The Slumbering God Sessions - Part 2

Published: July 31, 2007, 12:43 p.m.

b'This part 2 of another session I recorded with aiwazz, its downbeat psybient goodness for your ears.\\n\\nAiwazz says.\\n\\nAlrighty gang. A new mix for the select to peruse at your leisure. In 2004 (my god it\\u2019s really been that long?) hypno and i produced a mix called the slumbering gods\\u2026 Hypno had introduced me to the wonders of psybient music, and i wanted to work with it. I also had my own leanings into obscure music designed for visionary escapades by the likes of steve roach. At that time in mixing I was really enjoying the concept of harmonic mixing. i wanted to test myself. What\\u2019s one of the deadliest harmonics in the world to mix with? The harmonics produced by bells and gongs. Complex and rich yet catastrophic when not mated well with other tones, bells offer a unique challenge to harmonic mixing. They also have a great power to alter brainwave patterns and therefore are used by the tibetans and others for meditation practice.\\n\\n I grew up with my parents always playing a series of tibetan bell recordings (called the the tibetan bells 1-4) by henry wolf and nancy hennings. They consist of experiments using traditional tibetan bells. They are powerful stuff to those who open their ears. So the concept was born: mix bells and tones with dub/psybient/otherworldy music that was modified to gel with a storyline engineered specifically to demonstrate the theme of a gods (insert favorite deity here) dreams. There was a parallel ofcourse thematically with the latent skills inherent in our own cells that may be considered by some to be \\u201csleeping\\u201d. The first mix used the movie \\u201cthe children of dune\\u201d for storyline weaving, this one uses \\u201cdune\\u201d so in a way it is a prequel, yet in others a sequel, as the dream is becoming a \\u201cwaking dream\\u201d. The elephants eye below is open this time\\u2026 Grin\\n\\n technically i feel it\\u2019s my best mastering work ever. I also wrote track 08 and have been exploring stereo field work. The tracks by me are labeled mixes/remixes as that\\u2019s what they are. lots of original material was written throughout. 7 months, 544 files in 48 folders equaling 40.4 gigs and making 24 tracks of audio at some points in 32 bit manipulation with audition. I didn\\u2019t use all the \\u201cfreshest hottest tracks\\u201d i used tracks that meant the most to me in this context, so some are tracks that have been the soundtrack to my life. Such as the bells, which were written before I was born\\u2026 into this vessel\\u2026\\n\\n Big love to hypno, it\\u2019s always such a blast working with ya.\\n\\n01. Aiwazz - Henry Wolff & Nancy Hennings - Khumbu Ice-Fall (Dream Unfolds Edit)\\n02. Hypnoticstate - Androcell - Efflorescence\\n03. Hypnoticstate - Entheogenic - The Solution Machine\\n04. Aiwazz - Shulman - Aion (Aiwazz Mindkiller Remix)\\n05. Aiwazz - Shpongle - Shpongleyes (Aiwazz Left Well Enough Alone Edit)\\n06. Aiwazz - Steve Roach, Robert Rich & Brian Eno - Arrival (Aiwazz Lost in the Garden Mix)\\n07. Aiwazz - Steve Roach & Jeffrey Fayman - Trance Spirits (Aiwazz Nature of the Virus Mix)\\n08. Aiwazz - Aiwazz - Out of Darkness (Understand This)\\n09. Hypnoticstate - Collider - Tripswitch\\n10. Hypnoticstate - Kaya Project - Salaam (Remix For Irina Mikhailova)\\n11. Aiwazz - Don Peyote - In Havana (Aiwazz Grumbles Edit)\\n12. Aiwazz - Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana - Middle World Passage (Aiwazz Force of the Ancestors Remix)\\n13. Aiwazz - Solar Fields - Self Transforming Experience Second Movement (Aiwazz Bassbins Attack! Mix)\\n14. Hypnoticstate - Peter Tha Zouk vs DI Simmon - Enchantments (Hypno\\u2019s On and On Mix)\\n15. Aiwazz - Steve Roach - Songline (Aiwazz House Is What You Make of It Remix)\\n16. Aiwazz - Steve Roach - Core Meditation 1 (Aiwazz The End is the Beginning Remix)'