What would it sound like if trees could hold conversations? Last fall, two producers created an eighteen  track album called “A Conversation Between Two Trees”. They assembled electronic tracks from all over Europe. Their common interest? Saving the Amazon Rainforest.

They call the first half of this double album ambient/chill out/downbeat and the second half psychedelic trance.  I certainly think if trees could talk, it would be more off a “chill out” type situation than a “psychedelic trance” groove, but I hope I’m wrong. I hope trees like to rave out for hours.

These initial soundscapes are really great. The fact that I can’t understand most of the spoken word probably helps create the ambience for me, but I think that was the point. This album contains many different languages, and it’s presented to an American crowd who likely knows little more than English.

“Erot and Samsara –Eternal Tree” is my favorite track. It begins with a very woodland theme. Even the drums sound like they could naturally exist in a perfect forest somewhere. Someone I imagine to be a wise medicine man begins to speak over the other sounds, and if I close my eyes I can almost picture the entire scene. It’s probably early morning. I’m well rested. It’s early summer, but it’s not too hot. There is a refreshing mist in the air and a great canopy of shade. Then suddenly, electronic beats break into the song and I am in a forest of bliss.

This is a really well constructed album. Check it out.