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''Rainforest'' (1989) is an album by the
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musician Robert Rich. The inspiration for this album came when Rich traveled through the
rainforest Rainforests are forests characterized by a closed and continuous tree Canopy (biology), canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforests can be generally classified as tropi ...
s of the American
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. Seeing the lush beauty of that environment contrasted by the devastation caused by
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logging filled the artist with a sense of urgency. A portion of the proceeds from this album goes to the
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, a non-profit organization set up to protect the world's rainforests. In this album, Rich continues to explore deeper into a rhythmic and organic style which began with ''
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'' (1987). Several pieces carry a pronounced
gamelan Gamelan (; ; , ; ) is the traditional musical ensemble, ensemble music of the Javanese people, Javanese, Sundanese people, Sundanese, and Balinese people, Balinese peoples of Indonesia, made up predominantly of percussion instrument, per ...
influence. The most experimental track on the album is a piece titled "The Raining Room", dedicated to the
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n filmmaker
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. This was Robert Rich's first album released on
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Track listing

# "Mbira" – 4:11 # "Rainforest Suite" #*a. "The Forest Dreams of Bach" – 5:45 #*b. "Drumsong" – 4:41 #*c. "Surface" – 5:54 # "Sanctuary" – 6:24 # "Temple of Eyes" – 5:19 # "The Raining Room" – 6:51 # "Veil of Mist" – 10:38 # "A Passage in Bronze" – 3:30


Personnel

* Robert Richsampler,
synthesizer A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis a ...
s, Israeli and Persian '' doumbec'' goblet drums, bamboo flutes,
ocarina The ocarina (otherwise known as a potato flute) is a wind musical instrument; it is a type of vessel flute. Variations exist, but a typical ocarina is an enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that projects from the bo ...
,
lap steel guitar The lap steel guitar, also known as a Hawaiian guitar or lap slide guitar, is a type of steel guitar without pedals that is typically played with the instrument in a horizontal position across the performer's lap. Unlike the usual manner of pla ...
, percussion * Andrew MacGowan –
fretless bass A fretless bass is an electric bass guitar whose neck lacks frets and thus is smooth like traditional string instruments, and like the neck of an acoustic double bass. While the fretless bass is played in all styles of music, it is most common in ...
(track 1) *
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– ''
bonang The bonang is an Music of Indonesia, Indonesian musical instrument used in the Javanese people, Javanese gamelan. It is a collection of small gongs (sometimes called "kettles" or "pots") placed horizontally onto strings in a wooden frame (''r ...
'' gong percussion (track 9)


References


External links

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Hearts of Space Records Album Page
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