SLUMBERINGSHAMAN

Native American flute, held long enough to fall asleep to.

Thirty-seven pieces so far. The catalogue is still being added to.

The musician behind Slumbering Shaman, seen from behind, wearing a shirt printed with the Dakota’s Journey chameleon

Behind the name

it's just me, and a piano

There's no band and no studio team. It's just me, working alone in Berlin from the first note to the final mix. I trained as a pianist, and it still shows: even the ambient pieces are built the way a pianist thinks, one line at a time. The instruments change from track to track. I don't.

A tall waterfall dropping through a granite gorge, framed by rock walls and dense evergreen trees

The sound

One flute, and enough space to breathe.

Slumbering Shaman is for the hours when you do not need music to lead the way. Late at night, early in the morning, or during a quiet afternoon at your desk, these pieces are there without asking much from you.

Most of them are short and simple by design. They can loop gently in the background, turning minutes into something that feels less measured and more open.

This is an independent project, released gradually since January 2024. There is no final chapter planned, only new volumes added over time.

Alessandro with his head bowed, hair falling over his face, alone in a quiet room

No stage, no lights

the quiet happens first

He works this out alone, usually late, with no one else around. By the time a track is finished, most of the deciding already happened in a room like this one. What you hear is just what was left standing.

Start here

three rooms

The catalogue is not sorted by date. It is sorted by what you are doing. Play any of these in full, right here.

For sleep

Winter's Slumber

Dawn, Vast Sky, Deep Roots, Blossom, Fruitful Spirit. Five pieces, seven minutes end to end — short enough to loop until you stop noticing it.

For meditation

Dakota's Journey

Ancestors, two meditations and a flute lullaby, ending on Reborn. The fullest EP, and the one that sits still the longest.

For slow work

Native Flute Journey

Sacred Sky, Native Flute Journey, Grounding Flute. Three and a half minutes that loop without a seam behind whatever you are doing.

A circular ink emblem drawn like a halo, with the word HUMAN glowing at its center, the letter M tinted pale green

How it gets used

music that stays nearby

You can listen closely, but you do not have to. Slumbering Shaman makes quiet ambient flute music for sleep, reading, focus, and slow evenings at home. These pieces move gently and leave enough space around themselves to become part of the room.

There is no story to follow and nothing that asks for your attention. Just a flute, a little light, and music that stays nearby.

If you forget it is playing, it is doing what it was made to do.

The musician behind Slumbering Shaman working at his desk, seen from above, surrounded by a keyboard, laptop, monitor and microphone

Where it comes from

the forest was here before the studio

Long before any of this was recorded, it was listened to. The sound of a flute in open air, under trees, is the first version of everything that ended up on a record. The studio came later. The forest didn't.

The catalogue