(Dub, Ambient, World, Sanskrit Chants) VA - Asana 3: Peaceful Heart (Bill Laswell) - 2003, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

The third volume in the essential yoga soundtrack series is a collection of mantras recorded
in the Krishnamacharya temple in Cowshika, Southern India and given to various musicians
to create a musical journey started centuries ago.
Performers include:Asha Puthli,Damita Miles (vocals);Bill Laswell (guitar);Nicky Skopelitis
(electric guitar);Laraaji (electric zither);Pharoah Sanders (tenor saxophone);Grandmixer DMT
(synthesizer,drums,background vocals);Karsh Kale,Robert Musso,Ski K.Pattabhi Jois.
Tracks and Artists:
1. INVOCATION - Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, the master of Ashtanga Yoga. (0 min 42 sec)
2. ASHA - The chant recited by Asha Puthli is from the Gayatri mantra which dates back to
ancient Vedic times. Asha Puthli has an impressive and varied repertoire which includes her
participation with Ornette Coleman, her solo recorded by Tao Macero and an appearance on JWalk's
most recent release. The music on this track was created by legendary bass player,
Bill Laswell. (5 min 51 sec)
3. I'VE GOT A PASSION - Produced by Grandmixer DXT, who first appeared on Herbie Hancock's
Rockit and most recently on Scratch. (7 min 14 sec)
4. AMAN (Peaceful Heart) - A world fusion masterpiece by Bill Laswell. (7 min 28 sec)
5. OCEANIC - Producer/musician/composer Karsh Kale maps out the sonic terrain of Asian
American music for the 21st century. (5 min 43 sec)
6. OM SHANTIH SHANTIH SHANTIH (Mangala Mantra) - Produced by Robert Musso and featuring
Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. (7 min 48 sec)
7. SAMADHI STATE - Starring Pharoah Sanders with Nicky Skopelitis and Laraaji, an otherworldly
sonic experience by Bill Laswell. (16 min 33 sec)
Review:
Along with tabla rhythms, Sanskrit lyrics and that unmistakable East Indian drone, are the
Jamaican flavors of dub on I've got Passion, and the sinuous saxophone wails of avant-garde
great Pharoah Sanders on the culminating track, Samadhi State. His performance and the
track itself are the disc's crowning jewels, capping a funky, mysterious and ethereal record
with unbridled joy. --L.A. Yoga
"The meditative Samadhi State is from Pharoah Sanders, one of the most influential and respected
tenor saxophonists in jazz. With more than four decades behind him, Sanders proves
he's still sailing new waters."
- Rhythm Magazine, January '03
"Karsh Kale's music mingles East and West, hedonism and higher thoughts. The music is Indian
at the top, Western at the bottom and thoroughly tangled in between."
- The New York Times, John Pareles, '03
"Yoga soundtrack or not, this is some of the best "Indi-pop" world music yet recorded, with
plenty of spatial effects and spirit, enticing, masterful and otherworldly throughout. Special
mention is deserving for the beautiful packaging, which complements the project and brings
the whole thing to a very high level. Don't miss this one!"
- Backroads Music, June '03
"...this music is upbeat, energetic and without a doubt hypnotic"
- Music Design, In Review, Winter '03