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From Babylon To India

by Harlan Mark Vale

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Morning Mood 01:33
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Innate Joy 04:48
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Eldorado 04:28
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When Grace Falls 03:11
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Pakistan 06:20
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As Geese Fly Overhead 01:31
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Thoughts 03:10
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Inevitable Truth 08:36
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As Above, So Below 07:45
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Decision & Fate 11:22
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From Babylon To India 03:01
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“From Babylon To India” was the first CD that I ever produced. I set out to create an all electronic instrumental ’New Age’ album of my best compositions at the time. These were songs originally written from 1989 - 1994 at The Inlett in Olympia, WA and Sunwood Station in Lacey, WA. Most were created using my Roland D-50 Linear Arithmetic Digital Synthesizer and an Alesis SR-16 Drum machine out at The Inlett cabin. After I got married in 1992, I was able to have the space for a small computer based MIDI sequencer studio where I expanded these pieces into larger multi track versions during 1993-1994.

After I had finished programming and editing the songs, I exported them onto a floppy disc with a Alesis DataDiscSQ as Standard MIDI Files. I booked some time with Arcade Digital Recording Studio and with the help of Bruce Whitcomb we began to record these MIDI performances, one track at a time, onto an Alesis ADAT digital recorder. We set up all of the synthesizers, drum machines, MIDI Modules and FX Units and plugged them into his Mackie Mixer console. Then with the DataDiscSQ connected to the music gear, I would mute all of the MIDI channels except for the one we were recording and ’stripe’ it onto digital tape. This made the recording session run very efficiently in budgeting our time for the entire project.

The album was mixed with all of the extensive layering of instruments using quite basic EQ settings, FX processors that were there in the studio, plus we borrowed a couple more silver UREI LA2A leveling amplifiers too.

After that I handed the final mixes off to Karl Welty who did the audio editing. Then went to Ross Nyberg at Disc Master for the final mastering. Philip “Pip” McCaslin at Realtime Audio in Seattle made the CDs and did realtime dubs of the cassettes for the finished products.

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released February 14, 1995

From Babylon To India
Harlan Mark Vale

01 Morning Mood
02 Innate Joy
03 Eldorado
04 When Grace Falls
05 Pakistan
06 As Geese Fly Overhead
07 Thoughts
08 Inevitable Truth
09 As Above, So Below
10 Decision & Fate
11 From Babylon To India

All compositions written & performed by Harlan Mark Vale
Roland D-50, Sound Canvas SC-33, MKS-10, Yamaha TG-100, Alesis SR-16, QuardVerb GT, Midiman Merge 2 x 2, Mackie MS 1202, Macintosh SE/30 w/ Dr T Beyond v2.1, Opcode Midi Translater II

Realization @ Sunwood Station, Olympia, WA by HMV
February 13, 1994 - June 13, 1994
Recorded / Tracked @ Arcade Digital, Tumwater, WA - Bruce Whitcomb
between March & December 1994.
Streaming or “striping” Alesis DataDiscSQ midi files
one track at time into an ADAT

Mastered DDD @ Disc Master, Issaquah, WA - Ross Nyberg
Pre Mastering & Editing by Karl Welty, Olympia, WA
Manufactured by Realtime Audio, Philip “Pip” McCaslin, Seattle, WA
Photography by Scott Miller, Kirkland, WA
Graphic Design by JoDee Braeme Vale, Lisa Nelson & HMV, Olympia, WA

Many “thank you’s” go out to my beautiful wife JoDee;
Reverend Doctor Elizabeth MacDonald Burrows; “Forever” Fields and Zolo Music, Yelm, WA, Music 6000, Bruce Whitcomb;
and of course the infinite source of all things, ‘GOD’ and the Divinity within us all.

Independently Produced & Distributed

Released Valentines Day February 14, 1995
℗©1994 Harlan Mark Vale

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Harlan Mark Vale Prescott, Arizona

Harlan attended The Evergreen State College in Washington State, where he studied 20th Century Composition, Electronic Music and Audio Engineering.
Harlan plays piano, synthesizer and percussion.
Harlan has been an independent composer / performer since 1974. He releases his own music through his own recording label, Pillars of Light Music. ... more

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