Dharmaland by Ìxtahuele

Eden Ahbez's "Dharmaland," arranged and performed by Ìxtahuele, is the first-ever recording of this long-lost masterwork by the original hippie composer of "Nature Boy." Resurrected from Ahbez’s unrecorded sheet music, c. 1961-63, Ìxtahuele has woven an enchanted tapestry of mystic exotica and experimental pop that re-establishes the songwriter as a forefather of psychedelic music and brings his work into the present. They are joined by a host of guest artists, including nine of Ahbez’s friends and former collaborators, as well as contemporary performers Kadhja Bonet, Xenia Kriisin, and King Kukulele. The composer’s own handmade drums and bamboo flutes also appear throughout the recordings. As author Domenic Priore writes: "'Dharmaland' is to Eden Ahbez what 'Smile' was to Brian Wilson."

Produced by: Brian Chidester and Johan Hjarmalsson
Arranged by: Henrik Magnusson and Mattias Uneback
Engineered by: Joe Romersa, Johan Hjarmalsson, and Christoffer Johansson
Executive Producers: Stefan Kéry and John Winer

Johan Hjarmalsson: Drums, Percussion
Wictor Lind: Percussion
Ander Ljungberg: Double Bass
Henrik Magnusson: Keyboard, Flute, Vocals
Mattias Uneback: Percussion, Guitar, Vocals

Tobias Bernsand (aka Orange Crate Art): Synthesizer
Kadhja Bonet: Lead Vocal ("Manna")
Anna Carlsson: Backing Vocals
Dave De La Vega: Poetry Recitation (Scene II"), Percussion
John Harris: Lead Vocal ("The Sandal-Maker")
Xenia Kriisin: Lead Vocal ("The Lion"), Backing Vocals
Jonathan Kronevik: Trumpet, Trombone, English Horn
Joanne Lazzaro: Carved Flutes
Dale Ockerman: Poetry Recitation ("Bwawto"), Organ
Denny Moynahan (aka King Kukulele): Lead Vocal ("Dharma Man," "Grapevine")
Siobhan Parker: Oboe
Anne Rainwater: Piano, Duet Vocal ("Scene III")
Emil Richards: Waterphone
Joe Romersa: Lead Vocal ("Fire of the Soul"), Percussion
Youngbear Roth: Poetry Recitation ("A Boy and a Melody," "Dharmaland Pt. 1")
Hannah Tolf: Backing Vocals
Sara Uneback: Violin, Viola
Mort Weiss: Clarinet
Eve Zanni: Backing Vocals

ÌXTAHUELE is a Swedish exotica band. They come from Gothenburg; a damp, foggy harbor town that ever since its founding in the early 17th century has been an international melting pot, associated with exotic, faraway destinations ever since the days of the East India Trading Companies.