The Prayer Cycle series was created around the time of the invasion of Iraq. It was always my vision to add a soundtrack of prayer and a request for forgiveness to the sparkling horror that was taking place LIVE on TV.

This video is built around footage of the United State’s initial air strike of Baghdad. It was a dark moment for the world. The true heat of that horror on the ground in Iraq can only be imagined.

Days earlier I had sat in a neighbor’s living room discussing Iraq and her belief that it would be quick and surgical. Her conviction was complete.

All I could say, was that thousands of innocent people would die and that it would NOT be quick. It would be more Vietnam than Falklands. She believed! I did not.

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Georgi Marinov

As an homage to Songdreamer on YouTube and the Thru-You project by Kutiman, the Martian Dust Devils have released to tracks to the twittersphere. Enjoy!

Meeting-you-again from “Returned to Earth” (3:03/2.8mb/mp3)

Prayer-cycle-one from “The Prayer Cycles” (5:45/7.9mb/mp3)

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[Note: a special thanks to mama mac for being so excited about thru-you that she cursed when she told me about it. love ya nana!]

my dear brother and mentor robert marion

“Brother!”
Robert Davidson Marion
1-1-51 to 2-21-09

The obituary in the Austin paper this morning says “Sadly, but peacefully, he left this world in his home, Austin TX, on February 21, 2009.”

Everything stopped for me. The tears came. I played a song for him and sat somewhat stunned and somewhat at peace that his deep suffering was over. With deep love for one another and their friends and patients the Marions continued to be a source of joy and healing for me and my friends for 20+ years.

The one greeting that always came out of his mouth when we saw each other was, “Brother!” And after a brief pause to ask about how he was doing, his rejoinder to me was always, “How is your music?”

In the true piercing way he had, he knew my core joy and could put the question to me without a blink. Almost like a gut check. “Are you right with the world?” But much simpler.

“How is your music?” He will ask me more frequently, now that his spirit can roam freely and hug me more deeply.

Namasté dear brother.

@jmacofearth
this is an excerpt of the original post, the complete post is here: http://bit.ly/brother-robert

Something about water, darkness, funk and precision. Please help yourself to the free MP3 file here. And check out the downloads page for even more gifts.

Deep Ambient Fin - Martian Dust Devils (7:04/9.8mb)

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Jmacofearth performing at IPO, El Ray Theater, Los Angeles

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ambient music for modern souls

discography
the future of skin (2000)
prayer cycles (2002)
returned to earth (2006)
music for film (2008)

Free mp3 download: martian dust devils: above water from “the future of skin” See the download page for more free mp3 files.

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