Songs
rhythmic piano, Indian violin, tablas, voice
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Videos
The Fire and The Rose are One
filmed in pre-war Odesa with Rama La Tor dance company
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- artist:Peter Culshaw
- featured artist:Paras Nath, Chandana Balya Kalyan, Aref Durvish
- region:London
- release year:2023
- style(s):Contemporary, Indie-Classical
- country:United Kingdom
- formats:Audio File / Digital, CD (Compact Disc), LP / Vinyl
- record posted by:Culshaw, Peter
- label:ISKRA
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Music From The Temple of Light is the first release from the new Iskra Records imprint from English writer/composer Peter Culshaw. The album skilfully deploys esoteric Christian and Sufi chants, as well as Hindu mantras as part of a spiritual journey based on the concept that, as the Sufis say, “There are different paths up the mountain”; or as the mystic Rumi said “The lamps are different, the light is the same”.
Music From The Temple of Light was recorded mainly in Half Step Audio in Mumbai with some of the most vital contemporary Indian musicians including Paras Nath on bansuri flute and Chandana Bala Kalyan on enchanting vocals. The music is a haunting mix of East and West, ancient and modern, led by minimal tantric piano - objective, meditative music for a chaotic age. Other tracks were recorded in pre-war Odesa, in venues including the Odesa Film Studio and the Odesa Fine Arts Museum where the album’s first single and video, “Sat Nam 2024” was recorded .
"One of the best albums of the last couple of years, a classic that will be played in decades to come" -- Alexis Herreria, Viento Solar, (Mexico)
" Ecstatic and mystical....Never just fusion for fusion’s sake, like the very best fourth world or global jazz, it feels like music beamed from a better future".-- Joe Mugford (UK) Shfl.com
“One of the most absolutely wonderful albums comes out later this year. Amazing composer, beautifully produced. From Peter Culshaw, perhaps the most travelled music journalist ever. “
— Debbie Golt, Resonance FM (UK)
"Runs the gamut of influences on this musical polymath, from Indian music, to jazz and Cuban rhythms, to ambient sounds, to French music of the early 20th century (think Satie with the harmonies of Ravel). His travels in search of different musics are legendary, as are the people he has met along the way..."
— Maria Lord, Songlines (UK) ****
"There’s a strong golden thread of the contemplative and of forces from beyond embedded in the album’s music, and its sacred edge."
-- The Arts Desk (UK)
“You might have thought Culshaw might do something post-punk, in fact this is a deep and beautiful spiritual odyssey”
— Charlie Crooijmans, Radio Wara Wiri (Netherlands)