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California-based
Real Music continues exploring the worldwide, generation spanning
phenomenon of instrumental New Age electronic music with the 2015
CD release of Waves Of Life by the artist known as Ashaneen.
Ashaneen is actually the stage name of Polish composer Piotr Janeczek.
The Waves Of Life CD features eleven tracks of instrumental
New Age magic that clocks in at just under sixty four minutes. For
those who haven’t yet experienced Ashaneen’s music, it's
supremely relaxing and, due to its therapeutic nature, it is not recommended
as music you might want to drive around and listen to in your car.
On Waves Of Life Ashaneen lets the music flow through him as
if he was some kind of cosmic conduit with the artist explaining,
“It is as if the music flows through me. In fact, I recognize
and treat the music creation as a way of expressing my soul, an infinite,
divine part of me.” The album title, Waves Of Life is
particularly appropriate as this music sounds like the aural equivilent
of the ebb and flow of the ocean tides - sound waves flowing in and
flowing out. From the CD liner notes, Ashaneen further adds, “And
it came to me that life, in the broadest sense, continually flows
and changes like waves. Life is in constant motion, but beyond that
movement and change is something else – space, infinity, consciousness,
source, God – unchanging and eternal.” New Age fans
will have a great time tuning in to Ashaneen’s timeless sonic
wisdom, especially as the music of Waves Of Life is very much
influenced by the artist's interest in holistic forms of healing energy
and spirituality - including metaphysical areas such as Reiki, Transcendental
Meditation, Qigong and other spiritual paths to enlightenment. Of
interest for electronic music watchers on Waves Of Life is
Ashaneen’s superb performance on a range of synthesizers and
samplers, including various Yamaha, Roland, Korg and Akai synths and
a variety of computer VST (virtual sound technology) sound libraries.
Perhaps the most impressive thing about Ashaneen’s Waves Of
Life is the fact that it really delivers the goods. As he has
stated, Ashaneen’s musical purpose is to bring the listener to
a state of beyond consciousness – whether through deep meditative
states or even sleep. It’s interesting to note that while New
Age is clearly Ashaneen’s forte on the Waves Of Life album,
overall, he has also released over 30 albums in his digital discography,
including a variety of soundtracks, ambient music, nature sounds and
even “trance mixes” - the latter recorded under the alias
Yans, and he has even worked with various European DJ on that side
of his music. If your goal is to come to a supremely relaxed state
of being, then Waves Of Life is the perfect sonic remedy for
your mind and body. With the 2015 Real Music CD release of Waves
Of Life, Ashaneen brings his enchanting New Age electronic music
front and center on to the world stage.