Album Notes

Spirits of Shambhala

Spirits of Shambhala is a unique musical and sonic experience, a practice of relaxation/healing in which the sound of an arrangement of various tibetan bowls, gongs and tubular bells blend together in a harmonious soundscape and capture the energies of the ’hear and now\' moment in space/time.

Spirits of Shambhala symbolically and energetically moves through the five elements earth/water/fire/air/space carrying the listeners through multiple sonic layers and rhythmical spaces. A slow continuous flow, the repetitive concentric circular movement when playing the bowls, minimal melodic transitions and the absence of recognizable musical patterns compell inner attention and presence. music and pure sound vibration are universal languages, creating an immediate impact on our unconscious mind and our intuitive levels of being.

As opposed to what we usually listen to in music, there are no familiar melodic movements, there is no rhythmical definition, but there are sound waves and unexpected and surprising sound structures that are conducive to a dream state where the whole body, the bones, the pores of the skin, the inner organs and even more subtle stratas of our being participate.

Spirits of Shambhala has been specifically recorded, mixed and mastered to maintain the original spacial sound quality and natural sonic spectrum of the tibetan bowls, gongs and tubular bells, for using the recordings in relaxation, meditation, visualisation, healing sessions and as a harmonizing soundscape.

Important!
As Spirits of Shambhala is proposed mainly for relaxation, healing and meditation, it should not be used by people with declared mental disturbances, as it may trigger off reactions they are unable to handle alone. In case of doubt consult a health practitioner or yoga teacher.

Friedrich Glorian
composer/musician
tibetan bowls and cymbals, gongs, tubular bells, tanpura, bird whistles, slap sticks, wind chimes, sound tubes, stones

Renée Guèraçague
recording/mastering
drones, wooden blocks, ocean drum