This album of shamanic trance music by
Sandra Ingerman and
Byron Metcalf combines traditional drums and other shamanic instruments with low drone notes over three long-form pieces intended to facilitate an altered state. Using repetitive rhythms designed to scientifically alter brainwaves,
Ingerman and
Metcalf hope to open a connection to the spirit world. Whether or not this will occur is solely up to the listener, but this album does its job in offering a well-recorded set of pieces that combine natural field recordings and pulsing acoustic rhythms that set desired sonic moods for meditation, trance, and healing. ~ Timothy Monger