The OM Zone 20
by Steven Halpern

The OM Zone 20 (CD)

According to the ancient spiritual traditions of India, OM is the primordial vibration that is the harmonic building block of our 3-dimensional world.
For millenia, people have chanted this mantra to enhance attunement with the quantum field in meditation and yoga practice.
This CD updates this tradition by giving you two options. Play the CD softly to provide an uplifting ambience. Increase the volume and you'll have a virtual yoga class of chanters so you won't have to "Om alone at home."
How to Use In the Om Zone 2.0
On each track, I chant the fundamental tone and the primary harmonic overtones in the key of C, and am later joined by the other singers. I encourage you to hum or chant along. You will find that you can chant other mantras, such as “Om Nama Shivaya,” with the Om in the background.
Each track features a slightly different orchestration with traditional Indian tambura and synth drone tones that evoke the same meditative alpha brainwave state. You may notice and appreciate, as I do, the subtle difference that the presence or absence of one instrument makes. Feel free to repeat a favorite track. Otherwise, the album is sequenced to provide a continuous ambience that is conducive to maintaining a meditative state.
I include the tones of a Tibetan singing bowl to focus the mind in meditation, as well as to designate when we shift from a tonality based on A=424 cycles per second as the frequency of the tonal center as opposed to our modern tonality of A=440 cycles per second.
Nature’s Tuning vs. Man–Made Standards
Have you ever wondered why orchestras tune to A=440 cycles per second? Has this always been the vibrational frequency?
In the time of Bach and Mozart, the key frequency was actually lower, around A=424 cycles per second. The international music industry agreed to raise this keynote in 1925 so that all instruments could play together.
According to Alan Howarth, in so doing, we may have lost some of the benefits of music.
Parts I through VII of this CD are tuned to A=440. Starting with Part VIII, the
Oms are keyed to A=424. As you listen to both the man-made standard and the RA standard chants, can you notice a difference? Do you like one better? I’d be interested in any feedback you’d like to share.
Using the fundamental sound of "Om" as a focal point, IN THE OM ZONE 2.0 features cascading chants of the Om Choir, whose guttural, yet harmonic chant has a very soothing, centering quality. While the cyclical chant of "Om" may be the dominant sound on the album, Halpern includes other instrumentation on each track to diversify the listening experience in a very subtle way.
More prominent Om vocals by Melissa Phillippe and Silvia Nakkach are used on a few tracks, along with occasional tamboura, bamboo flute, keyboards, electric piano and Tibetan singing bowls.
This program would be highly ideal for yoga practitioners looking to enhance the spiritual atmosphere of their practice, as well as with meditation and deep relaxation.
[This release replaces the original IN THE OM ZONE. Unlike the original version, IN THE OM ZONE 2.0 features no rhythmic tracks, focusing totally on meditative sounds. Half of the album is comprised of brand new material, while the entire album was re-recorded using RA music tuning (A=424). Additional vocals and flute playing are also new to this release.]

Item Details
The first meditative vocal chant-based recording from the leading composer of relaxing and healing instrumental music. Features the primordial Om mantra, suitable for all denominations. Soothing voices chant Om in a continuously unfolding soundscape. Features special guest chantmaster Silvia Nakkach. Includes tambura, bamboo flute, and ambient keyboards.

Featured Artists
Steven Halpern: Om choir, vocals, keyboards, electric piano, Tibetan singing bowls
Silvia nakkach: vocals
Melissa Phillippe: vocals
Warren dennis kahn: tambura, Om choir
Shanin Jones: Om choir
Schawkie roth: bmboo flute

Track Listing
• Om Zone 2.0–I
• Om Zone 2.0–II
• Om Zone 2.0–III
• Tibetan Bowl
• Om Zone 2.0–IV
• Om Zone 2.0–V
• Om Zone 2.0–VI
• Om Zone 2.0–VII
• Tibetan Bowl
• Om Zone 2.0–VIII
• Om Zone 2.0–IX
• Om Zone 2.0–X
• Tibetan Bowl
• Om Zone 2.0–XI
• Om Zone 2.0–XII
• Tibetan Bowl
• Om Zone 2.0–XIII
• Om Zone 2.0–XIV

USD $21.36

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