Archive of Future Ancient Recordings
30th Anniversary Subscription Recording Series
by Ancient Future
(Ancient-Future.Com AF-2030)
In December, 1978, Ancient Future went into Tres Virgos Studio in Mill Valley to begin work on the first Ancient Future record, Visions of a Peaceful Planet, which was first released in May of 1979. During Ancient Future's 30th anniversary year, work began on a new Ancient Future band project: the Archive of Future Ancient Recordings (A.F.A.R.). The A.F.A.R. concept is to involve fans of world fusion music in supporting the creation of an archive of live and studio recordings that will be available to subscribers as they are created. The best of these recordings will be selected to be released commercially at a future date, at which point they will be on their way to becoming "ancient" recordings!
The A.F.A.R. goal is to kick start fan support for the world fusion music movement by giving fans a role in the process. That role will be similar to the financing and artistic feedback roles of the traditional record label, except that the fan community will have a lot more fun by being a part of a movement for an important cause rather than a for profit business. Fans of world fusion music place value on artistic quality and want to be part of a movement that can help build understanding between cultures. By involving more people in the process, we hope that this will help build support for virtuoso level cross-cultural music collaborations.
To finance A.F.A.R., a subscription system model is being employed. Ancient-Future.Com Records will provide access to subscribers to select files from Ancient Future's archives of studio out takes, live concerts and radio performances along with new recordings as they are created. The full archive of recordings will be available during the project exclusively to subscribers, and when the archive is sufficiently stocked, a portion of the recordings will be selected for commercial release. There are already six tracks by Ancient Future and Ancient-Future.Com Records artists in the archives available for subscribers, with more to come as money is raised for further production!
As the recording progresses, a few digital singles will be released at major download sites to raise awareness of the project. The final selection of recordings from the archive will be released on Ancient-Future.Com Records, with national distribution through ADA/Ryko/WEA. Subscription sales for the recording will close when all the limited edition packages are sold out. Order now because the quicker supporter packages are sold, the faster the new recording fun begins. There are four supporter packages available:
Recording Newsletter Package: $10. Add Subscription to Cart. Subscribe Now. Supporters at this level receive the A.F.A.R. Email Newsletter which provides a window on the creative process, good quality 128 kbps digital downloads legacy recordings chosen from the Ancient Future archives of live concerts, radio performances, and unreleased performances, good quality 128 kbps digital downloads of music to be recorded especially for the A.F.A.R. project, and a 30% discount on advance copies of the final commercial release. Until the Download Supporter Package is sold out, you can upgrade from this package at any time for an additional $15 donation (Upgrade Now). Be a virtual fly-on-the-wall during the recording process!
Download Supporter Package: $25. Add Subscription to Cart. Subscribe Now. Supporters at this level receive everything included in the Recording Newsletter Package plus high quality 320 kbps downloads of legacy recordings chosen from the Ancient Future archives of live concerts, radio performances, and unreleased performances, high quality 320 kbps digital downloads of music to be recorded especially for the A.F.A.R. project forming an exclusive preview audio recording with digital liner notes (selections from which will form a final public edition), and the chance to submit feedback to questions posed in the recording newsletter. Until the Limited Edition CD Sponsor Package is sold out, you can upgrade from this package at any time for an additional $25 donation (Upgrade Now). Limited to 300 packages.
Limited Edition CD Sponsor Package: $50. Add Subscription to Cart. Subscribe Now. Supporters at this level receive everything included in the Download Supporter Package plus an exclusive limited edition CD-R of the same recording with printed liner notes signed by Ancient Future leader Matthew Montfort. Until the Honorary A & R Representative Package is sold out, you can upgrade from this package at any time for an additional $25 donation (Upgrade Now). Limited to 200 packages.
Honorary A & R Representative Package: $75. Add Subscription to Cart. Subscribe Now. Supporters at this level receive everything included in the Limited Edition CD Sponsor Package plus a DVD-R including video and 24 bit audio files for hi-rez playback on computers. This is the perfect package for audiophiles and home studio enthusiasts. Limited to 100 packages.
Project Financial Goal: $25,000
Raised to Date: $2115
Donor Thank You'sHelp Ancient Future Select Recording Theme Concepts
Initial supporters can provide feedback on themes for the final commercial release through polls in the recording newsletter. The themes below are a starting point. Additional themes may be added as the muse suggests.
- Ancient Future Live in Concert. Live recordings of Ancient Future concerts and radio performances. Some material has already been recorded at Ancient Future's 30th anniversary concert at the Freight and Salvage and is available now to download supporters!
- Biospheres. Working with musical themes from biosphere regions.
- Jugalbandi. An Indian jugalbandi is a musical conversation between two melodic performers accompanied by tabla. The video of Ancient Future's Guitar-Sitar Jugalbandi performing live is very popular on youtube. This concept could be expanded to include musical conversations between a variety of traditions.
- Arabic Fusion. Based on Arabic music and dance, Ancient Future's Arabic Fusion program has been very popular live.
- World Dance. 100% organic loop-free music for dance. The Slavic Trance and Organic Trance concert programs have been popular at world dance events.
- World Jazz. Showcasing Ancient Future's master musicians within a world jazz context.
- Solo's. Showcasing solos by Ancient Future's individual performers, with and without accompaniment.
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