The Other Side of This was recorded at Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart's home studio in 1991. The album's 13 selections are inspired by the Afro-Brazilian traditions of Airto Moreira's heritage and take the listener on an aural tour of imaginary landscapes. The liner notes provide guided visualizations intended to transport the listener step-by-step through an array of emotions ranging from reflection to celebration. “The spirit body can travel to places that the material body cannot,” says Moreira. “It is these places I speak of when I say 'the other side of this.'” The album features a variety of sounds including stomping, vocals, tree branches, surdo (a large Brazilian bass drum), shakers, cowbell, rattles, and bullroarer. The Other Side of This was issued in 1992 as part of “THE WORLD” series (now part of the Mickey Hart Collection made available by Smithsonian Folkways).
Al otro lado de esto se grabó en el estudio casero de Mickey Hart, baterista de Grateful Dead, en 1991. Trece selecciones del álbum son inspiradas en las tradiciones afro-brasileñas de la herencia de Airto Moreira y llevan al oyente a un viaje sonoro de paisajes imaginarios.
Las notas proporcionan visualizaciones guiadas planeadas para transportar al oyente paso a paso a través de una serie de emociones que van desde la reflexión a la celebración. ”El cuerpo espiritual puede viajar a los lugares que el cuerpo material no puede“, dice Moreira. ”Son estos lugares de los que hablo cuando digo al otro lado de esto'“
El álbum cuenta con una variedad de sonidos incluyendo zapateos, voces, ramas de árboles, surdo (un gran bombo de Brasil), maracas, cencerros, cascabeles y ”bullroarer“. Al otro lado de esto fue publicado en 1992 como parte de la serie ”EL MUNDO“ (ahora parte de la colección Mickey Hart puesta a disposición por Smithsonian Folkways). - multiculti.com
Tracks
1. Endless Cycle
AIRTO vocals, drums, suspended Steel Cylinder Drums, Bells, whistle
2. Tumbleweed
T.H. "VIKKU" VINAYAKRAM ghatam
ZAKIR HUSSAIN tabla, wood block
BABATUNDE OLATUNJI wood block
KITARO wood block
MICKEY HART wood block
AIRTO MOREIRA wood block, vocals, rattle, shaker, wooden flute, charming flute
3. Back Streets Of Havana
GIOVANNI HIDALGO bata, cowbell, shekere, vocals
FRANK COLON bata, shekere, lead vocals
AIRTO MOREIRA bata, vocals, handclaps
DIANA MOREIRA vocals, handclaps
4. Healing Sounds
DR VERNA YATER vocals
5. The Underwater Song
T.H. "VIKKU" VINAYAKRAM ghatam
ZAKIR HUSSAIN tabla
DIANA MOREIRA vocals
AIRTO MOREIRA vocals, percussion, water bottle, flute [wooden], caxixi, ganzá, whistle
6. Old Man's Song
AIRTO MOREIRA vocals, tambourine, djembe, caxixi
7. Hey Ya
AIRTO MOREIRA percussion, vocals, surdo, shaker, cowbell, rattle, bullroarer
CARYL OHRBACH pecussion, vocals
DIANA MOREIRA percussion, vocals
FLORA PURIM percussion, vocals
KITARO percussion, vocals
ROSE SOLOMON percussion, vocals
MICKEY HART percussion, vocals, shaker, rattle
CHERYL McENANEY percussion, vocals
8. When Angels Cry
AIRTO MOREIRA chimes, performer [bird calls]
FLORA PURIM vocals, percussion
9. Dom-Um (A Good Friend)
AIRTO MOREIRA berimbau, caxixi, triangle, nose flute, vocals, performer [bird calls]
ZAKIR HUSSAIN tabla
10. Street Reunion
FRANK COLON bata, lead vocals, shekere
AIRTO MOREIRA bata, vocals, handclaps
GIOVANNI HIDALGO bata, vocals, shekere, cowbell
DIANA MOREIRA vocals, handclaps
11. Mirror Of The Past
AIRTO MOREIRA didgeridoo, vocals, african flutes, african rattles, chinese bell, wind
hollow bamboo blow on water
12. Sedonia's Circle
AMRITA BLAIN frame drum, vocals
CARYL OHRBACH frame drum, vocals
JANE HOLMER frame drums, vocals
JUSTINE TOMS frame drums, vocals
KC ROSS frame drums, vocals
MARGIE CLARK rattle, vocals
MARGARET BARKLEY tar (drum), vocals
DIANA MOREIRA vocals
FLORA PURIM vocals
13. Terra E Mar
MICKEY HART singing bowls [tibetan bowl]
DIANA MOREIRA vocals
AIRTO MOREIRA vocals, brazilian rainstick, conch, performer bird calls, nose flute
water sounds
Rykodisc – RCD 10207 (Canada)