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Glen Velez is one of the few percussionists who could play a symphony on a frame drum. A virtuoso who has performed with everyone from Steve Reich to Paul Winter, there isn't a rhythm he can't negotiate nor a sound he can't coax out of his thin round drums. Years ago, Velez got sidetracked from world music and the avant-garde into the healing-music movement, yet he manages to craft some actual compositions out of music whose purported purpose is to "stimulate the first and second chakras." With percussion from across the world, Indian vocalese, South American ocarina, and good old North American harmonica played by Howard Levy, Velez throws in the ethno-kitchen sink. Bansuri flute player Steve Gorn guests on some of the best tracks, including "Ostia," on which Velez playing a nordic harp, and the sprightly "Citric Motion," in which Sufi-esque chant meets Indian bansuri over dizzying layers of cross-rhythms. Rhythms of Awakening can be exhilarating in its percussive interplay, but can also can sound like rhythm demonstrations. --John Diliberto
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Rhythms of Awakening
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Rhythms of Awakening
Glen Velez Manufacturer: Gemini Sun Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  General
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ASIN: B0009W2ZD4 Release Date: 2005-09-06 |
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Glen Velez is one of the few percussionists who could play a symphony on a frame drum. A virtuoso who has performed with everyone from Steve Reich to Paul Winter, there isn't a rhythm he can't negotiate nor a sound he can't coax out of his thin round drums. Years ago, Velez got sidetracked from world music and the avant-garde into the healing-music movement, yet he manages to craft some actual compositions out of music whose purported purpose is to "stimulate the first and second chakras." With percussion from across the world, Indian vocalese, South American ocarina, and good old North American harmonica played by Howard Levy, Velez throws in the ethno-kitchen sink. Bansuri flute player Steve Gorn guests on some of the best tracks, including "Ostia," on which Velez playing a nordic harp, and the sprightly "Citric Motion," in which Sufi-esque chant meets Indian bansuri over dizzying layers of cross-rhythms. Rhythms of Awakening can be exhilarating in its percussive interplay, but can also can sound like rhythm demonstrations. --John Diliberto
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Satori
Manufacturer: Stillpoint ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B00006LS9X Release Date: 2002-10-01 |
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SATORI - A SUDDEN AWAKENING AND PROFOUND UNDERSTANDINGLISA REAGAN has an angelic voice that combines the sensitivity of Loreena McKennit and the sensual timelessness of Lisa Gerrard. Her poetic lyrics and mystic chants are intertwined through haunting melodies and driving rhythms on SATORI. A singer with the Washington Opera, she mixes a wide variety of influences from Irish melodies and Middle Eastern harmonies to African rhythms and more. SATORI is a portal to another world of timeless spirituality and inner awareness. A true gift of spiritual awakening.
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intriguing vocalist and debut album.......2005-01-29
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Awakening
Manufacturer: Gypsy Caravan Productioins ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000CAF8O6 Release Date: 2002-01-01 |
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A different and slightly darker look in to the tribal dance world from this eclectic band of gypsies. Inspired by tribal bellydancers! With special guests Jeremiah Soto and Wayne Gilbertson|
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ASIN: B000AMJDQ0 Release Date: 2005-09-06 |
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Glen Velez is one of the few percussionists who could play a symphony on a frame drum. A virtuoso who has performed with everyone from Steve Reich to Paul Winter, there isn't a rhythm he can't negotiate nor a sound he can't coax out of his thin round drums. Years ago, Velez got sidetracked from world music and the avant-garde into the healing-music movement, yet he manages to craft some actual compositions out of music whose purported purpose is to "stimulate the first and second chakras." With percussion from across the world, Indian vocalese, South American ocarina, and good old North American harmonica played by Howard Levy, Velez throws in the ethno-kitchen sink. Bansuri flute player Steve Gorn guests on some of the best tracks, including "Ostia," on which Velez playing a nordic harp, and the sprightly "Citric Motion," in which Sufi-esque chant meets Indian bansuri over dizzying layers of cross-rhythms. Rhythms of Awakening can be exhilarating in its percussive interplay, but can also can sound like rhythm demonstrations. --John Diliberto|
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I'm Here
Adriana Manufacturer: A&D Music Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000CAL2GO Release Date: 2005-09-20 |
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