Sound Bath Sessions 147: Madeline Bandera

I recorded Maddy Bandera at her space, Concentric Circles Of Healing, nestled in the Kampong Bahru conservation area. A fellow Filipino and 20-year veteran of the corporate world, she followed a calling to a different path which grew out of her own meditation and energy healing practice she had been doing before the pandemic. Maddy saw the need of a dedicated space where people can come to experience different modalities they need for their own mental wellbeing. Everything about our sessions- the instruments, her style, the space, the experience - complemented each other completely. The final recording began with the rain stick and Shamanic drum. The low frequency of the drum in the space was crushing me with every hit. Her two gongs overwhelmed the sonic space, swallowing every sound until it was the only thing that existed.