Each piece on this album is a unique tapestry of sounds created by hauntingly beautiful mixtures of percussion, strings, winds, voices, (and probably a few other nifty knick-knacks, which I suppose will get classified under the "percussion" category)... although iTunes classifies the genre as "jazz," I beg to differ. It is definitely its own thing. There are some Partchian qualities to the music (which I am partial to), but the album mostly reminds me of... well, the Earth singing some sort of aria to itself (I realize that this perhaps sounds like a pile of fluff, but if you listen to the album I think you will know what I am talking about). Basically this album makes me happy. I reckon it will do the same for you.
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