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Release Date: 01-02-1998
Label: Sounds True
Catalog Number: MM00006D
Barcode: 600835000628
Musical Style: World
Description:
Each of the body's seven chakras is sensitive to particular tempos and sounds. Rhythms of the Chakras is a tour through these physical energy centers with Grammy®-winning percussionist and composer Glen Velez. These seven intricate, irresistible drumming compositions evoke spontaneous movements and sensations that help focus mental energy and healing, on all of the chakras. Listeners chant along with vocalizations based on specific vowel sounds that are designed to increase the effect of the resonating drums. Rhythms of the Chakras is a one-of-a-kind recording that articulates the sounds of the human body's energy centers through the hands of this master musician.
Biography:
Glen Velez is an internationally recognized master drummer, composer, scholar and teacher who has merged his background in Western percussion with the study of frame drum performance styles. In creating his own music, he draws on drumming techniques from South India, Asia, Egypt and elsewhere. Nine albums of his original music are available, along with several instructional videos. Glen Velez developed and teaches the Handance system of frame drumming, which integrates rhythm, movement and vocalization for mental and physical toning. A member of the Paul Winter Consort from 1983 to 1998, he has also recorded with Steve Reich, Pat Metheny, Suzanne Vega, Richard Stoltzman and others on various major record labels.
