The Inner Drum Vol. 1 & 2 is a double ceremonial album. A sonic journey between root and expansion, between the pulsing body and the breathing spirit. Inspired by indigenous music of the Americas and guided by the ancestral principle of the drum as inner heartbeat, each track is a ritual of awakening.

Volume 1 (Grounding Rituals) focuses on the solar plexus, on the earth womb, on somatic movement. Female voices in mantra-like phrasing blend with percussion made of stone, leather, and seeds, creating a warm, introspective, and rhythmic atmosphere. It's music to be felt from the inside, from the bones. A reminder that the body is both temple and drum.

Volume 2 (Ascension Rituals) elevates the vibration to subtle planes. Here, voice becomes breath, the drum dissolves into mist, and melody inhales. It is a chant without language, a call from the soul’s fracture. Ideal for deep meditation, slow dance, and contemplative listening.

Recorded in 432 Hz and composed in E minor (Phrygian and pentatonic modes), the album follows a structure of 2:11 per track: short but intense cycles, like micro vibrational ceremonies.

This is not an album to simply listen to. It’s a sound field to cross through with your body.
It is an act of rebirth. A call to the drum that lives within.

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The Inner Drum Vol. 1 y 2 es un álbum doble ceremonial. Un viaje sonoro que vibra entre la raíz y la expansión, entre el cuerpo que pulsa y el espíritu que respira. Inspirado en las músicas indígenas de América y guiado por el principio ancestral del tambor como latido interior, cada track es un ritual de despertar.

Volumen 1 (Grounding Rituals) se centra en el plexo solar, en el útero tierra, en el movimiento somático. Voces femeninas de carácter mántrico se entrelazan con percusiones de piedra, cuero y semilla, generando una atmósfera cálida, introspectiva y rítmica. Es música para sentir desde adentro, desde el hueso. Para recordar el cuerpo como templo y tambor.

Volumen 2 (Ascension Rituals) eleva la vibración hacia planos sutiles. Aquí la voz se transforma en aliento, el tambor se disuelve en neblina, y la melodía respira. Es un canto sin idioma, un llamado desde la grieta del alma. Ideal para meditación profunda, danza lenta, escucha contemplativa.

Grabado en 432 Hz y compuesto en E menor (modo frigio y pentatónico), el disco sigue una lógica de 2:11 por track: ciclos breves pero intensos, como microceremonias vibracionales.

No es un álbum para oír pasivamente. Es un campo sonoro que se atraviesa con el cuerpo.
Es un acto de renacimiento. Una llamada hacia el tambor que vibra adentro.

Awakening the Inner Pulse (2)

The center of his 
Gravity? Cultivating 
Open heart...then grace

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Original music & haiku poetry by Bob Weathers

Then Grace

Echoes of the Fifth Mind

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Airlite DMV - Pry On Rinse France / (Soda Gong 2020)

Lamin Fofana - A Scattering of Spiral and Elliptical Galaxies (Preview)

"The most negative emotions are neither grief nor anger that cannot be suppressed, but shame.

Shame is the disease of the soul. It is one of the most heartbreaking experiences. Shame is the wound inside. It separates us from ourselves and also separates us from others.

In shame, one's self-consciousness is 'split' - imagine that when we are in the eyes of another person - the self-consciousness of people in shame will have such a split, themselves Always in your own eyes.

Shame is the first and most essential cause of all violence (whether for individual violence or for specific groups of people). Anger, assault, and violence are all coping strategies for shame.

Using seemingly powerful anger to mask the powerless shame. In order to cope with shame, the individual externalizes the internal blame on the self to the outside world and others, and then angers and attacks the outside world and others. This feeling is better to endure than pure shame.

Unlike most emotions, shame does not disappear with time, it lurks in us. It is the least easily recognized and released emotion, it is the most secretive emotion. ”

SHAME by Laughing Ears will be released on FunctionLab on November 19, 2019. Shame, To Cover, Self-loathing, Keep in the dark, combines the four emotions into one EP, showing Laughing Ears' most hidden and bare personal feelings.

Track List:

5.Shame 羞耻 
6.To Cover 遮蔽 
7.Self-loathing 自我厌恶 
8.Keep in the dark 隐瞒

Release date: November 19, 2019
Mixing & Mastering: GUAN
Artwork: Melt Joshua (ig: @melt_j)
Design: GG Lobster
Catalog: FL012

Laughing Ears - To Cover 遮掩

@mishti1994. @thammudu

Debuting on London-based Label TT, Matters of Ascension is a 6-track collaborative EP by Thammudu & Mishti.

Sonically haunted by the ghostly remains of identity, the project questions the potential and limitations of spirituality to leverage material reality. In a startling bout of torment, “New Moon” introduces a nightmarish soundtrack of mundane engagements with the self.
Foreshadowed by the screeches of painted storks, the disintegrated and danceable “Body Negativity” greets the listener with a familiar foreboding acknowledgement of flesh and bone. 

In “The Fiery Wheel”, the duo situates a cynical reading of surrealist anti-colonial poetry atop a hypnotic rhythm of clanging metal and disembodied voices. Culminating in a blissful summery haze, the project concludes with the Marx-inspired “From Earth to Heaven”.

‘Matters of Ascension’ is released on the 28th of February via TT

Matters of Ascension

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Thammudu & Mishti - Body Negativity

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Nineteenth episode of our "States United" show on @n10-as, with guest @artetetra

States United 19: Artetetra

Mind the gap between you and the distortion of any rule.

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