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Winter Solstice Gathering : 2012

Sangita Sounds : Winter Solstice Gathering 2012

WHERE : Inspiral Lounge, 250 Camden High St. London.

WHEN : 21st December 2012.  8pm till 2am.

COST : Free Entry (just bring Love!)

Our dear friends at the ever marvellous London venue, Inspiral Lounge, have invited us to host a magical evening of spiritual sounds and mystic music to celebrate the mystic opening of the Galactic Portal on 21.12.12.

Join us and celebrate the turning of the solar wheel on this auspicious day of global and galactic evolution, as we share a sonic, spiritual journey into a new era.

The Winter Solstice celebrated here in the west coincides with the Persian festival of Yalda & Indian celebration of Makar Sankranti. The Sangita Sounds Solstice Gathering also takes place on 21.12.12, which is said to be the end of the current Long Count, the 5125 Year, Universal Cycle and an auspicious day of change according to the Mayan Calendar.

So let us gather together to celebrate the changes and to share collective visions of a new era of Global Love in Human Unity.

Our audio voyagers on the night include Dubsahara, who will be sharing middle eastern infused electronica, with rhythms from the Arabian Gulf to the Egyptian Pyramids, effortlessly merging in the melting pot of sound.
https://soundcloud.com/dubsahara

Noodreem will guide us on a sacred journey along the Ganga with exotic Indian textures and Raga-esque, mellifluous melodies from Kolkata to Varanasi fused with Reggae inspired basslines of Dub.
https://soundcloud.com/noodreem

The spectral harmonies that emerge from ESP and his digi-delic sounds will uplift and sooth the atmospheric condition of the heart with a deep sonic breeze blowing through the Oasis of the mind.
https://soundcloud.com/jon-e-s-p

Georgina Brett will be weaving enchanting myriad of sonic geometries with her live vocal looping and neo-classical arrangements of polyrhythmic possibilities!
https://soundcloud.com/georginabrett
Also, our friends from Iran, Tinoush Bahrami & Samaneh and from India, Ajit Pandaye will also join us for acoustic celebration in the World of Music.
http://youtu.be/Dm3luA40ssM

Let us join together in the celebration of Love, Peace and Unity and journey through the sounds of our Earth and beyond! Let the Sangita Sounds team open a space for you, a place of spiritual peace and transcendental effervescence, a place of sharing the hearts Journey into Love. Empty our minds of stress and anxiety and allow the divine breath to flow through….

It is not the solid wood that can become a flute; it is the empty reed. — Hazrat Inayat Khan

Kabir Festival 2012

The wonderful folks at THE KABIR PROJECT have informed us of advent of their excellent Kabir Festival in Mumbai.  From  17th – 19th February 2012, the festival plays host to a full spectrum of musicians from across India who sing Kabir Songs in a variety of regional dialects and musical moods.  The most gracious Padma Shree awardee, Prahlad Tipanya and party will be there once again as will the ever exuberant Mukhtiyar Ali and party.  If you are in Mumbai it is highly recommended you attend!

 Kabir Festival is focused to introduce the audiences of Mumbai to the message of Kabir which is perhaps even more relevant today than it was in his time. A confluence of films as well as live folk music by folk artist from different parts of India including Rajasthan, Kutch, Malwa. The three days of the festival will have multiple events at different locations, all completely free and open to the public on first-come-first-served basis.

For more info on Kabir Project :- www.kabirproject.org

Click “READ MORE” to see the official listing for the events taking place on 17th – 19th February 2012…

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Ruhaniyat

The All-India Sufi & Mystic Music Festival takes place in multiple cities across India each year.  November & December 2011 will see 3 weekends of performances at Purana Qila, Delhi, the Horniman Circle Gardens , Mumbai  and Tollygunge Club, Kolkata featuring a broad spectrum of International musicians.

Official Website

www.ruhaniyat.com

We’ll be posting a review of the Mumbai shows later this month, but here is something to whet your mystic appetite in the form of the complete list of performances featured :-

NEW DELHI

19th November 2011, Purana Quila, Delhi
Zikr-e-Rifayi – Fakirs (Andhra Pradesh)
Jikir-Jari – Hafiza Begum Choudhury & Group (Assam)
Baul Songs – Parvathy Baul (West Bengal)
Sema – Whirling Dervishes (Turkey)
Kabirbani – Mukhtiyar Ali & Group (Rajasthan)
Sufi Qawwali – Fareed Ayaz & Group (Pakistan)

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The Kabir Festival

Kabir (also Kabira)  (1440—1518)was a mystic poet and saint of India, whose writings have greatly influenced the Bhakti movement. The name Kabir comes from Arabic Al-Kabir which means ‘The Great’ – the 37th Name of God in the Qur’an.

Exciting news from Mumbai with the unfolding of the KABIR FESTIVAL, a 10 day extravaganza of Mystic Music, Poetry, Film and Arts running from January 14th to January 23rd.  The Kabir festival follows on from The Kabir Project (www.kabirproject.org) which wa founded by Shabnam Virmani, a documentary film maker who spent  read more »

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