Oasis

<a href="http://whiteswanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/oasis">Oasis by Gary Stroutsos</a> For Oasis, his third recording for White Swan Records, woodwind master Gary Stroutsos draws from and advances the global tradition of flute artistry, breathing a pervading sense of calm into this deep, relaxing suite of meditative flute music for meditation, spa, relaxation and restoration. All the music for Oasis was recorded in one take, “in the moment,” during two late night studio sessions inside the Pacific Northwest. Using only a concert silver bass flute and Southwest desert rim flutes, Stroutsos recorded about a dozen pieces – over an album’s worth of material. Taken together, the nine tracks selected for Oasis reflect the artist’s many moods. The challenge of recording solo pushed Stroutsos to explore not only his inner landscape, but his surrounding environment as wel