Bell Tone Meditation by Paul Asbury Seaman

 

 

Great minds think alike. Both Paul and I had the idea of doing a "bell" based mix. I, however, am a procrastinator, and after creating a save folder for bell tunes 3 months ago, I have one track in it. So who knows when that puppy was going to get done.

Paul, on the other hand, sought out tracks and compiled them into a perfect playlist that became this mix - Bell Tone Meditation.

Here's what he has to say about it:

“For thousands of years bells, more than any other instrument, have been used to convey a sense of reverence and mystery, to represent clarity, to facilitate both quiet, solitary meditation and communal celebration. And, given the challenging artistic paradox of using sound to express silence, bells are the musical instrument used most often to express that, too. So it’s curious to me that bells (and their various metal/crystal-bowl cousins) are not used more often in ambient music, a genre defined, perhaps more than anything else, by subtle textures and tonal resonance over melody and rhythm.

Bells also have been the most common instrument to express cold and ice. Another reason this mix makes a  perfect midwinter offering.”

Thanks Paul!

Cheers!

 

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Cousin Silas - Derwent (Submerged 2021)
• 05:36    Andarctica - at rest (buried with the bells 2019)
• 11:40    Robert Rich - Belltone Glass (Alien Zoology - Live Archive Vol 4 2009)
• 15:37    Jack Hertz - Invisible Pyramid (Teoton 2020)
• 19:17    Andrew Lahiff - The Ringing of the Silent Bells (Slow Paths Beyond 2014)
• 25:47    Crown Of Eternity - New Dimensions in Infinite VIbrations (Universal Hum 2018)
• 31:50    The Heart Is Awake - Healing Sound Meditation(Healing Arts reMix) (the Healing Arts reMIXES Vol III 2020)
• 36:00    Steve Roach & Serena Gabriel - Nectar Meditation (Nectar Meditation 2020)
• 45:15    Glenn Sogge - Aether/Or -- A Non-Philosophical Disquisition (Musics for Long Thinkings, volume 4 2016)
• 53:30    jarguna - My Temple (My Temple 2020)
• 1:10:00    end