Pathfinder

Will Clipman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 10, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Canyon Records
• ASIN: B000VLJEL4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #216,962 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Will Clipman is clearly fluent in the language of rhythm and percussion. Pathfinder's 13 original compositions are a testimony to just how fluent he is. His four Grammy nominations for work in New Age and Native American music are a pretty good testimony, as well. Clipman's musical collages are layered with the sounds of instruments most of us have never heard or heard of, yet they seem as natural as a walk in the desert and as sacred as a hymn. This music may be called New Age, but it feels very old. Using the ocean drum, slit drum, water drum, djembe, spring drum, frame drum, Taos drum, gong, bellstick, berimbau, anklung, caxixis, ipu, bowl, cymbals, whistle, rainstick, songba, Cameroon bell, doumbek, claves, corn goddess whistle, balafon, catalpapod, bowed bowl, udu, triangle, tambourine, three-chambered ocarina, agogo, tingsha and his voice, Clipman takes us from 'Daybreak,' through the 'Bodhisattva,' 'Desert Rains,' and beyond. It is quite a journey into the mystical sounds of percussion. Better to be listened to with the body than the mind. --By Heidi Fosner - Victory Music / May 2008

Solo percussion CDs are unusual by definition, and especially when done by Native American drummer Will Clipman.

Clipman does vocal chants and plays percussion that includes hand drums, bowls, chimes, djembe, water drums, cymbals, rainstick, gongs and many things you have probably never heard of (for example, caxixis, udu and corn goddess whistle).

This is a meditative CD, something you would most likely play for a quiet time of reflection. There are six to 12 instruments on each composition and they are different for each of the 13 tracks, so there is a greater variety than you might think.

All the tunes are quiet. Clipman is part Cherokee, so it is no surprise that much of his music has a Native American influence. Other tunes, like 'Reflecting Pool,' sound Oriental. And this one could be called a tune, since Clipman includes chimes and other percussion that play musical notes.

The instruments from many different cultures makes the music seem mysterious and exotic at many points. If you are interested in exploring something different, this CD is a Pathfinder's. --By Dave Howell - Rambles website / Aug. 9, 2008

Reminiscent of Mickey Hart's 'Planet Drum' and 'At The Edge,' Will Clipman's 'Pathfinder' is a marvelous mix of melodic percussion. The four-time Grammy-nominated artist combines an amazing array of instruments with vocal chants and wind instruments and the result is simply stupendous. Utilizing the universal language of rhythm, Clipman's percussive explorations are clever confections of polyrhythmic proportions. The exotic blend of instruments (everything from slit drums and gongs to rainsticks and hangs) with imaginative melodies makes for one extraordinary listening experience. Whether it's the opening strains of 'Daybreak,' the wonderful rhythms and chants of 'Ibo Oye,' or the infinitely entertaining title cut 'Pathfinder,' Clipman's compositions are full of magic and mirth.

An excellent excursion into the multifaceted world of percussion, Will Clipman's 'Pathfinder' is outstanding --By Gene M. Bates - Whispering Wind Magazine

Product Description

Five-time Grammy nominee Will Clipman blends exotic wind instruments, melodic percussion, and vocal chants with a pan-global palette of drums in thirteen musical tales told in the universal language of rhythm.