Sonic Tribe: A Multi-Cultural Tapestry of Rhythm
A Multi-Cultural Tapestry of Rhythm. Middle East meets the Outback in this passionate world beat offering laced with ambient, richly layered grooves. Trance guitar of Scott Huckabay, didgeridoo by A.B. and tribal rhythms by Daniel Paul create a powerful pulse for the exotic vocals of former lead vocalist for Cirque du Soleil, hypnotic flutes by Dean Evenson and spirited keyboards to weave their magic. An exciting merging of cultures takes you on an evocative journey of soul and spirit.
This tribal collective’s debut album has all the necessary ingredients for an aural stew destined to warm the center of any listener. Roaring didgeridoos, haunting flutes, guitar, percussion, synths, indigenous chants, sweet vocal harmonies, and deep synth pads combine for an overall effect both energizing and calming. Middle Eastern flutes and delayed guitar riffs awaken the spirit on the opening track, as if calling the listener to a desert journey. The journey resumes in “Siren of the Desert” and “Sahara Sunrise,” where exotic flutes pirouette in hallucinatory patterns around entrancing female vocals and hand drums.
Other highlights of this journey include the probing mystical purview of “Ancestral Voyage,” with its churning didgeridoos paddling back through rivers of time as the inspired guitar work of founding member Scott Huckabay opens vistas overhead. Tracks like “Passage 4 Love” and “Lunar Eclipse” are more contemplative opuses, tailor-made for mindful meditation or candle-lit time spent with a loved one. Though this album’s loose and inspired framework encompasses many moods, it would still make a perfect, seamless background for everything from yoga sessions to dinners with friends to dancing around a tribal fire.
TRACKS:
1. Sonic Tribe 4:53
2. Final Veil 4:42
3. Circle 3 5:54
4. Passage 4 Love 7:13
5. Sahara Sunrise 6:10
6. Sanctuary 5:25
7. Siren of the Desert 7:50
8. Ancestral Voyage 5:48
9. Lunar Eclipse 8:52
TOTAL TIME: 57 minutes