With Mysterium Tremendum, Hart is pushing the boundaries of what we knowas music, creating a genre of his own. "I have always thought of life, the worldat large, as music," says Hart. "This work is a representation of that notion. Ihave combined sonic images of the formation of our universe with soundsdrawn from musical instruments. It’s all about the vibrations that make up theinfinite universe. In this case, they began as light waves and these light wavesare still washing over us. Scientists at Penn State, Lawrence Berkeley Labs,and Meyer Sound have transformed these light waves into sound waves.These musical excursions transport me to wonderful and strange new placesfilled with rhythms for a new day. The combination of music from the wholeearth and the sounds of the planets, the stars, the events that formed ouruniverse is intoxicating and points toward an awareness of what music is,could be, and where it comes from. "

For this new work Hart joined with long time Grateful Dead lyricist RobertHunter. "Hunter is a bold visionary writer who knows where I am going withthis music," says Hart. " He is indispensable to the weave of this story. Theway he writes, the imagery and mythology, are perfect for this project. Nobodywrites like Robert Hunter.”

On Mysterium Tremendum, The Mickey Hart Band consists of WidespreadPanic bassist Dave Schools, Grammy winning percussionist and longtimeband mate Sikiru Adepoju, Tony Award winning vocalist Crystal MoneeHall, singer Tim Hockenberry, drummer Ian "Inx" Herman, guitarist GawainMatthews, and keyboardist / producer, Ben Yonas. JamBands.com gave theband's recent tour stop in NYC rave reviews stating that "Mickey Hart isnothing short of a musical genius and it shines through in everything he does.Whether he’s working with George Lucas, NASA, or throwing together aunique group of musicians for a band, its apparent that Mickey isn’t satisfieddoing the same old thing...".

Mysterium Tremendum will be released by Hart's own 360° Productions. Thealbum, recorded at Hart's Studio X in Sonoma County, CA, was co-producedby Hart and Ben Yonas. Special guests Steve Kimock, Reed Mathis appearon select tracks as well as long time collaborators, Zakir Hussain, andGiovanni Hidalgo.

Available for Pre-Order on March 15th, 2012

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Track Listing1. Heartbeat of the Sun

2. Slow Joe Rain 3. Cut the Deck

4. Starlight Starbright 5. Who Stole The Show?

6. Djinn Djinn 7. This One Hour

8. Supersonic Vision 9. Time Never Ends

10. Let There Be Light 11. Ticket To Nowhere12 Through Endless

Skies

File Under:Rock, Jam and

World

On April 10th, 2012, Grammy Award winner Mickey Hart will release his first in studio album infive years, and the follow up to his 2007 Grammy

winning Global Drum Project.