1. Mind River
2. Dreamtime
3. Light Spin
4. Gyro I
5. Spatial
6. Alchemical Strings
7. Suspension
8. Vertigo
9. Gyro II
10. Subtle Bodies
11. Arabesque
12. Disclosure
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The music on this album
is improvised, but the methods that I use to produce it have taken
years to develop. I have learned to “back listen” to the music as it
emerges, and hear it as sequences of sound that have a particular
effect on the mind and body. My breath, body, and subtle energy system
“jam” like jazz musicians as I play, so that the effect on listeners is
complex and layered throughout their own physicality. The music is
free-flowing and follows the contours of the energy body rather than a
typical compositional framework.
The
acoustic piano, due to its percussive nature, lends itself to
punctuating the rhythmic sequences that pull stress out of the physical
body. Through this kneading of the physical body, emotional knots are
also released. The synthesizer, due to its digital and electrical
nature, is naturally more ethereal and related to the subtle energy
system. The spacious, open-ended character of the synthesizer in its
many guises gives the listener the capacity to view other dimensions
both from an interior and environmental point of reference. The
vocalizations that I use on the album are adapted from guided
meditational techniques that I work with in a therapeutic context. They
represent the capacity of the subtle bodies to morph, shape-shift or
stretch to occupy greater and greater amplitudes of space/time.
The
combination of acoustic piano, synthesizer and voice creates a dynamic,
integrative palette. This elicits a feeling of peace while delving deep
into the tensions, conflicts and stored emotions of a lifetime.
Ideally, you are offered an awakened, relaxed knowledge about your own
inner state.
--Janet Sussman
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