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The Pale Blue Dot

by Mundi

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1.
Still Song Goes On 05:28
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2.
Cheeky Monkey 07:00
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3.
Ancient Meeting Place 06:22
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4.
Circles 04:14
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5.
Pygmies From The Congo 03:43
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6.
Varanasi 07:52
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7.
Geosmin 04:58
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8.
Hurunui 03:18
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9.
Padmavati The Rajasthani Princess (aka The Pirate Song) 04:06
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10.
Praying Mantis's Mantra 05:47
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11.
The Pale Blue Dot 05:00
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about

“… To my mind, there is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly and compassionately with one another and to preserve and cherish that pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”
— Carl Sagan, speech at Cornell University, October 13, 1994
The third album from New Zealand Indie act Mundi The Pale Blue Dot is named after the pale blue dot image of Earth that Carl Sagan requested from Voyager 1 as it was leaving our solar system on the 14th of February 1990.

The Pale Blue Dot explores humans’ interactions with nature, which has always been a source of inspiration for Mundi’s composer, Tamara Smith, who grew up in the South Island’s rural East Coast.

Tamara says “We live in this abundant, gorgeous planet...a place thriving with life and yet further afield we appear as a blue mote of dust against the grand curtain of space. The journey of how we have evolved and came to be here standing in front of audiences making music out of wood, metal and string is astonishing and wondrous. What I want people to get from this album would be joy, the urge to dance, to smile and to think…”

credits

released January 3, 2019

Tamara Smith (flute, vocals, percussion), Chris Burke (sax), Tyson Smith (Hollie Smith – guitar), Darren Mathiassen (Shapeshifter – drums) and Johnny Lawrence (Electric Wire Hustle – bass). The album was recorded with Lee Prebble (Trinity Roots, The Black Seeds) at The Surgery studio in Wellington, as well as additional recording by Tyson Smith at Aro Valley, Cass Bay, Manuka Bay and Port Levy.

Guest musicians:
Doug Brush – bells (Track 6), tama/talking drum (Track 3), djembes (Track 7, 8)
Doug Brush – bells (Track 6 ), Tama/talking drum (Track 3 ) Djembes (Track 7 & 8)
Scott Taitoko – Trombone (Tracks 2 & 10)
Bodhi Burkesmith, Mila Ferry-Smith, Ashley Smith –vocals (Track 1)
Mixed by Lee Prebble (Surgery Studios) and Tyson Smith
Produced by Tyson Smith and Mundi
Mastered by Mike Gibson (Munki Studios)
Album Design – Ashley Smith (Manuka Bay Studios)

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Mundi Canterbury, New Zealand

Mundi brings together some of New Zealand’s top musicians, creating high-energy, transformative music. Flautist/ percussionist Tamara Smith has travelled the world drawing inspiration for her compositions along the way – morphing Afro-beat, psychedelic rock, Cumbia, Desert Blues, Indian and Celtic into a sound that will pull at your heartstrings and dancing shoes. ... more

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