When indigenous shamans connect to the spirit world, they don't sit still and let their mind wander-they dance with the spirits and let their power animals dance through them. Today, ecstatic dancers and shamanic practitioners speak of being "transported" by music, carried away in body and soul to an expanded state of being. On Shamanic Trance Dance, world-class trance percussionist and shamanic practitioner Byron Metcalf masterfully blends timeless indigenous sounds of drums, percussion and didgeridoo with driving trance rhythms and foundational electro grooves. The result is an organic sound tapestry that impels you to move-freeing the mind, energizing the body, and opening your spirit to inspiration.
On his first solo album with Sounds True, Byron is joined by supporting musicians from Australia, Peru, Germany, Arizona and Colorado. The result is a truly unique synthesis of the primordial and contemporary rhythms and sounds of trance, ritual dance and transformation - authentically informed with shamanic wisdom and practice by all of those involved in Shamanic Trance Dance.
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