Free System-Sistema Libre Album

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“Lovers”
Language: English
“Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere, they’re in each other all along” - Rumi (1207-1273 A.D.), Persian poet and Sufi Mystic.
“Like a Life Giving Sun,” from the Penguin Publication The Gift, copyright 1999 by Daniel Ladinsky, and used with permission. Hafiz (1315-1390 A.D.) was a Persian poet and Sufi.
Heidi J. - harmonium, vocals
Lee Rizzo - vocals
Sarah Anderson - vocals
Nathan Zavalney - guitar
Brendan Casey - electronic beats and synth
Will Adams - cello, poem

“Catch You”
This song was created through pure improvisation and deep listening.
Language: English
Dawn McGee - hand pans
Steve Kalling - double bass
Heidi J. - vocals

”Grasshoppers”
Languages: Sanskrit - Ancient India; Quechua - Peruvian Andes and highlands of South America; Spanish; English
Joe Nickell - drums
Madeline Finley - vocals, percussion
Peter Schaefgen- vocals, crystal bowl
Heidi J. - ukulele, vocals
Jordan Demander - electric bass, trumpet
Bernardo Paiva - keyboard, percussion
Aaron Jennings - steel guitar
Nate Biehl - electric guitar with effects

“All Directions”
Languages: Malinke - Guinea West Africa; English
Antoine Paul - straight Pow-wow song and hand drum
Oumar Keita - gongonma, djembe, vocals
Molly Buchanan - alto sax
Henry Kramer - mandola
Duane Raider - electric bass
Matthew Nord - congas
Courtney Sowa - vocals, shekere
Madeline Finley - vocals, claves
Heidi J. - ukulele, vocals

“Nos Toca”
Languages: Spanish; English
Sean Burress - electronic beats and synth
Sarah Anderson - vocals
Kateena Bell - vocals
Penelope Baquero - vocals
Heidi J. - vocals
Nicole Dunn - spoken word
Tahj - spoken word, indigenous flute
Checkers Barker II - drums
Nate Biehl - electric guitar with effects
William Saylor - violin
Lauren Norby - synth
Michael Musick - tuba
Billy Kautz - trumpet
Lhanna Writesel - alto sax
Graeme Pletscher- alto sax

Recorded, mixed and co-produced by Matt Olson at Attack and Release Sound.
Grasshoppers and All Directions (except Antoine Paul) were recorded live at the Union Hall Theatre Upstairs. All other recordings occured at Attack and Release Studio.
Mastered by Blake Bickel at Dynamic Sound Service.
Documentation by Brent Bluehouse and Emily Lynn.
Logo by Courtney Blazon and Joanna Darlington.
Distributed by Weird Montana Records.

I am immensely grateful for all the artists who generously offered their time, talent, creativity and integrity to this project. Much Gratitude to the supporters and financial backers of the Free System-Sistema Libre Album and Project. I am especially grateful for my mother, Colleen, my aunt Cassie, my aunt Taree and my uncle Mark. I am grateful for this beautiful planet and its multifarious ecosystems, the stars, the moon, the sun, the galaxy and the Universe. I am grateful for all the humans throughout time - in their extraordinary diversity of expression - who have had the courage to rise up, speak truthfully, listen quietly, work hard, rest, make art, help each other, laugh in the midst of hardship, heal and change.

For all my relations.

In Loving Memory: Brent Bluehouse, Marcus Baker, Carrie Cardinal, Jonathan Hartman, Duende, Juan

Copyright © 2021 Heidi Junkersfeld