Dragon and Phoenix - Live at Wizard Tone Studios

by The Adam Page Ensemble

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1.	because 01:35	info
2.	The Antichinus 04:00	info
3.	words 01:29	info
4.	Inscrutable the Darkness Covers Him 04:25	info
5.	are 00:25	info
6.	The Prince of the Night 04:10	info
7.	The Hammer 05:25	info
8.	irrelevant 01:20	info
9.	The Storm (Boid says it's gonna rain) 03:24	info
10.	The Six 05:13	info
11.	When You Have Time (feat. Tim Minchin) 05:49	info
12.	The Lens 03:36	info
13.	because words are irrelevant 01:46	info
14.	The Feathers (The Wax) 04:19	info
15.	To the Stars (Where Art and Science Meet) 07:47	info

about

He strode back to me, a fist full of social justice goals matching mine, already a phoenix. Dragon lived on one lung. Walking 3km on work days and 6 on any other, he noted my hiking boots ahead of my proffered hand.

Oxygen to breathe. Oxygen to fan the flames.

We fought back-to-back, slaying some dragons, befriending others.

When we folded our wings and turned to face each other, Dragon was already on a 5 year survival curve. Now or never. We leapt through the fire.

A home by the beach, 6km every day.

Immortality for 8 years. Till the bell tolls: 6 months to 2 years.

Breathe.

Time to get serious.

Outstretched wings, a journey to discover music and fundamental reality.

Five immortal years of concerts later, and some small insight to the quantum scale, no sign of the disease. Down to half a lung, quantum exchange creating sentience from oxygen.

6km by the sea every day.

To breathe, to fan the flames of renewal.

To fly us into what might be. Reality exists as probabilities. Matter pops in and out of existence. Oxygen runs out. Dragons fly too close to the sun.

To breathe, to fan the flames of renewal.

Dragon wasn’t going to his own funeral.

Music is eternal. But who is our composer?

I suggest Adam Page. Dragon smiles the pleased-with-himself smile

and says

‘Tell Adam to write something to blow Nick away’

This is your music Nick Cockram.

Because words are irrelevant …

- Jane Fisher, 17/02/22.

credits

released November 13, 2022

The Adam Page Ensemble are:

Adam Page :: composer, conductor and tenor saxophone (solos - 1, 7, 12, 15)
Vashti Tyrell :: alto saxophone (solo - 5)
Jordan Noble :: alto saxophone (solo - 2)
Tom Noonan :: alto saxophone (solo - 10)
Jackie Newcomb :: bassoon
Emily Tulloch :: violin (solo - 4)
Julian Ferarretto :: violin (solos - 3, 6)
Thomas Marlin :: cello (solo - 11)
Mat Morrison :: vibes, glockenspiel and hammer (solo - 15)
Sam Cagney :: electric guitar (solo - 14)
Lyndon Gray :: electric bass (solos - 8, 10)
Kevin van der Zwaag :: drums

All music written by Adam Page with deep guidance and story telling from Jane Fisher

Performed live at Wizard Tone Studios on June the 2nd, 2022

James Brown :: recording engineer and mixing
Jarrad Payne :: recording engineer and mastering

When You Have Time features 'Dreams', a poem written by Nick Cockram and read by Tim Minchin

Magpie recording in The Storm captured by Graeme Chapman - www.graemechapman.com.au

Cover photograph by Adam Page

Supported by the City of Charles Sturt Economic Stimulus Package

This album was created on Kaurna land and we acknowledge the 10s of thousands of years that Kaurna people have been using music as a part of their cultural practices and the importance it holds for them

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