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Year 8: 2007
Numinous at 25
8. 2007
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This was the year that Numinous went into the studio to record our second album Vipassana. Almost double the size of my original Numinous ensemble, the sessions were a leap in logistical and musical organization but I was very proud to have figured it all out successfully! And because I had started teaching full time the year before, unlike for the first album, I had saved up enough money to pay for the sessions and subsequent album production myself!
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Our family has always traveled a good deal so it’s no surprise that my travels are often an inspiration for some of my compositions. My 2007 trip to Malaysia inspired two compositions, “Rihla and “Kelip-Kelip,” both which premiered in 2007.
Kelip-kelip is a Bahasa Malay word meaning "twinkle" and is used to describe the moving and magical synchronous fireflies my wife and I saw when we visited Kuala Selangor and the village of Kuantan, where we took a late night ride on the Selangor River.
Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta was one of the most widely traveled explorers of the 14th century. This near contemporary of Marco Polo covered over 75,000 miles during his years (far more than his famous predecessor). Several years after returning, Ibn Battuta dictated an account of his travels to Moroccan scholar, Ibn Juzay al-Kalbi. The subsequent documentation, A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Traveling, became known as simply the Rihla. While often fictional or exaggerated in places, the Rihla gives a rich report of life in the lands of Islam during the Middle Ages. Today rihla has taken on different meanings. Not only does it refer to the actual Ibn Battuta book, but depending upon the context, it can also signify a journey (physical or spiritual) and a documentation of one’s travels.
#josephcphillipsjr #numinous #numinousmusic @numinousmusic #mixedmusic #newmusic #vipassana
© 2007 Numen Music/BMI All Rights Reserved
#numinous25
#numinousmusic25
This was the year that Numinous went into the studio to record our second album Vipassana. Almost double the size of my original Numinous ensemble, the sessions were a leap in logistical and musical organization but I was very proud to have figured it all out successfully! And because I had started teaching full time the year before, unlike for the first album, I had saved up enough money to pay for the sessions and subsequent album production myself!
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Our family has always traveled a good deal so it’s no surprise that my travels are often an inspiration for some of my compositions. My 2007 trip to Malaysia inspired two compositions, “Rihla and “Kelip-Kelip,” both which premiered in 2007.
Kelip-kelip is a Bahasa Malay word meaning "twinkle" and is used to describe the moving and magical synchronous fireflies my wife and I saw when we visited Kuala Selangor and the village of Kuantan, where we took a late night ride on the Selangor River.
Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta was one of the most widely traveled explorers of the 14th century. This near contemporary of Marco Polo covered over 75,000 miles during his years (far more than his famous predecessor). Several years after returning, Ibn Battuta dictated an account of his travels to Moroccan scholar, Ibn Juzay al-Kalbi. The subsequent documentation, A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Traveling, became known as simply the Rihla. While often fictional or exaggerated in places, the Rihla gives a rich report of life in the lands of Islam during the Middle Ages. Today rihla has taken on different meanings. Not only does it refer to the actual Ibn Battuta book, but depending upon the context, it can also signify a journey (physical or spiritual) and a documentation of one’s travels.
#josephcphillipsjr #numinous #numinousmusic @numinousmusic #mixedmusic #newmusic #vipassana
© 2007 Numen Music/BMI All Rights Reserved
Thanks and credit to all the original photos on this website to: David Andrako, Concrete Temple Theatre, Marcy Begian, Mark Elzey, Ed Lefkowicz, Donald Martinez, Kimberly McCollum, Geoff Ogle, Joseph C. Phillips Jr., Daniel Wolf-courtesy of Roulette, Andrew Robertson, Viscena Photography, Jennifer Kang, Carolyn Wolf, Mark Elzey, Karen Wise, Numinosito. The Numinous Changing Same album design artwork by DM Stith. The Numinous The Grey Land album design and artwork by Brock Lefferts. Contact for photo credit and information on specific images.