Music Style ambient, new age, meditative

Musical Influences Hildegard von Bingen, Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Yma Sumac, Sarah Vaughn

Group Members The Tunnel Singer is Lee Ellen Shoemaker

Instruments Voice recorded live in ambient spaces with long natural acoustic reverberation

Albums Inner Runes 1995; Ravens in Moonlight 1997; Water Birth 1999; Night Skies 2000

Press Reviews Wind and Wire - Bill Binkelman:Water Birth is music distilled to its essence, an artist and her talent, undiluted by any artifice...the sheer wonder of this recording is a joy to behold. It is really sublime... Musical Soundscapes, Omega Directory: Powerful crystalline vocal stylings are magically and naturally transformed into a hauntingly beautiful, alien choir in this impressive offering from avant garde vocalist Lee Ellen Shoemaker. Recorded at the "Cistern Chapel," which is a 2 million gallon underground cistern in Port Townsend, Washington, the Tunnel Singer takes full advantage of the 45 second reverberation and peculiar sound wave behavior to evoke dark, shamanic soundscapes. Using only her voice, which sounds like a distant spirit calling from the womb of Mother Earth, Lee Ellen creates a grounding, ambient space for inner exploration and healing which is unlike anything you’ve heard before. Recommended. Alternate Music Press - Ben KettlewellI am very fond of overtone singing and atmospheric music in general. This new album by Lee Ellen Shoemaker is one of the most original and refreshing that I have ever heard. Recorded using an empty 2-million gallon cistern at old Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Washington, the compositions on Water Birth slowly evolve like a wordless mantra. ... echoing voices cascading against each harmonic overtone to produce a giant modulating chord. The album is excellently recorded, beautifully presented and divinely inspired. This is a unique listening experience that will take you on a trance-like journey to your inner self. Highly recommended.Expose Magazine Peter ThelenSpaces become instruments resulting in a tonal content that is at once spiritually charged, introspective and relaxing. What on the surface seems to be utterly simple is hauntingly beautiful and acoustically complex.

Location San Francisco, CA - USA

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