WEB FLAC (tracks) – 294 MB | Tracks: 12 | 69:23 min
Style: New Age, Ambient | Label: Steven Halpern’s Inner Peace Music
Steven Halpern is the original new age artist, in the most accurate sense of the term. In 1975 he released Spectrum Suite, his first album of music specifically designed for relaxation and healing. Before that, Halpern had been immersed in the New York City jazz scene as a trumpeter and guitarist. His disgust at the adverse effects of life in the fast lane were accentuated by a move to California, where he perfected his idea of “anti-frantic alternative” music. Based partly on his metaphysical beliefs and partly on more solid scientific research into the effects of sound on the human body, he came to the conclusion that the Western foundation of tension and release in music couldn’t by nature provide listeners with relief from stress. He decided the answer was to create music that “didn’t go anywhere” in the traditional sense but instead immersed the listener in a positive atmosphere conducive to recuperative and transcendental experiences. Halpern created music that was centered largely around cascades of major-key arpeggios improvised at the electric piano, and he added generous helpings of reverb to create a spacey, other-worldly feeling. He took a certain amount of inspiration from Asian classical music and looked into the ceremonial, magical, and healing aspects of sound used by ancient cultures. While some of his ideas take on the pseudo-science pallor of new-age mysticism, Halpern’s importance as one of the true fathers of modern meditational and healing forms of music cannot be overemphasized. He has released over 50 instrumental and guided-meditation recordings, most on his own Inner Peace Music label. He has also written two books on his theories: Tuning the Human Instrument and Sound Health. In 2017, he followed up his popular 1994 Sleep Soundly album with Sleep Soundly, Vol. 2. ~ Linda Kohanov.
Tracklist:
01. Echoes of a Dream 432 Hz
02. Returning to Love 432 Hz
03. Cannabis Dreams 432 Hz
04. Holy Land Dream 432 Hz
05. Ascending to the 5th Dimension 432 Hz
06. Residing in the Resonance 432 Hz
07. Sonic Levitation 432 Hz
08. Breath of Bamboo 432 Hz
09. Sonic Sanctuary 432 Hz
10. Crystal Keys 432 Hz
11. In Tune with the Infinite 432 Hz
12. Ocean of Bliss 432 Hz
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