Ari Joshua shares this Afrobeat groove inspired by sacred plant medicine

Guitarist Ari Joshua, Drummer Russ Lawton, and Keyboardist Ray Paczkowski, deliver this strong melodic, polyrhythmic guitar anthem in the Afrobeat style, drawing upon the rich tapestry of West African groove music. On the August 18 release date, step into the kaleidoscopic world of Kambo Wambo, a transcendent journey through psychedelic textures from the classic organ trio formation: RAaR Trio.

The song opens, ethereal guitar notes drifting in the air, as Ari Joshua weaves mesmerizing threads with the saturated warmth of his guitar. Every note deepens a sense of melodic enchantment as Joshua’s gracefully evokes the Afrobeat guitar sensations he first heard as a youth in his birthplace of South Africa.

Russ Lawton masterfully lays down the song’s vibrant heartbeat on the drums, the textures alive, the polyrhythms hypnotic. In perfect harmony, 'The Milkman' Ray Paczkowski joins the sonic ceremony, his fingers cascading across the keys, blanketing the underlying groove with his lush, percussive approach. As the song settles into a sweet spot, the essence of Afrobeat emerges, inviting listeners to the enveloping embrace of an otherworldly experience.

Kambo Wambo is a reflection on psychedelic plant medicine, where the boundaries of perception give way to the sounds of cosmic symphony. In this musical odyssey, the Afrobeat style becomes a vessel for such a journey, reaching melodically towards the sky, rooted in essences of ancient rhythms.

Personnel: Ari Joshua - Guitar Russ Lawton - Drums Ray Paczkowski - Keys

Ben Collette - Tracking Engineer, Mixing Tank Recording - Burlington, Vermont Fred Kevorkian at Kevorkian - Mastering

Aaron Harmonson- Additional Production Martin Ontiveros - FrogArtwork Monte Mitchell - Layout

“Mountain Song” by Space Owl

Credits: Ari Joshua - Guitar, Vocals John Ewing - Drums, Vocals Bob Lovelace - Bass, Vocals David Appelbaum - Keys

Engineered by Johnathan Plum, London Bridge Studios Mixed by Mel Detmer, Studio Soli Mastered by Ed Brooks, RFI Mastering Artwork by Yusuf Ozer aka Hexendesign13 Layout by Ari Joshua

Space Owl - Mountain Song [Digital Track] | MFCTRY-102-DS Release Date: 2023-20-26

Space Owl cracks open the vault to share ‘Mountain Song’ on all platforms.

USA, June 20th, 2023 - Space Owl, delights fans with their latest ultra psychedelic single, "Mountain Song." This mesmerizing track was composed after a journey shared between friends to the pinnacle of a treacherous mountain peak, overlooking a valley adorned with glistening lakes, rocks, evergreen trees, and giant boulders. The music begins as the full moon traverses the starlit sky, a psychedelic sunrise greets the new day, enchanting sounds lead us through passages of shifting time signatures and key changes, mirroring the creation of majestic mountain ranges. "Mountain Song" captures the essence of timeless moments and lifelong connections formed during this awe-inspiring expedition. Bassist Bob Lovelace, Drummer John Ewing, and Keyboardist David Appelbaum all add intense layers of sonic textures throughout.

With over a decade of creating original psychedelic rock, Space Owl has garnered acclaim for their unique sound. As part of an exploration into their vault, the quartet recently unveiled 4 other tracks, the enchanting "Thunder and Lightning," a song written by Bob Lovelace during his time following The Grateful Dead in the 1990s. The lyrics, "Sit back, kick your legs up and relax, let me steer the magic carpet and enjoy your smile," embody the song's captivating essence. Prior to this release, Space Owl presented "Home," a masterful composition that flawlessly intertwines elements of rock, classical, and Irish influences. Additionally, "I Will Come To You" showcases the band's pop-rock sensibilities and dynamic key centers, while "Why Does Love Always Break Your Heart" serves as a poignant sequel to their newest single, "Mountain Song."

Guitarist Ari Joshua, born in Cape Town, South Africa, and raised in America, brings his exceptional talent and musical vision to Space Owl's captivating sound. Having attended The New School in NYC, Ari has honed his skills and shared his musical prowess with various projects, including Big High, AriSawkaDoria, and numerous collaborations as a sideman. In addition, Ari is the visionary behind The Music Factory, a music school celebrating its 15th year, which has employed close to 100 individuals and provided over 100,000 music lessons.

"Mountain Song" is now available for streaming and download on all major platforms. Stay tuned for more captivating releases from Space Owl and their continued exploration of the psychedelic rock genre.

Ari Joshua, Billy Martin, John Medeski, Jason Fraticelli A tribute to Elvin Jones, this track was originally called Elvin Shimmer, but since changed to Let's Do It Right Now. The title is from when I met Elvin Jones, my best friend and I wanted to take a photo with Elvin, I asked him. "Mr. Jones may we have a photo with you? " to which he replied "AAAAAHHHHHHHHH Let's Do It Right Now!"

Fresh - as performed by Ari Joshua, Delvon Lamarr, Skerik, Grant Schroff on the 2/24/2023 release on Color Red Records

Ari Joshua - Fresh | CRED-553-DS

Ari Joshua - Fresh | Digital Single Fanlink - Social Assets - Artist Page - Track Page - DISCO - Art Track Video - SyncButton Release Date: 2023-02-24

Musical Style: Soul, Funk, Jamband

Music Influences: Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Trey Anastasio Band, Soule Monde, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Robert Walter's 20th Congress, Phish, Medeski Martin and Wood, Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, The New Mastersounds, James Brown, Dr Lonnie Smith, Soulive, Skerik

Music Inspiration: Studying and playing with the masters in NYC, listening to old records and learning the music by ear. Huge fan of the Organ Trio. The session got booked with Skerik, and Delvon Lamarr, and at the time Delvon was touring heavily. We have about a weeks notice, and I wrote the album. Inspiration was in the air I guess.

Artist Statement: This was one of those effortless sessions. The players are all fantastic and it was a good olde time. Mel the engineer, her husband, Mamadu, cooked us some amazing food, and we knocked it out in about two days. The hardest part was getting Delvon's Organ down the muddy hill in the rain. Them things are heavy!

Track Description: TBD

Produced by Ari Joshua

Credits: Ari Joshua - Guitar Skerik - Saxophone Delvon Lamarr - Keyboards Grant Schroff - Drums

Tracking Engineer - Mell Dettmer Studio Soli

Overdub Engineer - Jason Gray Blue Mallard Recording

Mixing Engineer - Jason Gray Blue Mallard Recording

Mastering Engineer - Doug Krebs Doug Krebs Mastering

UPC: 196429191594 ISWC: T3100694262 Territory: Worldwide Genre: R&B/Soul-Jazz

The Clinic - Ari Joshua, Russ Lawton, Ray Paczkowski Recorded by Ben Collette Mixed by Ari Raskin Mastered by Joe Lambert

• Ray and Russ are also in Soule Monde, and The Trey Anastasio Band

Waltz of 1000 Stars as released Sept 17, 2022 and recorded by Ari and Ray and Russ from TAB, & Soule Monde

Burlington Coat Factory as released Sept 19, 2022 and recorded by Ari and Ray and Russ from TAB, & Soule Monde

The Prodigy is a tribute to Trey Ansastasio, Phish, from the 1980's. It's also a little video game like. The music came to me in a single sitting. I use it as a warm up.

The Prodigy will be released on Jan 9th on all platforms under Music Factory Records

From Instragram Post :

Thrilled to announce, 9 new songs are mixed and mastered and ready to share. Color Red will announce release dates for 3 songs soon, and we will name date this week for the public these song will release weekly starting on my Birthday September 17th. The music will keep flowing as funds for art, mixing, and mastering are available and inspiration is on track. There are over 300 songs composed and recorded also coming. For you, you can access the songs and offer what will be received as financial and emotional and metaphysical good karma support by subscribing and signing up at arijoshua.com (best value, and best way to be)

Upcoming;

Featuring Billy Martin of MMW - From the Void - Garden

Featuring Ray and Russ of Trey Anastasio Band / Soule Monde - Peruvian Love Song -Walz of 1000 Stars - Burlington Coat Factory

Space Owl - I Will Come To You (from the Vault)

Featuring Delvon Lamarr, Skerik, & Grant Schroff - Fresh (color red) - Soule Mine - Spooky

Say Whatcha Wanna Say - Chart As released in 2019 feat; Delvon Lamarr, Skerik, and Grant Schroff

Sheet music for 'I Will Come to You' words and music by Ari Joshua. as released from the Vault.., the Space Owl Version!

Originally recorded as 'Long Time' on the debut AriSawkaDoria album 'Chapter One' produced by Santana Drummer (and beautiful human being) Michael Shrieve featuring KJ Sawka, and Joe Doria a new version was recorded pre-pandemic as The Ari Joshua Quartet featuring Jonti Siman, Joel Bean, and Will Lone.

This chart will work for both arrangements - send me a recording of you doing it and I will share on all socials!

Home was composed in NYC when I was playing alot with Marco Benevento, and Joe Russo, infact we have a few recordings of my band with Marco on this gem.

The time signatures change a lot. it's a real ball buster. If anyone wants to transcribe the melody I would be grateful but this is the chords and I am happy to share. You can use this to get a band to back you up at least if you learn the guitar parts.

Thunder and Lightning was recorded by Space Owl and is written by Bob Lovelace...

It comes from the Vault this week 12.8.22, and it's a killer song, I was asked to share the music, there is no sheet music for this one but the chords and lyrics aught to get you there.

E SIT BACK KICK YOUR LEGS UP AND RELAX LET ME STEER THE MAGIC CARPET AND ENJOY YOUR SMILE

CHAUFER THERE WHILE LAYING RIGHT HERE WITH A LITTLE FINE TUNING I’LL ADJUST THE DIAL

G#7 ---- B
IT’S IN MY BONES ENGRAVED IN WRITTING TONIGHT THERE’S GONNA BE SOME THUNDER AND LIGHTNING

E PASS BY THE EDGES OF TWILIGHT WHERE THE HUMMING BIRDS SING, FILL OUR BODIES WITH SOUND ALREADY KNOW WHERE WE GOT TO GO WE JUST FOLLOW LIQUID SUN AS THE RAIN SHINES DOWN

G#7 ---- B
EVERY MOMENT GROWS MORE ENTICING TONIGHT THERE’S GONNA BE SOME THUNDER AND LIGHTNING

(solo) A A E E B B B B D D A A B B B B —-- E GROOVE Vamp

G#7 ---- B
EVERY MOMENT GROWS MORE ENTICING TONIGHT THERE’S GONNA BE SOME THUNDER AND LIGHTNING

(solo) A A E E B B B B D D A A B B B B

F#min G#min A A G#min C#min There’s one thing between You and ME C#min G# min A E Life can be hard but you gotta smile F#min G#min A A G#min C#min What we find if you Dot our Eyes C#min G#min A E Take the Time E Emin Bmin B Enjoy the Flavor from the Fruit of the Tree Worthwhile

(solo) A A E E B B B B D D A A B B B B

Spiraling by Ari Joshua featured on his debut recording from NYC in 2001 from his time at The New School

Free Download Please Join Email List There was a request of this after I posted a video playing it some where. I will leave it up people seem to like this arrangement.

Morning Psalm - by Ari Joshua