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Release Date: 25-09-1997
Label: Fønix Musik
Catalog Number: FMFCD1132
Barcode: 5709027211325
Musical Style: Overtone Chant
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harmonic opening [12:01]  | 3 | Lord’s breathing [19:00] |
| 2 | Breath of the heart [08:50] | 4 | Unknown powers [26:02] |
Description:
Breath of the Heart: A live offering of Harmonic Chant by the original pioneers of the harmonic and healing sounds movement world-wide, recorded in the resonant space of “Glyptoteket” in Copenhagen. A very deep, meditative experience of peek consciousness where time stands still.
Biography:
David Hykes is a seeker, searching for the relationship between music, silence, listening and the Creation. Says Hykes, In relation to the reverberating whole which is the Creation, man is a kind of instrument that receives and transforms impressions - a living antenna. We must find a silence that will sensitize us to the signals which are the most essential to our growth and we must learn to listen for them. - ; Hykes finds that serenity through his harmonic chanting and that of his Harmonic Choir, the singing listeners. Hykes bases his music on the observations of Pythagoras, who twenty–five centuries ago, related note to number and sensed musical values as central to the Creation. Hykes studied the timeless geometry of the harmonic series, relating harmony in music to ordered states within oneself and the universe. But unlike many musicians who have been likewise fascinated, Hykes has explored harmonies through the most direct means, the human voice. The harmonic chanting of David Hykes springs from the tradition of the Mongolian nomads and Tibetan monks who sing prismatically, each singer projecting harmonic overtone melodies while maintaining a steady fundamental tone. They accomplish this by an extremely precise modulation of the abdominal muscles, chest and vocal apparatus. David Hykes and members of his choir can articulate from one to seven harmonics simultaneously, duplicating the precise mathematical order which underlies all sound phenomena. David Hykes has been refining his artistry for 20 years, focusing his work at the International Center for Harmonic Studies in France. His music appears in the scores of major motion pictures such as Ghost, Dead Poets Society, Jacob's Ladder and a film about the life of philosopher and mystic Georges Gurdjieff, Meetings With Remarkable Men. Hykes has toured extensively throughout Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia. The music of David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir is a dichotomy; mystical while mathematical, meditative while intellectual. In all its complexities, it is beautiful music that flows over us and into us, freeing the soul to reach new heights of peace and understanding.
Additional Attributes:
| Relaxing | Uplifting | Meditative | Exercise | Healing | Chant |
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