Chakradancer

Brainscapes, Chakradancer | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 1997)
• Original Release Date: September 23, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Higher Octave
• ASIN: B000003YXO
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #125,468 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Earth Link

2. Give-A-Way

3. Sunset/Moonrise

4. Anahata

5. Vishuddha

6. Sound of Light

7. Crystaline

8. Voice Inside [*]

Editorial Reviews

Chakradancer

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Instrumental Album I've Heard In A Long Time, August 26, 2001

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"widdermaker" (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chakradancer (Audio CD)

Rarely have I heard a CD as evocative of such solemn nobility and warm beauty of both the earth and mind. Put this CD on when you have a chance to lay back and listen to it with no interruptions. I defy you to NOT be transferred to a higher plane! From the beautifully somber and powerful opening of 'Earth Link', through the friendly and welcome melodies of 'Sunset/Moonrise' and the joyful sounds of 'Anahata'...absolutely wonderful. And I hope when I die I hear music as warm and comforting as 'Sound of Light'! I'd never heard of this group before, but they came near to perfection with this album. Their other albums seem to center on different genres - 'Chakradancer' is the one to get if you want their best!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars enchanting instrumental, November 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Chakradancer (Audio CD)

Released on CyberOctave, a Higher Octave label, "Chakradancer", Alain Eskinasi dispenses with the didgeridoo featured predominately on their first release and replaces it with crystal bowls played by Derk Mulder. The bowls, along with the "haunting moods, the subtle voices, the repetitive and mesmerizing percussion all are ingredients which culminate in one of the most enchanting instrumental releases in recent memory."

Of the eight tracks on "Chakradancer", my favorites are "Earth-Link," "Give-A-Way," "Vishuddha"-with its magical use of whale sounds and Sanskrit vocals, "Sound Of Light," "Crystalline," and the CD bonus track, "A Voice Inside." All tracks are over seven minutes in length with the whole CD running at close to an hour. After listening to "Earth-Link," and "Give-A-Way,"-with their hypnotic beats, the distant, haunting chants and the layers of "synthesized atmospherics," it wasn't hard imagining myself walking the streets of ancient Sumer with Enki in some long forgotten age.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent rhythmic spacemusic, February 17, 1998

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[e-mail] (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chakradancer (Audio CD)

This is an excellent CD to use as either listening material or auditory input to relax. Spacemusic that features "world rhythms" (frame drums, tablas, etc.) that work well together. Similar to Steve Roach. IMHO, much better than "Brainscapes" since they dropped the diggerdoo(what is this instrument adding to music? I think it just must be fun to play). Excellent recording quality. All the tracks are great. END