Orchestra naïF

a touch of folk whimsy from the ancient Nilitic sediments. jhaffur khan azad darakth: mbira, bansuri, kanjira Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass, churango

Jagte raho! Stay awake! In honour of all the great chowkidars (night watchment) whose efforts to keep each other up were the sound which often put us to sleep. jhaffur khan azad darakth: bansuri and kanjira Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass and classical guitar.

Turn it on and don't worry it up Joel Banner Baird: bass and guitar jhaffur khan azad darakth: drums and silver flute

Papas calientes para los ninos uno por todos todos por uno Joel Banner Baird: charango, cumbush, acoustic bass, voice jhaffur kan azad darakth: Andean flutes, kanjira, percussion

Lunar gravity swings as invoked by jhaffur khan azad darakth: bass clarinet, ocarina, trap set, vocals; joel banner baird: nylon-string guitar; upright bass, vocals.

A dream that flew between Tamil Nadu, India and Non-standard Eastern Time in the U.S. Rupak Roy: electric guitar jhaffur khan azad darakth: mbira, oboette, trumpet, saxophone, percussion, vocals. Joel Banner Baird: upright bass, baby baby grand piano, vocals/wordplay. face to face race to race cheek to cheek time to time crime to crime toe-to-to so-and-so toe-to-toe hobo

Saga of the Old West as dramatized by jhaffur khan azad darakth: mouth organ, melodica, drum kit, vocals; joel banner baird: upright bass, slide acoustic guitar, vocals/wordplay. Good eggs, right side up duck-walk on the dock restive natives, active seniors, beleaguered as fur on a Wurlitzer, vault from piers volte-face rewind seek speed-healers; to demon-dial the the metaphor for semaphore and wa...

therefore I am Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass, guitar jhaffur khan azad darakth, drums, percussion silver flute, clarinet

seasoned seamen may well remember dancing to a trans-borphorous jig performed on early cargo crossings - positing the existential question : pushta ya deewar: embankment or wall? pushta is presented first then deewar. jhaffur khan azad darakth: percussion, Turkish mai Joel banner baird: acoustic bass, guitar

clarifications however fine grained require fly screen definitions to filter that from this. Orchestra naiF presents chamber and commode music from behind the veils Muslin net: Joel Banner Baird: classical guitar jhaffur khan azad darakth: bansuri Olde Porch: Joel Banner Baird: classical guitar jhaffur khan azad darakth: trombone Heavily Guaged: Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass, classical guitar j...

amber eyed alit and crazed the mare's stare stays and slays jhaffur khan azad darakth: jaw's harps 1-5, clarinet, monster vocal, whistle Joel Banner Baird: tremelo guitar, chaind guitar, chime guitar

"why? why'd you do it? Now's the kind of story that no one wants to know but sometimes the truth's juar gotta be told the fact remains: Archie wets the bungalow. why'd you do it?" Joel Banner Baird: slide guitar, acoustic bass, voice jhaffur khan azad darakth: blues harp, bansuri, drums, voice

litterally tetra centuries are lignin Joel Banner Baird: upright acoustic bass, piano jhaffur khan azad darakth: trumpets, drums

tulip poplar tree lore remembered: jhaffur khan azad darakth: alto saxophone, clarinet, drums, percussion Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass, electric guitar

Gulistan zaman - "the time of rosegardens" an antediluvian jig jhaffur khan azad darakth: udu, madal, shakohachi Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass, electric guitar "blondie"

Joel Banner Baird: voices jhaffur khan azad darakth: voices and trombones

When asked of its vision it was seen to be the reflection in itself: jhaffur khan azad darakth; clarionet, mai, drums, percussion, alto saxophone Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass, classical guitar

"If I tell her that she's my rose , anything goes. Kiss my cheek, rub my nose. anything goes.." Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass, voice, percussion, cumbush, fingernails, overtones jhaffur khan azad darakth: castanets, finger cymbols, voice, laquer box, oboette, Mai, brushes, flutes, bells, bird call, ocarinas, artillery shell, hand drums, shaker, Balinese gender, harmonica, Brazilian and police w...

An instantaneously composed ode to indolence in six or eight movements: jhaffur khan azad darakth: hammered piano, silver flute, voice, frame drum Joel Banner Baird: acoustic bass, classical guitar, tambourine, voice Overture I Sarabande Exhaling I Rondeau Tranquilities Overture II

When have you listened closely to the song of the wistful Wren? Joel Banner Baird: parlor steel string guitars, acoustic bass jhaffur khan azad darakth: glockenspeil, bansuri, percussion

Some things are better slept aside jhaffur khan azad darakth - drums, alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone Joel Banner Baird - acoustic bass, classical guitar

Aunty semantics simply couldn't not put up with further prevarications on the exactitude of nihilistic wordplay in the service of belittling the meanings of it all. She explains it as follows: Joel Banner Baird: two baby baby grand pianos jhaffur khan azad darakth: alto saxophone, silverflute, trumpet and drums.

Get up and dance! Joel Banner Baird: voice, fender bass, Bannercaster, Seagull rhythm guitar, wordplay. jhaffur khan azad darakth: trapset, blues harmonica, voice !sing along: EASY on the KNEES [v.1] keep your socks on / but remove your shoes If you hankerin’ for dancin’ I got news you shift into a shuffle / forget about speed Voila’s a prescription for what you need [chorus] jump into the uptime...

Well worth the wait gained - this extended ballad features naiFian strings man: Joel Banner Baird on classical guitar jhaffur khan azad darakth: chimes in on occassional bronzes

Dusk as a moment, a singularity of creation, a fading of last memories, a border between now and then jhaffur khan azad darakth: bansuris and percussion Joel Banner Baird: classical guitar and acoustic bass