NTHNL – ‘Ontogenesis’ [Album Review]

On July 12, ambient, experimental electronic musician NTHNL, aka Jacob Rudin, will release his album Ontogenesis, the third in a series of albums called the Tranquility Studies. NTHNL explains, “This music combines electronic binaural frequencies with performances on a variety of instruments to create soundscapes that are at once calming, poetic, and musical. The music uses a technique called brainwave entrainment, which uses certain frequencies to sympathetically vibrate the mind.” As he was beginning work on Ontogenesis, NTHNL connected with friend, fellow musician, and yoga instructor Leslie Graves. He and Graves decided to take it a step further with binaural beats and Solfeggio frequencies. They worked together to create an album whose main purpose was to be a meditation accompanying ...

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