SOLITUDES continues to be a favourite among fans of Canadian West Coast acoustic music. Because of growing demand, all tracks on the album were digitally remastered at Record Time Productions in St. John's, Newfoundland and released as a CD in 2009. This recording remains a classic, linked to the spirit of the wild wet west coast of Canada. The songs explore the theme of being alone and range from quiet folk ballads to blues to real rockers. Written at a time when the composer made his home in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, this is very much "island music," dreamy, compelling and melodic.
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SOLITUDES was recorded in the Golden Age studios in 1979-80 by Simon Garber, a Vancouver producer of great renown. Even though it is a solo album, a long list of some of the West Coast's finest musicians contributed to this gorgeous collection of original songs and instrumentals performed on a wide range of instruments, with vocals accompanied by guitar, violin, viola, bass, clarinet, saxophone, french horn, flute, alto flute, recorder, xylophone and percussion. Vintage copies of this recording are currently selling online for $35 and more. We still have some in stock and are happy to offer them at a reduced price.
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A song that came straight out of the Dreamtime, in which seagulls are teachers and the storm becomes a place you can live. "Breakers like shards of broken glass; now can you see yourself in waves that pass?"
lyrics
SLEEPER IN THE WAVES
Seagull slide along the breeze
And over the trees that stand along the shore
Searching for life beneath the waves
Silvery truths for him who braves the storm
Raindrops falling, pouring down
Shimmering curtain joining earth and sky
Hiding her face behind a veil
Mysteries closed to those who fail to see
Wander through the lightning crack
You'll never get back to what you used to be
Hours of trial and times of change
More than one chance to rearrange your dreams
Your dreams. . .
(Solo)
Seagull sliding through the air
You know, there's nowhere we haven't been before
Breakers like shards of broken glass
Now can you see yourself in waves that pass?
It's just a vision of the winter storm
Nothing can warm the Sleeper in the Waves
See how she floats, serene and cold,
Older than memories you hold
So seagull slide along the breeze
And over the trees that stand along the shore
Searching for signs beneath the waves
Down where the fishes tend the graves of time
Down where the Sleeper
Sleeps beneath the waves. . .
Where the Sleeper
Sleeps. . .beneath the waves. . .
credits
from Solitudes: The Westcoast Music of Dan Rubin,
released April 28, 2009
Dan Rubin: vocal, guitar, vibraphone, cymbals
Rawn Mongovius: bass guitar
Ferguson Neville: congas
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