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Release Date: 03-10-2006
Label: Spirit Voyage Music
Catalog Number: CDS001004
Barcode: 660662915380
Musical Style: Chant
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angell's Waltz [12:23]  | 4 | Bolo Ram [08:02] |
| 2 | Adi Shakti [11:16] | 5 | Ra Ma Da Sa [13:29] |
| 3 | Gur Guru Wahe Guru [11:54] | 6 | Bhaja Man Mere [11:30] |
Review:
Sada Sat Kaur's voice has a way of simultaneously calming and invigorating you, and that makes sense, too. 'One thing that I love about Kundalini Yoga chants is that they're not only bhakti energy, which is devotional, but they're shakti, which is the power,' she says. 'They're juicy. They're gutsy.' Doing yoga is not necessarily a prerequisite for appreciating it, either. For anyone who feels bombarded by noise, stress, and distraction at every corner-and isn't that the habitual plight of the 21st-century humanoid?-the chants of Sada Sat Kaur act as something of a sonic antidote. 'We have so many thoughts going on all the time. We call it the monkey mind, because it's always jumping around,' she says. 'When you chant, you're giving your mind something to focus on that's going to transform you and uplift you.' In other words, Sada Sat's transformations are yours-and that, it turns out, is yet another source of astonishment. ---Jeff Gordinier
Description:
This is Sada Sat Kaur's first album. That, in and of itself, should be a source of astonishment. Angels' Waltz transcendent collection of chants in the ancient language of Gurmukhi takes you on a journey from Eno to Emmylou to India: perfect for meditation, asana practice, relaxation, or traffic jam tonic. You will come across ancient chants on this album, chants performed in the centuries-old language of Gurmukhi, but you'll also pick up traces of Sada Sat's childhood and college years, a time when she was immersed in bluegrass and folk. One day in the studio she leaned over to Toback and said, 'Don't take this the wrong way, but I really like country music.' Voila, Toback brought in roots-music virtuoso Greg Leisz, who has graced recordings by everyone from Joni Mitchell to Lucinda Williams to Wilco, and who can be heard here exploring the astral plane on banjo, pedal steel, lap steel, and dobro. Twang chant? Hey, maybe the Ganges and the Mississippi aren't so far apart, after all.
Biography:
Sada Sat's name represents within yogic circles the alchemy of everyday custom turned into high art. For over 30 years she has toured the world, chanting mantras and singing kirtan in ashrams, concert halls, schools and public parks. In India, audiences have been known to flock to her as if she were the Beatles. We play to crowds of 200,000 people, she says. For decades that sea of people has never managed to hoist Sada Sat Kaur toward a recording studio, until now. The feeling inside myself was that this was all going to happen when it was supposed to happen, she says, and it did. She grew up in New Jersey and graduated from New York University in the pivotal year of 1969; it wasn't long before she underwent a series of quick and dramatic changes. Watching the concert movie Woodstock, Sada Sat caught a brief glimpse of a man teaching Kundalini Yoga. As she puts it, I had to know what that was. Under the guidance of her teacher, Yogi Bhajan, she soon found herself drawn to the naad, the sound current, and the way chants could convert a room into a sphere of limitlessness. The mantras and the chanting were very powerful for me. It was magical. I heard it and I said 'what is that? I have to do that.' Sada Sat manages to find time for her music career in between teaching Kundalini Yoga, practicing classical homeopathy, and co-directing Golden Bridge Yoga Center in Los Angeles.
Additional Attributes:
| Relaxing | Uplifting | Meditative | Exercise | Healing | Chant |
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