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Much more about the timeless spiritual connection between human and nature than some recreation of "Indian music", the sweetly flowing sounds of Allen's hand-crafted flutes are subtly resculptured by Stramp's digital re-processing. Percussionless
Into the Vast introduces us to the 16 tracks of gently wafting flute and synth clouds which waver like the dream-inducing smoke of a medicine man's ritual fire.
An extra bit of radiant shimmer spreads and rises throughout the dense columns of flutesound which are Light and Mist, a spacious vista seen during a smoooth westward expansion.
Ambient fans will detect a similarity to some of Steve Roach's electronic desert moods when the synth-glimmers of Standing on Earth begin to shine.
The intertwining woodwind passages of Walk in My World flood my mind with panoramic visions of pine-covered mountains and cool valley air.
When In Warm Velvet Darkness, long layers hang like clouds, some lower and flatter, others higher and more billowing. Returning Always (6:40) is a powerwash of fluid soundstreams which undulate gently in its determined course.
For more background (or if you'd like to put your lips to your very own Coyote Oldman-made flute), your first stop should be the
Coyote Oldman website; then venture to their page at Hearts of Space.
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