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...result is akin to an extraordinary tribal opera in which the initiate is guided into a profound state of tranquillity. Juan first visited the UK two years ago and has been living in Bristol for the past year where he has already started to develop a cult following on the local mind, body, spirit scene. Will Gethin explores his quixotic world of sound.
Lying on my back on a sheepskin rug, I'm vibrating from head to foot. Drum beats are bouncing off the walls and pounding my body and being. Repetitive, thudding beats, trance-inducing, in chorus with the chanting of a tribal warrior.
I am at one of Juan Gabriel's sound healing sessions at the Relaxation Centre in Bristol. It's a Friday evening and my mind is spinning with thoughts from a stressful week's work. I resign myself to the unlikelihood of breaking any new ground during this session. But I am in for a surprise.
I first stumbled across Juan Gabriel at the Tribe of Doris, a drumming and multicultural music festival in Somerset. I was strolling across a field following a Cuban Dance workshop, when I encountered a swarthy little man with long wild hair, wheeling a giant suitcase through the rain towards me.
Half an hour later, upright on his magic carpet inside a yurt, around him the contents of his now unpacked suitcase,...
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