{"product_id":"robert-archer-natures-dream-harp-2","title":"Robert Archer ‎– Nature's Dream-Harp","description":"\u003cp\u003eLabel: RA (2) – RA-01\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP\u003cbr\u003eCountry: UK\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 1979\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Field Recording, Ambient, Experimental\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eRobert Archer’s privately released 1979 LP Nature’s Dream Harp is something of a cult record for fans of very obscure self-funded recording experiments.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eFor us, perhaps the zenith of private-press field-recording records, sat comfortably next to Jean-Yves Bosseur’s Musiques Vertes or Rose des vents from Pierre Mariétan, whilst still being incompatible to either. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eRecord geekery aside, Archers concept is this.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHis homemade Aeolian Harp (named Devaharp 1) is somewhere between a string instrument and a receiver.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIts strings are agitated by the wind without any human interference, producing tones entirely of its own volition.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eArcher toured the British Isles setting up his harp (at this point you should flick through the pictures for reference) in various sacred or loosely mystical locations and let the wind do it’s thing.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eArcher’s detailed accompanying notes suggests that the Devaharp is just a transmitter of an otherwise unknown sacred music that exists, or better put always HAS existed around us.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eYou’re welcome to come to your own conclusions about that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBut sat here, listening to the natural swells of the strings and their unusual tonalities, the billowing wind and bird song overhead, it feels divinely calm, hauntingly beautiful and comforting.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eSomething like tapping into the natural resonance of mother gaia or being back inside the womb.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e(NM\/NM - original deadstock records with facsimile reproduced sleeves, with both inserts)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA1 Sunrise Over The Woods And Fields\u003cbr\u003eA2 The Chant Of Glastonbury Tor\u003cbr\u003eA3 Water Breezes\u003cbr\u003eB1 The Chorus Of The Hills And Skies\u003cbr\u003eB2 The Song Of Iona\u003cbr\u003eB3 Ocean Airwaves\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe title=\"Sunrise Over the Woods and Fields\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yzE0vl8dN0I\" height=\"240\" width=\"386\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003ciframe title=\"The Chant of Glastonbury Tor\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1x6PRgFP_lU\" height=\"240\" width=\"386\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"All Night Flight Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56410380730750,"sku":"RA-01","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/7755\/6791\/files\/IMG_72162.jpg?v=1711458578","url":"https:\/\/allnightflightrecords.com\/products\/robert-archer-natures-dream-harp-2","provider":"All Night Flight Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}