Dear Friends and Fellow Travelers,

I am pleased to announce 'The Serpent & the Dove' pre-order invitation!

'The Serpent and the Dove' will be my first full length studio album of original music since Birch Book's 'A Hand Full of Days' (2010) as well as my first ever 'solo' studio album.

Herein lie stories in song, word, and sound pertaining to:

An alchemical dream laboratory,

A thick mask of leaves,

A creation myth whispered on wisps of wind involving a Cosmic Bowl of Tea,

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willows, willows, willows...

I am working with Les Disques du 7ème Ciel towards a release date in late winter / early spring 2015.   www.7ciel.net

In deference to you early advocates, these special editions are available only by pre-order here through Indiegogo or by special arrangement before November 15th.  [Standard vinyl and CD editions will be available at the time of release through Les Disques du 7ème Ciel.]

Besides the special editions, there are an assortment of uncommon opportunities & irregular objects on offer to garner means of unfolding for 'The Serpent and the Dove'.

I am very grateful for your continued support and affection
in Music, Magic and Love,

                  -B'ee

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[Note about the special editions: Please see photos of the 'Magic Stone Box' Prototype in the Gallery. ]

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About B’ee:

For the last 20 years B’ee has been crafting homemade instruments and original homemade music which he calls ‘Symbolist Folk Music’ under the names “In Gowan Ring” (and “Birch Book”).  It has been an itinerant journey leading him around the world, meeting other musicians and traditions, and most recently leading him to Leipzig, Germany. 

The music of In Gowan Ring is within a magico-poetic-folk tradition utilizing acoustic instruments, voice, and poetry to convey transcendent experience, engaging the listener in mythic realities.  In the larger world this is sometimes called “Psychedelic-folk”. 

Currently In Gowan Ring use arrangements for pear guitar, harp, psaltery, flute, percussion, string drones, hurdy gurdy as well as multiple vocal harmonies in counterpoint.  Mostly instruments are handcrafted by B’ee himself.

B’ee has spent much of his life in Oregon (USA) and works with musicians in Germany and Sweden.

Besides classic psychedelic folk influences (Incredible String Band, Pentangle, Nick Drake et al.) In Gowan Ring naturally blend elements of Early Music (medieval & renaissance), Troubadour & Minnesinger song forms, the mystic poetry of Hafiz & Rumi, and Spiritual Minimalist Music.

In Gowan Ring have shared music in over 30 countries worldwide, playing their own concert tours as well as Festivals [(Northwest Folklife (Seattle, US); Fano Free Folk Festival (Denmark); WGT ‘Pagan Stage’ (Germany); Uncivilisation festival (England); Musicas Disperses, (Spain)] and in support for groups such as Faun, Woven Hand and Robin Williamson (Incredible String Band). 

In Gowan Ring have been featured in the ‘Textbook of Psychedelic Folk’, Seasons They Change: The Story of Acid and Psychedelic Folk by Jeanette Leech as well as the soundtrack for the recent documentary Film about nature spirits by Hamburg based directors Till Gerhard and Britta Schmidtke: The Fairy Trail (Nominated for the Cosmic Cini Award 2013)

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In Gowan Ring songs & videos online: 

Hazel Steps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAx6EMjeGuk

Limpid Brook:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z87ZnRqKkpw

Live in Spain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DtYgt-CQD8

Live in Germany:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E06-wbQ2y6k

England: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4EsN72VMX0

Russia:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4Apqozbt8g

Denmark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvL1XuB2_2k

Wales: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKaLPmweodA

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In Gowan Ring & Birch Book in FILM: (soundtrack for THE FAIRY TRAIL - A documentary film about Nature Spirits by Till Gerhard and Britta Schmidtke.) : http://fairytrail.tumblr.com/

In Gowan Ring & Birch Book in PRINT: http://www.amazon.de/Seasons-They-Change-Psychedelic-Genuine/dp/1906002320