There's No Place Like Ohm Vol. 2 [Single]

Marjorie de Muynck (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 2005)
• Original Release Date: July 1, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Lemniscate Music
• ASIN: B000ALMSQS
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #235,467 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

In 2002 my Sound Healing students requested I create a composition that would harmonize with Ohm based Tuning Forks. This is where the idea began for the composition, There's No Place Like Ohm, first released in 2003. In this recording I explored the concept of creating an entire musical composition in the key of Ohm (Om), a healing earth tone. Both Volumes of this work were created during my healing journey from cancer, and were especially rich experiences for me as I turned to nature and sounds of the earth for personal healing. --Marjorie de Muynck, Composer

Product Description

Sound Healer and Composer Marjorie de Muynck first envisioned a piece of music in the healing key of Ohm in 2002 and formed the ambient musical collective Analemma. As a Sound Healing Instructor, students asked Marjorie to create a CD they could play during treatments that would harmonize with Ohm Tuning Forks. There’s No Place Like Ohm, a pioneering work in the musical and earth based key of Ohm, was released in 2003. There’s No Place Like Ohm Vol. 2 can be described as a spiritual symphony, a nature operetta that tells a story with a beginning, middle and end. The hypnotic Ohm drone is the transporting vehicle. Because the Ohm tone is of the earth, it is intrinsically soothing and centering. Ohm is a vibration; it is inaudibly present in all of nature, alive in the wind and in the voices of the plant and animal world. The presence of the Ohm drone is supportive in the sense that it is simultaneously grounding and freeing as it carries you on this transformational Sound Journey.

In the literal heart of this Sound Journey, you will experience the watery, rhythmic expression of the Blue Whale and the high frequency sounding of the Orca. Birds from North America and Africa contribute their song, familiar, exotic, and haunting. And finally, crickets summon a feeling of expansiveness, when dusk arrives and day transitions to night. Percussion instruments were intentionally not used in this composition which aims instead to feature the rhythms and pulses of the natural world. Wind instruments made of wood were chosen because of their unique ability to evoke nature; the clarinet and Native American flute for their ability to mimic bird songs and their flight, the didgeridoo for its serpentine and earthy rhythm and tone, and the Middle Eastern oud for its ability to conjure up images of landscape, sand and sun. The African kora is a gourd, a string instrument, and when played, gorgeously summons the feeling of sunlight and rain, while the warm and restful tone of the harmonica and drone interweave creating a resonance with the world of winged creatures.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tone poetry that soothes the soul, January 12, 2006

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Steven W. Bracy (Palm Springs, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: There's No Place Like Ohm Vol. 2 (Audio CD)

This, and it's companion CD, "There's No Place Like Om (Vol 1)", are the only CD's I listen to on a daily basis. Remeniscent to me of such landmark work as "Paul Horn: Inside the TajMahal" and "Wendy Carlos: Sonic Seasonings", "There's No Place Like Om" is a timeless work of musical skill and insight.

The intermingling of musical instruments and nature sounds somehow taps into our body's own internal vibrations, and allows for a soothing relaxation, while taking the mind on a gentle journey. It is my musical choice at night when my mind is racing with the internal chatter of the day. This music, this tone poetry, is like a sonic tonic to quiet the mind and soothe the soul.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There's No Place Like Ohm, January 13, 2006

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Diane E. Crowne (Reno, Nevada USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: There's No Place Like Ohm Vol. 2 (Audio CD)

Ohm is a sacred syllable or mantra explained in the Upanishads as standing for the whole earth and all its past, present and future. It is from this primal vibration that all manifestation issues forth. It can be heard as the sound of one's own nervous system. Ohm is inwardly transformed into light which draws one to the God Consciousness. You will learn to recognize it as an encounter with the Divine that lives within all creatures, within you; within all existance. Is there any wonder when I play this volume written in the the key of Ohm in my clinic, my clients fall into a deep relaxation of both mind and body? They find a place within themselves where genuine healing occurs. Treat yourself to this journey into sound healing. Buy it! You'll like it! Diane Crowne, L.Ac.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Relaxing and Invigorating, October 18, 2006

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S. Williams "Music Lover" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: There's No Place Like Ohm Vol. 2 (Audio CD)

I have been meaning to review this c.d. for a couple of weeks since I first got it. A friend recommended this c.d. to me so I purchased it and I definitely am SUPER glad that I did.

I put this c.d. on and INSTANTLY I felt more centered, relaxed and peaceful. I actually had the volume up quite loudly and I could feel the vibrations and the "center" of the music. It was like I was floating. It instantly relaxed me.

I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for something that is relaxing who doesn't like "frog" sounds or "thunder" storms. This is truly inspired by science and works. It will truly re-center you and give you "new life."

I rate 5 stars out of 5!

I can't wait to buy the tuning forks to go with this! :)