Sea Dreams: Pacific Northwest Flute Meditations
by Gary Stroutsos
"My long career recording various genres of flute music has taken me many places over many years. It has been such a rewarding journey for me. With Sea Dreams, I return to my favorite place – the great Pacific Northwest and its vast ocean – for inspiration for these new meditative soundscapes using various flutes.
Bringing fresh dimension to this album are the evocative keyboards on various tracks by Michael Grant, who did a superb job. Michael's atmospheric work brought a feeling of mystery to the songs.
Additionally, for this project I slowed down my sound and used the sea wave cadence for a flow – something I'd first done on Pacific Moon many years ago. The resulting contemplative music reflects the quiet and profound peace that the sea has always offered me.
This is not a recording to showcase flute technique, but instead an approach with an ear for long tones and big shape patterns to create the kind of slowly unfolding, mesmerizing zone one enters by the seashore, where you can hear all those intervals out on the water. This music is a reflection of what one gets by the sea: a sense of open space, and a sense of deep calmness.
One learns to leave more space as one gets older – not just sounds full of notes but rather "tone poems" that can take shape when you're not trying to copy a genre of music...pieces that emerge, improvised on the spot and never captured again, only once in the moment. I hope you enjoy hearing these new tracks as much as I did recording them." –Gary Stroutsos, Seattle 2023
Shivaya
by Katie Wise & Bhakti Explosion
Recorded live in one take, this beautiful song is an ode to the peaceful energy of Shiva. When Kali is blindly destroying everything in her ragefull state, Shiva lays before her. Only when she sees her beloved Shiva lying surrendered beneath her upheld sword, does she snap out of her maniacal state. This song similarly can invoke peace, from within even the most chronically agitated soul.
From Winter...We Emerge Anew
We are excited to announce the release of Winter, an original, downtempo vocal song that honours the haunting beauty of a deep, soft winter day.
This transformative collaboration between Rara Avis and Safiya Carroll Labelle is both an easeful pleasure to listen to, as well as a powerful journey that encourages you to let go and surrender fully. As you dive into the depths of this exquisite composition, you can feel its gentle grief while still being warmed by its fire. Tender lyrics and Inspired melodies soar effortlessly above chilled out guitar riffs and smooth sexy drums; these intricate sounds were brought together with Naomi Jason's contemporary dance artistry providing in the moment inspiration for more than just your ears.
Winter is perfect for those music lovers looking for something chill and soulful, capturing complex emotions with simple elegance like no other. With bursts of energy embedded in its gentle embrace, this beautiful concoction of sound will captivate your senses and bring you home to yourself.
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Enjoy this Free Song Azuma Jishi (Tylepathy Ambient Remix by Liquid Bloom & Pere.
Channeling the meditative essence locked within ‘Afar,’ Tylepathy’s reimagining paints an open world that combines the gentle rhythms of ambient organica with the guiding motion of soft drums weaving in and out of the greater musical expanse.
A flowing tapestry of sound that will evolve with each listen, ‘Afar (Tylepathy Remixes)’ is an essential addition to the greater landscape of tribal electronica and a must-have tool for those who wish to deepen their explorations into the intimate recesses of their personal realities.
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