Nectar Meditation, by Steve Roach and Serena Gabriel

Nectar Meditation

by Steve Roach and Serena Gabriel

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Nectar Meditation is the debut collaboration from Steve Roach (synths) and Serena Gabriel (harmonium, voice, temple bells). The focus of their work together is to provide a potent, immersive and transcendent experience through the power of sound. This intention is activated through the combination of acoustic instrumentation of ancient origins with a vast array of vintage and current analog synthesizers, creating a compelling new hybrid of archaic and contemporary sacred space music.

A continuous 74 min balm for the body, mind and soul, manifested from what could potentially be an unheard of fusion until now, the core of Nectar Meditation is a unique blend of the diaphanous breathing, emotional waves of Serena's harmonium with the deep resonance of Steve's iconic Oberheim analog synth palette.

As this soulful journey unfolds it is carried even deeper upon a pachyderm paced mantra beat passage by guest Byron Metcalf, offering rhythm to the revelations of the sonic sojourner. Initiated upon a visionary landscape, this sonic elixir gently builds and holds space for a contemplation upon the majestic unknown.

Expose Magazine Review by Peter Thelen :

Arizona based musician, performing and recording artist Serena Gabriel creates sacred sound spaces and performs worldwide. Her exploration of various world instruments (synthesizers, drums, percussion, flute, kalimba, didgeridoo, and more), voice, healing arts, and music production has led her to develop her own style spanning multiple genres: meditation, tribal medicine music, electro-acoustic, experimental and electronic. A quick visit to her Bandcamp site and her 2015 recording Diving Deep will offer a sterling example of what she can do on her own. The recording at hand, Nectar Meditation, is her first full collaboration with Steve Roach, and joining them on this long-form piece is none other than Byron Metcalf on frame drums and percussion. Roach soundpaints with his battery of analog synths and Solina string ensemble, while Gabriel plays harmonium, temple bells, and some wordless voice, with Metcalf’s drums keeping a slow trance-like pace as needed. Opening with the gentle sound of bells, the droning electronics soon make their entrance, with the wavelike interactions between harmonium and synths offering a revelatory, shimmering, and immersive listening experience. As the piece proceeds, the synths and harmonium (both droning at roughly the same pitch with very subtle nuanced variations) gently move forward and back within the soundspace, at times eclipsing one another or meeting somewhere in the middle, stretching and bending as it goes. The drums come in at around the twelve minute mark, creating a subtle cadence that underscores the dreamy proceedings already in progress without really dominating it. The sound created by the three offers a perfect respite from the tensions and stresses of everyday life, a perfect gateway to meditative states or even slumber, as it works its subconscious magic. Somewhere around the one hour mark, the drums withdraw and are replaced by other more subtle percussives, bells and such, eventually leaving the synths and harmonium to wind the piece down to its conclusion. A beautiful and engulfing journey.

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released May 29, 2020

Composed, recorded and mixed by Steve Roach and Serena Gabriel at Ancient Waves ~ Tucson Arizona and the The Timehouse ~ Baja Arizona, late March 2020

Serena Gabriel : Harmonium, voice, temple bells
Steve Roach : Oberheim Xpander, Solina String Ensemble
Byron Metcalf : Frame drum, percussion

Mastered by : Howard Givens ~ Spotted Peccary Studios NW, Portland, Oregon.
Cover design Sam Rosenthal.

2020 Soundquest Music BMI & Ancient Waves Music BMI

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Serena Gabriel utilizes the technologies of music, meditation and dance to invoke inspiration & healing to those around her. Sacred sound is an essential component of her work as a recording & performing artist and of her healing practice (SereneHealingArts.com ). Serena plays a beautiful variety of both acoustic and electronic instruments. ... more

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