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| Meditation 1 (31':00") | play clip (1.5MB) | ||
| Meditation 2 (30':42") | play clip (1.5MB) | ||
Alan
Hinde is one
of the most recent arrivals on the Australian new-age music scene.
While The Twilight of Dreams is understated and somewhat akin to Steven
Halpern’s minimal style of music, Hinde’s
background and
personal interests have been quite diverse, encompassing classical
music and jazz.
Hinde studied piano and viola with private teachers and then electronic styles at the Canberra School of Music. Mostly he specialised in piano composition, but in 1984 he began using a synthesiser. He was already interested in relaxation and healing, and preparing The Twilight of Dreams - which is essentially improvised music for meditation - was a natural progression. The music on this cassette [and CD] was played on a Yamaha DX7 synthesiser and runs for 30 minutes on each side - which is rather good value these days. Mellow and gentle, it was actually recorded during two meditation sessions, which gives it an added dimension. Personally, I think The Twilight of Dreams is very effective as a meditative backdrop and will prove popular with therapists using progressive relaxation as part of their approach. Recommended Nevill
Drury
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This
is music for
meditation - where you go to still the hectic conscious mind and be in
that quiet place where you are one with spirit. The Twilight of Dreams
has a quiet flowing softness, almost subliminal, ...Alan Hinde has
composed this improvised music whilst in a meditation using synthesised
piano. He appeared recently in Sydney providing background music for
Denise Linn in a past-life seminar, effecting a hypnosis through sound,
a spiral into the subconscious. Recreated excellently on this cassette
[and CD], waves of motion suspend the conscious self to allow you to
travel in your mind to your own place of peace.
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