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Release Date: 22-07-2004
Label: Spirit Voyage Music
Catalog Number: CDS001248
Barcode: 801898004923
Musical Style: New Age
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ma [09:54]  | 4 | Sharade [11:01] |
| 2 | Hk Ambient [07:43] | 5 | Gopala [08:55] |
| 3 | Hanuman [07:18] | 6 | Shri Ram [08:24] |
Reviews:
“....a golden voice....whose soulful tenor, complemented beautifully by the strong backup vocals of Wah!, Donna DeLory, and the rich and vibrant Cece White, is undeniably inviting. Whether it is his Sanskrit rap on Hanuman, or Tony Bray's sweet alto sax on HK Ambient that recalls Dave Matthews, .....as a whole Reveal is an affirming, fresh take on traditional kirtan.” - (Adam Skolnick, LA Yoga Magazine)
“The most sensational Sanskrit chant music ever! I love Girish's voice and rhythm. This CD lights up a yoga class and everyone asks 'Where can I get it?'” - (Gurmukh, founder, Golden Bridge Yoga) ^ “PElectric! This beautiful offering pulses with global rhythms, sweet melodies and heartfelt devotion. A musical tapestry that invokes the heart and lifts the spirit. The spirit and power of these ancient healing mantras are alive and well through Girish's music.” - (Saul David Raye Yoga teacher / co-founder of The Sacred Movement Center, Los Angeles, CA)
“Girish, it's beautiful.....really enjoying it. This is the beauty, that you expanded into Grace. That's what I get from it.” - (WAH!, Kirtan artist)
“Girish, you sing like an angel on a lovely wave of sound. I have been listening to the CD and played it this morning in class. Delightful. I'm humming Gopala....” - (Kristin Olson founder, URBAN YOGA CENTER, Palm Springs, CA)
Description:
Popular percussionist Girish is blasting through the defining boundaries of the chant music genre, bringing a fresh, exciting, and yet deeply spiritual interpretation that is sure to change the way that audiences and performers think of chant music. You may readily recognize the familiar sound of Girish's tabla playing, which has consistently graced popular chant recordings for the last decade. He has accompanied such celebrated artists as Snatam Kaur, Krishna Das, Rasa, Thomas Barquee, Dave Stringer, and Wah! Now Girish is revolutionizing the world of chants with his funky, stirring style. On his new CD, Reveal, he intelligently incorporates pop, jazz, and folk nuances into ancient Sanskrit mantras. His voice is well trained through years of studying Sanskrit and chanting for hours a day, year after year.
Biography:
For as long as he can remember, Girish has created rhythm to accompany life. When he was eight years old, his parents gave him a little red snare drum as a bargaining tool to stop him from banging on everything else in the house. In his teens, he started experimenting with pop, rock, jazz and orchestral music. His first experience of music as sacred art came in college, playing with jazz bands. This came just as Girish was feeling pulled toward a sacred life. A college philosophy class inspired him to explore spirituality through Kundalini yoga, meditation, and the study of Eastern scriptures. By the time of his college graduation, Girish was so deep into these practices that he decided to move into an ashram in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Girish lived in the ashram for five years, giving up music and taking the vows of a monk in the divine mother tradition called Dakshina Marg or Mahashakti Yoga. As a monk in the ashram he spent hours every day chanting. Girish also studied Sanskrit as a means to understand the deeper meanings of these ancient chants, and helped his teacher translate dozens of hymns. One day he happened upon a set of tablas at the ashram and was instantly compelled to play them. This event set him on a life-changing course. Guided as always by rhythm, and now by his spiritual pursuits, Girish began to study tablas with Jagadessh in the nada yoga tradition (yoga of sound current), which emphasized the spiritual import of music. He also travelled to New York to learn the art of Indian drumming at Siddha Yoga Ashram. After New York, Girish then hooked up with the musician and spiritual teacher Bob Kindler, known as Babbaji. It became clear to him that his innate musical passions did not conflict with, but in fact lead to a spiritual livelihood. Girish also studied with legendary tabla master Swapan Chanduri at the Ali Akbar School of Music in Marin County, California. Krishna Das was just gaining popularity at that time and Girish played with him regularly. In this context, Girish was quickly introduced to a wider world of music for yoga. Soon he was accompanying many of the names in the yoga music genre, including Wah!, Dave Stringer, Thomas Barquee, Snatam Kaur, Shanti Shanti, Steve Ross, Swaha, and Rasa. Girish continues to explore and expand musical borders, and has found new avenues for his artistic expression. Yearning to express the power of Sanskrit mantras through his own voice has been a driving force behind his new CD, Reveal, fittingly titled because it reveals this artist's multi-layered musical talent, which is firmly rooted in his spiritual explorations.
Additional Attributes:
| Relaxing | Uplifting | Meditative | Exercise | Healing | Chant |
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