http://nostalgie-de-la-boue.blogspot.com/2016/10/life-garden-so-i-painted-my-hands-orange.htmlLife Garden was formed in 1989 from the ashes of Maybe Mental whose two core members were David and Su Ling Oliphant. They invited poet George Dillon to the group, but tragically he passed away by the time when they released their debut album "Caught Between The Tapestry Of Silence & Beauty".
"So I Painted My Hands Orange" was recorded on January 19th 1991 at the 3rd Street Theatre in Phoenix (Arizona) as part of Peter Ragan's "Terminal Monsoon Serinade".
It was George Dillon's last performance.Nostalgie De La Boue recently released a very nice, good quality, both in fidelity and content, Life Garden recording. 24bit transfer, too. Very much of the time, when it wasn't uncommon to run into experimental/ambient acts that embodied the ethereal simultaneously with chaos. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, but I don't hear new music like this.
Which brings me to their bandcamp page, which I'm very excited to see. Though the CDs were pressed in numbers of 1000 (relatively certain of that), you almost never hear Life Garden mentioned in discussions. I've always wondered who was their core audience. Local Arizonians? Steve Roach New Agers seeking something a little darker? Now we just need Discorporeality to load up a bandcamp page.
https://wdavidoliphant.bandcamp.com/
