Rhythm · attention · return

Spirit Drum

Listen, attend, return.

A guided rhythm and reflection practice built on original drum-led audio, timed stages and a private journal. Documented context about Evenki drum traditions sits beside it, clearly kept apart from the modern exercise.

In development · not yet on Google PlayPrivacy policyHistory & boundaries
Inside the app

What you can do

I

Two listening practices

The listening journey moves through intention, listening, an imagined or remembered landscape, and return. Rhythm and silence is a shorter study of how attention changes when sound stops.

II

Timed stages

Choose a session from 1 to 60 minutes. A stage countdown shows where you are; pause, resume, end or mark a moment at any point.

III

Original audio

Newly composed, synthesized four-stage percussion with volume and mute controls. Audio stops when you leave the practice screen.

IV

A private journal

Every session is recorded automatically. Add reflections, edit them later, and export the whole journal as a JSON file if you choose.

Screens

From the running app

Spirit Drum: Home screen. The listening path: the drum, a source note, and the two practices.
HomeThe listening path: the drum, a source note, and the two practices.
Spirit Drum: Practice screen. A paused session, with time remaining, the stage countdown and audio controls.
PracticeA paused session, with time remaining, the stage countdown and audio controls.
Spirit Drum: Journal screen. A demonstration reflection, saved privately on the device.
JournalA demonstration reflection, saved privately on the device.
Spirit Drum: More screen. Settings, methodology, privacy and the full sources and references.
MoreSettings, methodology, privacy and the full sources and references.

Captured on the Android emulator from a review build. Journal text is demonstration content.

History & boundaries

What comes from the record, and what is new

EVIDENCEFrom the historical record

  • Evenki traditions are living and locally diverse. The app points to a collaborative Pitt Rivers Museum project that includes Evenki knowledge holders.
  • Documented ethnography describes the drum as a possible means of travel, with meanings that differ between communities.

MODERNMade for this app

  • The percussion and the guided sequence are newly composed. They are not a traditional song, an initiation, or a recording of an Evenki ceremony.
  • The app does not represent a lineage or claim any endorsement. Images and landscapes you notice are treated as your own experience, not proof of an encounter.

Sources named in the app: Pitt Rivers Museum, Journey in Evenki Cosmology · Russian Museum of Ethnography, drum and baton

Spirit Drum is a contemporary contemplative experience for study and reflection. It does not promise contact, prediction, initiation, healing or any other outcome, and it is not medical or psychological advice.

The details

Privacy and release

StatusIn development · not yet on Google Play
PlatformAndroid 8.0 or later
Your dataNo account, ads or analytics. Your journal stays on your device.
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