Black Sands (3CD special edition)
by A Produce

a three disc retrospective

“this is the map, not the territory. the territory is when you stop listening. the territory is when you turn it all off, and tune in. then the reality comes...”
--jack gariss, bio-meditation society

Trance Port Special Editions is pleased to announce the release of A Produce’s new release, “Black Sands,” a three-disc retrospective of his work in the realm of trance/ambient space music over the past many years. Perhaps the distant cousin of “White Sands” released in 1995, “Black Sands” covers far more ground that its predecessor. Constructed in line with the Jack Gariss quote above, each disc of “Black Sands” is a distinct section of Produce’s creative development: Disc 1, “The Map”; Disc 2, “The Territory”; and Disc 3, “The Reality.” Over the course of nearly three hours’ running time, the listener will be able to trace the links and threads that have marked this artist’s career and style. The three-disc set is packaged in a unique, non-jewel case limited edition, accompanied by an extensive 16 page color booklet.

Over a third of the material is previously unreleased, including an entire live performance with guitarist Scott Fraser played at a club in Santa Monica called The Living Planet from several years ago. Other highlights include rare, hard to find tracks (from Produce’s out of print first LP, “The Clearing” (1988), several previously unreleased tracks (two with Pierre Lambow, two with Ruben Garcia, and several solo tracks). There are several alternate versions as well, including “An Indian Surface,” (1995), an update ethnic groove version of Produce’s 1991 signature meditation theme, “A Smooth Surface.” In total, 28 tracks are presented across the three disc set.

As Claude Chemin writes in the accompanying booklet notes:
“A Produce finds his place among artists who believe their role is to act as one of the intermediaries between the inner spaces that motivate human beings and the outer spaces, natural or invented, which deserve to be described artistically. He offers to the listener contemplation and reflection, and tries to act as the interface dealing with the contradictions of the world in which we live, a world where the observation of the exterior has a tendency to give way to the image that people are trying to give us the inner space which certainly has great difficulty asserting itself in the hustle and bustle of daily life. For that reason, his music is neither revolutionary nor excessively experimental, and yet it does include innovative components. It is neither aseptic, but it has a seductive side that is difficult to resist. In short, one could say that it is the kind of music that brings progress because it wins you over without depriving you of your consciousness and capacity to reflect.