MIKE HANAPI WITH KALAMAS QUARTET - s/t LP Folk Rock The opening bass line of

The opening bass line of "Water" sets a definitive melodic mood over which aquatic textures wash in and out and inevitably set sail on staccato squelches

ecstatic voices and sound knot to form new ideals of kinship

both embodying and alienating parallel currents of their peers

Hot Dog Beach and Hyperspeed to Nowhere

With its array of field recordings

MIKE HANAPI WITH KALAMAS QUARTET - s/t LP Folk Rock The opening bass line ofMike Hanapi was a brilliant steel guitarist and vocalist from Honolulu, whose recordings with Kalamas Quartet and the Ilima Islanders remain among the highest peaks of early 20th century Hawaiian music. Truly peaceful, tranquil and unique. Hanapis gorgeous falsetto voice is backed by lush harmony vocals, like a lonesome yodel floating above an oceanside choir. The purely acoustic instrumentation of lap steel guitars, ukeleles and harp guitars weaves