00 We Have Only Come to Dream.nfo
General Information
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Title: We Have Only Come to Dream
Author: Terry Lee Nichols & Rebekah Eden
Release Year: 2018
File Information
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Number of Tracks: 11
Total Duration: 0:42:21
Total Size: 241.43 MB
Files Created on: 05-Mar-2018 20:12:47
Encoded At: CBR 650 kbit/s 44 KHz Stereo
ID3 Tags: No
NFO Created: 18-Jul-2019 23:34:23
NFO/SFV/PAR created by: Mp3BookHelper http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/
Posting
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Posting date: 18-Jul-2019
File List
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Duration File Name
01 0:03:40 01 Phantasmagorical Voyage.flac
02 0:03:57 02 The Anasazi.flac
03 0:03:37 03 We Have Only Come to Dream....flac
04 0:02:51 04 1492.flac
05 0:05:53 05 Conquistadors.flac
06 0:03:40 06 The Courier.flac
07 0:04:44 07 The River of Life.flac
08 0:05:08 08 The 19th Century Refugee Crisis.flac
09 0:01:50 09 A House Divided.flac
10 0:04:04 10 The Last Cowboy.flac
11 0:02:57 11 Canyon Sunset.flac
Description
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We have only come to dream is a sonic rendering of human migration to the
Americas. The time span covered is from approximately 50,000 years ago through
the late 19th century. My hope is to challenge todays political discourse from
exclusionary nationalism and xenophobia with a musical narrative that
illustrates the diversity of the numerous ethnic groups that came to inhabit
the Americas. In short, living in a country with a combative leader who
continually demonstrates historical illiteracy requires us to step up our game
by understanding and celebrating our diversity. Here are the CD booklet notes
from the opening track:
Track 1: Phantasmagorical Voyage
Composed and performed by Terry Lee Nichols
Vocal arrangement and performance by Rebekah Eden
Overview
Phantasmagorical Voyage provides a sonic rendering of the earliest voyage to
the Americas.
According to recent evidence, the first Americans were descended from
Australian aborigines. The dimensions of prehistoric skulls found in Brazil
match those of the aboriginal peoples of Australia and Melanesia. Stone tools
and charcoal from the site in Brazil show evidence of human habitation as long
as 50,000 years ago. Cave paintings found in northeast Brazil provided the first
clue to the existence of a much older people. Images of giant armadillos which
died out before the last ice age, show the artists who drew them lived long
before Native American migration.
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How could the early Australians have travelled more than 13,500 kilometers
(8,450 miles) at that time? Cave paintings, from the Kimberley region at the
northern tip of Western Australia are the oldest painting of a boat anywhere in
the world. The style of the art means it is at least 17,000 years old, but it
could be up to 50,000 years old. The crucial detail is the high prow of the
boat. The design suggests it was used on the open ocean.
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