And from this angle, »Healing Music« might be one of the best musics Nordwall has released. »Healing Music« is a focused and rhythmic record, but not as four to the floor-style as his Idealist releases. There‘s also a lot of organized noise, but not as ecstatic as with »Saturn & The Sun«. And yet, »Healing Music« triggers euphoria, that particularily good kind of stupor; It‘s as much movement as it is stasis.

Joachim Nordwall is well-versed in researching the mind-altering aspects of sound, and here, he‘s very close to the golden pond. Every track hits heavy in exactly the right way - the sounds are very controlled, target-oriented. The bursts and squeeks aim to hit your third ear, the repetetive elements lure you in, the bass punches right into the gut. And as much as Nordwall always flirted with the idea of dub, this might be his most dubby record in turns of reduction to and concentration on the essence of each of the individual sounds.

One thing I love about a lot of his collaboration records, especially the ones with Mark Wastell, is that you can hear how much of an active listener he is. And on »Healing Music«, you can hear how much active listening leads to creation - as heavy as these tracks are, the ego is absent." -Ambassador Kaputt