ASTRAL DAWN
Words and Music Adrian Freedman
NEW SINGLE FEATURING AYLA SCHAFER & SUSIE RO

‘Astral Dawn’ is the first release from the upcoming Kindred Souls album. It is also the first official release for any of the 150 songs Adrian has received in medicine ceremonies and sacred song circles over the past 20 years. Although he has in this time released 10 highly polished albums of instrumental music for shakuhachi and ensemble, it is on this track that Adrian introduces us for the first time to another side of his musical soul - singing, playing guitar and sharing his simple heartfelt lyrics in a musical prayer for peace. 
 
Combining stunning guitar melodies with floating vocal harmonies, ‘Astral Dawn’ is an uplifting piece of folk music with a lyrical message about staying positive in troubled times:  

“In these pressing times we are all facing on planet Earth at the moment, it feels important that we own our shadow energies and do not flinch in the face of the very real challenges we face, and yet at the same time we must not lose sight of our highest ideals, of our connection to the essential purity of nature, and to the transformative power of love, peace and sacred flow. Astral Dawn speaks directly to these highest aspirations, as an affirmation of the new light that greets us each and every new day.” 
 
‘Astral Dawn’ features Adrian with the beautiful voices of Ayla Schafer and Susie Ro, the glittering sounds of the African kora, played by Ravi Freeman, the bubbling rhythms of the Indian dholak drum played by Arjun Magee, and by the sonorous tones of leading jazz double bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado.

The Kindred Souls album features international musicians from five continents - musicians that Adrian has encountered and collaborated with on his travels around the world. Musicians like him who have been drawn to all forms of music from various traditions and cultures, and that have been called to play instruments from outside their own native cultures.

The album will be released by Nixi Music on June 18th 2021

Astral Dawn

1. Astral Dawn

ASTRAL DAWN 
Words and Music by Adrian Freedman
Adrian Freedman - voice, guitar, percussion
Ayla Schafer - voice
Susie Ro - voice
Ravi Freeman - kora, guitar
Arjun Magee - dholak
Misha Mullov Abbado - double bass

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This is the first of a serie of singles from the Upcoming Album "Trust in the Path".

"This track includes an original musical setting of the traditional Tibetan mantra for the Medicine Buddha, together with new lyrics in English and Brazilian Portuguese. It features the Japanese Zen shakuhachi flute. The song was written after a powerful meditation ceremony in Brazil that led to inspirational insights into the healing power of this Tibetan mantra and of its relevance for our contemporary world. Medicine Buddha is the blue Buddha, representing the healing radiance of lapis-lazuli."

Adrian Freedman - Voice / Guitar / Shakuhachi / Djembe / Shaker
Misha Mullov Abbado - Double Bass
Michael Stanton - Octave Guitar
Green - Cahon

Words and Music by Adrian Freedman with Tibetan Mantra

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Medicine Buddha (Solo Version)

Words and music written by Charlotte Mabon 
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Charlotte Mabon – ukulele, voice
Mark Mabon – cello
Adrian Freedman - koto
Recorded Scorriton, May Devon 2010
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Adrian Freedman

Thank You by Charlotte Mabon

(composed by Adrian Freedman & Iwan Kushka)
Iwan Kushka – daf (frame drum)
Adrian Freedman - shakuhachi
Recorded Dartington, Devon November 2012
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Hafra (2011 Version)

Ten songs of healing from the Lotus Rising songbook.

Words and music Adrian Freedman

For 20 years I would only sing these songs in sacred ceremonies or sacred music festivals, but the times are changing, and I feel the call to share them with the world, just I have been doing with my instrumental music for all these years. 

These songs are intimate messages and prayers that I have received in the deepest folds of my heart. They’ve guided my steps through the transformative years I have been walking on a spiritual path and a medicine path.

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Track List
1. Medicine Buddha 
2. Take It All 
3. Astral Crown 
4. Astral Dawn 
5. Gentle Healer  
6. Spirit Of The Ancestors 
7. Daughter Of The Stars
8. Deep Listening 
9. Sacred Tao 
10. A Higher Cause 

Octave Guitar - Michael Stanton
Double Bass - Michael Stanton
Guitar, Shakuhachi, Percussion, voice - Adrian 

Mixed by Nils Noa
Mastered by Jock Loveband

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Trust In The Path

Take It All (Solo Version)

Astral Dawn (Solo Version)

Gentle Healer (Solo Version)

Spirit Of The Ancestors (Solo Version)

Daughter Of The Stars (Solo Version)

Deep Listening (Solo Version)

Sacred Tao (Solo Version)

A Higher Cause (Solo Version)

A song relevant to death, and to all that is eternal and timeless.
It opens with a Kundalini Yoga mantra on deathlessness from Sikhism - Sat Siri Akaal. It was recorded and produced by Adrian Freedman and he added his Shakuhachi flute, and my friend Rashid Sunny Winter played beautiful guitar. I wrote the song and sang the vocal (Emma Elizabeth Relph)

This Is Eternal (Emma Elizabeth Relph)

.ೃ࿐   𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝑨𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒊𝒙𝒊 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒍 🌹🌺🌸🌼🌻🌷

.ೃ࿐ Recorded in collaboration with 25 musicians around the world, including Deva Premal, Ayla Schafer, Chandra Lacombe, Lua Maria, Sanju Sahai and the illustrious presence of Lama Abhay Rinpoche. 

.ೃ࿐  ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴀʀᴇ sᴏɴɢs ᴏғ ʜᴏᴘᴇ, sᴏɴɢs ᴏғ ʜᴇᴀʟɪɴɢ, sᴏɴɢs ᴏғ ᴘʀᴀʏᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ. ᴍᴇssᴀɢᴇs ᴏғ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀsᴀʟ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟᴍs ᴏғ ɪɴɴᴇʀ ᴡɪsᴅᴏᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀsᴛʀᴀʟ sᴏᴜʟ. ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ sᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴɪғᴇsᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴛʜɪs ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛɪғᴜʟ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ ʙʏ ᴊᴏɪɴɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴏᴡᴅ-ғᴜɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴄᴀᴍᴘᴀɪɢɴ. 

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Kokuzo
Vocals - Ayla Schafer, Susie Ro & Adrian Freedman

Kokûzō is regarded as one of the great Bodhisattvas. His name can be translated as "boundless space treasury" as his wisdom is said to be boundless as space itself. Kokûzô represents the great wisdom of the Buddha that exists throughout the entire universe, and he has the virtue of enabling those who chant his mantra to obtain the illuminated wisdom of the Buddha. He is known as the guardian of the purity of infinite space. His mantra is sung here in Japanese:

Nôbô akyasha kyarabaya
On arikya mari Bori sowaka

Hail to the great Space-bearer
Wearing a garland of flowers and a crown
Illumination, Oh!

Thank you Merci Grazie Danke Bedankt Obrigado Teşekkürler 谢谢 Cảm ơn شكرًا  Dzięki Hvala Tak Děkuji vám Tänan Kiitos Σ’ ευχαριστώ!  Mahalo धन्यवाद Terima kasih ありがとう

𝗞𝗼𝗸𝘂𝘇𝗼 ~ With Ayla Schafer [𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼 - 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗽𝘁]

.ೃ࿐   𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝑨𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒊𝒙𝒊 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒍 🌹🌺🌸🌼🌻🌷

.ೃ࿐ Recorded in collaboration with 25 musicians around the world, including Deva Premal, Ayla Schafer, Chandra Lacombe, Lua Maria, Sanju Sahai and the illustrious presence of Lama Abhay Rinpoche. 

.ೃ࿐  ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴀʀᴇ sᴏɴɢs ᴏғ ʜᴏᴘᴇ, sᴏɴɢs ᴏғ ʜᴇᴀʟɪɴɢ, sᴏɴɢs ᴏғ ᴘʀᴀʏᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ. ᴍᴇssᴀɢᴇs ᴏғ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀsᴀʟ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟᴍs ᴏғ ɪɴɴᴇʀ ᴡɪsᴅᴏᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀsᴛʀᴀʟ sᴏᴜʟ. ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ sᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴɪғᴇsᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴛʜɪs ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛɪғᴜʟ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ ʙʏ ᴊᴏɪɴɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴏᴡᴅ-ғᴜɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴄᴀᴍᴘᴀɪɢɴ. 

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Bhaisajyaguru is the medicine buddha. He is the lord of healing. His mantra is a profound prayer for the release of suffering in all sentient beings. He is also known as the blue Buddha, because all his skin is the deep blue colour of lapis lazuli. He is one of the most important Deities in Tibetan Buddhism.

This track combines original English lyrics with the Tibetan mantra. The song is arranged for piano, string quartet, shakuhachi and electric bass by Adrian Freedman, Misha Mullo-Abbado and Antonio Moscato. The vocal is sung by Lua Maria.

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𝗕𝗵𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗷𝘆𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗿𝘂 ~ With Lua Maria [𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼 - 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗽𝘁]

(words - traditional mantra, music - Adrian Freedman)

Kyoko Tadaoka - voice
Noriko Takahashi - voice
Adrian Freedman - guitar and voice
Asha MacCarthy - harmonium and voice
Iwan Kushka - acoustic guitar and voice
Recorded live at Café Kino, Bristol, March 2014

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Namu Myoho Renge Kyo

(words & music Adrian Freedman)
Recorded Live at Gidleigh Hall, Dartmoor, June 21st 2010

Guitar: Adrian Freedman
Guitar: Ravi Freeman
Guitar: Rashid Sunny Winter
Bass Guitar: Martyn Phillips
Drums: David Beauchamp
Maraca: Nancy Swinnen
Voices: The Eternal Heart family
Mixed and mastered June 2010 by Martyn Phillips, London UK.

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Beautiful Bird

(words Traditional, music Adrian Freedman)
Recorded Live at Gidleigh Hall, Dartmoor, June 21st 2009

Guitar: Ravi Freeman
Guitar: Rashid Sunny Winter
Harp: Camille Marie
Violin: Johnny Flynn
Accordion: Michelle Levi
Alto Recorder: Charlotte Mabon
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Maraca: Nancy Swinnen
Voices: The Eternal Heart family
Mixed and mastered June 2010 by Martyn Phillips, London UK.

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OM Mani Padme Hum

(words & music Adrian Freedman)
Recorded Live at Gidleigh Hall, Dartmoor, June 21st 2009

Guitar: Ravi Freeman
Guitar: Rashid Sunny Winter
Harp: Camille Marie

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Accordion: Michelle Levi
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Voices: The Eternal Heart family
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Rainha das Águas

(Composed by Adrian Freedman)
Adrian Freedman – shakuhachi
Recorded at St. John’s Church, Totnes, April 2007
From the album Music on the Edge of Silence.
Recorded and mixed by Adrian Freedman
Mastered by Chris Gray at Troubadour Studios, Falmouth

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Forest Breath

(composed by Adrian Freedman)
Adrian Freedman - shakuhachi
Recorded St. John’s Church, Totnes, March 2007
From the album Music on the Edge of Silence.
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Spirit Rising

Composed by Adrian Freedman & Tobias Kaye
Tobias Kaye – sounding bowl
Adrian Freedman - shakuhachi
Recorded Dartington, September Devon 2013
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Wings In flight

Composed by Yao, Adrian Freedman & Hiroki Okano
Yao – balafon
Adrian Freedman - shakuhachi
Hiroki Okano - mbira
Recorded Osaka, Japan, April 2015
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Hiroki Okano

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April Fortune

Words and music by Kuauhtli Vasquez

Kuauhtli Vasquez - voice and octave guitar
Tao Chan - voice, rhythm guitar and percussion
Adrian Freedman, shakuhachi, solo guitar and percussion

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Recorded, mixed and mastered by Adrian Freedman at Studio Kokū, Dartington, October 2014

Hijos Guerreros del Sol

From the album Wind in the Branches.
Music for Sounding Bowl and Shakuhachi by Tobias Kaye and Adrian Freedman.
Composed by Adrian Freedman & Tobias Kaye.
Recorded Dartington, UK, 2014
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Icicles

Excerpts from a selection of tracks from the album The Phoenix Tree

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Aguilita

Oak Tree

Here On This Earth

(composed by Adrian Freedman & Amir Paiss)
Amir Paiss – santur
Adrian Freedman – shakuhachi
Recorded live in Mullumbimby, Byron Bay, Australia 
Recording date February 2018

In February 2018 I travelled to Australia for the first time, where I met a sweet soul, a fellow musical traveller, by the name of Amir Paiss. Amir plays the Persian santur and he was co- founder of the internationally acclaimed Hebrew-Arab world music ensemble SHEVA.
Amir and I played an impromptu evening of music together at a house concert in Byron, then a few days later we decided to meet late at night to make an outdoor recording, taking advantage of the balmy, warm evening. We set up some mics in Amir’s beautiful hillside garden under a starry sky. There was no audience - just the moon, the stillness of the trees and the sounds of the night ...the chirupping of the insects in the background adding another dimension as they seem to weave into the music. We played deep into the night, and from those recordings come these two tracks River of Stars and Isra, which is a Sufi term for the supersensible inter-dimensional travel by night.

Dedication:
Recently a friend of ours, still a teenager, dies under tragic circumstances. This has caused shockwaves through our extended community. His mother is a very dear friend of ours, and she in turn is deeply beloved by many as a wise and compassionate woman. In the midst of this tragedy I'd like to dedicate the piece 'River of Stars' for Arro, Fiona, Aloha and all those in need of some stillness and peace in this dark night of the soul.

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Deep Space Blue

(words and music Adrian Freedman)
Recorded Live at Gidleigh Hall, Dartmoor, June 21st 2009

Guitar: Adrian Freedman
Gutar:  Ravi Freeman
Guitar: Rashid Sunny Winter
Harp: Camille Marie
Violin: Johnny Flynn
Accordion: Michelle Levi
Alto Recorder: Charlotte Mabon
Bass Guitar: Martyn Phillips
Maraca: Nancy Swinnen
Voices: The Eternal Heart family
Mixed and mastered June 2010 by Martyn Phillips, London UK.
*"Spanish translation by Tao Txana" *

Art by Philippe Echaroux

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Lotus Cura

I am the Light of the Forest (La Luz del Bosque)

A lone Nightingale singing his heart out to the night, accompanied by a Shakuhachi Flute and a Shruti Box.

In May I had the privilege of taking part once again in the Singing with Nightingale' series with Sam Lee. This time in the deep of the night in Highnam Woods, Gloucestershire. Only the sound of my Shakuhachi with Sam's shruti box and a lone nightingale singing his heart out to the night ... I had an extraordinary experience - the more I played with the song of this enchanting bird, the more time seemed to slow down, and the melodic phrases seemed to reveal their inner intricacy in a way that felt like an initiation into the inner kingdom of the nightingale, and then, through him and his song, as a portal into the inner world of nature herself and the very fabric of life. It was an almost shamanic feeling of penetrating the veil of existence, the dimension of melody as metaphor for something beyond sound, in the world of spirit ... and so much information coming through in the silences between the notes ... a truly mystical experience.

Picture: Ohio Song - Alex Grey

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Nightingale Soul Call

The Lotus is Rising!

Enjoy this first track from a sequence of 52 new songs being recorded and released over the next 24 months. Read more about the project here:
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This track is a pre-release mix, a snapshot of work in progress on the Lotus Rising project.

The finished version of Lotus Flower featuring a new bass part played by Misha Mullov-Abbado, will be released later in 2020 on the album “Thousand Petals Opening”, Vol. 1 of the Lotus Rising.

Here on this SoundCloud playlist, we’ll continue to post excerpts and pre-mixes as the project progresses.

CREDITS

Words and Music - A. Freedman

Adrian Freedman - voice, guitar, shakuhachi, harmonium, drum, bells
Ayla Schafer - https://soundcloud.com/aylamusic - harp, voice 
Susie Ro - https://soundcloud.com/susiero - voice
Helen Knight - https://soundcloud.com/user-827451166 - voice
Mike Stanton - guitar, voice 
Joseph Rose - voice
Jasmin Kia - voice

Recorded at Studio Kokuzo, Dartington, 2016 - 2020

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Thousand Petals Opening

Lotus Flower (Pre-Release Mix)

Deep meditation music for solo shauhachi flute.  Calm reflections of the heart, instilled with profound subtleties of emotional depth.

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Echoes of the Eternal Heart

Dawning Echoes Of Stillness

Sample track from the new Lotus Rising Solo Recordings album. To be released in October 2020 as EHM008.

Daughter of the Stars (Lotus Rising Solo Recordings)

Heartfelt music full of subtle dynamics conjuring an atmosphere of rarefied peace, with a deeply healing sense of spaciousness, pristine clarity and delicate beauty. The scope of  the music is diverse, while retaining an ineffable sense of the sacred throughout.

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