We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Isles Beyond

by Channelers

supported by
Admo
Admo thumbnail
Admo An album of quiet grandeur, a mixture of spontaneous improvisation and acute sonic sculpture. Favorite track: Isles Beyond.
Charlie Moonbeam
Charlie Moonbeam thumbnail
Charlie Moonbeam The sounds of the strange and mystifying ecosystems of island tide pools...
WryOne
WryOne thumbnail
WryOne I like to listen to this on my trireme off the coast of Sicily while weaving rope sandals and eating lemons Favorite track: Moving Through My Second Self.
TheSlowMusicMovement
TheSlowMusicMovement thumbnail
TheSlowMusicMovement Gentle New Age tuned keys meet Acid Folk whilst mystical Eastern vibrations are never far away, Music for a more innocent age, if there ever was one.
noah
noah thumbnail
noah a most vast expanse of appreciation for channelers and sean’s lifelong catalogue. thank you for these sacred tones.
Fabio Viola
Fabio Viola thumbnail
Fabio Viola This is music to appease the Druid in you. Favorite track: Moving Through My Second Self.
more...
/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $6 USD  or more

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 87 Inner Islands releases available on Bandcamp and save 80%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Morcom Tapes, Generation / Harvest, It'll Be Gone For A Little While, Wide Ranging Rider, Weird Choices, Peace Rock, Time, Space, and Thought, Wake, and 79 more. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $99.40 USD or more (80% OFF)

     

  • Cassette
    Cassette + Digital Album

    Cassettes are pro-dubbed. 3-panel full color j-cards. White imprint on blue cassette shell. Limited edition of 100.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Isles Beyond via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Sold Out

1.
2.
3.
4.
So It Be 05:23
5.
6.
7.
8.
Two of Sky 07:22
9.
Isles Beyond 18:09

about

The album began in December 2016, while recording the longform devotional improvisations that became 2017’s "Faces of Love". The first piece recorded was a blithe, wandering piano solo called “Isles Beyond”, followed by other pieces which cohered into the "Faces of Love" album. The tape with the “Isles Beyond” track sat on the shelf for a time, while experimenting with other paths to a personal expression of devotional sounds and compositions.

The pieces that make up the "Isles Beyond" album were often rooted in a foundational layer of improvisation with more deliberate tracks overdubbed to resonate with and amplify the character of the original take. They are imperfect expressions and explorations of joy, ecstasy, serenity, contemplation, reflection, and yearning. Improvisation is a pathway and a tool for delving into and revealing the inner world. It is led by the urge to discover and to personally experience the pulse of that exact moment and to evoke sound in resonance with that pulsation.

The arrangement of the album is mostly acoustic instruments, with a few electric ones spotted throughout: dulcimer, piano, guitars, mandolin, harmonium, low Irish whistle, penny whistle, bass guitar, Fender Rhodes, and Juno 60. Recorded on a Tascam 488 MKII 8-track cassette machine.

This is the tenth full-length release by Channelers, since the first release in 2015.

Music and art by Sean Conrad.
Mastered at The Gentle Ways.
Recorded in California between December 2016 and March 2020.
Much thanks to Rosa, Steve, Michael, Menghsin, Lawrence, and you.
Much love to all.

credits

released August 8, 2020

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Inner Islands Seattle, Washington

🌞Record label🌞
🌱2010–Present🌱
🗿Grounding🗿
🎶Finding center🎶

Mastering inquiries: thegentleways.com

contact / help

Contact Inner Islands

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Isles Beyond, you may also like: