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Songs From The Bardo

Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith

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Format: 2LP

Cat No: SFW40583LP

Release Date:  27 September 2019

Label:  Smithsonian Folkways Special

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  093074058329

Genres:  World Music  Experimental  

Release Date:  04 October 2019

Label:  Smithsonian Folkways Special

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  093074058312

Genres:  World Music  Experimental  

  • Description

    'Songs from the Bardo' begins with a bell ringing out once, twice, three times, as a ritualistic chant emerges from the dense silence. The collaborative composition by avant-garde icon Laurie Anderson, Tibetan multi-instrumentalist Tenzin Choegyal, and composer and activist Jesse Paris Smith is a guided journey through the visionary text of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, unfolding in an 80-minute ebb and flow of sound and words. Songs from the Bardo is a transporting experience, meant to draw the listener into the present moment and provide a framework for inner exploration. Anderson, Choegyal, and Smith fuse modern compositional techniques with the mystique of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy to make these visionary traditions more accessible to a new generation of listeners and to reveal the ancient wisdoms contained within.

    Description

    'Songs from the Bardo' begins with a bell ringing out once, twice, three times, as a ritualistic chant emerges from the dense silence. The collaborative composition by avant-garde icon Laurie Anderson, Tibetan multi-instrumentalist Tenzin Choegyal, and composer and activist Jesse Paris Smith is a guided journey through the visionary text of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, unfolding in an 80-minute ebb and flow of sound and words. Songs from the Bardo is a transporting experience, meant to draw the listener into the present moment and provide a framework for inner exploration. Anderson, Choegyal, and Smith fuse modern compositional techniques with the mystique of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy to make these visionary traditions more accessible to a new generation of listeners and to reveal the ancient wisdoms contained within.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Homage To The Gurus
      • 2. Heart Sutra Song - Gone Beyond
      • 3. Awakened One
      • 4. The Three Jewels
      • 5. Brilliant Lights
      • 6. Listen Without Distraction
      • 7. Gong
      • 8. Dancing With The Crescent Knife
      • 9. Jigten
      • 10. Natural Form Of Emptiness
      • 11. Lotus Born, No Need To Fear
      • 12. Dividing Line
      • 13. Moon In The Water
      • 14. Awakened Heart

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Homage To The Gurus
      • 2. Heart Sutra Song - Gone Beyond
      • 3. Awakened One

      Side 2

      • 1. The Three Jewels
      • 2. Brilliant Lights
      • 3. Listen Without Distraction

      Disc 2

      Side 1

      • 1. Gong
      • 2. Dancing With The Crescent Knife
      • 3. Jigten
      • 4. Natural Form Of Emptiness

      Side 2

      • 1. Lotus Born, No Need To Fear
      • 2. Dividing Line
      • 3. Moon In The Water
      • 4. Awakened Heart