I've always rather liked David Arkenstone. As New Age musicians go he's pretty darned good, I think. I particularly like the Earth Trybe and An Nee Mah stuff he did with his ex. I admittedly buy almost every CD they do, both of them. This one I just got and it's really something else. Now, I normally enjoy his music and will groove to it. It relaxes me, but there's really something different going on with this one.
At the risk of sounding like a total space cadet, listening to this CD it's been bit like having someone reach right in and massage my heart and throat chakra. I don't know. It could be all the didgeridoo and the tribal beats, there's quite a bit of that going on, but I have had the oddest reaction to this CD just listening to it. My solar plexus right up to my throat it's just warm and buzzing and no, I don't have heartburn. :P
This happens every time I listen to this CD. It's really, really, odd. It's like there is something going on under the music or in it, whatever it is, listening to this CD physically warms my chest up internally. It makes me feel really, really good while I am listening to it. For the record I have dozens of new age CDs, including most of his, and some that are Native American. None of them do this.
I've previously experienced something like this now and again listening to certain techno oriented didgeridoo music or to brainwave CD's, but this is really, really strong and it happens every darned time. It's also reducing my pain level a bit I think. I don't see anything listed other than native flute, some percussion instruments and some chant. No binaural beats. There's a bit of an Enigma vibe on one track but other than that I really can't hear anything that special going on that would account for this, and yet, I cannot deny that listening to this CD it's almost like doing a very strong binaural meditation CD.