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Gratitude
Joy - Anand Anugrah and Paul Avgerinos
I'm very sensitive
to all kinds of stimuli, which makes me a
fussy spa customer. Usually something has
to be changed. I'm especially sensitive when
it come to music. So much "spa music"
is piano and flute, which is way too stimulating
for me. But I would be perfectly happy with
a new CD from Real Music called "Gratitude
Joy". It's beautiful devotional chanting
with Indian instruments like the tabla, and
I love the idea behind it -- gratitude. One
of the artists, Anand Anugrah, says he is
expressing gratitude to existence through
a devotional singing of "om." It
has timeless feeling that lets you float along,
and I love it. If you like a lot of different
"songs" it's not the CD for you,
but if you like beautiful chanting that is
spiritual and soothing, it will put your mind
and spirit at ease.
- Anitra Brown,
Spa Guide at About.com |
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InSPAration
- Various Artists
The
folks at Real Music offer yet another excellent
compilation CD. While the selections are never
too rapid for bodywork, they are also never
too slow or monotoned for yoga. This CD offers
a soothing variety of music to which stretching
exercises of any kind or quiet meditation
are a natural companion. Artists include Peter
Sterling,
Gandalf and Paul
Machlis and it includes pianist Kevin
Kern and harpist Hilary
Stagg. Although each artist is distinctive,
each of the thirteen tracks flow smoothly
into the next, but each also has its own distinctive
sound...The relaxing but upbeat nature of
this CD makes it really excellent for massage
therapy!
- Worldwide Spa Review |
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Sacred River
- Gandalf
For clients who
want to relax to sounds reminiscent of flowing
water, Gandalf’s Sacred River mixes
acoustic, classical, and electric guitars
with keyboard, percussion, and piano. Inspired
by Siddhartha, Herman Hesse’s famed
character who learns to listen to the voices
of the river, this collection of music, with
songs like “Take Me Gently Across the
Water,” is ideal for meditation, yoga,
or simply relaxing and escaping from the hectic
world for awhile.
-Nicole Palmieri,
American Spa
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Joy of Life
- Karunesh
This
ambient, heart-centered album features Indian-inspired
melodies that will spark your creative side.
Karunesh studied with musicians from around
the world for five years while living in a
German ashram. Now he creates spiritually
oriented world-fusion CDs. In Joy of Life,
he blends the modern and traditional, the
acoustic and electric, to create tunes that
open the heart and quiet the mind. Most songs
open like a prayerful surrender, with mystical
chimes and introspective single notes from
a haunting female Indian vocalist, or an Indian
violin, sitar, or bansuri (bamboo flute).
These notes are soon joined by hypnotic percussion
to create vibrant yet nurturing tracks. Each
song is a story – a story of love, loss,
hope, and sadness that graces a life fully
embraced.
- Crystal Dawes, Yoga
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Liquid Mind
VIII: Sleep - Liquid Mind
Here are six compositions
by performer and composer Chuck Wild and the
result is 56 minutes worth of synthetic-based
ethereal sounds that are intended to help
you go to sleep. The album even comes with
a warning that the compositions may cause
drowsiness. Endorsed by William C. Dement
M.D. Ph. D, who directs a sleep disorder research
center at the Stanford University School of
Medicine, these compositions are written with
calming atmospheric patches that serve its
purpose well.
The first track “Night Light”
is lovely, and kind and very benevolent. The
dynamics fluctuate such that you don’t
notice them and the strings feel soft and
organic, rather than synthetic. In “Moment
of Grace” Wild uses ascending chord
progressions that sustain long and offer little
brightness. The longest composition on the
album is “Journey to Peace,” which
really is an appropriate title. The music
is extremely gentle and angelic and is not
meant to be analyzed from a musical point
of view. Wild is a passionate advocate of
using ultraslow music in healing settings
and the sound design of this composition can
be used in treating anyone with anxiety disorders.
The music is instrumental, quiet and certainly
calming. It is very professional in production
and can be recommended for sleep situations.
- Michael R. Mullura, LA Yoga |
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Elements Series:
Fire - Peter Kater
Beyond Earth, Air, and Water,
it is Fire, one of the four CDs that comprise
Peter Kater's "Elements Series"
that received a 2007 Grammy nomination for
Best New Age Album. It's music that makes
you want to slow down, pause, lie on your
back, and gaze up at a literal or metaphorical
sky filled with stars. Kater's all-acoustic
flights, featuring his piano joined by Ludvig
Girdland's soulful violin and Paul McCandless'
rich treasure chest of penny whistles, oboe,
English horn, and soprano sax, make one forget
about the dross of war. Fire instead purifies,
preparing a place of wonder and appreciation
where sundry politicians and superficially
pious men in robes seem like needless distractions
from that which is enduring and true.
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iRelax Leaving
the Workday Behind - Various Artists
At the end of the day, when
you come home from work and begin the transition
from workday to home and family, what do you
do to unwind and relax?
Before you turn on the TV or other such mind-numbing
distractions, reach for iRelax
Leaving the Workday Behind. It is an awesome
collection of artists that will soothe the
savage beast that is your mind. Track 4, “Pachelbel's
Canon” by Hillary
Stagg will rewire you as well as track
1, “Dreamland Crescendo” by Back
to Earth. As stated on the CD, “enjoying
life is good for you and good for the world.”
We owe it to ourselves to enjoy the precious
time we have here in this world. Part of the
prescription for that is Leaving the Workday
Behind with beautiful music and time to chill
with friends, family and things that bring
us pleasure. One of them is the latest compilation
by Real Music. Guaranteed to let you "iRelax".
- Cherie Lassiter, Inner Change Magazine
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Akram "Exotic, sensual, and
brimming with life..." - Solo Piano
Publications
Mark Ciaburri
"A Zen-like trip ...an homage to relaxation."
- Massage Therapy Journal
2002 "An
uplifting and ravishingly beautiful experience."
- Barnes & Noble
Gandalf
"Soothing sounds of nature...this is musical
peace." - NewAgeReporter.com
Govi
"...warm, graceful, and sanguine..."
- Amazon.com
Karunesh "Karunesh
is a modern-day mystic." - Massage
Magazine
Peter Kater
"...the right side of the sentimental/sublime
divide." - Amazon.com
Kevin Kern
"...dazzling, melodic, graceful performances."
- Borders Books & Music
Bernward Koch
"...reflective dreaminess and soft, emotive
piano..." - Music Design
Liquid Mind
"...an oasis of calm." - Body + Soul
Magazine
Johannes Linstead
"...wild, energetic, and much more absorbing
than Ottmar Liebert." - All Music Guide
Sayama
"...flowing, cleansing pieces designed to
ease the mind and body." - Music Design
Buedi Siebert
"...a powerful complement to any moving meditation..."
- PULSE
Hilary Stagg
"...extraordinary...a gift of serenity, power
and tranquillity." - Isabella Catalog
Frank Steiner,
Jr. "...an enchanting and inspiring
journey..." - YogaMatters.com
Peter Sterling
"...one of my favorites when I am meditating,
talking with the angels or writing." -
Doreen Virtue Ph.D., Author, Healing with
the Angels
Tim Wheater
"...evokes the deepest sense of the mystical"
- James Redfield, Author, The
Celestine Prophecy
Danny Wright
"…gorgeous and seductively simple original
compositions…" - All Music Guide |
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