Label: RA – RA-01, Music That Shapes – MTS-R 1005-1
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition
Country: Slovakia
Released: Nov 1, 2026
Genre: Non-Music
Style: Field Recording, Ambient, Experimental, Drone
!!! The definitive holy-grail of privately released British field-recordings LP gets the deluxe double disc reissue treatment it deserves, featuring previously unreleased recordings on Archer's Devaharp 2. Magical.... !!!
Robert 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. For 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.
Record geekery aside, Archers concept is this. His homemade Aeolian Harp (named Devaharp 1) is somewhere between a string instrument and a receiver. Its strings are agitated by the wind without any human interference, producing tones entirely of its own volition. Archer 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. Archer’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. You’re welcome to come to your own conclusions about that.
But 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. Something like tapping into the natural resonance of mother gaia or being back inside the womb. (Mint / New - with additional inserts - shops pls ask for wholesale)
Tracklist
Aeolian Music, Played By The Summer Wind On.... Devaharp I
A1 Sunrise Over The Woods And Fields
A2 The Chant Of Glastonbury Tor
A3 Water Breezes
B1 The Chorus Of The Hills And Skies
B2 The Song Of Iona
B3 Ocean Airwaves
Devaharp II
C The Chorus Of The Cosmic Angels Part 1
D The Chorus Of The Cosmic Angels Part 2
