Karen Salicath’s “Wings of Gabriel I” feels like stepping into a quiet pocket of the universe, one of those places where everything slows down and you suddenly notice the way light moves. This opening piece from Wings of Gabriel, her 11-track, three-wing journey inspired directly by Archangel Gabriel, sets the emotional tone for the entire project.
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What makes this release so wild is the origin story: every single piece came to her in dreams over the last year. Not metaphors, actual dream transmissions. She’d wake up before sunrise, sit at her Golden Age Steinway, and get the music down while the world was dead still. You can literally hear that silence in “Wings of Gabriel I.” The track plays like a message you’re not supposed to rush, a slow-moving stream of piano notes that feel more like energy than melody.
This first wing focuses on Gabriel’s softness: gentle movements, subtle shifts, and this low-key glow that hangs around long after the track ends. It doesn’t push or preach; it just exists, like light coming through sheer curtains. And knowing that it was engineered by Maria Tiana, the legend who’s worked with Aretha, Dylan, Whitney, Sting, Elvis, and a whole cathedral of icons, gives the sound this almost sacred clarity. Everything is warm, rounded, and so intentionally placed.
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“Wings of Gabriel I” is one of those tracks you put on when your brain feels overstimulated and you need a reset button. It’s spiritual without being heavy, emotional without being dramatic. It feels like someone touching your shoulder and telling you to just breathe for a sec.
If the rest of the album is anything like this opening wing, listeners are in for a slow, luminous journey one that guides you inward whether you planned for that or not.
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