This series is mainly composed of CD's where natural
sounds are mixed with music (orange strip).
Each one of these discs proposes a "traveller's
book" narrating the journey of the traveller according
to the visited region
En 1999, Fonda-Mental innove avec la naissance du concept
"Traveller's Book", douze titres axés
sur l’évasion, l’exotisme et l’aventure.
Un livret illustré de 8 à 16 pages accompagne
les disques de cette série et emmène le
lecteur pour un voyage autour du monde, au fil d’un
récit évoquant la journée marquante
d’un voyageur dans une région aussi exotique
que la Colombie, les Antilles, les Iles Hawaii, les
Indes, la Californie ou la Polynésie!
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CD Compilation
Ce disque reprend un passage représentatif
des 12 titres de la série "Carnets de voyage".
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A one-of-a-kind best seller from the «Traveller’s
Book» series. This aerial, misty recording
invites you to take a pleasant journey into the
most positive realms of your imagination. As soon
as you hear the fi rst few bars of music you will
be enthralled by the graceful sound, fi lling
you with immensely pleasurable waves of relaxation.
Dominica in the West Indies: the still untamed
jungle, birdsongs, muted chirping, a babbling
brook, to the accompaniment of relaxing and harmonizing
music. After 30 min. of travelling to the sources
of life, this splendid musical background gradually
fades away to make way for the songs of nature,
in a magical universe of peace and equanimity...
Perfect to drive away those winter blues.
The major classical composers (Tchaikovsky, Bach,
Mendelssohn, Beethoven) are on offer on this 60-minute
recording. What you hear in the background is
the soft rhythmic lapping of the waves around
the island of Maui in the Hawaii archipelago...
A must-hear auditory experience! A real delight
for the ears!
“I slid into the tepid water. No need for
any sophisticated equipment: a few metres down
you were treated to a fascinating site. Coloured
fi sh in manifold amusing shapes were moving peacefully
among the corals…I deeply enjoyed this peace
and quiet, and the sensation of equanimity given
off by so much beauty. I was left with the feeling
that within the space of one day, the sea had
offered a piece of all its fi nest treasures to
help me understand that the fabulous is within
easy reach.”
A journey to India, the country of the Kama Sutra,
an erotic work dating back to the 3rd century.
This ancient text laid down the rules not only
for sexual behaviour but also for human relationships
with a view to promoting harmony with the cosmic
forces. It was with this in mind that the task
was undertaken of gathering the various pieces
of music originating with one of the fi nest contemporary
Indian world music ensembles. This highly rhythmic
music is carefully combined with recordings of
local natural sounds to take us far away on a
splendid yet disorienting and thrilling journey.
The day is starting, slowly. The world and nature
are coming to life around me.
Nature had a wash yesterday and was refreshed
under cover of darkness. All
that remains are a few dewdrops in the hollows
of the leaves, on the fl ower petals, studding
the spider webs like so many magnifying glasses...
Everything is ready to start anew. In the heart
of my heart, doubtfulness has made way for peace
of mind.
I just had to know how to listen.
A surprise visit to Cartagena de Indias, off
the north coast of Columbia on the edge of the
Caribbean Sea. The tropical vegetation and its
exotic fragrances; the torrid heat, the sound
of the sea, the entire atmosphere of Latin America…
Next comes the trip by boat to a heavenly island
that seems to have been forgotten by human beings.
What can only be called a Garden of Eden, where
nature seems to be as pristine as when the world
was new…
A makeshift concert of percussive sounds at a
sacred site on Hawaii’s island of
Maui. This is when the whales get involved. They
are in front of the beach, anxious to display
their delight and their desire to communicate
with us. The transcendental magic of this unique
area of land, allowing all manner of dreams. This
unusual recording sweeps us off into another dimension:
a world where people and whales are able to communicate
with each other through music. Astonishing! This
recording is ideal for early rising and starting
the day bursting with energy.
Every time I hear this music, I am transported
back there. I go back in time to
that magical place where the greenery is waiting
for me. I walk barefoot through the ferns and
orchids as far as the rocks lining the sun and
the foam-splashed lagoon...
Thanks to this extremely soothing musical experience
you can immerse yourself in the sound atmosphere
of a cruise and scuba diving. This impressive,
somewhat disorientating soundscape is ideal for
helping to drop off into a deep sleep, to dream
of travelling in the warm oceans. The sounds were
recorded in the French West Indies (Guadeloupe)
during a sea trip over there.