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Steven Halpern is a doctor and musician recognized as one of the pioneers of New Age music. His compositions are promoted as “music for sound healing”. His music is renowned for its ability to control stress, super-learning and holistic relaxation. Much New Age music promises serenity but really only produces more tension, but Halpern’s music is definitively calming; he is a musician of renown and seriousness.Arguably Halpern’s most artistically accomplished album, Higher Ground mixes his trademark sounds in sync with some new directions, particularly a more skillful use of synthesizers. For those interested in Halpern’s latest therapeutic developments, there’s an added benefit: the composer has included what he calls “binaural beat phrasing” to the music, which he says “sonically entrains your brain to an immediate 8-cycles per second response” that locks you “into phase with the natural harmonics of the Earth.”The first song grounds you to the earth with a shamanic drumbeat. When the rhythm ends, the sustained electronic music takes you on an introspective journey. Using leading-edge brainwave sound technology, Higher Ground creates a powerful alpha and theta induction effect for a guaranteed deeply meditative experience. On a personal note: My dad is big into meditation and has gone to sleep with this album playing in the background every night for almost 20 years.  He claims nothing is better