Tonalibus I, J & K – Album

The album “Tonalibus I, J & K” appears globally on many music platforms on January 29, 2024.

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Album tracks
Album cover
Playlists I, J & K

This album offers 29 meditative improvisations by Ulrico in 3½ hours of uplifting music, often with a touch of blues. Two of the pieces feature the voice a guest, one by Philine Harte, the other by Karin Gsöllpointner. Recordings are from January through August 2023, from playlists I, J & K. On June 11, 2023, Tonalibus already released as single track #14 “Once upon a time” — again and still on the way.

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This and other Tonalibus releases are available on the following music platforms. Some of these music services are restricted to particular regions or countries or may provide international music only within their territory. Links offered below lead to available Tonalibus releases.

Tonalibus I, J & K — album tracks

From playlist Tonalibus K — Refreshing like a summer breeze

1) “कुम्भक Kumbhaka” — between in and out, out and in — ReachBal (double harmonic/Gypsy major) on G# — fretted vichitra veena, lap slide guitar, conch, tanpura — 8:54

2) “Pulsating through life” — lead on! — HexaMin on G# w/a touch Aeolian — 5-string guitar, lap slide guitar, bass, conch — 4:00

3) “Go with God” — a final blessing — LoloReachMin derivative w/7+ on D, octatonality — 5-string guitar, selje flute, tingsha cymbals, tanpura — 7:23

4) “Balancing up and down” — extensive calm — LoloReachMin on D — 8-string guitar & tanpura — 3:58

5) “Calling the divine” — hearts connect directly — TetraNa, LoloReachMin on D — 5-string guitar, selje flute, voice — 6:42

6) “From here to now” — on a flying carpet — Phrygian on E — 6-string guitar, voice, tenor recorder, bass bowl — 7:39

7) “Peaceful heart” — slowly but surely — PhrygReach or Neapolitan minor — 8-string guitar, tingsha cymbal pair, tanpura — 5:10

8) “Fused oriental occident and occidental orient” — ReachMin (Phrygian dominant) on G# — fretted vichitra veena, lap slide guitar, crotales, tanpura — 8:01

9) “Blue sound step ahead” — all the same and different — PentaMin / PentaEol (pentatonic minor) — bass, 8-string guitar, lap slide guitar, tanpura — 5:47

10) “Calmly breathe in, out, and in again” — Kumbhaka base — ReachBal (double harmonic/Gypsy major) on G# — fretted vichitra veena and tanpura — 5:22

From playlist Tonalibus J — Welcome to relative freedom

11) “Back in open time and space” — at long last — MixoBal or HexaNaMix; hexatonality derivative of Mixolydian (w/o second), HexaNaTriMix (w/quart instead of triton), or PentaNaMix (w/quart or fourth) — lap slide guitar and tanpura — 6:28

12) “ReachMin OM HU” — happy heart, new start — ReachMin (Phrygian dominant) — voice, lap slide guitar, tanpura — 7:33

13) “Future past lives” — a heartfelt blues memory revived — Phrygian on E — double 6-string guitar — 5:15

14) “Once upon a time” — again and still on the way — Phrygian on E — 6-string guitar, 7-string guitar, small gong — 5:09

15) “Blue glacial melt water” — soundscape — Phrygian on E, Mixolydian on G, PentaProLa/PentaIon on D — double 7-string guitar, fujara, tenor recorder, gongs — 12:57

16) “Spring sunbeam chirping” — TetraNa+ (natural harmonics) — selje flute, medium gong — 3:50

17) “Wo bischt? — Où es-tu ? — Dove sei? — Where are you? — Wo bist du?” — Swiss, English, French, Italian, German — spoken word — 4:50 — text in blog post “Wo bischt?“

18) “Ophiuchus” — the serpent bearer — ReachMix — fretted vichitra veena, tanpura, large gong — 10:00

19) “Echoes of growing silence” — celebrating a new birth — IonAeolian or ClusterBal (melodic major) — 8-string guitar w/sustained echo, bass — 6:14

From playlist Tonalibus I — Step ahead into a new world

20) “Bears and butterflies” — sifting through colorful sand — Diffuse D#, G#/C# Phrygian, C# Aeolian, a touch of G# ReachMin — voice, double 8-string guitar, bells — 8:00

21) “Roots and crowns” — heaven to earth to heaven — ReachMix — 136 Hz 8-string guitar, big gong, tingsha cymbals, tanpura — 4:19

22) “Awakening pixie Nirak” — sparkling pixie dust — TetraNa based — voice by Karin Gsöllpointner, 8-string guitar by Ulrico — 8:21

23) “Wake to a new dream” — LocorReach meditation — LocorReach — 8-string guitar and tanpura — 15:44

24) “Harmonic two-way challenge” — CorMaj / LoloReachLyd contemplation — CorMaj / LoloReachLyd — 8-string guitar — 11:48

25) “Surprises welcome” — glimpse around the corner — LocorNa / LocorMin — 8-string guitar — 4:20

26) “Doula’s song and silence” — for a new generation — ReachMin (Phrygian dominant) — voice by Philine Harte, double 8-string guitar by Ulrico — 4:06

27) “Dear doula” — room for silence — TetraNa with a touch of PentaBluNa — 8-string guitar and large gong — 6:51

28) “Pulse of an emerging blue heart” — first step into a new year — PentaMin / PentaEol (pentatonic minor) — multiple 8-string guitar — 6:13

29) “Umbilical” — sounds in silence — ReachMin or Phrygian dominant on 136 Hz — multiple 8-string guitar — 10:05 — derived from the sound recordings for “Klanggeschichte”, the story: Nabelschnur about the development of the umbilical cord

Tonalibus I, J & K — album cover

Tonalibus I, J, & K – Album
Step ahead into a new world — Welcome to relative freedom — Refreshing like a summer breeze