Release Date: March
31, 2015
Label: Sounds
True
The duo refers to the eight tracks as sound poems.
Kater’s elegant piano coupled with DeMaria’s Native American flutes is a step
into solace and grace found beyond daily life and our surroundings. The tracks
invite your soul to find the peace waiting to be discovered, it’s yours for the
taking if you let this music look inward. Just relax and let it take you over.
This is excellent meditation music however I found it quite enjoyable to listen
to without any particular focus, I just took it all in with the realization
that I could enjoy it for no other reason than letting the vibrations and
sounds soothe my weary mind and give my soul a sense of calm and peace.
DeMaria was inspired to go in this direction after his
mother nearly died in his arms. While that is a very sad event in a person’s
life I am sure he saw the beauty and acceptance of moving on for his beloved
mother and also how blessed he was to be there for her. Life and death is a
process we all go through but it is our choice which road we take and how we
either embrace each phase of our existence or turn away and refuse to
acknowledge the spirit within us all. Most certainly the love a child has for a
mother is something special and a connection like no other for all living
creatures. I think DeMaria opening himself to that experience allowed this
amazing music to be created and has prepared him for when that day arrives when
his mother decides to move on. He decided to use a deep base flute that
provided a drone like sound comparable to a didgeridoo. That sound projects
beautifully and provides a foundation for the rest of the music to gently float
over the top like clouds moving across the sky or a hot spring bubbling beneath
the surface. It was a choice that was initiated by DeMaria’s experience while
his mother was going between the spirit world and her existence her on the
physical plane. When he closed his eyes while holding his mother he could see a
light and a deep oooommmm sound, a drone if you will. That is how this all came
about. He is blessed with the comfort of knowing that his loved one will indeed
pass on to another beautiful existence.
I found “Tender Heart” as the most exceptional track. It
is moving and spacious as a clear night glittering with thousands of stars. The
music is pure like the earth and sky above and the sounds and textures in the
track made me feel closer to Mother Earth. We are all here to honor our place
on this great planet. All eight tracks are beautiful and serve a higher purpose
and all you have to do is listen and find out where it will take you. Each
track blends into the next making it a complete and satisfying journey of sounds
and atmospheres.
This is the kind of music that is for relaxation,
meditation, reflection, recharging yourself and realigning your purpose and
meaning. Life holds many gifts for us all but at times we are pulled away from
what is right in front of us with our busy lives and pressures of work and all
the noise and chatter that can swallow us up if we let it. I choose to survive
the day and then let music from CDs like Heart
of Silence remind me of who I am and what is really important. Without
words music can carry a very powerful message and I am thankful I was able to
hear it and grateful for some insight into the lessons presented to one man.
4.5/5
Stars
Key Tracks: ALL
Tracks:
1. Heart of Silence
2. Radiant Dawn
3. First Breath
4. Holding Space
5. Tender Heart
6. Timeless Echoes
7. Midnight Dreaming
8. Awakening
Tracks:
1. Heart of Silence
2. Radiant Dawn
3. First Breath
4. Holding Space
5. Tender Heart
6. Timeless Echoes
7. Midnight Dreaming
8. Awakening
Keith “MuzikMan”
Hannaleck-New Age Music Reviews Founder
March 28, 2015
Review
Provided By New Age Music Reviews