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 The World Dreams in Music
The first time I listened to this CD, I listened to
“All Alone” obsessively. I became so intoxicated with
a feeling of immense completeness as every sadness in my
soul
dissolved into pure love.
The world could have disappeared and I would have been
standing in the middle of a field of crimson roses all
blooming to the sound of the voice singing: “If you stay
or if you go.” The friend who sent me the CD said to
listen to the track before I went to bed and I’ve never
experienced such a healing gift. In life, you often meet
people who will give you gifts your soul needs and then at
times friends can work together to heal the world.
When Jamie Catto met Duncan Bridgeman it was a random
moment in time. Like most creative friendships they found
they had so much in common. Once they
started talking they
realized they had similar beliefs about the state of
modern music. Jamie was the singer and keyboardist in the
UK band Faithless and
Duncan Bridgeman had been mixing
albums for big-name artists. Together they have created a
CD I can hardly believe exists.
I had no idea the impact it would make on me. I also
didn’t realize you could fall madly “in love” with a
CD. ;) Once “My Culture” takes off, you are
going to
understand the meaning of “primal high on a soul
level.”
“I'm what I feel, what I'm
feeling is surreal
I'm a mass of spinning wheels
Always digging in my heels
Now I've got the faith to
Fall back again
Crawl from the warm waters
Don't ever forget
You're on your feet again
Your feet again” ~My Culture
This CD is a smooth, sexy and spiritual journey into a
land where you can escape from ordinary consciousness. You
will feel you connect instantly with the
universal wisdom
in the lyrics. There is a richness of culture in the
freeing dance of philosophy and world music. Multicultural
voices mingle with beautiful
intellectual tangents. Visual
images dance through your mind as the music creates a deep
soothing soul vibration that radiates through you like the
most
comforting feeling you’ve ever experienced.
“The Way You Dream” is
one of my favorite songs as it blends the mysterious voice
of Indian star Asha Bhosle with the completely
intoxicating voice of
Michael Stipe. His voice makes me
heady beyond all logic. I think I have a crush on a voice
for the first time in my life. I finally understand why
teenage girls
faint at concerts. ;)
This CD also features Dennis Hopper, Kurt Vonnegut,
Robbie Williams, Tom Robbins, Senegal's Baaba Maal, Ram
Dass, Gabrielle Roth, the South African
Mahotella Queens,
Neneh Cherry, New Zealand's Whiri Mako Black, Revetti
Sakalar and Eddi Reader.
1 Giant Leap is a fusion of sound and word captured
through travels in Senegal, Ghana, South Africa, Uganda,
Kenya, Bombay, New Delhi, Calcutta, Bangkok,
South East
Asia, Los Angeles, New York, India, Thailand, Australia
and New Zealand. This CD is the result of recordings from
25 countries.
Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman literally spent six
months traveling across the globe with a mobile studio and
crew. Together they recorded
storytellers, shopkeepers,
authors, artists, philosophers and even cabdrivers. Each
song contains a mixture of sounds and lyrics from various
parts of the globe.
The chants, ethereal cries and primal rhythms will at
times send chills up your spine. When Michael Franti sings
“We are alive with the spirit
of our passion”
you can’t help wanting to
live, and live for a long, long time so you can see all
your dreams become a reality.
The entire CD really represents a unity humanity could
strive for if they could find peaceful resolutions to the
issues haunting us all. The themes of the album are
death,
confrontation, sex, money, blasphemy, faith, happiness,
inspiration, time, masks and unity.
Healing, loving,
intoxicatingly spiritual and poetic beyond words. Perhaps
the most beautiful music I’ve ever heard. 1 Giant Leap
shows our
humanity, the wide diversity of cultures and the
beauty of unity through music.
~The Rebecca Review
1 Giant Leap DVD
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