Nat Birchall
Sacred Dimension
The album’s title track, `Sacred Dimension’ is inspired by the concept of elevation through music, and the cover paining is by Birchall. A painter before he took up music Birchall was inspired to take up the paintbrush for the first time in nearly 30 years by the recording of the album. The track Ancient World is partly named for the sound of Gladwin’s harp (which brings a timeless quality) but also as the song is based on the ‘Phrygian’ mode. A first take you can hear how the band locked into the groove immediately. Dance Of The Mystic is based around a repetitive rhythm that takes on an almost trance like intensity. While the serene Peace In Nineveh takes inspiration from the poem 'Cargoes' by John Masefield and an opening line reference to 'Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, rowing home to Haven in sunny Palestine... and finally Radiant Will takes it’s title from a Stanley Crouch essay on Coltrane, where he describes him as \''a man of radiant will\'', which chimes with both how Birchall feels about Coltrane but also with the soulful honesty that Birchall brings to his own music, music that with it’s own radiance succeeds in defining Birchall’s very own Sacred Dimension!
| LP | Sound Soul And Spirit: NB001 | out of stock |
