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A LONE REPLY This music is an atmospheric collage of multi ethnic influences, based primarily on Native American culture and spirit. "A lone reply" is a new turn, yet not unfamiliar territory for Dean De Benedictis, known in the electronic music world as Surface 10. After accumulating an expansive sense of place from his travels, and connecting with the land and native people of the West, Dean was moved to pay homage to these earthly values.  On this CD Dean draws on deep, elongated, atmospheric melodies sometimes accompanied by driving tribal drum rhythms. Such instruments as American Indian flutes (Mayan style), ocarina, Balinese flutes, piano, synth, hand drums, slit drums, and Dean's voice can be heard throughout "a lone reply", ninety percent of which was played by hand. Some of these instruments were accumulated during Dean's travels through the American west.  Field recordings and various samples were also utilized to create slowly evolving layers of sound, merging into a blissful, chasm-like setting. "A lone reply" portrays a spirituality and sensitive closeness to the earth, while at the same time seeks to extract some darkness and sorrow from the mystery of existence in this time of overwhelming technological advancement. Dean states, "This is simply a lone, singular reply to it all. One with deep serenity."