"David Antony Clark is a new kind of explorer, his spirit of adventure guided not by sextant and compass, but by the instruments and charts of the composer and the faint footprints of his forebears.

In his quest to map the soundscape of our human journey, he roams continents, listening for echoes of ancient rhythms. He then pours these primaural relics into his musical melting pot and gently stirs our souls" ..."

     
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  Céltica Romántica  (remixes) - David Antony Clark & Radha Sahar  

TM11008 - 2011

From close melody lines to multi-layered vocals, Céltica Romántica vividly evokes rugged natural landscapes: from the fields to the stars. In this collection of remixes, David Antony Clark joins with New Zealand singer/songwriter Radha Sahar to combine their hauntingly evocative compositions, celebrating their Irish and Scottish roots.

   
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    World  (remixes)  
TM11006 - 2011

World features 10 of David's most popular World Music favourites: remixed and re-mastered. This collection melds a variety if ethnic instruments and languages, unique invented sounds, and modern rhythms to produce powerfully evocative sonic soundscapes. David's abiding passions are music, travel, and the natural world and World can, in many ways, be considered an autobiography.

   
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    Tribal Blood - Manawataki Maori featuring Rawiri Toia  
TM11004 - 2010
Around one thousand years ago, voyaging Polynesian canoes discovered a remote, uninhabited wilderness in the southern Pacific Ocean: a land with a flora and fauna unlike any on Earth. Tribal Blood - Manawataki Maori explores the feelings of wonder and separation of the first people to settle these extraordinary islands of Aotearoa/New Zealand, a people who now call themselves Maori. With: Chief Dancing Thunder, Piripi Rangihaeata, Lester Mohi, Apirana Taylor, Ron Riddell, Evan Williams.

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    Rock Art  (remixes)  
TM 11005 - 2010

Rock Art features remixes and re-masterings of David's most successful neo-primal classics. A strongly evocative sense of place and mood pervades this album. The primitive rhythms of our early ancestors are captured in evocative and melodic soundscapes. A dazzling variety of sounds are banged or shaken out of many organic materials then digitally sampled to develop the basis for David's infectious rhythms. With loping percussion beats and unhurried arrangements, it recalls life when time was marked by the sun and stars and modern technology was a hand axe. Rock Art speaks to the primal being within us all.

   
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    Songs of Magic Sex & War (EP)  
TM11003 - 2008

Best known for his neo-primal instrumental music, David presents an intriguing four-track EP of lyric-based songs. These range from the ironic to the autobiographical to the deeply personal. Take a stroll through the psyche of David Antony Clark.

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    Shaman Dancing  
TM11002 - 2006
From the most ancient of times the shaman has played a fundamental role in hunting societies around the world. Through the shaman's intervention the harmonious balance between the spirit and natural worlds is maintained: crops are harvested, hunts are successfully completed, and illness is cured or prevented. This album is dedicated to the spirits those men and women who have sacrificed so much for humanity and aided in our survival and well-being throughout countless millennia. This album features vocals in reconstructed Proto Indo-european and Tibetan.
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    Birdsong Paradise: New Zealand's Natural Soundscape with Les B. McPherson  
TM11001 - 2003
"Wilderness at the dawn of time. A primordial paradise exquisitely crafted from the pure sounds of nature"

This beautiful CD will take you on a journey into nature you will never forget. In this stunning, hour-long panorama-in-sound of New Zealand's natural world, you will visit primordial rain forests, remote mountain peaks, placid lakes, and ocean depths. You will hear the voices of over 70 of the fascinating and unique creatures that make these beautiful Pacific islands their home. Welcome into their private world where they will capture your imagination and heart.
 
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    Sacred Sites  
WCL 11048 - 2004

Combining environmental soundscapes and contemporary rhythm, David mixes ethnic voices and instrumentation summoning powerfully evocative images to capture the spiritual essence of some of the world's most revered sacred sites. With this album David uses a variety of ethnic languages and instruments melding them with unique invented sounds. He ranges widely - from New Zealand to Nepal, Syria to Peru and is joined by musicians and vocalists from many world traditions.

 
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    The Leaving of Ireland with Jon Mark  
WCL 11035 - 1999
For hundreds of years the dream that became America was a dream that belonged to the people of Ireland

The Leaving Of Ireland is a haunting tribute to the indomitable spirit of the Irish and a unique musical travelogue of the great Irish migration to North America in the mid-eighteenth century.
This beautiful work features the sublime voice of Deidre Starr, the plaintive voices of pipes and whistles, with subtle evocative musicscapes and emotional narratives.
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Previous CD's      
Natural Selection - The Best of DAC WCL 11058 - 2005 iTunes
The Man who Painted Caves WCL 11041 - 1999 iTunes
Before Africa WCL 11022 - 1996 iTunes
Australia Beyond the Dreamtime WCL 11013 - 1995 iTunes
Terra Inhabitata WCL 11007 - 1993 iTunes
Biography

Born in New Zealand's southern city of Dunedin, David spent most of his early years on a musical diet of British folk and rock. From the age of 15 David played regularly in bands as acoustic and bass guitarist, touring many of the remotest parts of the country.

Most of David’s third decade was spent in Europe, notably in Ireland, France, Germany, and Austria where he taught English and guitar. A lengthy period of traveling the hippy highway brought him into contact with the many cultures of the Middle East, Indian subcontinent, South America and Nepal, to which he returns regularly.

His love of music, travel and technology combined when he encountered Jon Mark, formerly of the Mark-Almond band, and his partner Thelma Burchell and was invited to join their White Cloud label. David's involvement with White Cloud introduced him to fellow New Zealand artists Philip Riley and Peter Pritchard: an association that continues and develops.

David continues to travel the world in his quest for musical and cultural experience and to record the sounds of environments and cultures for future generations. He has explored the Pacific, the Far East and American continent and still his greatest inspiration continues to be drawn from the beauty of the natural world.

David now lives near Wellington, New Zealand where he and fellow White Cloud artist and business partner Radha Sahar run UCA Recording a digital production and mastering house specializing in educational resources. He also works along side Jon Mark as mixing and mastering engineer.

David’s ambition is to continue traveling, spending more time in Europe and the United States discussing and promoting his work and pushing yet further the boundaries of neo-primal music.


David can be contacted at
david@tasmantis.com


Copyright © 1999-2012 David Antony Clark