This is a transcendental track. It is very soothing with an almost robotic beat underneath, persistently moving the track forward. It is filled with optimism and latent power and does appear to bridge the gap between his world and another.

Psion is an aerial track.

Led by the sakuhachi, this track takes the listener around the world and back. Brazil is introduced through a timbales section before the sitar takes us to India (that part reminds me of the Doors).

Recorded back in 1995, the track contained hiss that I haven’t been able to completely remove although it has been greatly reduced.

This track explores various beat patterns extending from Asia (India) to Africa. Recorded back in 1995, the track contained hiss that I haven’t been able to completely remove although it has been greatly reduced.

Erigam was used in a karate video where it added spice to the footage.

This track sports a classic 70s wah-wah guitar line that makes it initially sound like an old recording. It quickly develops into a more modern sounding track. This one is faster than most BK Burghers tracks and more aggressive. Still, it is non-obtrusive and works well as a backdrop for bars and lounges.

There is ample room to fit a lead instrument over it such as brass.

This track has a pushing beat against a smooth backdrop. The wah-wah guitar and bass keep persistent ostinato. The overall atmosphere is that of a dark and quiet bar.

There is an acid- jazzy feel to the track and there is ample room to put a lead instrument (brass?) on top.

This version is radically different from the original. The Guitar began as a soft piece, believe it or not, with a wailing electric guitar played by Magnus Armann Sigurdarsson. Then, when I was in Malta, something really strange happened.

My refrigerator made this non-stop rhythmic noise and while I sat there with my laptop in front, I began humming the guitar line Magnus had invented on the fly back in 1999 or so. The beat that now drives this track forward is the sound of that fridge. Since that sound was distorted, I decided to carry that effect into this remake.

Eagle is a far more appropriate name for this track which for some reason I always called Drone, a horrible misnomer. The feel of this track is of an eagle soaring high over the ground, looking down on the world while its wings catch the currents.

On a political note, this track is dedicated to the preservation of the Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja), the largest and most powerful raptor found in America and among the largest extant species of eagles in the world. To quote Wiki:

“The Harpy Eagle is threatened primarily by habitat loss  provoked by the expansion of logging, cattle ranching, agriculture and prospecting; secondarily by being hunted as an actual threat to livestock and/or a supposed one to human life, due to its great size. Such threats apply throughout its range, in large parts of which the bird has become a transient sight only: in Brazil, it was all but totally wiped out from the Atlantic rainforest and is only found in numbers in the most remote parts of the Amazon Basin; a Brazilian journalistic account of the mid-1990s already complained that at the time it was only found in numbers, in Brazilian territory, on the northern side of the Equator. Scientific 1990s records, however, suggest that the Harpy Atlantic Forest population may be migratory.

Subsequent research in Brazil has established that, as of 2009, the Harpy Eagle, outside the Brazilian Amazon, is critically endangered in Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo and Parana, endangered in Rio de Janeiro, and probably extirpated in Rio Grande do Sul and Minas Gerais – the actual size of their total population in Brazil being unknown.

Globally, The Harpy Eagle is considered Near Threatened by IUCN and threatened with extinction by CITES (appendix I). The Peregrine Fund until recently considered it a “conservation-dependent species”, meaning it depends on a dedicated effort for captive breeding and release to the wild as well as habitat protection in order to prevent it from reaching endangered status but now has accepted the Near Threatened status.

The Harpy Eagle is considered critically endangered in Mexico and Central America, where it has been extirpated in most of its former range: in Mexico, it used to be found as far North as Veracruz, but today probably occurs only in Chiapas in the Selva Zoque. It’s considered as Near Threatened or Vulnerable in most of the South American portion of its range: at the Southern extreme of its range, in Argentina, it’s found only in the Parana Valley forests at the province of Misiones.”

Latest release in the club category. Starstrike 2 is a fast paced track with a strong melodic line carrying it forward. This is a re-release with a completely new arrangement, different sounds, mix and mastering. The tempo has been raised from 120 to 146 which gives it serious drive.

Starstrike 2 is the second track in the Starstrike series that contains 7 tracks.

This track is laid back with a touch of reggae. Synth-lines affect the overall atmosphere and appear to whisper a story. Like all Burgher series tracks, the bass and guitars play a repetitive theme.

There is a touch of an aerial – almost transcendental – nervousness about the track, yet the guitars and bass keep it firmly rooted to the ground.