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Sacred Travels

Oz has also made his own record, entitled All Around the World. It is an audio document of sacred spaces, capturing their acoustic and consciousness-altering properties. It is also the creation of new ambient spaces and new realities through audio collage, juxtaposition and cut-up techniques.

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