Landscapes of Shadow and Songs of Light: ?A Talk with Morgan Sorne
If Tool and Jeff Buckley had an orgy on peyote in the desert and created a love child, that baby would be Sorne. The live performance weaves together the cycles of a story of five children told through music, visual art, and film. It is a sprouting, living mythos.
Holy Soul Jelly Roll
The Allen Ginsberg Estate is about to re-release in dowloadable format the most comprehensive audio collection the poet ever produced. Volumes have been written about Ginsberg's poetry, but nothing substantial has been written about the songs. Why not? Because poetry is "literature" subject to "literary criticism," and music is not?
The Man Behind the Kirtan: A Talk with Krishna Das
In 1969, Jeff Kagel had a daunting decision to make: join a newly signed band, Soft White Underbelly, or move to New Hampshire to be with
his spiritual teacher. Jeff made his choice and changed his name to Krishna Das. The band changed its name to Blue Öyster Cult.
Dancing With the Digital Shamans
"Given that everything in reality is made of vibrations, sound science is extremely important because it has the unique ability to tune, harmonize, and modify people's vibrations (our journey). Within a sound-scape, one can transcend the physical realm and take sonic leaps and bounds of personal growth. Music brings people of all walks of life together, and it also heals the mind, body, and soul." ~ Julian Reyes / Keyframe-Entertainment (Executive Producer, Electronic Awakening)
Music Evolves from Noise
Computer program evolves music from randomly generated sound based on user preference.
Killing Joke’s 2012 Survival Guide
Killing Joke's
song, "Eighties" was a standard at high-school
dances for the latter half of that decade. The band wrote about the end of capitalism and the world as we know it, and the members were magicians who conferred with the spirits. Now they rock harder, heavier, and
more beautifully than ever.
The Church of Random Rab
Every great movement has its sound, and every great epoch has its backing tracks. With his fourth album, Visurreal, the West Coast DJ and musical avatar crafts a masterpiece that captures the quintessence of the spiritual healing journey, by offering his own.
Apocalyptic Machine Music?
In recent months there have been a large number of YouTube videos posted from
around the world of unusual sounds with no clear point of origin.
Spiritual Technology That You Can Dance To
The film Electronic Awakening investigates the spirituality of dance music culture and its ties to ancient shamanic rituals.
Lifting Heads
Srikala and Ana'di's latest album, "Sacred Hip-Hop" is not your everyday beats and rhymes.