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SUDDEN DEPARTURE
Richard Bone
9/16/08
*** Sold Out ***

Nominated for the 2008 "Best Ambient Album" and "Best Electronic Album"
New Age Reporter LifeStyle Awards!


Sudden Departure marks Richard Bone's 24th release on his Quirkworks label and is the latest ambient work in an ephemeral, ever changing career which now spans 25 years. Sudden Departure takes its name from the stunning work of art by Cynthia Lund Torroll which graces its cover. The 11 tracks convey a wide palette of moods and emotions..from the mystery of Unknown Waters, the strength of Paetr Pax (Paetr was the ancient Roman name for the head of a family unit), to the sweeping beauty of Ophir, named for the lost city thought to be the source of King Solomon's gold and home to the Queen of Sheeba. Imaginative and serene, serious yet playful, Sudden Departure is the essence of Richard Bone's music today.

Although officially sold-out,
Sudden Departure can sometimes be found used at 
Amazon


~ Track Listing ~

1.

Unknown Waters

5:54   sample

2.

Sea Clouds

3:53   sample

3.

Paetr Pax

5:18   sample

4.

Why Lithia Flies

5:24   sample

5.

The Memory of Caves

6:02   sample

6.

Fractal Ashes

3:43   sample

7.

We Call It Sashir

6:02   sample

8.

Sugar Dust Sunday

4:40   sample

9.

School of the Builders   

4:17   sample

10.

Temptara

4:32   sample

11.

Ophir

5:20     

sample

-+- Updates -+-

Zone Music Reporter has ranked SUDDEN DEPARTURE as one of the Top 100
Airplay Recordings of 2009 - out of over 2338 recordings!

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SUDDEN DEPARTURE made #7 on the New Age Reporter Top 100
Chart for January airplay.

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SUDDEN DEPARTURE has been placed on several Top Charts for 2008! It was recently

included on the Mystic Music Top Picks of '08 and on the New Age Reporter Top 100
Airplay Chart - which was compiled from 2338 recordings!
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New Age Sampler reported SUDDEN DEPARTURE at #1 for airplay on their January 2009
Top 20 Recordings for their Ambient Aether/ Space Continuum Program.

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SUDDEN DEPARTURE was the featured album on the December 7th Star's End Radio broadcast!

http://www.starsend.org/playlists/12.07.08.html
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SUDDEN DEPARTURE made the #9 position on the New Age Reporter Top 100
Chart for October airplay!

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Music from the Cosmic Wheel - WSCS listed SUDDEN DEPARTURE at #1
as reported to New Age Reporter for October airplay!

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SUDDEN DEPARTURE made its debut at #26 on the New Age Reporter's
Top 100 Chart  for September airplay!
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Three tracks from SUDDEN DEPARTURE ("Unknown Waters", "The Memory of Caves" and
 "We Call It Sashir") are currently featured on the Coolstreams Ambient Caverns PODcast!
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Hearts Of Space Radio featured  "Unknown Waters" on their October 10, 2008
program entitled Infinite Loops!
 http://hos.com/php/showProgram.php?program=0853
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Star's End Radio included the track "Temptara" on their 9/21/08 & 9/28/08 broadcasts,
"Unknown Waters" on 10/12/08, "Sugar Dust Sunday" on 10/19/08 & 11/09/08
and "Paetr Pax" on their 10/26/08 program!
http://www.starsend.org/playlists/11.09.08.html
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Echoes Radio played "Ophir" on their 9/15/08 broadcast and "Fractal Ashes"
on 10/08/08, 10/16/08 & 11/12/08!  
http://www.echoes.org/playlists/0846C.html
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Cover artwork by Cynthia Lund Torroll
To learn more about Cynthia Lund Torroll's gorgeous black and white pencil drawings,
please visit her site at
http://cynthialundtorroll.com