"Sunrise Mandala" genre: World Fusion
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	A percolating weave of afro-cuban percussion with guitar and keyboard. Catchy, beautiful melody.
	MP3.com CD: Heart of the Mother - buy it! CD: Heart of the Mother Credits: Raymond Powers - keyboards, mbira, percussion Josh Balbien - acoustic guitar Tom Henry - hi hat Phil Parlapiano - alto recorder sample
	Story Behind the Song One of my all time favorites. This started with me fooling around with my mbira or thumb piano. The one I had was made in South Africa. My idea was to create an interesting stereo percussion experience for the listener. When I added Tom Henry's hi-hat to the mix it all came together. Josh Balbien I had met in college. Besides being a phenomenal technician on guitar, it's his tone that always blows me away. At the time Phil Parlapiano, of Brother Figaro fame, and tours with Vanessa Williams, Grant Lee Buffolo, Rod Stweart, John Prine....get the picture, was the only I knew with a sampler. I just couldn't get my alto recorder in tune with the track, so I had him sample it and play the melody on keyboard. aaah, the wonders of technology.

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