World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda
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Track listing
- 1 Om Rama 9:39
- 2 Om Shanti 6:52
- 3 Rama Rama 7:35
- 4 Rama Guru 5:52
- 5 Hari Narayan 4:38
- 6 Journey to Satchidananda 10:53
- 7 Er Ra 5:00
- 8 Keshava Murahara 9:43
- Total length: 60:12
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World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda 33 rpm, Bonus Tracks, Digital Download, Gatefold
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Astral Opera
Whilst lots of people describe certain progressive rock as sounding like it is from outer space, this album far more accurately depicts what I would think of music in a sci-fi film. Akin to Akira or Ghost in the Shell, this album evokes a certain astral/sci-fi element with its grand choirs and soaring strings leading to a lot of dense climatic points along with more sparse withdrawn ones. I'd imagine this music to appear in a colorful tribal space setting, with lots of life, warmth and vibrancy. My problem with this album is that the synths are often somewhat overbearing, and often sound a tad 'cheesy' or dated. However, the synths contributions to the tracks aren’t bad as they elevate the sound and take it to new uncharted musical territories which is what makes it sound like a sci-fi soundtrack. However it’s just their presence in the mix or often the too blatant use of them which can detract from the lush soundscapes. The one track that really seems to get its balancing and sound in the mix is 'Om Shanti' which makes me wish the rest of the album was more like that as its probably the best song on the record.
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I much prefer alice's cosmic jazz enterprises to this privately released set of choral new age chants. The backing is mostly limited to synthesiser and percussion here and it feels like it might have been best kept for use in the ashram.
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So, not really jazz at all, but synthesizer-heavy sorta like fourth world / new age prayer music but more upbeat and like... good than that sounds. Kinda like a far less manic and stylistically diverse 芸能山城組 [Geinoh Yamashirogumi] (as in, when they're just going with choral stuff, not when they're all bulgarian / african folk music or whatever). Honestly much better than I remember Ptah, the El Daoud being and a reminder that I should check out more of her stuff.
Considering this and Divine Music coming out this year and the recent critical re-evaluation of New Age, I can see the potential for a critical re-evaluation of the electronic 80s releases of various major and minor 60s / 70s spiritual and avant-jazz artists.
Considering this and Divine Music coming out this year and the recent critical re-evaluation of New Age, I can see the potential for a critical re-evaluation of the electronic 80s releases of various major and minor 60s / 70s spiritual and avant-jazz artists.
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Om Rama
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2
Om Shanti
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3
Rama Rama
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4
Rama Guru
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5
Hari Narayan
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Journey to Satchidananda
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Er Ra
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Keshava Murahara