Kāren Hunter
Seeing as we won’t have you here in Aotearoa for the Southern Hemisphere summer I thought I’d get your new album - It’s epic, magestic, considered and groovy xxx thanks for sharing your work Mr Talon!
Mixed and Engineered by Andrew Tumason & Jackson Mathey in Santa Fe, New Mexico between November 2015 and October 2019 at Ebony Shore Studios & Guesthouse Studios.
Additional Project Development by Jackson Mathey (Spirit River LLC), Additional engineering by/at Kabby Sound.
Kahura & Sahel Nuvalle recorded and mixed by Christian Pyle at Prawn and Spanner Studios, Byron Bay, Australia. Additional recording origins at Karaka House, Golden Bay Aotearoa with Sam Hopley
Mastered by Will Dyar, Santa Fe, NM
Dune Photography, Graphics, & Cover by Tumason
Wave Photo courtesy of Jeremy Bishop
~Fins and Wings~
Rush - Congas
Karina Wilson - Violin
Gregory Gutin - Dholak
Hountor Gent - Calabash
Rick Bastine - spirit voice
Andrew Tumason - guitar. voice. piano. bass. shakers.
~Kahura~
Andrew Tumason - guitar. voice. piano. bass. djembe. percussion.
~Miya~
Andrew Tumason - guitar. voice. organ. melotron. dunuba. percussion.
Noah Wilson - Dilruba
Karina Wilson - Violin
Casey Anderson - Cello
~Silhouettes to Spirals~
Andrew Tumason - guitar. voice. piano. bass. melotron. dunuba.
Gregory Gutin - Dholak
~Shiwa Shiwa~
Andrew Tumason - guitar. voice. piano. rhodes. melotron. dunuba. percussion.
Gregory Gutin - Dholak
Maggie Thornton - French Horn
Noah Wilson - Dilruba
~Across these Waves Our Talons Grow~
Andrew Tumason - piano. bass. melotron. percussion.
Karina Wilson - Violin
Maggie Thornton - French Horn
Thank you:
Jackson Mathey, Gregory Gutin, Hountor Gent, Rush, Michael Stearns, Will Dyar, Christian Pyle, Sam Hopley, Maggie Thornton, Karina Wilson, Aaron David, Ben Tempchin, Jules Evans, Kabby Sound, the Tumason Family, Andy & Shannon Aroha, Raquela Que, Dylan Potter, Gunnar Lyon, Fred & Enlivened Foods & Odu at Leaf & Hive, Eb & Anna, Sister Susy, Collette Brown, Rick Bastine, Casey Anderson, Jaco Foster, Drew Roulette Art, Breezy, Noah Wilson, Yeshe & Lynn, Sakura, Golden Bay Takaka Tribe, Nara Shedd, Takoda & Trent, wolf tribe, Robby Rothschild, Dave and Emily, Linda Livingston, Amelia, Joy & Colin, Chris Dahl Bredine, Renan Ozturk, Miro Klima, Eliza Anjali, Katharina Jung, Aotearoa Whanau, Tukana Kaya, Amy & Strachan, Raven Mitch, Cato, Daniel, Joost & My Baby, Mark Engles, Dredg, Max Klugerbell, MeowWolf family, Sage Forest, Mamala Mariko, Lindsey Sika, Deejen & Cintamani Arastar, Elliot and Kyce, Vizcarra Guitars, Greg Ellis, Pedro Ricardo Mino, Anoushka Shankar, Torrey Wildharber, Nikki Anderson, Miranda Scott, Eric & Elise Gent and The Railyard Performance Center, Mary Costello, William Druc, Brian Haas, Scott Messersmith, Alex Simon & Tone Ranger, Dani Foster, Makete, Kay Buchanan, Steve & the Marahau Valley Farm, Pearl Gottschalk, Sascha & Tine, Solscape, Zoe & Starwater, Devan & Paradiso, Joshua Sage Photography, Abigail Moore Photography, the Mathey family, Josh Martin, Corvas & Meghan, Morgan Ruawa, Chris Berry & Banakuma, Deborah Anderson, Annabelle Farmer, Daniel & Lucy, Jimi Dale, Dune, Avatar, of Water and the Spirit & Malidoma Somé, Ashes and Snow, everyone who has supported Woven Talon and Evarusnik throughout the years,
You can find more of Tumason’s compositions & projects at Evarusnik & Kahuravi.
Guided by composer Andrew Tumason of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Talon takes flight with an eclectic mix of earth rooted songwriting, a cinematic range of expansive soundscapes, and worldly grooves that inspire a dance of healing.