BARDO

A 60-minute surreal drama. Tibetan Book of the Dead concept. Recorded with the Prague FILMharmonic Orchestra.

BARDO is a 60-minute psycho-spiritual requiem for a deceased friend, composed across two years of research and contemplation. Informed by the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the Tarot system, sacred geometry, and sound healing theory, the work maps the journey of "The Fool" — a Major Arcana archetype — through darkness, dissolution, and fortunate rebirth. The album was commissioned for a site-specific world premiere in June 2012 at the Ann Hamilton Tower in Geyserville, California, staged on the building's double-helix interior staircases. That score was subsequently recorded with the Prague FILMharmonic Orchestra. Visual collaborations by artist DZO Olivier accompany the release.

Tracks

1. 01Enter the Mystic11:09
2. 02Rise Tower, Arise!1:48
3. 03The End of the Oligarchs
4. 04Abiogenesis3:35
5. 05The Reckoning7:23
6. 06The Dawning Space of Azure Light3:37
7. 07Enter The Void10:29
8. 08Endless Doors to Endless Wombs7:04
9. 09Clouds Blooming at the Thought of Union7:42

Credits

Christopher Bono — Composer, Producer

Recorded at Czech Philharmonic Hall, Prague

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Press

“Christopher Bono's soaring, dense and rich musical score encapsulates all of the joy and pain of this journey in one of the most ambitious and challenging modern classical pieces I have heard in some time.”

Restless & Real · 2014-12

“If you didn't read the liner notes or have any frame of reference for Bono's inspiration, it could totally sound like the soundtrack for an amazing RPG or fantasy film. Played straight through it is like a saga told in sound.”

Second Inversion · 2014-07-21

“Bardo is a huge soundtrack of sadness and Tibetan mysticism, and sometimes dramatic.”

Democrat & Chronicle · 2014-07-21

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