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Release Date: 15-11-2006
Label: Spirit Voyage Music
Catalog Number: CDS001001
Barcode: 801898012027
Musical Style: Chant
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortunate [04:24]  | 5 | Humee Hum [04:38] |
| 2 | I Am [04:01] | 6 | Wah Yantee [05:00] |
| 3 | Wahe Guru [03:28] | 7 | Guru Ram Das [03:26] |
| 4 | Aap Sahaee [03:26] | 8 | Rise Up [04:48] |
Review:
Guru Singh with Seal & Friends' A Game of Chants is fresh in its simplicity. From my first listen, I was singing along! These chants resonate with love and devotion and a unique Western flair based in classic rock. Acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, keyboards and percussion are a refreshing shift from beat-driven, programmed, Eastern-style chant. Uplifting, rocking, even bluesy, these chants come from the kundalini yoga tradition of Yogi Bhajan. Seal joins in on some vocals, with his unique warm voice, and Lili Haden adds her violin expertise. - Debi Winston Buzi, YOGAChicago
Description:
It is now the 21st century and our rapidly shrinking planet has no more time to live without 'peace of mind' or 'peace on Earth'. We can't continue to characterize differences between people based on old paradigms of race, religion, culture or gender. A game of chance is a game of fate, played with cards of doubt, fear and mistrust. A Game of Chants is a game of destiny played with a sense of inner peace, awareness of natural ecology and human togetherness. In this game we create joy with sound.
Plato called it The music of the spheres, a phenomenon since ancient times linking the nature of our universe to sound. Scriptures around the world say, In the beginning was the word. Quantum physics claims The universe began with a Big Bang. The current theory of science reveals, At the core, everything is sound or 'Shabd' as it's called in Gurmukhi (the language of the mantras on this album). The foundation of sound is rhythm or taal. The entire universe moves in a rhythmic cycle; the galaxies, the suns, the moons, the planets, right down to the cells of life. The rhythms of the heart have inspired music throughout the ages and great music can heal the heart. This album is composed in a variety of very distinct heart rhythms.
Melody is a systematic variance in the rhythmic frequency of sound and it summons our moods and emotions. This album is freely composed in melodies that inspire our higher emotions. Among all the senses the eyes care linked most strongly to the brain, the nose to the emotional memory, and our ears to the heart. This is why listening to music helps our relating heart to heart. The voice is a broadcast of who we are and what we are, but often times the mind and voice wander and chatter without meaning. Chanting brings this mind into focus on an affirmation, a mantra, therefore reducing the chatter and finding its peaceful center. Mantra is more about what the sounds do physiologically than what they mean intellectually. So whether you understand the words of not, they are understood at some level and science has proven they have a profound affect on mind and body.
The yogic science of melody and ryhthm is called Laya yoga, a part of the greater science of Kundalini yoga. Yogi Bhajan brought Kundalini yoga out of India in 1969. He mastered this sacred science as a young man and came to the West to create teachers who would spread 'peace of mind' and 'peace on Earth'. He often says, If you don't see God in all - you don't see God at all. As the cover art depicts his words, souls come to this Earth completely equal, and with unique gifts.
Welcome to the world of sound. Fly with this music and its inspired words, unique rhythms and enchanting melodies. They define a new genre of 'Spirit Rock'. The artists involved have a common purpose of bringing peace and understanding from their hearts to yours. This album is dedicated to Yogi Bhajan and all of the peace workers on Earth. - Sat Nam. Guru Singh
Biography:
Guru Singh m.s.s., is a yogi, teacher, writer, composer-musician, shaman, ordained minister, healer, and most importantly as he says a family man, living in Los Angeles and sometimes in India, London and New Mexico. Living with his wife and their two children, his life exemplifies a delicate and vital balance; honoring family and personal commitments while maintaining his spiritual dedication to working with the people of this world.
As a writer and musician, he has several projects under construction. An album with Seal titled 'A Game of Chants' was released in 2001 and has been followed by two more. His first in a series of allegorical adventures, Buried Treasures, is ready for publishing now. He ís been the subject of many articles, both in the US and Europe; voted Best Guru by Los Angeles Magazine and featured in the current book Lives Charmed, by Linda Sivertsen - Guru Singh reaches throughout the world.
Additional Attributes:
| Relaxing | Uplifting | Meditative | Exercise | Healing | Chant |
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