V/A - The Enlightening Beam of Bobby Brown

Bobby Brown exists beyond being. Bobbys documented music covers a dynamic emotional and spiritual terrain, his vocals, ever prominent, traverse six octaves of sound. Bobbys understanding of — and unbending faith — in physics and technology manifest in unbelievable instrumental and intellectual innovations. Bobbys dedication to the fundaments of peace and love radiate across time and space.Operating at the fringe of the early 70s psychedelic and folk spheres, his 1972 self-funded and released debut album, The Enlightening Beam of Axonda, demonstrates the many cosmic qualities of Bobby Brown. Beyond Bobbys voice and message, the most beguiling aspect of Enlightening is “The Universal One Man Orchestra,” a 311 stringed instrument implementing aspects of the Irish harp, koto, sitar, thumb piano, dulcimer, drums and flute and “designed to be as small as possible and placed on racks so as to be be played from one spot.”Bobbys description of the instrument (“primitive, contemporary, and futur