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Shamanic Trance Dance
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. 

The six tracks on Shamanic Trance Dance invite the listener and the dancer to explore the various landscapes of the shamanic world in a personal and experiential way. Dance and merge with your own inner-wisdom and animal spirits; travel through your inner and outer realities from a totally embodied perspective; play with the rhythms of your breath and body; confront and transcend blocks and barriers that inhibit and stifle your growth and creative energies.

Sounds True producer Mitchell Clute says:

"When I first heard the final mixes for Shamanic Trance Dance streaming from my monitors, my jaw dropped.  Each track was deep and full, with a pulse I could feel right in my chest, yet every instrument emerged with crystal clarity. I felt bathed in rhythm, taken deep by the insistent heartbeat of the drums, carried away by the slow drone of the didgeridoo.  I had worked with Byron on his previous Sounds True release - The Spirit of Healing, a collection of drum journeys with shamanic practitioner Sandra Ingerman - so I shouldn't have been surprised at the breath and depth of this sonic tapestry. Yet it took me beyond myself in ways I hadn't expected. I tried to simply sit and listen.  I really did.  But within seconds I was rocking to the rhythm, and soon I found myself out of my chair and dancing around the living room, lost in the pure joy of movement.  When the music came to a stop, I looked up at the speakers, stunned that an hour had gone by.  I was smiling deep inside, as if a heaviness had been washed from me by these pulsing waves of sound.
 
This album has power-the power to shift your inner landscape and open you to the deeper rhythms of you own life.  May your own journey be richer for it."


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And . . .
Earth Luminous

Erik Wøllo & Byron Metcalf

Electronic musician Erik Wøllo joins tribal-trance percussionist Byron Metcalf for an elegant album weaving melodic, vibrant soundscapes with subtle, grounding rhythms.

Earth Luminous  stirs the memory on an outing through luminescent electronic ambient music where the ethereal is anchored and activated by steady, tactile frame drums and percussive patterns. Byron's tight-to-the-grid substratum pulse serves as a conduit to Erik's lush, emotive and expansive atmospheres. Together, the two sonic explorers find a meeting place where vapor trails and glowing man-made cityscapes reveal that we, the modern humans, are the ones who bring into existence the enlightened earth: our explorations illuminate to bring cascading insight.
The dramatic images of the album cover reflect the music's contemplative and timeless perception of our planet. Seeing the world from above from an airplane's cockpit (in photos taken by pilot Ian Dutton) reveals reflective perspectives of the earth below: a magnificent visual confluence of the sky and the glittering nighttime urban city lights.
 
Earth Luminous'  lustrous soaring themes, moving electronic drones and bedrock rhythmic patterns drift and unfold in a lush electronic treatment of modern instrumental music. Cycles of layered synthesizers, harmonies, introspective slow-motion soundscaping, vibrant acoustic percussion, and illuminated electric guitar produce expansive and fluid tracks. The results are deeply thoughtful, seductive musings upon a radiant earth.


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