Musical Massage: Balance

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Cellist David Darling, well known for his poetry/cello CD, The Tao of Cello, enlists a group of fine musicians here for an introspective album whose 18-minute compositions slowly unfold in circular rhythms and pensive grooves. It's an utterly successful ensemble, with John Marshall on drums and percussion and Darius Kauffman on flutes and whistles. Pieces where acoustic instruments such as guitar and flute are the centerpiece work better here. "Dream Pearls of Kathak" is a chamber work whose contemplative expressionism unwinds like a river, with sparse instrumentation steadily giving way to more complexity and sound. The low booming drum of "Irish Miles" is enough to center any stressed soul, and along with Darling's signature moody cello leads the ensemble in a grounding, beautiful melody. This is the sort of CD that's just melancholy enough for rainy days and soothing enough for yoga or massage. In other words, perfectly Balanced. --Karen K. Hugg

Musical Massage: Balance,David Darling,Relaxation,Classical,Contemporary Instrumental,New Age / Meditation,Pop

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Average customer rating: Liquid mind is what you are looking for ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Numb Resemblance Liquid Mind III: Balance A superb work

Liquid Mind III: Balance Liquid Mind Manufacturer: Real Music / Chuck Wild Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Relaxation | New Age | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Liquid Mind IV : Unity Liquid Mind V:Serenity Liquid Mind VI: Spirit Liquid Mind VII: Reflection Liquid Mind VIII: Sleep ASIN: B00000I57B Release Date: 1999-03-02

Tracks:

1. Lullaby For Grownups (5:20)
2. Laguna Indigo (18:27)
3. Timeless and Tender (11:50)
4. Dream Messenger (13:45)
5. Balance (6:41)

Album Description

Liquid Mind III: Balance, the third in Liquid Mind's elegant series of slow stress-relief music albums, transports the listener to a place of inner peace and deep calm. Like the prior albums (Slow World and Ambience Minimus), Liquid Mind III: Balance is serene and lush, electronic and elegant, and floats the listener along in a gentle healing stream of sound.

Customer Reviews:

Liquid mind is what you are looking for.......2007-05-25

Liquid mind albums are just what you are looking for if you need a cd for sleep, meditation, or napping. This album is difficult to stay awake to. Synth sounds glide in and out like clouds; you can't focus on one too long as it will pass by and you will find another sound-cloud to float on. No rhythm, no melody, no beat; there is enough change to keep you from being able to predict what is going to happen next but not so much that you stay alert. Very good for this purpose.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.......2007-03-10

This is one incredible compact disc. It is so good, I can't wait to get home, hop in bed and throw the headphones on. The synthesizers are soooo soothing, they put me in a state of cosmic euphoria. I feel the stress of the day, just being pulled out of my body, and a soothing clam that follows. It is one of 3 that I have purchased which provide the same sense of tranquility that I require at the end of the day. If your daily life is filled with stress, (and who's isn't). This CD is highly recommended.....

Numb Resemblance.......2006-11-30

Balance is a mirror of Chuck Wild's first project (Ambience Minimus) 3 years earlier. Unfortunately there is no forward progress in the Liquid Mind series. There is more warmth than it's predacesor "Slow World", but that ethereal "Ambience Minimus" tone is lacking. Here the tone tends to be outlaid rather than uprisen. Yes it dose maintain that flowing monochromatic state and it's planes dissolve well with some interesting soundshifting. But that is not enough to make this project appealing.

Liquid Mind III: Balance.......2006-08-20

I use this product for massage background music. All Liquid mind CD work well. After purchasing the entire series, I realized you really only need 1 or 2 of this style.

A superb work.......2005-05-14

In my opinion, this is Liquid Mind's best work. If you haven't listened to this type of music before it is quite different. There is no beat, no melody, but drifting synthesizers that rise and dance on a theme of inspiration and grace. If you're looking for Yanni type New Age music you won't like this. If you're looking for something that plays well in the background as you do your work or meditate, this just might be the cd for you. One of my favorites.

I gave it to my father who leads a meditation healing group at his church. They play this cd during their session and people really find it promotes an atmosphere of quiet positivity.

Average customer rating: Top-notch sooth-ability! Incredibly Peaceful & Moving

Perfect Balance: Musical Healing, Vol. 2 Various Artists Manufacturer: Sequoia Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | Compilations | New Age | Styles | Music Similar Items: Musical Healing The Celtic Lounge Garden of Serenity Chakra Healing Zone Music for Reiki & Meditation ASIN: B000784XCQ Release Date: 2005-02-01

Tracks:

1. Uyll - Gary Stadler & Wendy Rule
2. Precious Water Reprise - David & Steve Gordon
3. Golden Light (Excerpt) - Ashron
4. Nature Spirits (Balance Mix) - David & Steve Gordon
5. Watermoon - Bernd Scholl
6. Hidden Oasis (Yoga Mix) - David & Steve Gordon
7. Natural Healing (Excerpt) - Shajan
8. Rainforest Sunrise (Om Mix) - David & Steve Gordon
9. River Running - EverStar
10. Lightstreams - David & Steve Gordon
11. Lines in the Sand - David Gordon
12. Rainforest Sunset (Peace Mix) - David & Steve Gordon
13. 7th Chakra: Be Still - Sophia
14. Radiant Sea Reprise - David & Steve Gordon

Album Description

Renew, reflect and relax into perfect balance - Transform your entire being with this exquisitely tranquil musical retreat for your body, mind and spirit. Immerse yourself in this superbly crafted collection of sonic treasures featuring the most blissful musical gems from some of today's foremost masters of healing music including David & Steve Gordon, Sophia, Gary Stadler, Ashron, Everstar, Shajan and Bernd Scholl - including many brand new songs from your favorite artists. You'll discover a new, ultimately relaxing and timeless way of being with these exceptionally soothing soundscapes, featuring gently calming harp, flute, guitar, tamboura, cello and piano with angelic vocals, serene keyboard atmospheres and the most peaceful sounds of nature imaginable - the perfect musical compliment for yoga, Pilates, massage, and the healing arts. Just press play and feel the stress melt away as you effortlessly experience your quite center of perfect balance within.

"The sweet serenity of nature and exquisite melodies of recording artists from the Sequoia Records label are artfully joined on this compilation of blissful music for healing and relaxation. PERFECT BALANCE, MUSICAL HEALING VOL. 2 is awash in quiet, uplifting music that blends flowing synthesizer ambience with harp, flute, guitar, cello and piano. Trackwise, the album features a lot of dreamy material from David and Steve Gordon, whose mellifluous soundscapes provide a fantastic atmosphere for stress relief and reflection. Other artists that make an appearance include Gary Stadler, Everstar, Sophia, Shajan and newcomers Bernd Scholl and Ashron. The tracks are sequenced in such a way the each blends fluidly into the next, without any disruption in the peaceful mood." ~ Music Design In Review

Customer Reviews:

Top-notch sooth-ability! .......2005-03-09

Throughout this immeasurably relaxing album are the predominant natural sounds of both water and birdsong that get supported by an assortment of gentle keyboard instrumentations. From Ashron's singing bowls to Scholl's spacescape, from Shajan's pouring rain stick to the Gordon's bird and waterscapes, all lend the listener to a perfect blend of sound for bathing the mind and soothing the spirit. Sophia has the only track with vocals, but its ethereal voices are so sweet one forgives the gentle intrusion. In all, this is the Gordon's most relaxing and rewarding album for letting go. Top-notch sooth-ability!

Incredibly Peaceful & Moving.......2005-03-01

This latest compilation of healing music from Sequoia Records is nothing less than brilliant. A follow up to their beautifully relaxing "Musical Healing" release from several years back, Perfect Balance: Musical Healing Vol. 2 surpasses the first in depth, dynamic and serenity. The majority of tracks here are mainly new releases along with a few classics from legendary healing music pioneers, David & Steve Gordon. These are balanced perfectly with some amazingly traquil tracks from such healing music luminaries as Shajan, Sophia and several new artists of note, including Bernd Scholl, whose track "Watermoon" blissfully carries the listener away on an ocean of eternal calm and Ashron, whose "Golden Light" bathes the listener in a waterfall of shimmering sound. This 69 plus minute release is superbly produed, mixed and sequenced allowing for ultimate release and relaxation and is long enough to just let it run for accompanying any healing arts session. An exceptional release.

Average customer rating: My new favorite for massage Review of David Darling's Balance CD Popular Music Just beautiful and excellent Not at all what I expected

Musical Massage: Balance David Darling Manufacturer: Relaxation ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Musical Massage: In Tune Eight String Religion Cello Dark Wood The River ASIN: B00004NRXW Release Date: 2000-03-14

Tracks:

1. Dream Pearls Of Kathak
2. Irish Miles
3. Lady Child's Dream
4. Bach's Persia

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Cellist David Darling, well known for his poetry/cello CD, The Tao of Cello, enlists a group of fine musicians here for an introspective album whose 18-minute compositions slowly unfold in circular rhythms and pensive grooves. It's an utterly successful ensemble, with John Marshall on drums and percussion and Darius Kauffman on flutes and whistles. Pieces where acoustic instruments such as guitar and flute are the centerpiece work better here. "Dream Pearls of Kathak" is a chamber work whose contemplative expressionism unwinds like a river, with sparse instrumentation steadily giving way to more complexity and sound. The low booming drum of "Irish Miles" is enough to center any stressed soul, and along with Darling's signature moody cello leads the ensemble in a grounding, beautiful melody. This is the sort of CD that's just melancholy enough for rainy days and soothing enough for yoga or massage. In other words, perfectly Balanced. --Karen K. Hugg

Customer Reviews:

My new favorite for massage.......2006-12-22

This one is beautiful. I love the drum in this, perfect for massage.

Review of David Darling's Balance CD.......2006-07-01

The mix of melody and rhythm make this CD very relaxing, soothing and hypnotic. Couldn't ask for a better mix of music for massage therapy.

Popular Music.......2006-02-25

Excellent-I'm currently using it in my treatment room for therapeutic massage and my clients love it. I like working to it- it is soothing and melodic- I would highly recommend this for relaxation and/or background music. I also love the use of mostly real and not synthesized music.

Just beautiful and excellent.......2005-04-16

This CD has only 4 songs but each about 18 minutes EACH! Soft, relaxing, soothing, and simply blissful. I particularly like track #3 oh I cannot explain...almost hypnotic. You will truly enjoy this CD. A great way to just relax before or after a nice hot bath, during a massage, or simply reading a book. I recommend this CD for couples enjoying a wonderful intimate moment. I haven't gotten tired of it yet.

Not at all what I expected.......2004-07-20

After all the glowing reviews, I was very dissapointed with this CD which I intended to use for massage therapy. The music is very discordant (is that the right word?) and does not leave me feeling relaxed, just bored and irritated. Maybe this music is just the kind that doesn't resonate well with my brain waves, but I found it extremely poor.

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