, quijada, suspended cymbals, gong, African djembe, cajon, congas, bongos, and pow wow drums.

Producers:

Alice Gomez and Marilyn Rife

Executive Producer:

James Marienthal

Cover Art:

Robert Gilormo © 1999

Art direction and design:

Valerie Sanford

Photograph:

Sherron Huffman

Engineered by:

Donnie Meals and Levi White at Edit Point Studios and Joe Trevino at Blue Cat Studios

Digitally mastered by:

Dave Glasser at Airshow Mastering

© 1999 Silver Wave Records, Inc
All Rights Reserved.