Hearts of Space #1042 Trancedance (4-25-2014) RE-UPLOADED

Contemporary Instrumentals - World Fusion



While this hour's program from Hearts of Space Radio Show is the current weekly offering, it was first broadcast in 2004. The music is performed on a Hang, which is a form of metal bowl with indentations, and a new instrument for the 21st Century. Pure instrumentals. Enjoy.

Program Notes by Stephen Hill, Producer
The soft melodic rhythms of the first new musical instrument of the 21st century — the Hang (spelled H-A-N-G) from PanArt of Switzerland. It's played with the hands and derived from the steel pan drum, but has been lovingly refined, allowing the player to create melody, rhythm, harmonics and reverberation at the same time. It's a seductive, hypnotic sound that's inspired an international community of players.

On this transmission of Hearts of Space, we focus on the Hang and the family of steel drums and resonant percussion. We'll ride the quiet grooves to a place where percussion turns contemplative, and rhythm turns to pure sound, on a program called TRANCEDANCE.