by Jim BrenholtsChakra Suite is a reworking of Steven Halpern's debut CD, Spectrum Suite. He has added an ethereal texture to the original set to create an absolutely chilling effect. Halpern has a lot of people fooled; they try to write him off as new age fluff and a Muzak maker. Indeed, some of his more lightweight stuff deserves the brush-off. But when he's on, man, he's on! This simple minimalism is psychoactive and hypnotic. Halpern's reputation as a sound healer is legendary, and this is an extension of that reputation. This CD includes the original and reworked suites and excerpts from other sound-healing discs.