Consisting of one continuous 70-minute track, the music of this album is intended for use before, during, and after the birthing process, as a way to imprint on the baby, calm the mother, and unify those assisting.  Built around a looped recording of Mickey Hart’s pre-born son, Taro, with minimalistic bass, flute, and surdo drum accompaniment, the music achieves a neat-hypnotic steadiness of circularity.  The minor variations of each cycle are enough to keep the loops from devolving into utter pointlessness, but the likability of the end product is naturally something of high subjectivity.