MICHAEL STEARNS
MICHAEL STEARNS
"THE MIDDLE OF TIME"
Earth Turtle Music
Michael Stearns created this beautifully inspiring music as the soundtrack to the documentary ."The Mystery of Chaco Canyon", narrated by Robert Redford. The title of the CD reflects the fact that the ancient ruins sited on the location of the documentary, Pueblo Bonito, in New Mexico, had been built in a way that marked the noon sun and equinox, the marking of "the middle of time".The eighteen pieces in the album reflect the ancient mystery of the ruins left by the native inhabitants in the distant past. Together with its subdued textures and soft rhytmic sounds, the melodies come and go like a sea of time patterns enveloping a mysterious land. Native American chants are masterfully interwoven in the music created by Stearns, thus picturing a creative, appalling soundscape that reaches into the imagination of the listener, awakening our sense of wonder and reverence for the roots of ancient peoples and the mystery of those distant times in the past. Once again, Stearns gives us an inspired work that shares a touch of World Music with the patterns of New Instrumental Music, a calming piece of listening to let our imagination relax and fly free to otherwordly soundscapes.
MONTSE ANDREU-MARIN.
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