Shabda : शब्द

Healing songs of the gentle giants of the deep echo throughout this unique collaboration of whale and man. Kamal, winner of Australia’s prestigious Dolphin Award for musical excellence, blends authentic recordings of humpback whales with flute and soft synthesizer to create an atmosphere supportive of the healing energies of Reiki.

Chamras has composed more than a thousand songs, a hundred of them were played as theme songs in movies. He won many times for domestic and international awards like The Best Music from 32nd Asia-Pacific Film Festival 1987 Taipei. The Music of the Chao Phraya River, a reflection of the musician’s childhood by the riverside

Compelling duets and kirtan call-response between Guru Ganesha Singh and Snatam Kaur, whose unforgettable voices create a counterpoint of masculine and feminine, strength and sweetness, earth and ether.

Each track on JIA PENG FANG BEST combines soaring Chinese melodies with Western pop orchestrations. The niko is an extremely expressive instrument, and in Fang’s hands, it is used to create long, legato phrases. Never does Fang pluck this instrument or play any kind of staccato passages. In contrast, this music is smooth, steady, and flowing. Highlights include the tranquil “Seishu (Pure)” and the innocent “Memory of Childhood.” BEST is a picturesque and charming overview of Fang’s work.

Recorded live in Australia, America, Germany and Denmark, Satsang reveals the power and simplicity of Deva Premal and Miten’s live performances. As it is with satsang meditation, Deva Premal and Miten share their music without applause, inviting the listener to participate by joining with the chant, and by sitting with closed eyes for the duration of the meditation.

The CD includes excerpts from the following books of Gibran Khalil Gibran – The Prophet “and” The processions; of Omar Khayyam – “The Rubaiyat” and Jalal Ud-Din Rumi – “Mystical Poems – Divan of Shams of Tabriz.”

“Mystical Poems of the Orient” is a treatise on Transcendence. Both Music, and Poetry, insist and point to the transience of human dreams and the enduring values of the Spirit. The end result for the attentive listener is a great transformation of consciousness.

In most musical instruments the resonator is made of wood while the actual sound generator is of animal origin. In cultures where music is still used as a magical force, the making of an instrument always involves the sacrifice of a living being. That being’s soul then becomes part of the instrument and in the tones that come forth, the ‘singing dead,’ who are ever present with us, make themselves heard.