Meditations
by David Shea
- Type: Album
- Released: 9 January 2026
- Label: SusannaSonata
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:03:47
- Community rating: 3.51/5 from 10 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'Meditations', composer David Shea shifts his signature sampler and turntable-based compositions toward more ambient and minimalist structures. The album constructs intricate, contemplative soundscapes by looping and layering fragments of classical works, East Asian ritual music, and obscure film scores. Shea's precise production weaves these disparate sources into a cohesive sonic tapestry that explores themes of cultural memory and sonic history through a focused, electro-acoustic lens.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, electronic, ambient, minimal, experimental, instrumental, long-form, dreamy, sample-heavy, ritualistic
Tracklist
- A Sutra (08:04)
- A Sunset Walk (08:09)
- Sitting In A Painted Cave (07:26)
- Memories Of Sitting In A Painted Cave (08:00)
- Stillness (07:48)
- The Morning I Awoke (08:00)
- The Heart Sutra (08:02)
- Svaha (08:18)
Credits
- David Shea - composed by, performer [performed by], producer [produced by], electric piano [electromagnetic piano], piano, singing bowls [crystal singing bowls], voice, acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars], voice [spoken text]
- Pat Telfer - engineer [engineered by], mixed by, vibraphone
- Holly Dunn - featuring [in collaboration with], electric guitar
- Steve Magnusson - featuring [in collaboration with], guitar [midi guitar], e-bow [ebows]
- Hamish Larkman - featuring [in collaboration with], sampler [sampling], effects [spatialisation]
- Zheng-Ting Wang - featuring [in collaboration with], sheng
- Gully Thompson - featuring [in collaboration with], singing bowls, vibraphone
- Dylan Foley - featuring [in collaboration with], words by [celtic text], voice [spoken voice]
- Traianos Pakioufakis - design
- Lawrence English - mastered by