"Sound Bath." While it may not be the most common term it is one of growing popularity. Perhaps you've found yourself wandering about IRL or URL, stumbled across such an offering and thought, "Well actually, my ears have felt rather dirty lately." (Been listening to too much trap? Me too..) The idea of bathing in sound is a meditative one with super minimal tones, harmonic pairings, and an extremely relaxed intention. The experience created with gongs, singing bowls, didgeridoos and/or a combination of these plus a variety of other instruments fully immerses you in vibrations to balance your chakras, unlock some universal door, and wash you with some inner peace. Theoretically. Where there are fanatics there are skeptics. Where there is a lack of literature and definitive information of the subject, there is an abundance of Yelp results in the greater Los Angeles area. And where there is something being done with sound, there are artists delving deeper and making it their own.

Electric Sound Bath is a Los Angeles based duo I had the pleasure of meeting last week. We shared a lil' bit of conversation and a lotta' bit of sweat one evening at the Korean spa and these two are by far some of the chillest cats to encounter on the west-coast. And they are taking sound bath to a new level I have personally found impossible to not enjoy. "Together we aim to bridge the gap between acoustic sound baths and amplified drones." Yes. All the yes. My ambient enthusiasm paired with my curiosity for New Age practices leaves me with quite a bit of hippy dippy on my hands and even more in my ears. I confirm that they reach into the cosmos and pull some magick out.

So how can you sound bath? You could make your way to Symbiosis this weekend where the multi-faceted lineup is sure to boast such delicacies like some metaphorical restorative musical q-tip. You coulddd duck into your local yoga studio for the all-time favorite One and Half Hours of someone else's mouth-breathing; OR, much like I will be doing from the comfort of home, Hop into your own time and space portal to these magical musings.