Customer Reviews

Golden Portal

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Not the usual run-of-the-mill watered down bs.

This album in particular takes just enough drone-y bowl vibrations and thumb piano-y stuff and blends together equal parts light and dark with a strange runner of 'creepy' marbled throughout. Overall a must have. I rank it up there with my Hooteroll album for altered state listening. Only this has more of a 'spiritual' vibe to it. Don't be put off by the 'Dancing Dolphin' and 'Turquoise Turtle' titles!

I wish the guy that makes up Xumantra would revisit this sound more often as his other albums are either (somewhat) monotonous drones or (sorta) predictable, happy groove, new age type stuff.

Xumantra is the true heir to the (tired) label 'new-age'.

Truly spiritual waves of sound. Beautiful and frightening with a steady heart-like drum beat in the background.
Wonderful and not so well known.

I found this Cd in the local library and absolutely fell in love with it!
The pure *quality* of this recording can be heard in all the tracks. Although named in a new-age manner (dancing turtle? or sumsuch) the tracks can be quite dark or at least 'ethereal' and definately timeless and meditative.

Guarenteed to alter your consciousness for the better.