Walking On Clouds

TAP/RHCD 21
The second CD release by In The Labyrinth
11 tracks, total playing time 56:34

Now also available as a reissue and featuring many bonus tracks, most of which are older or alternate versions of the songs.

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“In Kali ghat temple
The worshiped black godess
has everything under control
The pandals of Durga will float
on the Hooghly
And into the bay of Bengal”

From Kali.

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to walk on some
real clouds!

Track List

01 Kali
02 Mahatma
03 Over the wall
04 The caravan from Sheeba
05 Birka
06 Lop Nor (The wandering lake)
07 Dervish dreams
08 Golgonda
09 Gates of Oneiron
10 Chandrika
11 Walking on clouds

Playing time 56:34 minutes

Musicians

Peter Lindahl: Mellotron, flutes, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, zither, saz, bass, viola da gamba, synthesizers and samplers, shehnai, tamboura, percussion, vocals, background harmonies, soundeffects, radio and voices.
Håkan Almkvist: Sitar, tabla, electric guitar, bass, radio and sound effects.
Helena Selander: Background harmonies and vocal improvisation.
Miriam Oldenburg: Piano accordeon.
Stefan Ottman: Narration and voices.
Ismet Demirhan: Ney and mey.
Kirk Chilton: Violin.
Micke Lövroth: Violin.
Fereidoun Nadimi: Darbouka and narration.
Sven Lindahl: Cornett.
Anders Victorson: Background harmonies.

Music and Lyrics

All music and lyrics by Peter Lindahl except tracks 06 and 09, which are written by Peter Lindahl and Stefan Ottman and track 10, which is written by Håkan Almkvist

Historical Notes

Peter and Håkan

Early spring in 1997 Håkan Almkvist, (who Peter Lindahl had started to connect with through his dealings with the record label APM), got himself lost in the labyrinth too. From there on they had a bit of a partnership going between them. The next ITL album was released in 1999 by Håkan’s newly started company TAP (Tone art production) and was distributed internationally by Record Heaven. It was titled Walking on Clouds. Because of the involvement of Håkan (who is known to have great experience of India) and as a result of an extensive journey which Peter and his wife made to the subcontinent in late 1997, Walking on Clouds may reflect some of the various atmospheres that belong to that part of the world. Peter wrote lyrics about, among other items, the hindu godesses Kali and Durga, about the Himalayas and the notorious yeti. They used quite a lot of sound effects on the album, most of them originating from Nepal and northern India though some came from elsewhere.

For the most, Håkan and Peter were focused on the Hindu element and generally on upbeat material. They allowed for an increase of vocals and tried to get in as many supplementary musicians as possible, as long as it enhanced the sound and the over-all feeling.

The blue mosque

On to next album!