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"raga malkauns ". glen kniebeiss - tabla. chris sprague - surbahar.
self-published, 2006.

1. alap - excerpt                                2:40 listen      800 kb mp3   
2. vilambit teentaal - excerpt           2:41 listen      800 kb mp3   
3. madhya lay teentaal - excerpt    1:11 listen      350 kb mp3   

check out the movie from a live performance.

 

cd "resonance". glen kniebeiss - tabla. chris sprague - oud and mandocello.
self-published, 2003.
read a review from british publication 'fRoots'.

1. marou alyaa el-helwen (trad. iraq) 4:16 listen icon 510 kb mp3    icon 180 kb mp3
2. allah yatik bissabar (trad. maghreb) 4:19 listen icon 650 kb mp3    icon 125 kb mp3
3. nihawent-oud solo (sprague) 6:59 listen icon 490 kb mp3    icon 160 kb mp3
4. summah sonk (sprague/kniebeiss) 6:16 listen icon 600 kb mp3    icon 160 kb mp3
5. qum na dimi (trad. iraq) 5:19 listen icon 660 kb mp3    icon 150 kb mp3
6. teentaal kayda-tabla solo (kneibeiss) 9:27 listen icon 510 kb mp3    icon 150 kb mp3
7. mersin mut (trad. turkey) 5:36 listen icon 570 kb mp3    icon 160 kb mp3
   
  "sift" by vocalist ria soemardjo. ria soemardjo home page
featuring chris sprague on oud and glen kneibeiss on tabla. read a concert review here.
1. Pulang listen icon 1 mb mp3    
2. Transitmode - excerpt listen icon 400 kb mp3   
   

album cover "Darknesses". Solo experimental loop guitar. chris sprague
self-published, 2001

"darkness 1" 18 min.
Live at the Melbourne Fringe Festival. (All sounds are live processed + looped guitar - no synths or samples used).

listen 4.2 mb mp3     2.1 mb mp3

"darkness 2"  4 min.

listen 1 mb mp3        480 kb mp3

"darkness 4" 5 min.

listen 1.2 mb mp3    speaker 600 kb mp3

"darkness 5" 1 min.

listen 280 kb mp3    jksadf 140 kb mp3
 

cd "chakradar": live in the studio 2002. electric improvised trance band founded by chris sprague and glen kniebeiss, with matt stonehouse and others. 2002.

"track 1". 28 min.
chris sprague-guitar + loops, glen kniebeiss-guitar, with; george andrews-drums, mick holt-bass, jeremy tibb + matt stonehouse-perc.

listen icon 6.4 mb mp3   icon 3.2mb mp3
 

"verandah". solo oud, 2004. chris sprague

improvisation on an indonesian mode.
2 min. excerpt

listen icon 450 kb mp3   icon230 kb mp3
 

 composition for mallet instruments, 2004. chris sprague

"mallets" 8:35 min. listen icon 1.9 mb mp3 icon 1 mb mp3.
 
yalila - aeroplane yilila: "aeroplane" 2006 featuring john butler - slide guitar, glen kniebeiss - tabla,
chris sprague - surbahar. available through itunes music store. www.yilila.com
"aeroplane" 4:34 min. listen icon 1.1 mb mp3
 
yalila- aeroplane yilila: "manila manila" winner of the 2005 NT indigenous music awards "best cd release" & "song of the year". featuring glen kniebeiss - tabla. www.yilila.com
"dhamalu lharrmani" 4:00 min. listen icon 1 mb mp3


cd  akin: "undercurrent". received an ARIA nomination for best australian world music album, 2001. newmarket music, 2001.

"pins and needles" excerpt.  5:30 min. listen icon   1.2 mb mp3   icon 600 kb mp3
"swoon" excerpt. 2:30 min. listen icon   560 kb mp3   icon  280 kb mp3
 

album cover  cate bailey: "into the indigo night". newmarket music 2001

"suil a ruin" 5 min.
trad. celtic: chris sprague - steel string guitar

listen icon 1.2 mb mp3    icon 590 kb mp3

"over the snow" 6 min.
chris sprague - electric trans-trem guitar and steel string acoustic guitar.

listen icon 1.4 mb mp3    icon 710 kb mp3
 

krishna veena chris sprague: krishna veena solo, 2004. the krishna veena is a 19 string fretless guitar which chris had custom made for him in delhi, india.

Raga Yaman alap. 8:53 min. listen icon 2mb mp3    icon 1mb mp3