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Embark on a musical voyage from inner space to the stars with Flight Call's debut album, HOMEWORLD (released 8.22.22).
Guided by warm, evocative vocals and buoyed by a soundscape of sparkling synths, Flight Call's ten song avant pop odyssey invites the listener beyond the duality simulation of Earth into a timeless dimension of love.
HOMEWORLD explores themes of metamorphosis, interconnectivity, liberation from social conditioning, and personal transformation.
Vortex Music Magazine
Vortex Music Magazine
Vortex Music Magazine
"HOMEWORLD is a personal compilation of magic spells and secret codes, an exploded starfield of glimmering images that are helpful, healing, disarming, diaphanous, prismatic, piercing, and lyrical. Off-planet synthesizers elevate the earthbound and present vocals, taking the listener on a light-filled, avant-pop journey from inner space to outer space."
- Andrea Janda, "Vortex Music Magazine "
The Topanga New Times
Vortex Music Magazine
Vortex Music Magazine
"Imagine a place of perfect peace and tranquility, full of light and crystalline beauty. That is the vision that singer-songwriter and performance artist Tai Woodville has conjured for Homeworld. The music has a bright, ethereal sound—celestial synths and vintage drum machines grounded by Tai’s smooth, warm vocals...thoughtful and meditative...fun and fantastic."
--Suzanne Guldimann, "Topanganga New Times"
about HOMEWORLD
creation
Flight Call is an avant-pop music project created by Portland, Oregon, singer/songwriter, performer & poet, Tai Woodville.
Tai wrote HOMEWORLD on an OP-1, mostly outside in nature. The album was written as a love letter to the soul of every dreamer.
production
Producer & recording engineer Johann Wagner (Sávila, DAN DAN, Orquestra Pacifica Tropical, Siren & the Sea, The Ghost Ease +) programmed an array of modular synths & vintage drum machines to recreate & expand on the instrumentation from Tai's OP-1 demo.
guest musician
Flight Call is honored to feature the harp stylings of Dolphin Midwives' Sage Fisher on "A Piece of the Map" & "Chrysalis."
about Flight Call
Flight Call is more than a music project, she is an embodied persona from the stars.
Flight Call is a timeless intergalactic being of love with a mission to circulate sound codes on Earth during this time of crisis and transition.
Tai wrote HOMEWORLD to be a vessel of her soul's voice.
about Tai
background
family of artists
family of artists
Born in 1980, Tai was raised in an artistic, musical, bohemian environment. The only child of two actor parents, she grew up in Southern California, close to nature and animals, informed by the stars and the sea.
She holds a bachelor of arts in literature with a creative writing emphasis from UCSB's College of Creative Studies.
family of artists
family of artists
family of artists
Tai comes from a family of artists. Her father Edward Albert, mother Kate Woodville and paternal grandparents Eddie & Margo Albert were all professional actors. Her great aunt was Mexican singer Carmen Castilla Cugat, known as The Velvet Voice.
Fun fact: Tai's mother & father both played alien characters at one point in their careers. Kate
Tai comes from a family of artists. Her father Edward Albert, mother Kate Woodville and paternal grandparents Eddie & Margo Albert were all professional actors. Her great aunt was Mexican singer Carmen Castilla Cugat, known as The Velvet Voice.
Fun fact: Tai's mother & father both played alien characters at one point in their careers. Kate played alien queen Natira on "Star Trek: The Original Series," while Edward played Bajoran alien Zayra on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."
published poet
family of artists
published poet
Tai is the author of two poetry books. "Pollen," (Finishing Line Press) and (co-authored) "Her Animal Inheritance."
Tai's poem, "Winter Fruit," was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
She was a monthly guest poet at VISITANT LIT for many years.
She writes PARALLAX, a philosophy blog exploring the architecture of reality & the role of the drea
Tai is the author of two poetry books. "Pollen," (Finishing Line Press) and (co-authored) "Her Animal Inheritance."
Tai's poem, "Winter Fruit," was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
She was a monthly guest poet at VISITANT LIT for many years.
She writes PARALLAX, a philosophy blog exploring the architecture of reality & the role of the dreamer, with over a million hits since its creation in 2010.
about the songs
1. A Piece of the Map
1. A Piece of the Map
1. A Piece of the Map
Flight Call's first single, featuring harp by Dolphin Midwives, is about how we each hold a piece of the puzzle to life's Mystery. When we each put our pieces together, a pattern begins to emerge. Played on XRAY.FM & KINK FM.
2. Compass
1. A Piece of the Map
1. A Piece of the Map
"Compass," Flight Call's third single, is an anthem for the dreamers and seekers of the world, a battle cry in the name of trusting the call of the soul.
3. Homeworld
1. A Piece of the Map
4. Diamond Age
The title track recalls our ancient ancestry of stardust, channeling the feeling of homesickness 'for a home we’ve never known' -- a longing which suggests the recollection of cosmic origins.
4. Diamond Age
5. Glow in the Dark
4. Diamond Age
This song is about the emotional alchemy of turning hardship into growth—transforming pain into beauty, strength, and clarity that would not have occurred without the suffering.
5. Glow in the Dark
5. Glow in the Dark
5. Glow in the Dark
When we become self-illuminating, we no longer fear the dark. The second single off the album invites the listener to feed the light within and dance with the Mystery that flows through all things.
6. New Frontiers
5. Glow in the Dark
5. Glow in the Dark
"New Frontiers" reflects on our ability to forge a new way in a crumbling era. Acknowledging the ache, this song trusts the listener's natural self-illuminating essence to see them through the dark night of the world soul. As one age ends, another begins.
7. Smoke & Light
7. Smoke & Light
7. Smoke & Light
Society has trained us to look outside ourselves for answers, for confirmation of our worth, to know what is real and true. This song examines the experience of losing clarity in a world filled with distortion and illusion, encouraging the listener to look within for these resources.
8. Chrysalis
7. Smoke & Light
7. Smoke & Light
Mid-metamorphosis, this song about emotional cocooning during times of transformation occupies the liminal space between the old and the new. Featuring Dolphin Midwives' Sage Fisher on harp, it quivers on the cusp of a new wingspan.
9. Shake Yourself Awake
9. Shake Yourself Awake
9. Shake Yourself Awake
This song is about waking up to personal power and presence in a sleepwalking world. It examines the reality that society is a collection of invented constructs. When we break through the trance of our conditioning, we see the rainbow world beyond the false dichotomy of black and white thinking.
10. Don't Hide The Sun
9. Shake Yourself Awake
9. Shake Yourself Awake
This is a self-love anthem about not hiding our light or letting it get blocked out by the fear of unworthiness. The song envisions doubt as passing clouds and the true nature of self as a sun that will burn on long after the clouds have gone.
album credits
- All songs written by Tai Woodville
- Vocals by Tai Woodville
- Album produced, recorded & mixed by Johann Wagner at Pinewave Studio
- Electronics by Johann Wagner
- Harp by Sage Fisher
- Mastered by Gus Elg
- Album art photography by Andy Batt
- Cover design by Patti Bateman
- Garment by Becca Joy Design
- Make up & Hair by Tracy Shultz