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The End of the Beginning marks the end of the first musical creation phase of my life, where I have provided track lists for numerous musical journeys and ceremonies, mostly for small groups of friends, but also for events like Borderland (Scandinavias version of Burning Man - http://theborderland.se/  )

The End of the Beginning is my first journey mix, where I have worked on a seamless musical mix for journeys within.
At some track transitions nature sounds are used, for others a track is mixed into the next. For a few silence is used. This is done, as it for me is important to focus also on the silence and ambient sounds of our planet. It is from this, that the music arises. (Listen e.g. to Eckart Tolle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGcijS_eSKg )

"Part 1 - Settling" is meant for settling in, arriving at the place where you listen to this music.
"Part 2 - Going Deep" is meant for the real work, where you on your journey travel within. The music can here help you experience different states and emotions and will guide you through
"Part 3 - Coming Back" will be posted in the near future , and is meant slowly to bring you back, letting go of your inner work, and integrate it in a state of celebration in a space of love and light

If you like the individual tracks I have used, please support the artists. Link to their Soundcloud/Bandcamp/other sites are provided with the tracklist.

Artwork: Michael Rasa

Full music track list below:

00:00 Intro - Nature Sounds
04:31 Nessi Gomes - Long Way Home - https://www.nessigomesmusic.com/
14:01 Liquid Bloom - Sacred Blessing (Re.Generations mix) - https://desertdwellersmusic.bandcamp.com/album/re-generations
21:51 Liquid Bloom - Ceremony of the Heart (Re.Generations mix) - https://desertdwellersmusic.bandcamp.com/album/re-generations
27:29 Jairamji - Forgiveness Ritual - https://charlieroscoe.bandcamp.com/album/awakening-earth
39:27 Asura - Frontiers (Final Mix) - https://beatspace-atmospheric.bandcamp.com/track/asura-frontiers
45:08 Hans Zimmer - Planet Earth II Suite - http://www.hans-zimmer.com/index.php?rub=disco&id=1540
49:20 Michael Rasa - Snips - https://soundcloud.com/michael-rasa-1
50:21 Inventions - Slow Breathing Circuit (A Winged Victory for the Sullen Remix) - https://inventions.bandcamp.com/track/slow-breathing-circuit-a-winged-victory-for-the-sullen-remix
56:08 Max Richter - IV. Mrs Dalloway - Meeting Again - https://soundcloud.com/max-richter/meeting-again
62:36 Maok - Cez hory preletim - http://maok.net/
77:14 Nick Barber - Teacher in the Forest - https://nickbarber.bandcamp.com/album/clear-blue-sky
83:38 Quentin Sirjacq - Aquarius - https://quentinsirjacq.bandcamp.com/album/quentin-sirjacq-far-islands-and-near-places
88:25 Ben Lukas Boysen - Nocturne 4 - https://benlukasboysen.bandcamp.com/album/spells
95:12 Ben Lukas Boysen - Golden Times II - https://benlukasboysen.bandcamp.com/album/spells
101:40 Anilah - Iosis - https://anilah.bandcamp.com/album/invoking-the-numinous
112:19 Astral Flowers - Sirenita Bobinsana - https://soundcloud.com/astral-flowers-music/sirenita-bobinsana-demo
118:53 Liquid Bloom - Healing Fire Breath - https://soundcloud.com/liquidbloomofficial/healing-fire-breath
125:18 Orka Forest Teppler - Agua de estrellas - https://soundcloud.com/orkalovesmusic/agua-de-estrellas
130:23 Brombaer & Phole - Globo - 03 Globo III - https://brombaer.bandcamp.com/album/globo

Journeys

The End of the Beginning Part 2 - Going Deep

This "Home" mix represents the music which I feel best describes the person I am presently. It is also the music which I can use to bring me back home in my core, if I should be stressed or in other ways feeling off center.

If you like the individual tracks I have used, please support the artists. Link to their Soundcloud/Bandcamp/other sites are provided with the tracklist.
Artwork: Jiv-Atman by Michael Rasa

00:00 Antonymes & Michael Rasa - Through a Glass Dimly (Rasa Rework) - https://antonymes.bandcamp.com/
06:54 offthesky & Man Watching the Stars - Farewell, Brother - https://manwatchingthestars.bandcamp.com/album/afar-farewell
16:42 Stephan Micus - Nomad Song - http://www.stephanmicus.com
25:47 David Holmes & Jon Hopkins - Elsewhere Anchises - https://latenighttales.bandcamp.com
29:54 Ben Lukas Boysen - Keep Watch - https://benlukasboysen.bandcamp.com/
35:49 Max Richter & Ben Russel - Path 19 (yet frailest) - http://www.maxrichtermusic.com
43:58 Olafur Arnalds - Only the Winds - https://olafurarnalds.bandcamp.com/
49:07 Solar Fields - From The Next End - https://solarfields.bandcamp.com/
58:05 Carbon Based Lifeforms - Derelicts - https://carbonbasedlifeforms.bandcamp.com/
1:04:04 Carbon Based Lifeforms - 20 Minutes - https://carbonbasedlifeforms.bandcamp.com/
1:11:19 Jon Hopkins - Cold Out There (2016 Vinyl Remaster) - https://jonhopkins.bandcamp.com/
1:14:54 Stray Theories - The Day We Were Silent - http://shop.straytheoriesmusic.com/
1:20:21 Ludovico Einaudi - In Principio - http://www.ludovicoeinaudi.com/
1:23:18 Nils Frahm - Our Own Roof - https://nilsfrahm.bandcamp.com/
1:28:33 Jon Hopkins - Lost Map / The Hawk - https://jonhopkins.bandcamp.com/
1:32:21 Jon Hopkins - How I live Now - https://jonhopkins.bandcamp.com/

Home

Rest in peace, dear Norberto. You will forever be in my heart ♥ You are my Profesor De Estrelas

Ayahuasca

Profesor De Estrelas performed by Norberto Jurasek

Life and Peace

Perseverance is an often underrated masculine quality. The ability and will to keep going with a purpose, even when other things for a while will take focus, or interrupt. Humbly this describes a part of myself, and also the process of this piece of music, which has taken 15 months to finish. But here it finally is. Due to perseverance, it is there,  and I think you can hear the perseverance in the trance like pace of the whole track. Enjoy <3 O:)Updated 2020-12-04 with new 24bit remastered version

Monochord and guitars performed by Michael Rasa
All composed, recorded and produced by Michael Rasa in Reason DAW with Ólafur Arnalds Chamber Evolutions, Stratus and LABS VSTs from Spitfire Audio

Cover Art: Photo by Michael Rasa. Gratitude to Terramaya/Brazil for the amazing scenery

Perseverance

This recording was made in the Vigeland Mausoleum in Oslo, a place known for its incredible acoustics. Here I'm playing the Kamancheh, one of the predecessors of the violin, an ancient bowed string instrument from Persia. I feel that the discovery of that instrument brought me a bit closer to some of the more subtle frequencies I’m reaching for in music. 

While I was playing there was a strong rain shower coming down on the roof of the Mausoleum, and at first I thought that would make the recording useless, but it turned out that the soft rushing of the rain in the background actually added a beautiful high frequency continuo to the music.

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Daniel Fritz