Trumpet: Sean Daly ⋆ Trombone: Joanna Wilson ⋆ Tenor Saxophone: Kristen Au ⋆ Cello: Anne-Marie Guedon ⋆ Keyboard Instruments: Al Bee ⋆ Chudaiko (Japanese Drum): Nancy Mullick ⋆ Drums & Percussion: Al Bee
Vocals: Andrea Bettger, Kerry Wheler, Jeff Bee, Al Bee ⋆ Bass: Pat Braden ⋆ Chudaiko & Shime (Japanese Drums): Nancy Mullick ⋆ Keyboard Instruments: Al Bee ⋆ Drums & Percussion: Al Bee
Seed Drops: Donna Ng ⋆ Punching Balloons & Bottle Shaker: Hazel Bee ⋆ Upright Bass: Sean Robson ⋆ Synthesizer & Keyboard: Andrew Jossa ⋆ Synthesizer & Keyboard Instruments: Al Bee ⋆ Chudaiko, Okedo & Shime (Japanese Drums): Nancy Mullick ⋆ Drums & Percussion: Al Bee
Vocals: Andrea Bettger ⋆ Vocals: Al Bee ⋆ Keyboard: Andrew Jossa ⋆ Keyboard Instruments: Al Bee ⋆ Bass: Pat Braden ⋆ Chudaiko, Okedo & Shime (Japanese Drums): Nancy Mullick ⋆ Drums & Percussion: Al Bee
Synthesizer Mixing: Al Kerstetter ⋆ Synthesizer & Keyboard: Andrew Jossa ⋆ Synthesizer & Keyboard Instruments: Al Bee ⋆ Trumpet: Sean Daly ⋆ Trombone: Joanna Wilson ⋆ Tenor Saxophone: Kristen Au ⋆ Drums & Percussion: Al Bee
Upright Bass: Sean Robson ⋆ Keyboard Instruments: Al Bee ⋆ Drums & Percussion: Al Bee
Upright Bass: Sean Robson ⋆ Keyboard Instruments: Al Bee ⋆ Tabla: Doug Sole ⋆ Drums & Percussion: Al Bee
Vocals: Andrea Bettger ⋆ Violins: Andrea Bettger, Barbara Fortin Clinton, Kathryn Oraas ⋆ Cello: Anne-Marie Guedon ⋆ Bass: Pat Braden ⋆ Synthesizer & Keyboard: Andrew Jossa ⋆ Synthesizer & Keyboard Instruments: Al Bee ⋆ Drums & Percussion: Al Bee
Cello: Anne-Marie Guedon ⋆ Uillean Pipes (sample): Steafan Hannigan ⋆ Native American Flutes & Irish Whistle: Al Bee ⋆ Keyboard Instruments: Al Bee ⋆ Congas & Percussion: Al Bee
Vocals: Carmen Braden ⋆ Tenor Saxophone: Kristen Au ⋆ Keyboard: Andrew Jossa ⋆ Keyboard Instruments: Al Bee ⋆ Drums & Percussion: Al Bee
Uillean Pipes & Irish Whistle: Steafan Hannigan ⋆ Chudaiko & Okedo (Japanese Drums): Nancy Mullick ⋆ Keyboard Instruments, Whistling, Drums & Percussion: Al Bee
"From the beginning there were drums, beating out world rhythm - the booming, never-failing tide on the beach; the four seasons, gliding smoothly, one from the other; when the birds come, when they go, the bear hibernating for [its] winter sleep. Unfathomable the way, yet all in perfect time. Watch the heartbeat in your wrist - a precise pulsing beat of life's Drum - with loss of timing you are ill."
Jimalee Burton (Ho-Chee-Nee), Cherokee, 1974
Credits
Music & lyrics by Al Bee.
Produced & edited by Al Bee in Yellowknife, NT.
Engineered by David Dowe (drums & percussion, upright bass) and Al Bee (vocals, keyboards, flutes, strings, brass, percussion).
Mixed by Adrian Dolan at Track + Trestle (Ladysmith, BC).
Mastered by Duncan Ferguson at The Voltage Exchange (Nashville, TN).
Studio Assistant: Al Yeoman.
Recorded by Al Bee (Yellowknife), except Uilleann pipes by Steafan Hannigan (Baltimore, ON), tabla by Doug Sole (Toronto, ON), electric bass by Pat Braden (Yellowknife), and Carmen Braden vocals by Carmen Braden (Yellowknife). Keyboard Instruments performed by Al Bee through Logic Pro's software instruments library.
Graphic design & layout by Ben Russo.
Thank You
Big thanks to everyone involved on this album: for your good natured sharing, your time, and your talents.
Thanks for great Yellowknife community support from Al Yeoman, Brad Heath, Ryan Dempster, Jeff Pitre, Marc Winkler, Margo Nightingale, Marie Isa Coderre, Martin Emslander, Mary Kelly, Nancy Mullick, Raynor Look, Susan Shantora, Tanya Snow, and Tom!
Mahsi cho, William Greenland, for the thoughtful lending of your flutes and for the great visit.
Long-distance special thanks to Adrian Gates, Andrew Bee, Jannine Sarrinen, and Malcolm Darling.
Deep bass-drum-boomin' thanks for lifelong support to Kae, Jeff, Mike, Graham and Silver, my first clan.
Hunormous special thanks to Hazel & Karen: album stickerers, punching balloonists, dance party specialists and poetry inspirationists. Being your dad is my favourite music!
Mm goy, Donna, for all you do for our family. You are co-producer of this album, really. Thank you times a hundred.
Created with support from NWT Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts
