Customer Reviews

Ritual

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Don't take this the wrong way--but this CD is wonderful to fall asleep to. The music will calm your mind after a busy day, without dragging you down. Before I go to bed, my mind is often buzzing with thoughts about work, family, friends. Once I turn on the stereo, all of that stops. Sometimes I want to think about something, I can't. I just go where the music guides me.

Each selection subtly blends into the next. But each piece is unique, painting mindscapes of beautiful mesas, summer campfires in the forest, or sunset on the beach--depending how you look at it.

This is my favorite music of the two Gabrielle Roth and the Mirrors music I own. When I listen ... the first thing I hear is the rhythm and drum beats. They help me focus. As my mind calms down and body relaxes ... In track #1, "The Lonesome Song" - the native flute music, takes the listener to another time and place, where the spirit roams free but is alone, looking for the missing connection ... to another soul.On #2 "Oceana" my feelings ride the sound waves of the viola. There are haunting vocals that add depth and an other-worldly feeling to the music. In track #3, "Cloud Mountain", the kora, an African harp-like stringed instrument, along with the oboe and English horn are heard above the very enchanting drum beats. The most outstanding feature of all the tracks is the ritualistic drum ... keeps the unconcsious mind connected to its primordial roots. In track #4 "Prairie Runs", the rainstick is shaken at unexpected intervals ... to awaken the spiritual elements within the listener. Always, the drum beats connect the listener to the primitive aspects of the soul. This is trance-inducing music of the highest order. Highly recommended. Erika Borsos (erikab93)

This is an awesome album - I am a Yoga Instructor - I heard it in another class, and ran up to find out the title of this CD. I play it often, and now my students run up to ask me the title! I listen to it at home - it has rhythm as well as a balanced sound. Fabulous!

Great music to accompany a massage

An amazing cd- Gabrielle Roth and the mirriors are a haunting group whose music will stay with you for a long time. A friend recomended this cd to me and also their other cd "Bones"(Also a superb cd) and i fell in love. everyone should own one to help relax and to promote peace through out everywhere

...the spoken word is extremely distracting. Please release an instrumental version of this album!

So much beautiful music here.

Just wanted to make a note that this seems to be an early compilation of the same pieces that make up most of the more recent Tribe album. Tribe lacks Roth's quiet directives that are present in Ritual, but it is composed primarily of the music from Ritual, retitled Tsunami and identified with Roth's 5 Rhythms.

This is a sensual meditative cd that instantly draws you into it's sensual, erotic & melodic sounds & tones.

Whenever I listen to this CD it brings me back to the days when I used to have an EAST-WEST bookstore near my apartment. They used to play this CD in the background and I fell in love with it. I still listen to it to this day. Her music was my companion during times of hardship. You will love it.

Doron Alon
Author of "The Bible and the Law of Attraction"
www.bibleloa.com

i highly recc this Cd and all of her CDs. this one in particular is great for deep meditation, ritual work, and much much more. nothing like coming home from a hard day, and tuning in:)