The Dharma Bum Tapes, by Hellvete

The Dharma Bum Tapes

by Hellvete

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1.	Hellvete - The Dharma Bum I 22:46	info	buy track
2.	Hellvete - The Dharma Bum II 08:22	info	buy track
3.	Hellvete - The Dharma Bum III 36:26	info	buy track
4.	Hellvete - The Dharma Bum IV 09:54	info	buy track
5.	Hellvete - The Dharma Bum V 27:02	info	buy track
6.	Hellvete - The Dharma Bum VI 23:58	info	buy track

about

"It's impossible to fall off mountains, you fool!" – Jack Kerouac

In October 2017 I had the opportunity to spend a day with Beyt al Tapes and Pauwel Pauwelson to prepare a concert I had to play a couple of weeks later at the Le Guess Who? Festival. The day proved to be a turning point in my approach to music. Throughout the day I started to play more and more accousticly and really started to understand how I could create the sounds I envisioned without the use of extra electronics. It was a spark that took me to new places that I’m still exploring up until this day. That was also the day the seed for Het Interstedelijk Harmoniumverbond was planted and started to grow very slowly. All good things in life grow slow…

The whole day was recorded by Beyt al Tapes on a 4-track reel-to-reel tape and is here presented in it’s pure form. The recordings are rough, warbled, cut-off, … but they tell the story of the quest that we went on that day. A quest looking for simplicity, power and enlightment.

Eternal thanks to Beyt al Tapes for the recordings and Pauwel Pauwelsson for the additional sneezing, which goes well with these sneeze-panic times.

Music played by G. Steenkiste
Recorded by Beyt al Tapes & Pauwel Pauwelson at Zwarte Zaal, Ghent,
28 October 2017