beloved, lost to begin with / the red hook overview / prayer in the tonal forest / unshaken (positively

implacable) / the wind itself / shards / mad light obviating things (pt i) / alone with the real magic dragon

(hanalei) / tiger cub samurai / city river rock / new music for bowed animals / electric outcome / the broken

shaman / sinai (freedom doesn't care what i do)/ mad light obviating things (pt ii) / thunder and its tears

locust music p.o. box 220426 chicago, illinois 60622 www.locustmusic.com

Function is the communally based, shape shifting brainchild of Australian native & general globe-trotting nomad M

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Miirraaccllee FFoouunnttaaiinn is a lush & transcendental rock album recorded & produced in over ten countries - from Sinai, Egypt

to Brooklyn, New York; Kyoto, Japan to Venice, Italy - over a 3 ½ year period with the participation of close to 3 dozen friends &
musicians. It goes without saying that there is nothing small about the scale or scope of TThhee SSeeccrreett M

Miirraaccllee FFoouunnttaaiinn. It's a

remarkable introduction to the world at large of a mesmerizing rock album that proves every bit worth the 4 years it took to com-
plete it.

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Miirraaccllee FFoouunnttaaiinn marks the band's first stateside album after a couple lathe cut records, cassettes & smallish cd

releases. Featured artists include C

Chhrriiss SSm

miitthh (Fat Cat, Emperor Jones), SSttuuaarrtt D

Deem

mppsstteerr (New Albion), and LLaakksshhm

mii SShhaannkkaarr &

&

SSuubbaasshh C

Chhaannddrraann, Indian music masters of voice and percussion.

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“The Secret Miracle Fountain is a release unlike any other that will stun, astound and yes, possibly even bring you some much needed peace in your
life, giving a complete air of truth to the album's title.” - Treblezine

“sweeping, skyward epics, worthy of Olympic closing ceremonies or peyote snacks by the "fire spot" in the woods.” - Prefix Magazine

“An album that spans 3½ years in the making, a multi-continental endeavor (recordings from Hawaii, Egypt, Australia, Fiji.. .) - it occurs to me that I
could type for days and come nowhere within the proper realm of "beginnings" in conveying the white magic function delivers on album.”

-Slightly Confusing To a Stranger

"A rippling and tempestuous collection. I’ve listened to it time and time again and have been enraptured by its organic flow and subversive sounds
but it is so mercurial, so permutable that I can’t seem to pin it down." - Kyndmusic

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Live shows this Spring at SXSW, Philly, NY, Baltimore, DC & continuous touring throughout the U.S. in 2006
Full servicing to college radio & NPR outlets
Function Leader Matt Nicholson has assembled approximately 10 hours worth of intricately synchronized soundtracks for the sacred art suites of
Advaitayana Buddhist Master Adi D, premiered mostly in California and Holland thus far, with a traveling-dome installation- exhibit visiting various
world cities in 2006.
Forthcoming collaborations with Subash Chandran (south-Indian drum master), Lakshmi Shankar and Stuart Dempster

CD BOX LOT: 25
STREET DATE: May 9, 2006

LABEL: LOCUST
CAT#: LST 76
FORMAT: CD
UPC#: 656605707624

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