One night before a gig, four-year-old Emily Cole, sensing that he was feeling blue, gave her father,
Jim Cole, her homemade pendant, telling him, "It's a wishing thing. When you wish for things light shines in your heart so you know I'm with you." That sounds like the perfect way to get ready for a concert. For a performer like
Cole, it would seem to be the only way.
Godspace explains his spirituality perfectly. Using only his voice, reverberation, and real-time looping, he gets extremely deep electronic sounds. His compositional -- or improvisational -- style packs the beauty and serenity into the atmospheres. The harmonic qualities are identical to the timbres of singing bowls. Casual listening, while possible, is unlikely. Deep listening rewards focused listeners with dynamic journeys to outer and inner space. This CD will appeal to fans of
Klaus Wiese,
Anugama,
Jonathan Goldman, and
Brannan Lane.