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le gabon eternel

electropeasant — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:36:38 +0000

Los Macondos

electropeasant — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:46:42 +0000

this record was gifted to us by the amazing crocodisc in paris. if you’re in paris and love ‘world music’, check them out! i’ve never had a more helpful record shopping associate, and i don’t speak a lick of french (nor he english). click on the album cover for download.

Nageswara Rao – Reflets L’indie

electropeasant — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:47:37 +0000

this record is one of my favorite acquisitions from a trip to crocodisc while visiting Paris a few months back. i believe rao opened his own school in paris and taught veena there, but he passed away after a short battle with cancer.

the playing is simply sublime. i am an avid sitar player, but this record made me very curious about playing the veena. there is such a different expressive capacity with this instrument than the sitar possesses.

rao gently coaxes this raga into form, occasionally piercing its skin like a knife in water. one can hear his ample devotion and beautiful intentions in this recording. check out other barclay records recordings also, most of those that i’ve found are pretty top notch. thanks also to the amazing crocodisc employee who greatly aided my digging!

This Record Is Not For Sale

electropeasant — Tue, 24 May 2011 09:37:24 +0000

I was given this record by a former record dealing friend in la that makes amazing analog visuals with vintage equipment. he gave me a number of wonderful and rare records, but this one resonated with me the most of all of them. i posted it once before when electropeasant was a different blog, not solely dedicated to rare spiritual vinyl, but it needs to see circulation again! this record is not for sale was created by ram dass and the lama foundation in the early 70s and released in 1971 by elektra. it was part of the box set ‘from bindu to ojas‘ which later became the famous book ‘be here now’. the whole box set was available by mail for free and supported by donations given to the lama foundation, which is still active in new mexico. this record was my introduction to kirtan singing and to the mantras contained within it, which i repeat from time to time. it’s a beautiful experience, highly recommended for the spiritual wayfarer. dass later referred to the recording as sounding more like a home recording, but it is exactly this quality that i find so enveloping. the name of the box set refers to one’s chakras, bindu being the lowest/red chakra at the base of the spine, and ojas being the highest/white chakra at the top of the head.

[320kbps/mp3] ¡viva la musica!

Vrindavana

electropeasant — Tue, 10 May 2011 15:02:38 +0000

I came across this amazing record serendipitously at a flea market (or dirt market? i don’t remember the delineation..:). a moroccan man, my age or a little younger sold it to me for a euro. first he tried to give it to me, and i didn’t understand (more because i was used to not understanding, being in spain and only speaking american movie spanish). he was excited that i was from (near) chicago and spoke only briefly of where he was from. the interaction was interactive (while many are mechanical) enough to attempt to explain the grace from this recording. sure, they’re spanish krsnas from the 70s, but that works, as they don’t jump the shark and get all free form with the standards, nor do they totally conform as there is an electric bass used. these are my favorite songs to sing repeatedly in my head, i would much rather that than loop rebecca black!

[320kbps/mp3] ¡viva la musica!

Nass El Ghiwane

electropeasant — Fri, 06 May 2011 11:32:15 +0000

electropeasant has held many different forms over it’s tenure. it was conceived of as a magazine, changed to a blog, became yet another blog and is now a music blog for rare spiritual and various world musics. i will attempt to post only the rarest items from my collection. this record we picked up in amsterdam at an outdoor record sale in a public square. the music is a bit different than we expected, sounding similar to other field recordings from the 60s/70s that i have from the middle east. enjoy this 320 rip!

¡viva la musica!