Merging by Viscus

Maybe you were walking through the woods and forgot about yourself. You had a feeling of oneness. Music does this for me. I feel that no matter what one's journey in life, be it through music, or building houses, or sex, or drugs, we are all looking for this feeling. This is the journey of water, from small drops, to the ocean. This yearning for the connectedness of all things is what drives us from day to day. When we open ourselves up to this, we know that we are all one. This is where we find love... and this is the merging.
-Ira Friedman

Thanks to all of our friends and family
and everyone who has inspired and
supported us throughout our lives,
and to Café Sweet Basil.

Special thanks to
Jim and Sally Newell,
Glen and Beth LaPlant,
and Old School Builders
for making this recording possible.

Tracklist

1.	Merging	0:47

2.	Separate Paths	5:06

3.	The Water	5:06

4.	Take A Chance	6:05

5.	Stevie	6:21

6.	Absence	7:04

7.	New Groove	4:45

8.	No Doubt	6:10

9.	From Stillness	1:18

10.	Keep On Moving	4:50

11.	All One	11:31

12.	That Feeling	4:59

13.	Manifest	8:01

14.	The Merging	3:39

Credits

released April 20, 2006

Ira Friedman - organ, piano, keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals on 'All One

Micah Carbonneau - bass, backing vocals, percussion, drums on 'Manifest', guitar on 'Abscence'

Luke Laplant - baritone sax, e.w.i., synth, backing vocals, percussion

Troy Hubbard - drums, percussion, backing vocals, bass on 'Manifest'

Derek Campbell - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion, backing vocals

Plus special guests:

Linda Warnaar - congas, percussion

Myra Flynn - vocals on 'Separate Paths', and 'No Doubt'

David Diamond - guitar solo on 'The Water' and "Stevie'

Elia Nichols - party vibe and "Huh"

Produced by Viscus

Engineers - Joe Egan, Aaron Flinn, Rob O'dea, Bennet Shapiro

Recorded at Egan Media, Colchester, Vermont 2006

Digitally remastered by Derek Campbell 2019

All songs written by Ira Friedman

except Abscence written by Micah Carbonneau

and the raps in All One and Abscence written by Derek Campbell

©2006 Viscus

Album art by Derek Campbell

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