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At nearly 10 minutes per track, each murmuring piece on Heartbeat: Rhythm of the Infinite serves as a brief meditation on positive thinking. Mixing recorded heartbeats with woodwinds, along with strings and vocal melodies born of Egyptian and Sanskrit mysticism, Heartbeat represents what's stereotypically New Age. There are also baby gurgles, rain sticks, hand drums, and flutes. The intent of such music is to promote healing and unity of mind-body-spirit. It's all perfectly appropriate as massage accompaniment, but outside that context listeners may find themselves uncomfortably stifling giggles. While the ideas presented are entirely likable, there's so much going on at once that Heartbeat is essentially overly stimulating, and suffers from coming across as a little too twee for the average music lover. --Paige La Grone