Sacred Singing Metals

Xumantra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 26, 2000)
• Original Release Date: September 28, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Xonic Records
• ASIN: B000028TXN
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #397,555 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #78 in Music > World Music > Far East & Asia > Tibet

Editorial Reviews

M. Jeffrey Schmidt,Massage Magazine

"An impressive characteristic within Xumantra....... is music that is easy to breathe to, relax to and become a part of."

About the Artist

Marco Dolce is a musician, composer, sonic explorer, sound healer and teacher.

He attended Rutgers University where he studied music theory with New York composer Philip Corner and jazz improvisation with Ted Dunbar. Marco spent many years as a journeyman guitarist, guitar teacher, songwriter and bandleader, performing continually in local and European venues, and producing and releasing a numerous recordings along the way. More recently, he studied conga drumming and Afro-Cuban percussion in New York City with Latin music great Bobby Sanabria.

In addition to his musical background, Marco has spent over 10 years of studies encompassing comparative religion, metaphysics, shamanism, Tibetan Buddhism, and alternative medicine. He is a dedicated organic gardener, organic foods activist, and self-taught herbal healer.

Marco pursues the practice and study of sacred sound - the use of sound as a medium for healing and spiritual evolution. He creates new music using instruments from the world’s sacred sound traditions, notably, Tibetan singing bowls, gongs, and percussion and strings of all kinds.

His recordings under the name XUMANTRA have garnered critical praise in the New age music scene. His three CD releases on his own XONIC label - Singing Bowls, Sacred Singing Metals, and The Golden Portal - are distributed nationally and have received extensive radio airplay, including appearances on Music From the Hearts of Space, one of the most-listened to syndicated music radio programs in the country.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Xumantra (shoo-mantra), cosmic voyagers, May 29, 2001

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"giligadi" (Chico, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sacred Singing Metals (Audio CD)

I have not read much about the members of Xumantra or their artistic aims, but fortunately, their music pretty much seems to speak for itself. This is not so much an album as it is a headspace- created by gongs, bells, bowls, and other metallic implements used in meditation and ritual in the east- which will serve to relax and center you, no matter what your beliefs may be. Buy this album, buy some incense (I recommend Nag Champa), turn out the lights, and just EXIST in the music, if you have the courage. This is not party music, and it is not 'easy listening'.. it is simply sculpted sound with magnificent power and scope. And yet it is extremely minimalistic. A person conditioned by commercial radio and television might call it boring, but the fact that Xumantra doesn't call to mind the flashing lights and flickering images of our modern world only adds to their appeal. If you like this, you may also want to look into the works of Steve Roach, Robert Rich, percussionists like Jim McGrath and tuvan singers like Jim Cole (Colescence).

5.0 out of 5 stars Sounds of mystery and beauty, June 15, 2009

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Jo Taylor (Cedar Rapids, IA United States) - See all my reviews

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I have always been entranced by the sustained tones of Tibetan bowls. Incorporating these beautiful tones into songs that have a recognizable developed melody line makes this collection especially enjoyable.

2.0 out of 5 stars Head Ache on CD, May 14, 2008

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Mern (Four dimensional space) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sacred Singing Metals (Audio CD)

This is just not for me. I thought there would be more to it. I found it to be quite agitating.