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Waking Vision: Into High Selva

by Phil DiPietro
May 14, 2005

Waking Vision is about all that is natural--not in the crunchy-earthy world of the neo-hippie jam, but in the sense of emotional transparency and oneness in nature that aspires to a higher plane--one they're capable of reaching, transporting us with them, through their music.

In 2001, this trio of Pittsburgh's John Shannon on guitar, Long Island's Mitch Cohn on electric bass, and Slovakia's Martin Valihora on drums issued a fantastic debut release called The Ancient Bloom. This one radicalizes their ...