VAS, In the Garden of Souls - 1h 2m 38s

Tracks & Durations

1. In the Garden of Souls	10:28
2. Inamorala	4:49
3. Samaya	6:08
4. Prayer for Soheil	5:03
5. Ceremony of Passage	3:44
6. Beyond Despair	1:37
7. The Inward Coil	5:12
8. Ephemere (Upon the Faded)	6:23
9. Lila	5:26
10. Unbecome	6:11
11. Sevdance	7:31

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Review

On their third album, In the Garden of Souls, Vas doesn't so much extend their sound as go deeper within it. Singer Azam Ali continues singing in tongues; she's an intoxicating priestess who invites you into terrain that's both sacred and sensual. Her voice is framed by her own hammered dulcimer and the percussion of Greg Ellis. He draws on a trap set that replaces tom-toms, snare drums, and cymbals with djembes, dumbeks, udu drums, chimes, and bells to surround Ali with a seductive swirl of throbbing percussion, while Cameron Stone adds sinewy, raga-like cello lines. You can hear the influence of Abbess Hildegard von Bingen's medieval chants on pieces like "Inamorata" and "Beyond Despair," while "Inward Coil" builds from a plaintive folk tune into a classical crescendo. Azam Ali's voice is a stunning instrument, hovering between the ululations of Iran, where she was born, and the extended, note-bending melodiousness of India, where she was raised. In a language of the imagination, she's revealing a glimpse of heaven. --John Diliberto

Other Versions

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In the Garden of Souls

Tracks: 11, Disk length: 1h 2m 39s (+0m 1s)

In the Garden of Souls

Tracks: 11, Disk length: 1h 2m 42s (+0m 4s)

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