A live recording from a Full Moon Gong Sound Bath at "Hos Arne" in Oslo. There were about 18 participants in the room. A Sound Bath is a relaxing sound healing concert where the participants are lying down with their eyes closed. For an optimal listening experience, I suggest a calm, low-light environment where you can close your eyes.

The concert is played intuitively (partially channelled) and goes through different phases with some silence in between. Several instruments are used, including two gongs,  a rain stick, my voice, Tibetan singing bowls, soft bells, Koshi chimes, a shruti box, and an overtone flute.

The gong has a great dynamic range, and the gain on the microphone was a tad too high, so there is a bit of choppy audio quality in the right channel during the climax. I did some editing to reduce clipping, remove some talking, and account for volume differences, but other than that, this is the entire recording.

Gong Sound Bath at Hos Arne September 2022

Just a home practice session, with some chill background music.
I just got the Theremin a week ago. I'm practising hitting notes and playing scales. Trigger warning: There are some interesting and pleasant moments in this recording, but there are also some painful and disharmonic ones. I take no responsibility for what this sparks in you.

Today, over a hundred years since it was invented, the Theremin is one of the oldest electronic instruments, and the only instrument I know of that you play without touching it (well, I don't know if the Laser Harp counts).

I don't own the rights to the backing track, but this overdub is not for profit and I consider it fair use.

Voice and Theremin Overdub practice session I

I am recording myself practising with the theremin and my voice, to keep track of my progress. I think I'll keep uploading these practice sessions for everyone's amusement!

The background track is parts of a live act by YoY Project: https://soundcloud.com/yoy-project/yoy-project-live-act-hadra-trance-festival-2022-chillout-stage

I intend no copyright infringement, and hope that YoY project and other artists see this as fair use.

Theremin and Voice Overdub practice II

Gong, Didgeridoo, Voice, Sound bath on 2023-02-26
Headphones recommended. Relaxing meditative sound healing concert.

Private event for promoting Johaug, Bruce and Bare Flyt Yoga.

I held a sound bath including some introduction and breathwork. The sound bath is recorded with consent from the participants. The talking before and after is cut away.
The last 15 seconds of the OM is stretched and edited.

There was an AC running which is the buzz in the background. I did a little noise reduction in Audacity, but I was careful to not remove too much of the sound.

The Zoom H1n microphone records stereo, and I do several spacey effects in my sound baths, and the gongs some times create binaural beats, hence headphones are recommended for full immersion. I have normalised the channels to match in volume.

Robert Hagala