Arc of Light
Brian
Paulson, Aeon Records
(as reviewed in the November/December
1998 issue of Branches)
by Thomas P. Healy
| Hoosier multi-instrumentalist Brian Paulson's latest release of what he calls Geo-Astro Harmonic© music is an extraordinary achievement: a melding of accomplished musicianship with an inspiration of music serving a higher purpose than "mere entertainment". According to Paulson, the two compositions which fill the hour are tuned and correlated with the lower and upper octaves of electro-magnetic radiation. Paulson calls his work "personal attunement music" to aid the listener in gaining a richer sense of connectedness to the earth and to the celestial forces surrounding us. Such connection facilitates a sense of wholeness. The listener is an active collaborator in the process, not a passive receptacle. Using Native American flutes, synthesizers, piano, drums and a myriad of percussion instruments, Paulson writes music that radiates an effortless dynamic of ebb and flow. If you want to give a gift of light to someone you love, then consider giving Arc of Light. While you're at it, gift yourself with a copy so that you, too can connect with an audio wizard grounded in Hoosier soil and reaching heavenward for a higher resonance. |