Propagation (album) explained

Propagation
Type:	studio
Artist:	Robert Rich
Cover:	Propagation_album_cover.jpg
Released:	1994
Recorded:	1993 at Soundscape Studio in Mountain View, California
Genre:	Ambient
Length:	57:20
Label:	Hearts of Space Records
Producer:	Robert Rich
Prev Title:	Soma
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Trances/Drones
Next Year:	1994

Propagation (1994) is an album by the American ambient musician Robert Rich. This album is an expression of Rich’s interest in biology and is a tribute to the proliferation of organic life in all its forms. It features a complex range of world music influences, just tunings and guest performers, similar to Rainforest (1989).

Track listing

1. ”Animus” – 9:29
2. ”Lifeblood” – 5:31
3. ”Whispers of Eden” – 7:35
4. ”Terraced Fields” – 4:24
5. ”Luminous Horizon” – 9:45
6. ”Spirit Catcher” – 9:25
7. ”Guilin” – 11:11

Personnel

• Robert Rich – Wavestation, Morpheus, Proteus/3, DX711D, EPS16+, Prophet-5, bamboo and PVC flutes, ocarinas, lap steel guitar, fretless bass, su gzeng, zither, brass and clay dumbeks, tar, udu, talking drums, kendang, Waterphone, windwand and whirlies, key tree, Woodstock chimes, rainstick, shakers, “glurp”
• Andy Wiskes – environmental source recordings (“glurp food”)
• Lisa Moskow – sarod (track 3)
• Forrest Fang – violin (track 7)
• Carter Scholz – gendér and gambang (track 7)

External links

• Hearts of Space Records Album Page