#96 Mester Bo and Tina Israni, play singing bowls, gongs, and conduct sound baths

Planetary Gig Talk

Mester Bo and Tina Israni form the group Ritual Sound in Copenhagen, and conduct sound baths by playing singing bowls, gongs, and the handpan. Their goal is for every home on the planet to have at least one singing bowl. Bo’s mother played piano, and Bo played various instruments through his life, guitar, piano, and saxophone, but a few years ago found the handpan, which is like an inverted steel drum instrument. He said the handpan came into his heart and he knew this was the instrument for him; “the instrument was waiting for me.” The handpan makes a very beautiful sound. Tina was born in New York but her family was from India, where she has lived. As a child she did a lot of dancing and moving her body to music, using her body as a musical instrument. She played a few instruments, but lost touch with music for a time. Recently, when dealing with some mental health issues, she got into sound healing and reiki, found a woman who played gongs, went to some sound baths, and at a gong training, she met Bo. She said that was sort of magical, there was amazing energy and she and Bo then started playing together. “We played (one time) and lost track of time and space and were just one with a sound wave.” During their sound baths, they play singing bowls, gongs, and the handpan, which helps tune the human body, because the human body is an instrument and sound can flow through us. Check out Ritual Sound on Facebook and http://mesterbo.dk/.