1 The Voyage Home
2 Backyard Shangri-La
3 Meeting The Neighbors
4 Getting Oriented
5 Hoo Groo
6 A Visit From The Drunken Master
7 Fun Fungi Guy
8 Ol' Time Religion
9 Suburban Sub-Terrain
10 Maranka
11 Lost In Time
12 Busy Underground
13 From Compost, To Compost
14 Firefly Dusk Brigade
15 Bam Boo
16 Dead Yard Party
17 Hose Water
18 Flower Clock
19 Tangled Roots
20 Weed Whacker
21 Onyx Moai Processional - Live
22 Don't Forget Our Insect Friends

 

02:07
03:58
03:26
03:40
03:26
03:03
04:05
04:57
01:19
03:00
02:52
01:07
02:26
03:03
02:12
02:54
06:00
01:17
02:04
03:32
03:35
02:26

Recorded in 2005

Musicians: Pippin Barnett, Barry Bless, Christopher Hibben, John Ramsey, Arthur Stephens

Instruments: Balafon, bass lute, bass kalimba,, double bass mbira, drums, ektar, friction drums, frogs, flute, gourdophone, guiro, harps, horn, ipu-heke, lute, mbiras, musical bow, naw, pipita, rain stick, rattles, scalloped neck lute, shakera, shishka drums, talking drum, tamboura and water drums.

All songs by the gourd orchestra except "Backyard Shangri-La" and "A Visit from the Drunken Master" by Arthur Stephens. All songs recorded, mixed and harvested by Arthur Stephens and Pippin Barnett in the Power Cave. Some songs are remixed with growth hormones by Arthur Stephens and Pippin Barnett. Lyrics for Hoo Groo by John Ramsey.

Design cross pollinated by Christopher Hibben and Arthur Stephens.

Total time: 66:42


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