Angel and the Badman (Borges Labirynth album), by Borges Labyrinth

Angel and the Badman (Borges Labirynth album)

by Borges Labyrinth

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of A Scientific Search, Well There's That: The Best of Erik Ritland, To St. Jude with Desperation: Best Acoustic Tracks, 1747 York Avenue (Borges Labyrinth album), Angel and the Badman (Borges Labirynth album), A Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus, For An Empty Theater, Promises/Help Me Tonight, and 3 more. , and , .

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1.	Dreams That Money Can Buy 00:49	buy track
2.	Spaceways Invocation 01:51	buy track
3.	Quaker Wisdom 00:21	buy track
4.	Dreamtigers 02:41	buy track
5.	Simplicity 01:09	buy track
6.	The Well 00:19	buy track
7.	A Brief Field Recording 01:18	buy track
8.	Odd Instruments 00:09	buy track
9.	The Watcher 02:02	buy track
10.	Message to Earth 01:22	buy track
11.	A Short Autobiography 00:09	buy track
12.	Parting 02:01	buy track
13.	Stretch Your Godlessness 00:05	buy track
14.	Nostalgia for the Present 02:27	buy track
15.	Raw Frontier 00:10	buy track
16.	Unknown Street 01:49	buy track
17.	A Happy Man 00:08	buy track
18.	Final Transmission 02:27	buy track
19.	The Light 00:03	buy track

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Angel and the Badman, the debut album from Borges Labyrinth, was written and recorded in February 2020. It's an all-instrumental, experimental, avant-garde album at the intersection of Sun Ra, John Wayne, Jorge Louis Borges, early Pink Floyd, and Charles Ives.

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released March 1, 2020

Erik Ritland - concept, drum loops, samples, synths, guitar, piano on "Parting," mandolin on "A Brief Field Recording"
Sun Ra - transmissions
John Wayne - spiritual director
Brent Wallace - bass on "Spaceways Invocation," "Message to Earth," and "Final Transmission."
Taylor Schultz - piano on "Dreamtigers," "The Watcher," and "Simplicity"
Bo Weber - bass sample on "Simplicity"
Cal Heart - dulcimer sample on "A Brief Field Recording"
Mark Brooks - percussion samples on "Simplicity," percussion and slide guitar samples on "Nostalgia for the Present."

Cover photo: mountain man Jim Bridger (distant relative of Erik Ritland, no joke)

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One of the last great American songwriters in the tradition of Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, William James, G.K. Chesterton, Jeff Tweedy, and Jim Varney.

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