Una Voce/Chandra Jade Shankar
Hearts of Darkness
© 2006 Russell Foster (634479308284)
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Deep ambient electronic soundscapes with a strong cinematic flair.
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Chandra Jade Shankar - a Hindu chanting expert currently residing in Arizona, innocently unaware of the power of his voice. Having travelled to India 33 times, the depth of his familiarity with the Vedic dialect is impressive, and has earned him a strong reputation. He has been roundly hailed for providing the 'best interpretation of Eastern Hindu chant by a Westerner'.
Una Voce - a masterful arranger of mood, imagination and altered states...also residing in the Arid Zone. Certain single-word descriptions come to mind: primordial. timeless. suspenseful. At times dreamy and genuinely cosmic, and at other times filled with hyper-organic rhythms and tribal percussion, he deftly blends contrasting sonic elements in a truly compelling manner. A confident creator of alternate universes in which listeners can dare to drift.
Together, they join forces to produce a dark subterranean journey into Hindu Kali goddess worship without being overtly sinister or intimidating. Depite the subject matter, the release is a satisfying mixture of delicate textures and densely ordered atmospheres, with judicious servings of haunting chants peppered throughout. A true classic in the making.
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This CD definitely creates an experience.
author: Kali SamadhiThis CD definitely creates an experience. What experience you will have is only determined by how drawn you are to the shadow self and to life's cycle of endings and beginnings. Sonically speaking, the chants and echoes are reminiscent of a cremation ground, only appropriate since the whole CD is dedicated to invoking the destroyer aspect of the goddess Kali. I would only wish for more tribal drumming- but only because I like tribal drumming on everything.