Artist description E.J. Gold offers sweeping invocational sounds varied in their flavor and with roots in many traditions. Chanting, hypnotic piano pieces, and cascading musical backdrops for dervish dancing are just some examples of the musical depth and breadth of this artist. He draws from a realm of mystical spaces and higher dimensions. Let the music act as your vehicle, and let the shaman be your guide

Music Style Experimental; Piano music

Musical Influences Chanting from the Tibetan and other ancient cultures is reminiscent of Gold's experimental pieces. As a composer, Gold is influenced by rhythms and harmonic structures inherent in the music of the Middle East and Islamic North Africa. His music also reflects his research into ancient temple dancing and song patterns, particularly as preserved in certain monasteries and dervish communities.

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Artist History E.J. Gold is a multi-faceted artist: songwriter, singer, composer, painter, video artist, virtual reality creator. E.J. Gold was born in New York City in 1941. As the son of H.L. Gold, the famous editor of Galaxy Science Fiction magazine, he grew up surrounded by some of the greatest science fiction writers of this century, as well as artists and intellectuals, the Who’s Who in the Arts in America of the 40’s and 50’s: Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein, Forrest J Ackerman, Orson Welles, Bruce Elliott, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Friday night card players; Pete Seeger was his music teacher at Downtown Community School under the direction of Norman Studer. With such great acquaintances Gold wasted no time in manifesting his ability to learn about everything that was available to him in the arts and sciences. http://www.fairgame.org/gorebag/iyf5.html

Instruments piano, percussion

Albums Epitaph, Ritual of the Cave

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Location Nevada City, CA - USA

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