Yogi: Salve by Shawn Farley

This project came out of my online friendship with producer, guitarist, and looper extraordinaire Andre LaFosse. Andre expressed an interest in remixing some of the material from my "Any Raw Flesh?" album, and I thought that was a fantastic idea. It was originally supposed to be a 5-song EP of 2 or 3 remixes and 2 or 3 new recordings by me, then it became a full-length CD of several remixes and more new tracks, THEN it ballooned into a two-disc extravaganza.

And then financial realities hit (as they often do for indie art projects), and "Salve" became an 8-song EP of new recordings, acoustic versions of previously released songs, and one Andre LaFosse remix.

The bulk of Andre's remix work, which inspired the "Salve" project in the first place, was later released separately under the title "half-pint demigod."

If I had to do it all over again, I would have gritted my teeth, gone further into debt, and released all the material as a two-disc release. That really is what should have happened. Hindsight, you know.

But look! This is the DIGITAL version of the album, and you know what that means? It means I can UNDO my past mistakes (sort of), and so for this digital version of "Salve" here at Bandcamp, I am combining the contents of "Salve" with "half-pint demigod", the way the material was originally meant to be released. Dig in, there's a lot of crazy stuff to get through.

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