Marina about the album

I have dedicated this album to our deep connection and love for Mother Earth. Our intention for this album was to create sounds that can help us breathe deeper, relax our bodies, and soothe our minds. And hopefully, reawaken a visceral memory of what wholeness feels like.
Most of us are not aware of how sensitive we are to sound. Our refined biological responsiveness to sounds has a lot to do with how our brain and nervous system are connected to our ears. The sound can make us sick but ALSO can help us relax, soothe the nervous system and help balance our health. Another important thing I focused on while creating this album is to tap into and use the Alpha brain waves. Most of us today function in Beta (stress-inducing) brain waves. To heal and balance our health, the brain needs to go to Alpha waves on a regular, daily basis. Alpha brain waves can be induced with soft and gentle noninvasive sounds and rhythms, natural sounds like ASMR, and VERY IMPORTANT – THE SOUNDS OF NATURE. Our bodies and minds need relaxation EVERY DAY, which is possible when we are in Alpha,

AND sounds can help us do that.

We chose not to use instruments other than drums and the sounds of nature since I wanted to go back to the basics as much as possible. Native and folk music, as always, was my inspiration. Each recording for the first voice, around 15 minutes long, was recorded in one and only take. We also created the compositions from improvisations and intuitive meditative singing I have been working on for mount's before each recording would be taken. Because we wanted to stay in that spirit of relaxed meditative focus, we also decided to apply that in the way we were recording the sounds in the studio. So we would use meditation as our preparation in the recording studio before we would start the actual work. That created a huge difference for me in the way I was singing and connecting to my voice, body, and breath and gave me more space to breathe and work with the text and melody from a more holistic space.


1. Earth Chants

This recording begins with invigorating and stimulating vocal expression inspired by folk music from the Balkan and shamanic chanting, symbolically expressing the energy of the sun and the day. From the half of the recording on it moves slowly into the relaxation and symbolically the energy of the night, the moon, and restoration having an intention to move the listener with it into the Alpha brain waves.

2. Calling the Water Fairies

Inspired by the folk stories from the Balkans about the water fairies and their mystical world underwater. Water symbolically represents subconsciousness, intuition, and the dream world. The intention for this recording was to help the listener relax more deeply.
And with that tap into the Alpha brain waves that help us connect with our inner worlds of intuition, dreams, and creativity.

3. Deep Forest Chant

Also inspired by the folk stories from the Balkan about the invisible world of the fairies that dance in the forests but only a few can see them. The ones who can see the fairies dance are the ones who can cross the border between ours and their world. This recording intends to take the listener deeper into relaxation and rest.


4. Wale Song

Inspired by wales-the amazing creatures-the guardians of our oceans. Wales have incredible ways of sound-producing and communication, and scientists are still trying to decipher the meaning. We are concerned for their extinction, and we are inspired by their healing sounds and frequencies. We created this recording intending to move the listener further into sleep, relaxation, and rest. Inviting the listener to tap now into Theta and Delta brain waves. Into the world deep within the oceans and dreams.