I’m really pleased to present Pastoral Memory, the excellent work of Dan Palladino. Dan first got in touch through email and as I listened to Pastoral Memory, I was struck by what a great addition this would be to the Ambient Soundbath Podcast. When I first listened to the individual tracks, how it came to me, I was struck by how Pastoral Memory really stood alone as a single longform track, my preference for the Soundbath. I inquired with Dan on this and he informed me that all the tracks had been edited into shorter works, but they came from a singular whole. I asked if he could re-assemble them, to which he politely obliged… then Archive.org was hacked (where the Mp3 files for the Soundbath are hosted) and we were put into a holding pattern.
Today, I’m pleased to report that Archive.org is back up and I’m able to upload the files and present Dan’s wonderful Pastoral Memory to you. Please enjoy!!
-Matt
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Dan Palladino is a guitarist, vocalist and composer based in New Jersey. He began his journey on guitar at the age of seven, played his first gig at the age of 12, and has performed in public for the past 50 years. Along the way, he has backed Broadway stars, opened for comedians, appeared with contemporary jazz groups, and performed live and in the studio, with various singer/songwriters and R&B groups.
Currently, Dan performs 160+ live dates per year with Acoustic NRG, an acoustic classic rock trio.
In 2019, Dan Palladino released his first ambient album, Pastoral Memory, which was awarded Best Meditation Album of 2019 by New Age Music Guide, and Best Ambient Album of 2019 by One World Music Radio.
Pastoral Memory, a single long-form piece, began as a quest to record nature sounds. “I set up a pair of mics to record the joyful birds singing in my yard one fine August morning, and before I knew it, I’d amassed quite a library of birds, crickets, cicadas, streams, and rainstorms.” The calming nature recordings influenced the instrumentation that would follow: swirling synth pads, kalimbas, chimes, wooden flutes, harps, voices and eventually, many layers of hypnotic acoustic and electric guitars.
“Most of the slowly unfolding melodies featured on Pastoral Memory began as improvisations, which is my preferred method of working. Once I’d discovered these melodies, I created supporting counter melodies and harmonies to complement them. Accidental interplay came bubbling up each time a new layer was added to the mix.”
https://danpalladino.bandcamp.com/
http://www.danpalladinomusic.com/
High praise for Je