FREE GIFT COMPILATION WITH PEACE+TREES DONATION:
"Critical Beats for Gaia"
Earthdance has partnered with Critical Beats and Cyberset Music to create this one-of-kind compilation of music tracks from top artists including Govinda, Bluetech and DJ Spooky, in collaboration with Amazon indigenous musicians.
Special thanks to David Hewson for contributing "Pacha Mama Healing the the Earth" which graces the cover of Critical Beats for Gaia. David has deep ties to the Peruvian Amazon and has recently established a healing center outside of Iquitos, Peru. For more info on David and to check out his artwork visit: www.amaruspirit.org and www.davidhewsonart.com.
1 Teacher Calling – Govinda
Teacher Calling weaves field recordings gathered by Critical Beats including: 1) a Shipibo elder in the Amazon singing prayers that her endangered native language may be heard; 2) flute from a native medicine healer from the Sacred Valley of Peru; 3) percussion including rain sticks from a native from the Sacred Valley; 4) children from the Amazon jungle outside of Iquitos who are taught how to care for the rainforest sustainably through the nonprofit environmental program ACEER. This song beautifully represents Critical Beats’ mission to interweave voices representing a united effort toward rainforest preservation.
Released December 3rd, 2009 by www.criticalbeats.org.
2 Emerald Epiphytes – Bluetech
Emerald Epiphytes is one of thirteen tracks from Rainforest Reverberations a very special edition to a long line of extraordinary Bluetech releases. The full-length continuously mixed album is more than incredible music, it is an invitation to celebrate and help protect the life supporting biodiversity of the Amazon Rainforest, which constitutes the lungs of our planet. Bluetech has dedicated 100% of proceeds from the album to support social justice for indigenous caretakers of the Amazon through the non-profit Amazon Voice (www.amazonvoice.org). To listen to and download the entire Rainforest Reverberations album visit www.criticalbeats.bandcamp.com. As a special thank you enter the discount code: tawasap and receive 20% off Rainforest Reverberations up until 11/01/11.
3 Eagle Shuffle – Quade Icaro
Quade mixes several indigenous recordings including an Icaro gifted to Critical Beats by a curandero (medicine healer) from Raboya, a village deep in the Amazon. This Icaro was passed down through his familial line of generations of curanderos. An Icaro is a shamanic song passed down from elder shamans, dreams, or spirits, which are used to produce visions and visual displays of the inner ailments of a person’s body so the shaman can heal these patterns. This particular Icaro is a song to clean the body and take out all that causes pain, including physical ailments, confusion, crossed ideas, and sadness. Sung during a healing session. Released May 3, 2010 by www.criticalbeats.org
4 The Eagle – DJ Spooky
DJ Spooky uses samples from Tito La Rosa's "Strength of the Eagle", which is a powerful example of traditional Peruvian healing music. Tito, one of Peru's most beloved sacred musicians, uses instruments that are 1,000’s of years old. This cross-global compilation spans millennia of sounds and traditions collected by Critical Beats, all speaking the desire to heal our global forests and live in right relation. Released March 21, 2010 by www.criticalbeats.org.
5 Holographic Rain – Mystical Sun
Legendary Ambient and Downtempo specialist Mystical Sun will be delivering his eagerly anticipated album 26000 Years in 2012. This track from Energy Mind Consciousness is an example of the consciousness resonating throughout his music and resonating strongly with the survival of this planet. Released October 6, 2008 by www.cybersetmusic.com.
http://www.beatport.com/release/energy-mind-consciousness/147486
6 Trees Laugh – Hot Pink Purple
Anahata Sound and Russ Liquid of Hot Pink Purple weave sound bites of indigenous children from the Amazon jungle into this mystical downtempo gem. Children from many villages have contributed to Critical Beats in a variety of forms, including poetry, stories, traditional songs, dances, and best of all, their laughter! Released February 12th, 2010 by www.criticalbeats.org
7 Paradiso Dub – Yubaba One
Taken from the album 'Paradiso' on Cyberset Music by Brazilian artists Pedro Gomide and Frederico Drummond, who make up the unique sounds that we call Yubaba.
They joined their skills in this project where mixing influences from their roots, they touch the listeners recreating the eclectic and open minded mood you could only find in Brasil. Featuring different musicians as the singers Thailan, Blacklight and Nathalia, the trumpet player Dan Covan and brazilian percussionists, Yubaba evolves from dub into lounge with a trip hop feeling and an electro taste. Released December 21, 2009 by www.cybersetmusic.com.
http://www.beatport.com/release/paradiso/210961
8 Amazon Secrets – Knowa Knowone
Oakland’s whomp wizard Knowa Knowone weaves traditional Shipibo songs gifted to Critical Beats by teens attending school outside of Pucallpa, Peru in an effort to help protect the Amazon rainforests. Their school, in the village of Bema Jema, strives to retain traditional customs and keep their native language alive by teaching younger generations songs and stories in Shipibo. Released Feb 28th, 2011 by www.criticalbeats.org.
9 The Xavante – Govinda
In honor of the 25th anniversary of Rainforest Action Network (RAN), Critical Beats and Govinda teamed up with musicians from the Xavante Indigenous tribe of Brazil to create an extraordinary piece of music. The Xavante is working to resist soy expansion onto their territories with the help of RAN’s Protect-an-Acre Program. This music is truly one of a kind, sharing the Xavante’s ceremonial sounds and connecting listeners to the hearts and prayers for support in their struggle to retain their homeland. Released May 12th, 2010 by www.criticalbeats.org.
10 Sadness of – Lynx and Janover
Lynx and Janover beautifully weave heartfelt instrumental and vocals alongside messages from the children and teachers of Cahuide village in the Amazon. The environmental program at Cahuide is funded by the Amazon Center for Environmental Research (ACEER), which teaches the native children about sustainability, plant medicines, and cultural traditions of the rainforest. Released May 3rd, 2010 by www.criticalbeats.org
11 Yacumana – Jupit3r
Los Angeles music producer Jupit3r teams up with Critical Beats to birth an underground downtempo version of a sacred Icaro called ‘Yacumama’, the Water Mother. This song is originally written and sung by Jorge Cereceda Castro, a prominent musician of sacred music and traditional songs of Peru. Yacumama is the mother spirit of the Amazon River, a magnificent catalyst for healing and birthing of the soul self. Released May 3, 2010 by www.criticalbeats.org.
12 Creation Matrix – Kalpataru Tree
Kalpataru Tree captures the magical nature of his frequently travelled Cascadia (British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington) and the area where he resides just outside of Ashland, Oregon. Kalpataru Tree performances are most likely to be found in this region. He is inspired by imagination, nature, God, the evolution of technology, and grateful for people writing really good software. Released November 1, 2010 by www.cybersetmusic.com
http://www.beatport.com/release/preverberations-from-the-infinite-future/305210
13 Inner Space Funk (feat. Katrina Blackstone) – Bluetech
Innerspace funk, from Bluetech’s full-length album Rainforest Reverberations, was released with the sole intention of raising awareness and funds to help support the indigenous movement toward the preservation of Amazon resources and revitalization of indigenous Amazonian cultures. To learn more about this initiative, hear Rainforest Reverberations in its entirety, and further contribute to this cause visit www.criticalbeats.bandcamp.com. As a special thank you enter the discount code: tawasap and receive 20% off Rainforest Reverberations up until 11/01/11.
[BONUS TRACK] Energetic Shapeshifter - Michael Bernard Beckwith
“Place your attention on the vibratory field… because as you know, everything is energy!”
Michael Beckwith is the visionary founder of Agape in Los Angeles, a trans-denominational community of conscious evolutionaries that is now the most celebrated metaphysical center in the world. Now, Beckwith’s brilliant teachings are set to driving dance beats created by Madonna’s hit songwriter/producer, Stephen Bray. Written by Michael Bernard Beckwith & Stephen Bray.
© 2011 Agape Media International, LLC. From the album, “Adventure In Paradise”
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[BONUS TRACK] Earthdance Prayer for Peace - Earthdance International
The Earthdance Prayer for Peace, played each year during the September Earthdance Global Festival for Peace at hundreds of events and private parties at the same synchronized moment. Written by Chris Deckker and Leyolah Antara. Released 2000 by Earthdance International. www.earthdance.org
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