Floating World Vol. 1 (Porto Franco Records, 2011) is an extension of The Mission Outsider Poets Project. This music uses texts/poems from local poets that are marginalized from the mainstream. Michael Bernard Loggins is a poet and writer who is developmentally disabled. His creative use of language and perceptions as a disabled person of color are as unique as they are beautiful and often times silly. Bart Alberti is a autistic savant who committed suicide in 2006. His poetry is highly intellectual and exploits the friction of juxtaposing imagery to create a unique beauty. Swan is a mentally ill homeless man who types leaflets that expound on his belief system, centered on feeding pigeons, rats and other vermin as a holy act.
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Accordion, Organ, Electric Piano – Marie Abe*
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Alto Saxophone – Kasey Knudsen
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Bass – Lisa Mezzacappa
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Bass Clarinet, Composed By – Aaron Novik
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Drums – Jamie Moore, Jason Levis
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Mastered By – Michael Romanowski
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Piano, Accordion, Organ, Electric Piano – Rob Reich
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Recorded By – John Finkbeiner
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Recorded By [Vocals On Goodbye To Bird, The Classicist, T. S. Eliot] – Sep V (tracks: 1, 7, 18)
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Recorded By, Mixed By – Eli Crews
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Violin – Alisa Rose, Dina Maccabee Sarah Jo Zaharako
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Vocals – Carla Kihlstedt , Jessica Grace, Karina Denike , Katy Stephan, Melody Ferris