The Ethiopian Princess Meets the Tantric Priest

~ Release by Indigo Trio & Michel Edelin (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

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Credits from Bandcamp

"Top Secret", "Inside the Earth", "Wind Current" and "Ambre Sunset" composed by Nicole Mitchell, "Dérives" and "Call Back" composed by Michel Edelin, "Return of the Sun" composed by Harrison Bankhead, "The Ethiopian Princess Meets the Tantric Priest" composed by Nicole Mitchell, Harrison Bankhead, Hamid Drake and Michel Edelin.

Recorded on January 29th and 30th 2011 by Didier Houbre at Downtown Studio, Strasbourg, France
Mixing and mastering: Jean-Pierre Bouquet, L’Autre Studio, Vaires-sur Marne, France
Liner notes: Howard Mandel
Photographs: «ROGUEART»
Cover design: Max Schoendorff
Cover realisation: David Bourguignon
Executive producer: Michel Dorbon

Nicole Mitchell and Michel Edelin are two of the most creative flutists in music of any sort today, brilliant improvisers with highly developed sensitivities to sound. Yet their personal approaches to playing one of the oldest instruments in the world represent two far ends of an esthetic spectrum…
… So The Ethiopian Princess Meets the Tantric Priest demonstrates what happens when opposite poles touch. Like a marvel of physics, the reverberations generate something new: in this case, previously unimagined dimensions of pure song. The sonic spheres the Princess and the Priest conjure – with wonderful support from bassist/pianist Harrison Bankhead and drummer Hamid Drake – are akin to what's born by a spirit of the air in congress with a guardian of the earth… Howard Mandel

Annotation last modified on 2025-03-29 23:04 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Top Secret
recording engineer:
Didier Houbre (in 2011-01)
mixer:
Jean-Pierre Bouquet (production music composer)
flute:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer) (in 2011-01)
guest flute:
Michel Edelin (in 2011-01)
instruments:
Harrison Bankhead (in 2011-01)
percussion:
Hamid Drake (US jazz drummer and percussionist) (in 2011-01)
recorded at:
Downtown Studio in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est (Great East), France (in 2011-01)
mixed at:
L’Autre Studio in Vaires-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
recording of:
Top Secret (in 2011-01)
composer:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer)
9:26
2Inside the Earth
recording engineer:
Didier Houbre (in 2011-01)
mixer:
Jean-Pierre Bouquet (production music composer)
flute:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer) (in 2011-01)
guest flute:
Michel Edelin (in 2011-01)
instruments:
Harrison Bankhead (in 2011-01)
percussion:
Hamid Drake (US jazz drummer and percussionist) (in 2011-01)
recorded at:
Downtown Studio in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est (Great East), France (in 2011-01)
mixed at:
L’Autre Studio in Vaires-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
recording of:
Inside the Earth (in 2011-01)
composer:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer)
5:10
3Dérives
recording engineer:
Didier Houbre (in 2011-01)
mixer:
Jean-Pierre Bouquet (production music composer)
flute:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer) (in 2011-01)
guest flute:
Michel Edelin (in 2011-01)
instruments:
Harrison Bankhead (in 2011-01)
percussion:
Hamid Drake (US jazz drummer and percussionist) (in 2011-01)
recorded at:
Downtown Studio in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est (Great East), France (in 2011-01)
mixed at:
L’Autre Studio in Vaires-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
recording of:
Dérives (in 2011-01)
composer:
Michel Edelin
5:09
4Wind Current
recording engineer:
Didier Houbre (in 2011-01)
mixer:
Jean-Pierre Bouquet (production music composer)
flute:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer) (in 2011-01)
guest flute:
Michel Edelin (in 2011-01)
instruments:
Harrison Bankhead (in 2011-01)
percussion:
Hamid Drake (US jazz drummer and percussionist) (in 2011-01)
recorded at:
Downtown Studio in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est (Great East), France (in 2011-01)
mixed at:
L’Autre Studio in Vaires-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
recording of:
Wind Current (in 2011-01)
composer:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer)
9:10
5Call Back
recording engineer:
Didier Houbre (in 2011-01)
mixer:
Jean-Pierre Bouquet (production music composer)
flute:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer) (in 2011-01)
guest flute:
Michel Edelin (in 2011-01)
instruments:
Harrison Bankhead (in 2011-01)
percussion:
Hamid Drake (US jazz drummer and percussionist) (in 2011-01)
recorded at:
Downtown Studio in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est (Great East), France (in 2011-01)
mixed at:
L’Autre Studio in Vaires-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
recording of:
Call Back (in 2011-01)
composer:
Michel Edelin
6:51
6The Ethiopian Princess Meets the Tantric Priest
recording engineer:
Didier Houbre (in 2011-01)
mixer:
Jean-Pierre Bouquet (production music composer)
flute:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer) (in 2011-01)
guest flute:
Michel Edelin (in 2011-01)
instruments:
Harrison Bankhead (in 2011-01)
percussion:
Hamid Drake (US jazz drummer and percussionist) (in 2011-01)
recorded at:
Downtown Studio in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est (Great East), France (in 2011-01)
mixed at:
L’Autre Studio in Vaires-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
recording of:
The Ethiopian Princess Meets the Tantric Priest (in 2011-01)
composer:
Harrison Bankhead, Hamid Drake (US jazz drummer and percussionist), Michel Edelin and Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer)
7:42
7Ambre Sunset
recording engineer:
Didier Houbre (in 2011-01)
mixer:
Jean-Pierre Bouquet (production music composer)
flute:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer) (in 2011-01)
guest flute:
Michel Edelin (in 2011-01)
instruments:
Harrison Bankhead (in 2011-01)
percussion:
Hamid Drake (US jazz drummer and percussionist) (in 2011-01)
recorded at:
Downtown Studio in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est (Great East), France (in 2011-01)
mixed at:
L’Autre Studio in Vaires-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
recording of:
Ambre Sunset (in 2011-01)
composer:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer)
6:39
8Return of the Sun
recording engineer:
Didier Houbre (in 2011-01)
mixer:
Jean-Pierre Bouquet (production music composer)
flute:
Nicole Mitchell (American flautist and composer) (in 2011-01)
guest flute:
Michel Edelin (in 2011-01)
instruments:
Harrison Bankhead (in 2011-01)
percussion:
Hamid Drake (US jazz drummer and percussionist) (in 2011-01)
recorded at:
Downtown Studio in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est (Great East), France (in 2011-01)
mixed at:
L’Autre Studio in Vaires-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
recording of:
Return of the Sun (in 2011-01)
composer:
Harrison Bankhead
6:13