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Manish Vyas fuses East and West in Sattva

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:48:18 +0000

Essence of being is poured in a gentle stream of music by Manish Vvyas in Sattva. Splendid rhythms and seductive musicality of Manish Vvyas pull you to the space of nowhere, drown you in east-and-west fusions, and sure in dynamic vocal sky. In Sattva Eastern mantras and ancient chants combine with western electornica & percussions to give an ecstasy of joy and fresh air around us. I remember quite before I was in dileema Whose Sattva is better? Manish Vyas or Oliver Shanti?

Often I used to wonder the power of vocal in Manish Vvyas albums particularly in Sattva. Delicate vocal in ‘Ishq’,’ Tumi Bhaja Re Mana’ and ‘Om Namo Narayana’ are my piece of cake and hope you too like. I would say Sattva is more than the music of Sitar, Bamboo flute, Violin, Santoor, Tables and Percussion.

I recommend this album for yoga, meditation, spa music and enlightened listening. Each time you listen you get refresh. Sattva is a silent prayer of a music devoted soul – you, me and Vvyas.

Buy Manish Vyas’s Sattva

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Promoting a Child Rapist Music? I am ashamed

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:44:30 +0000

While I was writing this post, I received an email from one of my friend who closely reads my blog. The email hurt me a lot and put myself in a moral dilemma. For I never knew that Oliver Shanti had developed a bad reputation for himself by involving in massive crimes, sexually exploiting children (over thousand, it is said) until my friend said those in his email. The mail shocked me to the core and made me think a lot about why I should write a music post on such a person? Should I just look at his music and shouldn’t bother about his personal life (public crimes) when I write a music review?

I like this music of Oliver Shanti but I dont know if I will listen it anymore after reading some horrible facts about Oliver Shanti.

The music is one of my favorite tracks but now am in utter dilemma. Should I now love or hate Oliver Shanti’s music? Because I love children (not just children, but living beings as a such) and I cannot imagine (nor show my liking for) a person so animalistic as raping 1000 children. At the same time, I’m a music critic who loves (and rates) music unprejudiced about the person who composed it. Still, I’m no Buddha to overlook such a big nasty crime. I welcome my Midos (readers) to share their views on this.

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Wolf Song | Oliver Shanti

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:44:18 +0000

Here is another video post on Oliver Shanti’s music. It’s one of the most popular o Oliver Shanti’s composition: Wolf Song. Maybe this will acknowledge why I prefer Oliver Shanti to be the next one after Buddha Bar.

Here again, like in my previous post, the video has nothing to do with the original recording of Oliver Shanti. It’s just a mix of his music with some nice beautiful scenery.

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