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Release Date: 22-10-2002
Label: Valley Entertainment
Catalog Number: VLT15162
Barcode: 618321516225
Musical Style: Chant
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Checking the Arithmetic [04:28] | 7 | The Homing Instinct [05:09] |
| 2 | Sleep [05:03] | 8 | Ganashyãma [06:52] |
| 3 | Shivo'ham, Shivo'ham [06:54] | 9 | River [04:26] |
| 4 | The Satellite Sky [03:34] | 10 | Jaya Vitthale [04:40] |
| 5 | I and Me [06:21] | 11 | Brink [05:33] |
| 6 | Corpse Waiting to Happen [04:32] | ||
Description:
The debut release from singer-songwriter Dave Stringer, Brink presents a colorful mosaic of sophisticated pop melodies and traditional Eastern music. This unique blend punctuates Stringer’s supple voice and passionately engaging lyrics, in English and Sanskrit.
Brink, the expansion of an EP by the same name which received widespread acclaim, includes four previously unreleased tracks and has been completely remastered.
This release boasts an impressive supporting cast including Greg Ellis and Azam Ali from Vas, Hans Christian from Rasa with Lionel Cole and Donna de Lory adding vocal support. The tracks also feature Suzanne Teng on flute and piccolo, and showcase Stringer’s faculty on a wide variety of exotic instruments.
Brink integrates western and eastern song styles with seductive rhythms and deep introspection in an accessible hour-long journey. Dave is one of the top two touring artists in this genre and one whose music crosses to several mainstream types of music.
Biography:
Initially trained as a visual artist and jazz musician, Dave Stringer started chanting in the early 1990's when a film editing project brought him to the ashram of Swami Muktananda in India. When the editing project ended, he remained in India to teach school in a rural village, and continued studying the traditions of yoga with Swami Chidvilasananda. After returning to the US, Dave taught meditation and chanting to prison inmates, and began leading kirtans at yoga studios in Los Angeles and Chicago.
Dave's sound marries the transcendent mysticism of traditional Indian instruments with the exuberant, groove-oriented sound of American gospel. A spontaneous and articulate public speaker, he probes the dilemmas of the spirit with a sly and unorthodox sense of humor. His work translates the ancient traditions of kirtan and yoga into inspiring and thoroughly modern participatory theatre, open to a multiplicity of interpretations, and accessible to all.
One of the most compelling and innovative musicians to have arisen from the yoga communities across the country, Stringer and and his band first started touring widely in 2000, playing up to six nights a week in yoga studios, art galleries and theaters from San Francisco to New York City and Minneapolis to New Orleans, In the past four years Dave has given 359 performances, with total attendance exceeding 25,000 people. He has sold more than 10,000 CDs, primarily at his concerts and on the internet.
Additional Attributes:
| Relaxing | Uplifting | Meditative | Exercise | Healing | Chant |
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