Enter the Worship Circle: Village Thrift

EWC: Village Thrift concert bookings for FALL ‘08

villagethrift — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:56:44 +0000

We are launching a Village Thrift tour of gatherings and concerts for Fall ‘08 in conjunction with our second release, Village Thrift: Circa ‘08. Should you be interested in hosting a Village Thrift gathering to build your community, share dialogue and teaching, host a night of worship, prayer, and spiritual impartation, please contact Todd Berger at berger@entertheworshipcircle.com to secure your date immediately or go here for more information.

“Make Me Feel” airplay on WVOF 88.5 FM Fairfield, CT

villagethrift — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:39:09 +0000

“The Upper Room with Joe Kelley”

WVOF 88.5 FM Fairfield, CT , Mondays 4-8 pm EST
www.upperroomwithjoekelley.com

“The Upper Room with Joe Kelley” NOW
24 Hours/ 7 Days- Interviews, Creative Music, & Studio Performances
*For more informations you can email Joe Kelley: joeradio@optonline.net

*Artist/Title/Label*
Anne Heaton- Black Notebook- (Spill)
Deborah Coleman- Another Hoping Fool- (Blind Pig)
Graham Central Station- Groove On- (NPG)
Little Freddie King- Messin’ Around Tha House- (MadeWright)
Mem3- Skydrol- (Mem3)
Monte Moir- For Want and Desire- (Lagoon)
Charlie Sexton- Regular Grind- (Back Porch)
Saffire The Uppity Blues Women- Sloppy Drunk- (Alligator)
Sounds of Urban Life Soldiers S.O.U.L.S.- Cleaning House- (True Vibe)
Mavis Staples- There’s A Devil On The Loose- (Alligator)
Village Thrift- Make Me Feel- (Worship Circle)
Dishwater Blonde- What U Got?- (Dishwater Blonde)
Aston- Nothing Left To Hide- (Aston)
Deuce- Funky Phone-Tag- (Deuce)
Moveable Feast- Two Things One- (Moveable Feast)
David Byrne- My Fair Lady- (Nonesuch)
My Morning Jacket- One Big Holiday- (RCA)
Dan The Automator- Relaxation Spa Treatment- (Bulk)
Thievery Corporation- DC 3000- (ESL)
The Yards- You Got It- (Bugaboo)
Son Of Pearl- Summertime- (Son Of Pearl)
Prince- SST- (NPG)
Prince- Brand New Orleans- (NPG)
Kip Blackshire- I Got What You Need- (Kip Blackshire)
Tom Tom Club- You Sexy Thing- (Sire)
Jason Miles- Ferraro- (Narada Jazz)
Omega Bugembe Okello- Mujje- (AlexOm)
Miriam Christine- Nitelife- (Miriam Christine)
Velvet- Bumpin’- (Digniti)
Carlton J. Smith- Love, Love, Love feat. Tracy Brathwaite- (TruBeatPro)
Rusty Zinn- Ladies Choice- (Alligator)

*In March 2004, we became the first radio show to have been featured on Rock N Roll Hall of Famer PRINCE’S official web site.*

Podcast Interview with Todd Berger of Village Thrift

villagethrift — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:14:44 +0000

Todd is a full time musician who finds his inspiration in ancient poetry and through the modern gritty beats of urban America. Todd’s unique style is indicative of the traditional singer songwriter a la Billy Joel mixed with the modern high energy rock and electronica more typical of Cold Play or early Beck.

Todd has some great insight and wonderful stories to share. Go To the Podcast

#5 “Shelter Me” 8 Pack Download

villagethrift — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:00:35 +0000

We posted an #5 8-pack for “Shelter Me” for free download in the store at village thrift.com. Go here to download it and start your remix to submit for the next Village Thrift recording.
Shelter Me 8-pack Sample Audio

Remember, submissions are due back to us by August 1, 2008!

#4 “Waiting For You” 8 pack Download

villagethrift — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:05:28 +0000

We posted 8-pack #4 for the next Village up at villagethrift.com in the store. Go here to download and start your remix.

Remember, submissions are due back to us by August 1, 2008!

Village Thrift: Phase 2

villagethrift — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:56:30 +0000

NOW BEGINS…Phase 2

From blunt instruments to multi track recorders, survival of the fittest musical arrengements… natural selection of the right hook.

Every week for the next 10 weeks, we are releasing 2 Village Thrift songs as FREE downloads in the worship circle store. These songs are all in the early formative stages called 8 packs – the basic building blocks (LOOPS) of Village Thrifts songs containing some instrumentation, final vocals, and some rhythm and ambience. What they need to evolve to their possible inclusion on the next Village Thrift recording is your collaboration! Calling all DJ’s, Remixers, Mashers, and Musicians to add your personal spin to these songs. Go get the goods and start cranking out your own version of these previously unreleased Village Thrift worship songs.Then resubmit* your versions back to us. Those songs that make the cut will be included in the next release of Village Thrift: Circa 2008. now GO!

* Submissions will be received until:
August 1, 2008.

Village Thrift: Remix Collaboration

villagethrift — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:20:32 +0000

New Animated GIF to post on your website! Especially if you are a remixer, but all are welcome to help us promote…do you have musical friends?

Just paste this code:

Looks like this:

#1 “They Don’t Know You” and #2 “So Let It Be” 8 Packs for Download

villagethrift — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:17:36 +0000

The very first 8pack+Vox packs are up in the store! Are you ready to get your creative on? Go get the goods and start cranking out your own version of the song! We will take submissions until August 1, 2008. Expect two new songs a week for around 10 weeks…all for free for you to remix/arrange! The ZIP file contains the 8pack+Vox, an Agreement, and an MP3 rough of the song in its present birth DNA…Go!

Village Thrift: 09/07 update

villagethrift — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 22:07:52 +0000

Songwriting has commenced for the new Village Thrift recording. We should have plenty of material for you all to work with by the time we release the tracks to you for your creative genius. Between 3 writers, we have about 40 song ideas so far to sort through and choose which ones to develop further. My friend, DJ Doc (Harrill), and I are pretty excited about some of the collaborative alliances that are being made both here in Cleveland and abroad. We’re dreaming big dreams at this point, and I’d imagine the credits will be a lengthy list of friends by the release date of this latest Village Thrift installment.

Let me say this, that the Psalms have never seemed so relevant in light of the issues we are facing around the world and in our own back ally. I think I’m personally starting to understand David and his wildly creative collaboration between Psalmists who were about singing to God about the issues that surrounded them in that time. They didn’t wax elloquent in pouring out their hearts to the Lord, nor did they feel bashful about airing out their dirty laundry in the corporate setting. Another thing I’m remembering is that before we had what we now know as the Bible, God was speaking to and through mortals like David, who were simply responding to what they were hearing. They created a bunch of songs, that have been added to the Bible, and the rest is history. We who now have the Bible, refer to these now as the “Word of God”. I wonder how David and the psalmists would have responded in the creative process had they known their music would be documented as the God’s word to future generations. I wonder how they would have fealt knowing that only the lyrics would endure and that future generations would only be familiar with these songs divorced from their original musical and cultural context. Pray for us, as we now excavate this ancient poetry from it’s cultural context and reassemble it using the musical context of today to preserve it’s truths for posterity.

Todd Berger

ALBUM: Village Thrift: Circa 2005

villagethrift — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:22:39 +0000

ARTIST: Enter the Worship Circle
ALBUM: Village Thrift: Circa 2005
(FEATURING: BEN & ROBIN PASLEY, TODD BERGER, RYAN LOTT, & DJ DOC)
2005

Village Thrift is what happens when you revisit the foundation of the original Enter the Worship Circle series, but foster collaboration with artists who speak the musical languages of cultures outside the spectrum of tribal drums and acoustic guitars? This latest series in the Enter the Worship Circle recordings has been constructed from the existing foundation of it’s sister Worship Circle recordings, and though sharing the name of it’s predecessors, it has opened a new doorway altogether for experimentation in worship and developing worship environments. With collaborative songwriting and acoustic instrumentation interchanged with discovered (thrift) sounds manipulated electronically, Enter the Worship Circle has intentionally used technologies that have been used almost exclusively by DJ’s, Art-Rock, and Hip-Hop artists. Take a little pop melody work from Moby, a little ambient rhythm from the Telefon Tel Aviv, add some offbeat elements like symphonic rock from the Art of Noise, and finish it off with the voices of Ben and Robin Pasley and newcomers Todd Berger and Ryan Lott and you are starting to feel the vibe of Village Thrift.

AUDIO SAMPLES
1. Simple	MP3
2. Make Me Feel	MP3
3. How Sweet	MP3
4. With Your Eyes	MP3
5. Understand	MP3
6. Twenty Two	MP3
7. All You Angels	MP3
8. Strong Weakness	MP3
9. First Hint	MP3
10. In This World	MP3
11. Wake Up Sleepy	MP3
12. Tambourines	MP3
13. Be Still	MP3

Circa 2005, the first in the Village Thrift series, is a wide-eyed journey that explores themes of doubt in our failure-prone humanity, and our absolute dependence on God’s sufficiency in times when we find our faith to be thin. In the book of Psalms, King David has left a trail for us of abolute honesty and vulnerability in approaching the Holy One– evidence of God’s ability to receive all who will come as they are. These songs are inspired directly from those Psalms, and in keeping with the original Worship Circle series, this album is a “must have” for any Worship Circle fans.