SEROTONIN ASHRAM 
 
1.Follow Your Bliss 11:02
2.The Periphery 8:11
3.Faces In The Trees 10:54
4.Medicine Quest 10:26
5.Extended Stillness 8:08
6.Garunda Valley 10:07
 
Total Time 58:48
 
Instruments Used were various
synthesizers, samplers, shakers,
and voice tones
 
Released 2000
 
 "Serotonin Ashram" is a CD of music for the discovering mind. The music explores a vast
area of styles. From the opening track with its deep space sounds, rhythmic drums and
otherworldly processed vocal chants, to the track "Extended Stillness"with its slow ancient
reflections of discovering language, to the last track with its fast paced sequences. This is
another CD that is in a class by itself. Serotonin, being the chemical in the brain that basically
is a neurotransmitter that transmits messages from the physical senses across the synapses,
or gaps between adjacent cells and Ashram basically meaning temple or sanctuary. When you
combine the two terms, you basically have the meaning "Senses Of Sanctuary". This CD is
definitely a sanctuary of the senses. Highly recommended!
 
... this is yet another great new work from Robert. As he explains it, serotonin is a neurotransmitter
that communicates messages from the physical senses across the synapses in the brain. An ashram
is a temple or sanctuary. So this work is a sanctuary of the senses. Most any Carty's work is that,
but this one transmits some unique new sensations and feelings through your brain to your soul.
The sound is smooth, eloquent, mysterious, and even a bit erotic. "Faces In The Trees" is a
rhythmic, rich soundscape. The last two tracks are special too; "Extended Stillness" is brilliantly
haunting and mysterious, while the finale "Garunda Valley" seems to combine everything masterfully
together from an album that itself is full of variety. The last 4 minutes of "The Garunda Valley" are
specially scenic.
--Eric Mystic,DJ Music Programmer. 
 
A year 2000 release from Carty shows him starting the new millenium where he left the last one,
producing solid space music. From the ethereal nirvanic tones of "Follow Your Bliss" to the pulsing
rhythms of "Faces In The Trees," this is a strong release thoughout, with perhaps a little more
variety than past Carty releases, at least the ones I'm familiar with. I really enjoy his occasional delving
into slightly more aggresive electronic music here. Still for fans of relaxed space music, there is plenty
to savor, such as the soft flutes of "Medicine Quest." This, too, features a pulsing beat, but it is light,
and augments the spacier passages well. "Extended Stillness" should  appeal to Steve Roach fans,
with its deep drones and rainsticks, though Carty's bright synthesizer sounds are still present, of course.
Light rhythms appear again , enhancing "Garunda Valley." The rhythm carries almost to the end, then
fades as the music draws to a serene close. Trippy cover art adds to the space journey. Enjoy!
--Phil Derby, Music Reviewer.