Crystal Wind
Cafe Tropique takes the listener to the tropics as the band expresses special appreciation for the beautiful Pacific Rim, integrating styles of Jazz, Classical, Reggae and Rock.
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Jonathan Goldman
Created for the opening of the acclaimed new spirituallly-oriented nightclub, Spirit NY, this CD is a fusion of ancient sacred sounds and modern dance beats, creating an enchanting musical hybrid that is guaranteed to get your feet moving and your chakras resonating. ChakraDance was created by empowered Chant Master and pioneering Sound Healer, Jonathan Goldman, as a vibrational shifting tool for movement and dance. Combining state-of-the-art technology with time honoured, sacred chakra tones and ancient chants, Goldman has created a musical first - a techno journey through the chakras. Using Sanskrit mantras, Kabbalistic vowels, Pythagorean tuning forks, environmental effects, Psychoacoustic frequencies, Tibetan chanting, bells and bowls, vocal incantations, synthesizers, and driving dance rhythms, this recording is an extraordinary creation.
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Prem Joshua
Joshua, who plays soprano sax, bamboo flutes, sitar, santoor (Persian hammered dulcimer) and dilruba (an ancient Arabic bowed instrument) weaves exotic dance grooves into iridescent tapestries with threads of Arabic folk, African, desert tribal, soft jazz and Indian ragas. He also includes musicians from Europe and India. The range of world instrumentation, including an awe inspiring host of percussion, and the all original tracks guarantee that Desert Visions is as fresh as the dawn wind in the desert. The music is infectiously celebratory with a stunning vocalization mimicking tablas, keyboards swelling in the background, tablas, sitar and more fire off in a romp across the fantastic deserts of our imagination.
Neal Schon
A strong, emotion-filled and multi-dimensional collection of original instrumentals, Electric World promises to extend Neal Schon’s reputation as an innovative guitarist, who can paint musical images as powerful as those of any vocalist. Contributers to the album include former Santana percussionist Michael Carabello, jazz-fusion basist Alphonso Johnson, Journey drummer Steve Smith and master Indian percussionist Zakir Hussain. Two CDs for the price of one.
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Gabrielle Roth
We were all born to move, to surrender to the beat. Roth calls her form of ecstatic dance THE WAVE. It’s a moving meditation and a great workout, using five basic rhythms that form a map to your innermost being.
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Cybertribe
Cybertribe, headed by J.Deere, is a composite of renowned underground house and rave artists that have taken the international market by storm. The creative force behind Cybertribe, is a classically trained musician who inevitably got involved with the ever-evolving electronic music technology. It was his exposure to the Australian didgeridoo that attracted him to Australian culture and heritage. From this was born the signature Cybertribe style mixing hot electronic beats and lounge sounds with traditional aboriginal didgeridoo. Cybertribe's hallmark global fusion strikes some hidden tribal chord deep within the modern soul. A mix of cool rhythms married to a lounge sound make Eons of Dignity the perfect addition to any music collection.
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Babaji Bob Kindler & Jai Ma Music
This almost-ambient and nearly-echoing production of the original compositions by Babaji is awash with flowing Eastern rhythms and Western dramatic flair. How this four piece band produced such a lush, full symphonic sound out of one autoharp, a cello, a flute, a tabla and a table tarong is the sound engineer’s secret. The unusual mix of instruments creates a surprisingly satisfying sound. Resonating cello, or sometimes flute, deeply penetrates the belly while the listener floats on a stream of mellow autoharp punctuated by soulful comments of the tabla.
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Richard Buxton
Jazz influenced keyboard melodies are accompanied by guitars, saxophones, exquisite percussion and harmonic nature sounds. This is a musical portrait of our planet's complex harmonies and elegant simplicity - great for a cruise down the highway or across the sea.
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Kitaro
Kitaro embarks on a journey deeply rooted in centuries old tradition and respect for our planet, Gaia, Mother Earth. Originating in the 1,200 year old Kojiki, the Onbashira Matsuri, which inspires this music, is a festival of spiritual cleansing which takes place every seven years in the Shinano-no-kuni region (modern day Nagano) of Japan. Distinguished by warmth and emotion this is one of Kitaro’s freshest and most exciting recordings.
Ashik
The uplifting songs on this CD combine the old dancing world of Ireland, Hungary, Russia and rural America with a compelling original beat. Ashik's music reflects the many musical worlds he has traveled in. He was born in England in 1948, and studied violin from the age of ten. At 14 he was given a guitar and learned to play classical guitar and a variety of folk and blues styles. After graduating in philosophy from the University of Oxford in 1968 he founded the acoustic trio "Mythica" that made a mark in English clubs and on the BBC with a blend of folk, blues and poetry. Since then he has combined his love of music and wandering to acquire a unique range of expression. In Southern California in the 70's he played surf music with the Chantays, rock with the notorious Flying Crowbar, and reggae with the Roots Band, while moonlighting in Hollywood as a studio violinist for country sessions. In 1977 he wandered through Mexico and Central America on foot, supporting himself by playing tin whistle on the streets. He went to India in 1979, backpacking his violin through the Himalayas, and settled at the Rajneesh ashram where he played with musicians from all over the world and learned to play the electric bass. In London in the early 80's he went deep into the Irish music of his roots, and joined the Medina Ceilidh band on fiddle. He moved to Japan in 1989 where he played Irish dances on the streets of Yokohama and toured and recorded in Japan and Europe with the legendary Okinawan folk singer Shokichi Kina. Feeling the urge to express this lifetime of experience in music of his own, he spent a year building a digital recording studio high in the Colorado rockies outside Boulder. Gypsy Soul is the first product of this studio.
Hamsafar is the meeting of multi-instrumentalist Prem Joshua, with 14 other musicians from India, Japan and Europe, combining his masterful soprano saxophone playing and soaring flute lines with spacious keyboards, ethnic sounds and the haunting rhythms of the deserts, bazaars and gardens of the East.
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Vidroha Jamie
Indo Reel is a stunning follow up to Jamie's third album, Celtic Ragas, which garnered this praise from Paul McCartney, "I love the blend of Indian and Celtic styles in this music. It is one of my favorite CDs." Guitars, tablas, violin, piano, bamboo flutes, trumpet, sitar, bass, and drums give voice to Jamie’s richly layered compositions. Innocent, joyful, sometimes haunting, Indo Reel alternates intimate dialogues between bamboo flutes and sitar, ("From an Unknown Heart") and a guitar / trumpet duet ("The River") with a full band of guitar, bass, drums, sitar, flutes, and tables, as in "Night Falls." Jamie’s family roots are in Ireland, and in the 90’s he was steeped in the meditation and celebration of India, where he lived for twelve years imbibing the meditative approach to music there. In that environment his musical expression shifted from rock and blues to the mystical relationship between music, silence, and meditation. Indo Reel features a group of world class musicians including Kit Walker (jazz piano, nominated for a Grammy for his work with Jai Uttal on the album "Mondo Rama"), Prem Joshua (sitar, bamboo flutes, thirteen world music CDs), Toni Marcus (violin, received "Most Valuable Player of the Year Award" for her work with Van Morrison in the late 70's including the CD "Into the Music"), and Manish Vyas (tablas).
Greg Ellis
Greg Ellis' work emerges from a spiritual place deep within and defies global boundaries. On Kalarupa, literally translated as 'time form', Ellis re-creates the sacred music used by primitive tribes to meditate and transcend. Kalarupa is a journey through various forms of rhythm and time, from ambient space to ecstatic drumming, opening windows of transcendence. "A visionary work...beautifully played...it dances, it entrances, it bristles with a magical glow." - Mickey Hart.
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James Asher
Following the success of his Aboriginal-African dance album, 'Feet in the Soil', James Asher was inspired by the sparkle and vibrancy of Rajasthan to create an album celebrating its power and mysterious appeal. In the year spent building this idea, James was able to track down twenty of the finest musicians Indian and Western, who would help craft the uniquely magical impression made by India. The resulting album was 'Tigers of the Raj', but James was keen to see how others could expand this vision through re-interpretation. He invited pioneers in the field of dance music to contribute their own remixes. The seventy minutes of this CD are a testament to the width and breadth of a growing and innovative musical area, fuelled by a rich cultural heritage, and bubbling with creative innovation. A romantic view of Rajasthan's splendour takes on new dimensions when explored with the imagination and expertise of these masters in world fusion. Infectious intricate grooves carry you through the mystique and magnetism of India in her finest guise.
Delerium
A magical blend of sound that brings to mind Enigma and Deep Forest. Karma is ethereal and earthy, spiritual music with a techno world beat. Sarah McLachlan heads a sparkling list of featured vocalists. This is a gem that you can’t miss.
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Bodhi Khalid
Lesiem
Enigma meets Pink Floyd!
"The eyes may be the doorway to the soul, but the voice is the chariot to the heavens! Take a journey through the spiritual world of Lesiem with this aptly-named CD. Born out of a male voice choir, the group combines Gregorian chants with worldbeat loops, guitars and dreamlike voices, soaring across the heavens with their own brand of mystic pop and bringing a unique style of ancient tradition to the modern world. Enigma meets Pink Floyd." - Lloyd Barde, Backroads Music.
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Manish Vyas
Hypnotic atmospheres and Indian instrumentation co-mingle on Sattva, an album of illuminating music of divine love from Manish Vyas. Electronic beats mix with the earthy sound of the tabla, synthesizer ambience creeps around in the backdrop and instruments like the bamboo flute, sitar, santoor, strings and keyboards comprise the exotic harmonies. SATTVA is Indian music with a contemporary finish - it's smooth, fluid and meditative. It is equally suitable for yoga or simply relaxing with your thoughts. Guest artists include Prem Joshua and Bikram Singh.
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Secret of the Wind is an uplifting musical magic carpet ride effortlessly crossing the borders between East and West - yet keeping in touch with the earth through strong ethnic rhythms. A host of international musicians have contributed to this album which features bamboo flutes, soprano sax, keyboards, drums, bass, tabla, violin, guitar, sitar, voices and numerous other ethnic percussion. Innovative and enchanting. Highly recommended. One of our favourites.
Al Gromer Khan & Emin Corrado
World ambient music pioneer Al Gromer Khan collaborates with producer Emin Corrado to revisit elements of ritual dance and electronic space on Tantra Electronica. The mood is mesmerising, evocative, sensual, erotic, and engaging. Another level of consciousness can be reached through listening to Tantra Electronica.
Michael Deep
The debut album from Michael Deep, who has been described as a mellower version of Andreas Vollenweider, is a sensual journey through Jazz and Rock influenced rhythms. Also a consummate guitarist, Michael created the album after he developed his own electro-acoustic harp. "Thru the Harp" is deeply emotional and fully alive.
Tya
The inspiration for this music came from a stay in Australia and a deep experience of the aboriginal culture. Rhythmic percussion, chant-like vocals, keyboards and computer programming blend together in a marvellous musical otherworldly orchestra. "Tya is the Aboriginal word for the earth, and this music, created by Martin Scherl with some help from the Bulgarian voices and Brian de Rose of Cybertribe, evokes ancestral memories of being part of everything. "From the vast magnetic fields of the planet down to the vibration of a single atom, the wave-like motion of the universe is felt in every corner, every cell of our individual and collective being." Mirroring this "Aboriginal view of the earth as a living body" is achieved through a steady heartbeat-like rhythm that weaves through much of the album, overlaid by complex but harmonious vocal patterns . The resulting whole is an opulent, sensually arousing tapestry." - NAPRA Review.
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Ganga Giri
Ganga Giri takes the hypnotic qualities of the didgeridoo and incorporates it with dance grooves that are both organic and synthetic. He has recorded with the likes of Peter Gabriel and performed at many renowned festivals through out the world. Ganga's percussive talent became apparent at the age of 8, when he started playing an array of rhythm-producing instruments. But it was a dream that inspired him to embark on a self-taught journey to didgeridoo mastery. Ganga has subsequently gained the respect of Aboriginal elders for his unique style of didj playing, and has paid his respects to the land where, thousands of years ago, the first person breathed circularly into a termite-hollowed eucalyptus branch. The raw indigenous sounds of the Australian outback meet the synthetic wizardry of the studio on this neo-Aboriginal collage. Swirling percussion such as talking drums, bongos and various shakers complement the earthly drone of the didj amidst a whirl of nature and vocal samples.
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