Wachuma's Wave Byron Metcalf & Mark Seelig with Steve Roach (Spotted Peccary SP1501) Wachuma's Wave is a wonderful collaboration between percussionist Byron Metcalf and German-based musician and shamanic practitioner Mark Seelig. Together, they create a multi-textural blend of Bonsuri flutes, sacred chants and overtone singing, sizzling percussion and hybrid grooves, augmented by ambient beds of synthesizer and didgeridoo from special guest, Arizona soundscape creator, Steve Roach. The trio create an embryonic score, mystical and distant, and at times, almost otherworldly. The sounds of Byron Metcalf and his ensemble evoke the feeling of exoticism, sensuality, and peacefulness. Combined with Seelig's overtone singing, the music conveys a journey into an organic conscious state of being. Ambient atmospheric music is usually primarily electronic based, or sometimes incorporates other instruments, with electronic treatments. While this album does integrate sophisticated electronics into it's structure, it becomes elevated to new levels with the natural "harmonic overtones" provided by Seelig, who literally breathes life into each track. This music immediately summons a sense of fascination for Western ears. Highly recommended. Review by Ben Kettlewell information:http://www.spottedpeccary.com/details.php?page=SPM1501

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