Les Jardins Mystiques Vol.1, by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

Les Jardins Mystiques Vol.1

by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

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kubrickapostles Three hour journey of so many beautiful landscapes. Favorite track: Dream Dance.

Tiago Neves This is truly amazing: rich, diverse liberating! What a garden, what a world!

buzzbabyjesus Impossible to just pick a track, so I chose the opener. I bought the 4 record set after hearing 2-3 minutes. I just knew I was hearing something special. I've been playing it for 10 days, and it's one of the best albums I've ever heard. A brilliant set traversing Jazz, Modern Classical, and electronic textures, while managing to sound original and fresh all the way through. I think this one deserves to go far. Favorite track: Kiseki.

majhium Wow! An amazing journey through so many beautiful musical landscapes. Having once been a violin player I love all the string work Miguel has done here. There is Oh! so much to enjoy on the album. Thank you. Favorite track: Kairos (Kefi).

dan berkson absolutely amazing collection of music, can’t get enough of this!

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1.	Kiseki 04:48	buy track
2.	Persinette 01:47	buy track
3.	Narva 00:42	buy track
4.	Eudaimonia 10:08	buy track
5.	Porpita 03:26	buy track
6.	Nazo No Tenkai (Ernok) 01:23	buy track
7.	Mångata 03:25	buy track
8.	Ano Yo 12:32	buy track
9.	Zarra 00:59	buy track
10.	Kairos (Amor Fati) 14:04	buy track
11.	Magnolia (Aisling) 01:51	buy track
12.	Cho Oyu 08:58	buy track
13.	Matumaini 04:50	buy track
14.	Zoticus 01:06	buy track
15.	Légäsi 08:38	buy track
16.	Votivus 01:35	buy track
17.	Querencia 01:33	buy track
18.	Kundinyota 02:38	buy track
19.	Dragons of Eden 01:41	buy track
20.	Eunoia 06:12	buy track
21.	Znaniya (Falkor) 03:59	buy track
22.	Tzedakah 09:53	buy track
23.	Apocrypha 02:01	buy track
24.	Asherah 03:01	buy track
25.	Plotinus 00:36	buy track
26.	Kairos (Kefi) 05:08	buy track
27.	Qumran 04:53	buy track
28.	Makaria 01:47	buy track
29.	Kupaianaha 08:22	buy track
30.	Taijasa 04:50	buy track
31.	Vesta 01:23	buy track
32.	Ziggurat 01:32	buy track
33.	Ziya 03:20	buy track
34.	Scar 06:36	buy track
35.	Let The Light Shine In 01:06	buy track
36.	Komorebi 02:49	buy track
37.	Daydream 04:10	buy track
38.	Dream Dance 12:49	buy track
39.	Apotheosis 07:59	buy track
40.	Magnolia (Astronomia Nova) 01:47	buy track
41.	Moksha 06:11	buy track
42.	Datsuzoku 02:12	buy track
43.	Hypatia 03:04	buy track
44.	Kuleana 01:09	buy track
45.	Aldous 00:34	buy track
46.	Jijivisha 02:38	buy track
47.	Paititi 00:51	buy track
48.	Airavata 04:31	buy track
49.	Znaniya (Ahura Mazda) 03:52	buy track
50.	Nag Hammadi 01:23	buy track
51.	Halcyon 01:24	buy track
52.	Sweet Invitation 02:03	buy track

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14 years in the making, “Les Jardins Mystiques Vol.1” comprises 52 tracks / 3.5 hours of music composed, arranged and produced by Miguel with contributions from 50+ friends including Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, DOMi & JD Beck, Jeff Parker, Carlos Niño, Austin Peralta, Bennie Maupin, Gabe Noel, Jamael Dean, Jamire Williams, Burniss Travis II, Deantoni Parks, Josh Johnson, Marcus Gilmore and many more.

Based in his hometown of Los Angeles, Miguel is one of the preeminent musicians, orchestrators, arrangers and composers of our time. “Les Jardins Mystiques Vol.1” is his long-awaited inaugural album. It presents us with a passionate statement of intent, a labor of love, and a realm of beautiful possibilities.

“Les Jardins Mystiques” is a project that throws open and shares Miguel’s musical universe. It took shape over a dozen years, largely self-funded by Miguel, and showcasing his distinctly elegant musicianship (on violin, viola, cello and keyboards among other instruments) alongside his free-spirited dialogues with more than 50 instrumentalists. Volume 1 is the first in a planned triptych, which will collectively comprise ten-and-a-half-hours of original, refreshingly expansive music. Miguel connected with his guest musicians in versatile ways: through convivial studio dialogues; over remote communication during the pandemic era; and via the energy of live performances at LA venues including Del Monte Speakeasy (the gorgeously invigorating, piano-led “Dream Dance”) and Bluewhale (including “Ano Yo” with vivacious alto from Devin Daniels, and the cosmic harmonies of “Cho Oyu”). Bennie Maupin, the legendary US multi-reedist whose repertoire includes Miles Davis’s fusion opus Bitches Brew, plays bass clarinet on the entrancing opening number, “Kiseki”.

“Les Jardins Mystiques” reflects Miguel’s ethos that music is a natural, vitally unaffected life force. The titles across Volume 1’s tracks draw from international languages and traditions, including Spanish, Swahili, Sanskrit, Ancient Greek, Japanese and Hebrew, as well as the Buddhist practice that has been key to Miguel’s life since his twenties (“It’s very joyous and very hard, because it says that there’s no retirement age in human revolution,” he says). The tracks contrast in length, from “Zarra”’s vivid burst of analogue synths to the alluringly chilled melody of “Kairos (Amor Fati)”, yet there’s a gloriously unconstrained flow throughout, and each piece seems to unfurl and blossom into its own wondrous world.

The blissfully radiant “Airavata” derives its title from the white elephant who carries the Hindu deity Indra: a divine being associated with elemental forces. It features Miguel on electric guitar (recorded then reversed to mesmerizing effect) and acoustic violin/viola, alongside bassist Gabe Noel and cellist Peter Jacobson. The stirring “Tzedakah” alludes to a Hebrew and Arabic concept of philanthropy and righteousness, and incorporates soulful bouzouki and oud within its multi-instrumental whirl. The vividly emotive piano melody “Mångata” is inspired by a Swedish word that describes the moon’s undulating reflection on water.

“To me, playing music in any kind of setting is like swimming in an ocean of sounds and emotions and vibrations,” he says. “It’s the combination of all these different rivers, right? Western European classical music is an intense love and passion of mine; all the different genres within jazz music are a joy to practice and have given my life so much meaning; electronic music, world music, and all these different things I’ve been exploring all these years.”

“I just want to be an enabler for magic and empowerment, everyone and everything. I believe in people… and I think that this is a very benevolent multiverse we’re living in. I feel like everything has infinite worth. That’s why I tried to have the diversity of tracks on there; every one is a mystical garden, in my opinion.”

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released November 10, 2023

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Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Los Angeles, California

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson is a producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, music director, and educator. Recording on over 600 albums, films and TV shows, Miguel has recorded and performed with some of the greatest artists of our time, spanning multiple genres. Miguel has plans to release Volume 1 of his debut album ‘Les Jardins Mystiques’ on the Brainfeeder record label in 2023. ... more

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