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The Emperor and the Oracle

from Extradimensional Ethnography by Akara

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Upcoming Akara tour dates:

July 30 Hookahdome Fundraiser, Temple of Visions, LA
Aug 5 FractalNation Fundraiser, Temple SF
Aug 14 Beloved Festival, Tidewater, OR (Full Orchestra)
Aug 28 - Sep 4 Burning Man (DJ Sets)

{begin.transmission}

Dearest human friends,

We are are so happy to transmit to you another song from our world, "The Emperor and the Oracle."

Here, we sing one of our ancient stories, the story of an oracle, a prophetess, bearing a unwelcome prophesy to our Emperor. Change would come to our world, but he was not ready.

We sing for her, and for him, and for you. To hear the future, to sing the past.

The crystal doorway has opened, we are here. And we sing because we love you so much.

{end.transmission}

credits

from Extradimensional Ethnography, track released May 12, 2011
Femke Weidema, vocals
Joshua Penman, throat singing
Mark Robertson, violin
Maia Jasper, violin
Luke Maurer, viola
Aaron Oltman, viola
Timothy Loo, cello
Karmen Suter, flute, alto flute
Paul Klintworth, horn
Alison Bjorkdal, harp
Noam Aharon, Indian mandolin
Evan Fraser, tamborine, shaker

all composition, keyboards, production, and mixing by Joshua Penman

mastered by Kevin Metcalfe

recorded at Entourage Studios (strings, flute, horn), System Krush Studios (Indian mandolin), and Blue Giant Studios (harp)

all recorded by Joshua Penman except harp by Jason Schimmel

Digital painting by Andrew Jones based on a photograph by Sequoia Emmanuelle with makeup by Ashely Joy Beck. Akara logo by Xavi. Layout and design by Joshua Penman.

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Created by a conservatory-trained classical composer turned electronica producer, Akara's mystical dancefloor symphonies are songs of the luminous extradimensional beings, sung across the veil of reality.

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