Front cover drawing: Hindu god and divine monkey Hanuman from Yantrodharaka Hanuman Temple v of Hampi, Karnataka, India.
Andrea, Václav and Lenka recorded at Golden Hive Studios,
Prague with Amák Golden during Winter and Spring 2019. Each
of the guest appearing musicians recorded at their homes.
Universal prayer is an album that lived in my mind for
years and eventually has arisen from a two-year
collaboration of many different people living in various
places who, I dare say, share an unspoken belief that the
world and all beings in it are one. Throughout the
recording process I was constantly humbled by some of the
oldest hearty wisdom we are offered in the form of vedic
mantras and amazed by how many people readily offered their
helping hand to create their part of this musical tapestry.
Through these compositions we pray to remember our very
essence.
Andrea
We would love to give our wholehearted thanks to everybody
who participated in any sense on Universal Prayer.
Especially Jára Hájek, Amák Golden, Olga Benešová, Pavel
Turek, Anandi Ma, Omshankar Yogi, Ra Lalita Dasi, Raj Kumar
Baswar, Sadvi Lalita Nand Ji, Barbora Hu, Josef Jindrák at
Polí 5, Scrapesound Inc., Todd at Leafy Green booking,
Nomads of Prague, Hanka Kei, Adam at Underflow Records,
Kayumari at Loukov, Thor Harris, Lenka Dusilová, Bonnie
"Prince" Billy, Bill Callahan, Chris Koltay, Pall Jenkins,
Tony Crow, Matt Swanson, Dallas Acid, Norman Westberg,
Kenseth Thibideau, Wrekmeister Harmonies, Craig Ross, Sabri
Hilli, Štěpán Bolf, Franta Skála, Lilek and everybody who
has held the oral tradition of yogic and tantric teachings
until now.
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It’s all vibrations - from the cosmic to the sub-atomic, from the spiritual to the cognitive, from the creatively musical to the naturally occurring. It’s all vibrations. I feel lucky to have encountered these. Beautiful sounds, soulful sounds, sounds both dark and light. Vibrations - evocative, emotive, mysterious and as comforting as the smell of pine needles. But that’s a different tale. Thanks for these. And please, consider pressing to vinyl 🙏❤️🎶 fred laparo