Phurpa – Chöd Ritual / Grotta SantarcangeloLabel: Old Europa Cafe – OECD 249Format: CD, Album, Limited EditionCountry: ItalyReleased: Nov 2017Style: Overtone Singing On July 07 2017 PHURPA performed a «Chöd / Chod» live ritual in Santarcangelo / Italy.The ritual was held inside a cave (grotta on Italian).Chöd / Chod is an ancient practice of cutting through tensions, fears, and obstacles in our life.In Chöd / Chod, we visualize making an offering of our body, which is transformed into whatever is wanted by all beings in all realms.In this vast offering we create and cultivate a flow with everything around us and are in contact with the boundless dimension of ourselves.Chod…
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Phurpa – Ya Tog Rid Pa’i Gyer
Phurpa – Ya Tog Rid Pa’i GyerLabel: Zoharum – ZOHAR 145-2Format: 2 × CD, Album, Limited EditionCountry: PolandReleased: 03 Jul 2017Style: Overtone Singing, Drone, Experimental This double album is the successor to the previous release entitled “Chöd” from nearly a year ago. The new release shows how Phurpa constantly transforms itself through their own musical exploration as well as personal spiritual development. Apart from intensive concerts, its members are famous for their long meditation trainings/sessions. This constant movement, the exploration of various techniques and discovering new inspirations in eastern culture makes Phurpa musicians more and more eager to use traditional instruments in addition to their distinctive “rgyud-skad” singing, thus enriching…
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Shibalba / Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam-Khar – Yang Trol Lé
hibalba / Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam-Khar – Yang Trol LéLabel: Nihilward Productions – NAUGHT27Format: CD, Limited EditionCountry: UkraineReleased: 05 Apr 2017Style: Ambient, Dark Ambient, Experimental «Yang Trol Lé» is merging the primordial energies of Shibalba / Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam-khar into the physical manifestation of a limited digipack CD edition, featuring new artwork & three songs from each act, with a total play time of 50 minutes. Tracklist: 1. Shibalba – Mantras of the Lotus-Eyed God2. Shibalba ft. Of Earth And Sun – Anantashesha3. Shibalba – Hymn To The Climbing Scarab4. Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam-Khar – Samantabhadra5. Alone In The Hollow…
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Shibalba – Nekrologie Sinistrae (Orchestra Noise Opus I)
Shibalba – Nekrologie Sinistrae (Orchestra Noise Opus I)Label: Agonia Records – ARCD212Format: CD, Album, Limited EditionCountry: PolandReleased: 02 Oct 2020Style: Industrial Shibalba is a project whose main focus is set on expressing shamanic, trance-like music, by the use of ethnic instruments and musical technics peculiar to religious rituals. The new album «Nekrologie Sinistrae (Orchestral Noise Opus I)» for the first time introduces industrial elements to the band’s sound. The new album was recorded, mixed and mastered by George Emmanuel (Lucifer’s Child/ex-Rotting Christ) at Pentagram Studio in Greece. Giacome Del Po’s painting «At The Gates Of Hell» graces the cover artwork. Alongside traditional instruments (such as Tibetan horns & singing bowls,…
