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The Precipice of Choice

by Byron Metcalf

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Ivan Winke
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Ivan Winke True & primal shamanistic ritual music. Suitable for meditation, healing & other spiritual practices. Favorite track: Calling Huachuma’s Medicine Spirit.
mahore
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mahore At the end of my life, with just one breath left, if you come, I’ll sit up and sing. (Rumi) Favorite track: At The End, It’s Only You.
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gurumary Thank you Byron your music is beautiful. Much love and blessings
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luc-m a.k.a lmpstudiobox ☆○○° Reçu hier. Une soirée à l'écouter. 70 minutes de pure musique. Puissant, envoûtant 💙🥁🎶📣🪐
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dhobie the entire CD is great, the only so-so track is a rare Steve Roach which is not anywhere near his great work. I wish he had tried harder as him is a true master of hsi craft.
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anij Byron’s music is Amazing, Dynamic, Spiritual and Soulful & Knows how to be Human💞Anij
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    Byron Metcalf’s timely sequel to the high-powered 2007 release “A Warning From the Elders,” THE PRECIPICE OF CHOICE is simultaneously a polyrhythmic requiem for a planet in trouble and an initiatory gateway for people willing to answer the call-to-action in a time of unparalleled change. A tribal-shamanic wakeup call!

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Now, more than at any time in our planetary history, we have become a global civilization inextricably intertwined within a living tapestry of interconnectedness, and all of our choices affect the whole.

“All life is interrelated. All persons are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.”– Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr

A timely sequel to the high-powered 2007 release “A Warning From the Elders,” THE PRECIPICE OF CHOICE is simultaneously a polyrhythmic requiem for a planet in trouble and an initiatory gateway for people willing to answer the call-to-action in a time of unparalleled change. We are, indeed, on a precipice – economically and ecologically – and the choices we make now may determine the literal survival of our species.

Weaving a potent line-up of featured musicians and guests, The Precipice of Choice is an empowered, highly-auspicious sonic signature for the gauntlet of time through which our global civilization is passing. Driven by deep concern about the immense societal and planetary challenges we face, Byron Metcalf’s embodied vision for this album will usher the listener through an experience of activating and mobilizing the conscious Heart-Warrior within. All choices, ultimately, begin at the level of the heart.

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released June 12, 2020

Produced by Byron Metcalf
Executive Producer – Christian Arnsperger

*Recorded and mixed by Byron Metcalf at The Lair, Prescott Valley, AZ
Mastered by Cass Anawaty, Sonoran Mastering, Scottsdale, AZ

Byron Metcalf – Various frame drums, udu, ceremonial drums, shaman drums, rattles, synth drones, spirit winds

Featured musicians

Steve Roach – Oberheim Xpander, OB8, Nord Lead 4 (tracks 1 & 5), processed & looped didgeridoo (track 7) *Recorded at The Timehouse, Baja, AZ

Dashmesh – Didgeridoo (tracks 2, 4, 6 & 7), synthesizers & electronic soundscapes (tracks 2 & 6) *Recorded at Lapis Studio, Paradise Valley, AZ

Mark Seelig – Overtone vocals (tracks 2, 3 & 4)

Andrej Hrvatin (Nimetu) - Synthesizers & electronic soundscapes (tracks 3 & 6)

Jennifer Grais – Vocals (track 5)

Joel Olivé – Giant ceremonial drum (track 4)

Special guest
don Oscar Miro-Quesada – Spirit prayer and medicine song (track 5)

Cover image – Michal Karcz
Graphic design – Sam Rosenthal

Deep gratitude to Steve Roach for the title: The Precipice of Choice
Special thanks to Frank LaRue Owen for wordsmith artistry

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Byron Metcalf Prescott Valley, Arizona

Byron Metcalf is an award-winning professional musician and recording artist and shamanic practitioner. Byron’s highly successful music business career spans 5 decades and covers a wide variety of musical styles and genres. Byron produces music for deep inner exploration, breathwork, shamanic journeywork, body-oriented therapies, various meditation practices and the healing arts. ... more

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