(Ramble Records)
Limited Edition 12" Vinyl on traditional black vinyl with printed inner sleeve.
Side A
1. Cultivation of Reflective & Meditational Skills
2. Cerro de la Muerte
3. Defenders of Ghost-Seeing & Diablerie
Side B
1. Grains of Selim
2. Though Dead, They Still Speak
3. The Seal's Wife
"Up in Northern California, amongst the giant redwoods of Humboldt County, has emerged a psych- folk classic. Ghosts, This Is Survival is loose and varied, with lots of spacey sounds and vocals, (not unlike Gong), and may very well be the first record I’ve heard featuring both a turntablist and sitar player..."
~ Terrascope
Recorded almost entirely in analog
Mixed by Oryan Peterson-Jones & Joey Binhammer
Edited & mastered by Oryan Peterson-Jones in Arcata
Engineered & mastered by Joey Binhammer in Portland
Modified Sitar Guitar recorded by Nick Jennings in Prague
Field Recordings recorded in Senegal, Cuba, Prague & Arcata
Album cover photo taken by Joey Binhammer at Terra Salvaria
Design and layout by Lucy Adlington
Oryan Peterson-Jones... Classical Guitar, Modified Sitar Guitar, Synth, Vocals, Samples & Field Recordings
Joey Binhammer... 12-String Electric Guitar, Pedal Steel, Autoharp, Glockenspiel, Bass, Drums, Vocals, Synth, Samples & Field Recordings
Andrew Pritchard... Bass, Slide Guitar, Noise, Chimes
Evar Restad... Musical Saw
With:
Helena Espvall... Cello
Kate Kilbourne... Violin
Amie Beckwith... Vocals
Alex Nozop... Turntablist
The Unipiper... Bagpipes
TJ Thompson... Vibraphone
Sean Barry... Tenor Sax & Baritone Sax
SSSam Smith... Cajon, Marimba, Kalimba,
Cabasa, Shekere, Tambourine & Shakers
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Cerro de la Muerte
Words by Joey Binhammer
Es bueno sobre la montagne
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The Seal's Wife
Words by Ameila Beechwood
My baby,
how I love thee.
Child of the sea,
beg forgive me.
A band of horses,
wild white and frothing,
pull your chariot cradle
far from me.
Grandmama awaits you
in forest deep and green.
Currents rock you-
with fishes you will dream.