DREAMTIME TROUBADOURS

A project with Don Campau and other guest artists
Kristianne Gale sings on some tracks / a recluse who wishes to be known as Didi Koi with him I founded Dreamtime troubadours and recorded the first project, Alien troubadours

DON CAMPAU

Musician, radio host and archivist, Don Campau has been active in music since 1969.From 1969-1974, Don, Geoff Alexander and other friends recorded as The Roots Of Madness, a bizarre, avant garde collective that released one record album in 1971. The early tapes are now also
available as CDs.In 1971 Don also began hosting a radio program on KTAO-FM in Los Gatos California under the mentorship of Lorenzo W. Milam, one of the founding fathers of community radio in the USA. This show
incorporated ethnic, avant garde jazz, baroque, modern classical, early home recordings and outsider material.
In 1978 Don began hosting a radio program on KKUP-FM in Cupertino, California. At the time, the show featured jazz, ethnic, contemporary classical, improvised and some early home recordings.In 1985 the format of "No Pigeonholes" was established and became home recorded cassettes from the international home recording movement called "cassette culture". The music covered many styles from rock, folk, outsider, oddball, punk, electronic and much more.Don continues broadcasting home recorded, small studio and
independent music from around the world not only on KKUP but also throughout Europe on Radio Marabu and also on the net on The Luver.comThe Lonely Whistle label was started in 1984 to house not only Don Campau albums but other releases from friends and musical associates.

http://www.doncampau.com/

KRISTIANNE GALE
(guest vocalist)

I like to attend Irish and American Traditional music sessions to sing unaccompanied. I have worked with a tremendous Experimental Music group called Biota on an album called “Half A True Day.” Another album with them is currently underway. I write some songs but enjoy improvisation and singing devastating murder ballads.

http://soundcloud.com/kristianne-gale

--Kristianne Gale

RALF 'GYPSY' BEVIS

Have been an artist for as long as I care to remember. As a youth it was drawing and painting. As a adolescent it was writing poetry/lyrics, from that it progressed into playing music, which I still do now, though I wouldn't discribe myself as a musician. Sculptors use all kinds of material to sculpt, stone, clay, marble, I like to concider myself an audio sculptor, I try to use sound... I grew up in Germany, England and Africa. Moved back to England from Germany in 1979. Lived in Brighton for the first few years, where I played in various bands, avant garde/punk/Rock type material, performed in clubs and seafront pubs anywhere that would have us really...From Brighton,I moved to salisbury. I stayed with the peace convoy on green lane, was there for the 1984 stonehedge concert, film of that concert can be found on youtube..after salisbury I went back to brighton for a short while but soon moved to London, lived all over London, Earls court, Finsbury park, Brixton, Played in various bands in and around London, though most of the time was spent in the West End clubs, Sound & Vision and Alice in Wonderland, being our main haunts, from what I can remember we had a great time. While in London I ran an independent label called Rodent Tapes, dealing in home recorded and small independent studio produced material. This was then distributed via a network of like-minded labels, musicians/artists, fanzines and friends. Most of the labels were run on a non profit basis. . the internet, still being developed - we distributed our music by snail mail. College and pirate radio stations played our material. After 3 - 4 years of doing this I became restless again and set off to travel, did the Eco warrior thing for a few years, met my wife, with her I moved to Sweden, was there appr. 3 years, but didn't work out...moved back to england in appr.2004..did nothing productive for the first few years, in about 2006/7 moved to this little town, started to set up my little home recording studios, end of 2007 beginning 2008 started recording again and trying to find old recordings of mine, the master tapes of all my old material had been stolen at the end of the 90's while still living in london. At the moment I'm recording my music alone and collaborating with various artists. As Heavy Metal Vampires and Trolls on Acid, two bands I first put together and collaborated with in the early days have now recorded new material. That's about all for now.....