New Age Vibe

Music has the magic of turning sadness into happiness, reality into dreamy, death to life (I have heard death-to-life Indian tales!). Often it happens… I found myself missed somewhere amidst New Age music, World, Celtic, Ambient, and Carnatic. I guess the title “I lost myself when I see them in Hang” may mean something dramatic if you are unaware of a relatively new musical Instrument “Hang”.
To my Enya and Yanni friendly ears, this very strange instrument become too close to heart as I do with Jim Brickman’s piano and Kitaro’s bells. Hang was created in Jan 2000 at Switzerland …read more

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Jonathan Still, classical guitarist and composer, makes me no wonder in producing so relaxing and peaceful album “Under the Bodhi Tree” for he came from a musical family. If he missed mom teaching him piano sure he would hear his sister play them on. That’s how Jonathan gets himself into music. Jonathan has composed and produced music for television and radio advertisements, music libraries, and independent movies and documentaries.

It was a fun experience which pushed him to record a second album which would eventually be known to the world as ‘Under the Bodhi Tree.’ The album picked up where the …read more

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Kitaro,Japanese composer and multi-instrumentalist, has gifted us highly melodic synthesizer music often associated with the new-age. He says of teaching himself, “I never had education in music, I just learned to trust my ears and my feelings.” He gives credit for his creations to a power beyond himself. “This music is not from my mind,” he said. “It is from heaven, going through my body and out my fingers through composing. Sometimes I wonder. I never practice. I don’t read or write music, but my fingers move. I wonder, ‘Who’s song is this?’ I write my songs, but they are …read more

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Be my Goddess,
True and honest
Let your beauty shine…
Feel the passion,
Love in action
Our union is Divine…
That’s my favorite song of this beautiful music album Mantras for Lovers. Sung by Rickie Moore and Henry Marshall, the song seems to be a beautiful romance between Shiva and Shakti. Henry’s voice is terrific!!!! You need to listen to appreciate the earthy voice of Henry which to an untuned ear may seem ghastly. Rickie voice is lovely and floating on air, balancing the earthly Henry’s.
I like each and every song of this album. Mood is very romantic. If you have good understanding of love and …read more

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I have listened to countless new age music albums, ranging from the old pure devotional songs, which has nothing ‘new’ to it, yet calling ‘new age’, to the most modern remixes which has nothing of the ‘new age spirit’. Yet there has been no worse music than Girish’s Shiva Machine in the new age genre so far I have listened to.
But there are reviews in all praise for this junk-food album.
Pushing the limits of the chant music genre in the most brilliant way Girish is a dynamic and exciting artist. –Aura Magazine
“Masterpiece” is not too strong a term for this …read more

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Track Listing
1. Moon Boat – Shang Shang Typhoon 2. Dokokade Yoruga Naita – Emme 3. Kokoro Ni Dakarete – Yoshida Brothers 4. Cradle Song – Zulya 5. Aka Tonbo – Aiko Shimada 6. Asadoya Yunta – Takashi Hirayasu 7. Om Ma Nye Bhe Mae Hum – Kelsang Chukie Tethong 8. Lullaby – Ali Akbar Khan 9. Lullaby – Lei Qiang 10. Amami No Komori Uta – Rikki

On my brother’s son’s first birthday (which was at beginning of this month), one of the gifts he received was a music cd of Putumayo Kids’ Asian Dreamland. My very …read more

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Never heard of such albums in my life: music to keep the pet dog happy. I wonder how it works! Driven by curiosity, am purchasing this music album while posting this. I’m going to test it with my dog: Shiva, the enlightened dog, and review it here. While humans still struggle to understand the human mind, it’s complex thoughts, desires, anxieties etc., venturing to understand dog’s emotions seems fictional to me now. Anyway, no comments until the real test is made and the judge is my dog.
My dog licking and biting my legs now, doesnt know that he is …read more

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This is a track from The Heart of Reiki by Merlin’s Magic. I like this track and was giving a thought to purchase it. But now am divided: a glance at Amazon customer reviews makes me optionless. Wow, reviews in two extremes. I’m in a beautiful mess!

Here are some snippets form Amazon customer reviews:
Same notes over and over The same notes were played in the background over and over. It was annoying. It overshadowed what was probably some really good music. I just couldn’t focus on anything else but the notes in the background. I am returning it.
Awesome relaxing CD …read more

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1. Celebration, Pt. 1 – George Brooks, Swapan Chaudhuri, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Larry Coryell, Vikku Vinayakram,
2. Celebration, Pt. 2 – George Brooks, Swapan Chaudhuri, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Larry Coryell, Vikku Vinayakram,
3. Creation, Pt. 1 – George Brooks, Swapan Chaudhuri, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Larry Coryell, Vikku Vinayakram
4. Creation, Pt. 2 – George Brooks, Swapan Chaudhuri, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Larry Coryell, Vikku Vinayakram,
5. Passion – George Brooks, Swapan Chaudhuri, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Larry Coryell, Vikku Vinayakram

Before I say a word about this album, I humbly apologize for the title and rest of the post, as I have great love for his music and respect as a musician …read more

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Dear midos, recently I read an album review on Jamshied Sharifi “One” which either have known Jamshied Sharifi or his album “One” (truly speaking!). But from the review I had a great insight of the album. Reviewer Lou Novacheck has mended his words with all his love for this cd yet he has analyzed greatly. Here are the excepts from the review.
The first few notes of the first cut, also the title cut, made me do a double-take, making me check that I’d put the correct CD on. The first few seconds sounded decidedly Japanese, with a soaring female voice. …read more

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