What an amazing few days – you’ve sent me so many stories of angelic connection. When you listen to An Echo of Angels it’s more than music. It’s a gateway to heavenly presence.
Listen to this dramatic sample from the track Pathway.
For something more tranquil, there’s Clearing The Heart
I’ll be writing more about the angels in the weeks to come, showing how you can go deeper with the music to really feel how the angels inspired my work. And how you can know and trust the presence of angels.
With nothing more than the music, many of you have told me that you can sense the angels, and feel that the music makes something happen. There are stories of spontaneous tears, unexpected calm and tranquility and a feeling of safety and love.
I’m overjoyed for you all. Please keep the stories and reviews coming, because it makes my day to hear from you.
Zanna
Preview all the music at your chosen online store.
This sounds like the focus is on the solo singer, but the core of the track’s emotion comes from the chord changes, and the voice is there to direct you to those chord changes. The flute directs the music before the voice once again guides us through the chords. This track is about angels being in our world – not remote, not above and beyond, but with us.
Passing Through Light
A very light touch on the piano, over the strings, introduces a minimalist melody. This piano section was recorded in one take, along with all its imperfections. It was completely improvised while in a near-trance state, and is the most direct record of my contact with an angelic presence. I let the angels play through me. What I felt was perfection, purity and love. The strings were re-recorded after the piano, to be more in keeping with the feeling that was produced during the piano recording. Quite an unusual process.
The Harmony of Angels
With many layers of harmonics, the strings sound thin and distorted, until the horns rise up to express the theme. The high strings clarify what’s come before, and the repetitions continue with only slight variations and development. This piece has the contradiction of simultaneous movement and stillness, and it closes as it began. For me it captures the memory of angels, the mystical aftermath that stays with you after contact.
Moments of Peace
This was a strange piece for me, because the piano melody has a stilted, halting quality that I wanted to write out, but I had to trust the inspiration I was gifted. As the piece developed and the strings were recorded, it all made sense. It’s meant to be reminiscent of the peace you can achieve when you know that angels are a part of your life.
The Compact Disc was available for a few weeks, but sadly the high cost of producing all that plastic and paper made it way too expensive. We’re digital only from now on. The quality is just as good!
Reviews have been coming in. Here’s what people have said so far (iTunes US, this website and Facebook):
‘This is a divine work of art.’
‘Tears just flooded down my face listening to Raziel.’
‘This music is absolutely wonderful.’
‘I’m blown away.’
‘Zanna’s music is exquisite.’
‘Awesome music. Unlike anything I’ve experienced before. The music produces both emotional reactions and physical sensations at times.’
‘Zanna’s music takes me to the higher realms without doubt.’
In the next three posts I’ll have a look at what the tracks are all about. And you can listen to short samples of them all. The descriptions were written up by my publicist, based on her interviews with me. I babbled a lot, but she edited it all beautifully, and these sort of make sense now.
And for everybody who’s asked, yes a physical Compact Disc will be available soon. Follow the blog to stay up to date!
Raziel
The archangel Raziel is called by the choir. The melody is introduced by a solo cello as the strings rise in the background, joined by distant horns. When the choir returns, the name of Raziel is chanted as the brass intensifies. The choir calls out a divine name that sounds like EE-AH-OH-EH: this is one way to say the Name of God. When sung, it is a potent way to reach out to angels, a magical bridge of melody. As the orchestra fades, the theme is restated by the solo cello
Clearing the Heart
High strings introduce the thematic feel of this piece. The alto sax rises up, breaking from the rhythm in improvised and inspired melodic form. The sax takes a backseat as the strings intensify, and the sax returns to state variations on the original theme. This track encourages emotions to rise and lift away, leaving your heart clear.
Pathway
Intense horns are joined by woodwinds, with pulsing strings adding to the drama. This piece represents the path we walk when we contact angels, and the choir calls out harmonies that hint at the sensation of contact. At times dark, at times uplifting, and closing with harsh percussion, this music was meant to capture the heady (almost overwhelming) sensation of finding a pathway into the presence of an angel.
The Heart Meets the Soul
I was surprised at how mournful the solo cello sounded, but this is where the angels took me. Angelic contact isn’t all about glory and wonder, but the sense of wonder can stir deep sensations of yearning, and a beautifully aching heart. There’s a soft string section in the background, but when it feels like the cello’s finished, solo violin takes the theme to a new level of emotion. The theme never quite resolves and the violin hands back to the cello, and there is a level of confusion and conflict as the heart shudders in the presence of the soul, before an abrupt conclusion that speaks of how fleeting these moments of insight can be.
An Echo of Angels has been released and is available all over the world. You can get it via digital download or stream from all the main sites.
This angelic music was inspired by my contact with angels, and was crafted to help you sense the presence of angels. I put my heart and soul into this, and everything I know about music. I’m thrilled it’s finally here, and I hope you can feel the loving energy of the music.
You can hear a couple of previews in these short (very pretty) videos.
I’ve been working on this for a long time. Over a year ago a new road opened up to me, and I realised that I wanted to create angelic music. I’ve dabbled with this kind of music since I was a teenager, but I never made the commitment to truly create, with all my heart and soul.
When I knew that I simply had to create this music, I sought the help of the angels. I wanted to create music that could help you to sense the angels. And this is the result. It’s taken more time than I imagined possible, and more work than you would ever believe.
The music is not what I expected. I thought it would be gentle piano music, and yeah, there’s some of that. But there are some very grand-sounding tracks, and some that are almost sad. This is to do with the way we perceive angels, and the way we respond to their presence. More on that later. I’m so excited to be sharing my music with you!
The first track on the album is called Raziel (who is one of the great archangels).
Zanna Blaise 