ALBUM: Village Thrift: Circa 2005

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.