David & Steve Gordon Garden Of Serenity CD

Not surprisingly, the goal of each movement is to bring peace and tranquility to the listener. This is music that can be used for meditation, dozing off, or practicing yoga, Tai Chi, Pilates and other like-minded activities. Both "1st Movement - Secret Foundation" and "2nd Movement - Nature Spirits" envelop the listener with a warm sonic blanket. Moreover, this album transcends the traditional boundaries of "music" or "song." Instead, it may best be defined as sound design. With a little imagination, GARDEN OF SERENITY will transform any room or space into a beautiful and healing getaway.

DAVID AND STEVE GORDONBrothers David and Steve Gordon, owners and key artists of their very successful music label, Sequoia Records, have been creating music for over twenty years. Uniting their love for nature with the complimentary sounds of their gentle music has placed them in the annals of New Age and World Music as originators, trend-setters, top-sellers and award winners.Their albums capture the essence of magical places, recording the sounds of nature and blending them with beautifully composed music that reflects the beauty and healing properties of those serene environments. The dynamic of world dance rhythms, the serenity of native flutes, the expressiveness of guitar, the mood of synthesizers and the powerful beat of native drums, have resulted in a new kind of music, which has already proven influential in changing the direction of contemporary Native sounds and New Age music as a whole."The Garden of Serenity is filled with birds, old wind chimes, pipes; you know there are stone- walls there, a cacophony of sound that forms the tone of God. Each track is 30 minutes, the first devoted to Secret fountain, the second to Nature Spirits. Nature Sprits lifts off into a forest, a creek, birds, a gay enchantment that becomes denser with entities all about us, in the air, climbing the trees, dancing in the sunlight, smiling in the soil, a world and a universe that lives and breathes and has its being. The serenity here is busy, yet very peaceful, alive with marvels, with everyday miracles peering round the very next moment. You won't fall asleep to this music but you may come happily awake." - The Book Reader

On GARDEN OF SERENITY, David & Steve Gordon blend various acoustic instruments with nature effects and shimmering, digital keyboard sounds. Structured into two long movements--so as not to disturb the mood--the recording features babbling brooks commingling with gentle shakuhachi melodies and light percussion. Church bells tolling in the distance, birdsong, and wind chimes add further color to the brothers' relaxing garden milieu.

Personnel: David Gordon, Steve Gordon (various instruments).