Batch

Relaxing ambient chords with a 432 F# rose quartz singing bowl resonating the  the heart chakra.
  
Full 20 minute track here:
http://entheois.bandcamp.com/track/endless-wonder-deep-dive-mix

Endless Wonder

Beautiful Chorus - Resonance Meditation - 03 Sacral Chakra

Marking the one-year anniversary of his debut album, Jack Watkins reimagines Wonderland as a collection of solo piano pieces. Sketches from Wonderland strips away the technicolour layers of the originals to reveal their raw beginnings — songs that started life at the piano, now returned to their most intimate form. Some stay true, others become entirely new, but together they offer a tender reflection on the music’s heart and soul.

Sketches from Wonderland

Stream

Renaissance (Sketch)

From the derelict coffee shop waste land of Smith Street, Melbourne come two dyslexic track pant enthusiasts with nothing else going for them but a talent to make pointless words rhyme in succession and a knack for petty theft. 

After their former critically acclaimed, award losing group @peace imploded upon itself due to a collective mental break down caused by a lack of government funding in the psychiatric sector, leading to a series of severe psychotic episodes, Lui and Tom were left alone with nothing but a dream and $12.70 in their paypayl account. 

In a feeble attempt to regain their sanity they created The Average Rap Band. With utter naivety and a total lack of understanding of the current popular musical climate they decided the main focus of the group would be the lyrics. An obsolete medium that was made redundant in the late 1990s. 

Working with bearded enigma Dandruff Dicky and poltergeist expert Hone St John they created a 6 track Video EP entitled 'Stream Of Nonsenseness'. The EP was the first of it’s kind, not including the one Beyonce did and all the other people that have done it already. The EP was made with a $42 budget and shot entirely on a Nokia 3210. 

Interlude

garden

video: https://youtu.be/ZONXKwurwI0

Your Love 
is Like Water 
Falling into Water 

'Water into Water' is the first birthing of sounds 
which have been dreaming me for more than 10 years. 

This track was inspired by the waterfalls in Maui. 
It came to be after meeting photographer David Talley, 
creating this image of the waterfall in Portland. 
The photo process motivated me to crack open 
and complete this song to go with it. 

Special thanks to the teachings 
inspiring my mind 
to become crystal clear 
as thoughts appear 
like water falling into water 

Gratitude to my Beloved, 
who's mythic love 
inspires my heart 
with these musings

credits
released 18 August 2015 
Marya Stark: Vocals, Production 
Daniel Berkman: Kora, Production, Mixing 
Eric Oberthaler: Additional Production and Mastering 
David Talley: Photography

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Water Into Water- Marya Stark + Daniel Berkman

three aums

Be sure to listen to the twin record, "MUSIC TO DIE TO" for the complete listening experience : http://soundcloud.com/eastforest

Trevor Oswalt's near-death experiences catalyzed a search for answers. After two violent bicycle accidents – the second of which causing almost identical injuries to the first incident – he began searching for understanding; his path eventually lead him to volunteer in a hospice, until Oswalt, aka East Forest, felt comfortable facing his fears. 

"Everyone copes with loss and trauma in different ways," he says.  "I was searching for a way that could help me and others at the same time." 

That search birthed the idea for his next album, Music To Die To, out February 26, 2016 on Aquilo Records.  "People think that nearly everything in life stems from the fact that we know we're going to die, and that real creative freedom comes from accepting our mortality," Oswalt says. "Part of this album is literally music for people to die to, but it's also the soundtrack of my own journey toward acceptance."

Inspired by one of his idols, Keith Jarrett, and his The Köln Concert, Oswalt knew he'd improvise most of the recordings by live looping a combination of vintage pianos, his voice, and original field recordings, all with the theme of life's finite nature in mind.  Recording on an organic farm in upstate New York and a remote ranch in the southern Utah high desert, he bunkered in until he had more than enough for one album. 
"Once you get out into nature and get the ball rolling, the improvisation starts to flow through you," he says. "I love the idea of giving birth to music on the spot, to record something in the moment that won't be made again."

Armed with a surplus of material, East Forest realized the perfect bookend: Music To Be Born To, the sister album to Music To Die To. To me, birth comes from the space created by the destruction of something, not the other way around. Out of death comes birth.” 

Together, the twin releases form a perfect pair, complementing the other in not only theme, but in musical substance. The former is an optimistic glow bathed in waves of his "blissful" (NPR), ethereal sound; the latter is more direct, more organic, and more focused - embodying an increasingly-mature sound and aesthetic.  but provides a fresher start with a newer beginning.

In 2016, he's back in Portland, but is now armed with a live show that is continually evolving; sometimes performing solo, sometimes with a string section, and often with cinematic projections. With experience as a performing pianist for a dance troupe, in a hospice volunteering as well as in the Amazonian jungle searching for answers, his music is a connected journey that's been dubbed "a revelatory excursion in sound" (Under The Gun Review) that invites listeners to "go on a journey of self discovery" (Earmilk).  He's been featured on NPR's Second Stage and Tiny Desk Contest, and shared the stage with Moby. 

"We forget that we are nature. We feel so much separation in our modern life, inundated with so much information; I believe our solutions will come from the inside out. They're already here, we're just uncovering them." 

"It’s all a process of discovery.  We need to give space for that which wants to emerge  -- something needs to die for something else to be born.  Making these albums was my way of creating some space, and inside I hope to hear an answer.

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TWITTER - http://www.twitter.com/eastforestmusic

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Trevor Oswalt - live looped music, field recordings, vocals
Taylor Deupree - mastering
Michael Robinson - art direction

Formats CD/DIGITAL/CASSETTE

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For Elena

"Ritual Mystical" by MC Yogi and East Forest.  

Music by MC Yogi & East Forest
Mixed by East Forest
Mastered by Kris Krumett
Bass Guitar by Jonathan Downer on "Vibes Galore", "Edge Walker", and "Breath Deep".

Beginnings

Abbey Dub

Come Together

Sun King

A song from my 2017 full album release -  TALISMAN. 
www.murraykyle.com
Lyrics :   Here in the now I am hearing the now, as I listen, and I listen 
To the sound that grows on up from the ground, can you hear now in the here and now 
Can you hear that the song of the Earth, she be singing in a cycle, in a circle 
In a circle round with a sound that carries the ancient memory, constantly, gracefully 
Calling us to heal now stewards are we, from the inner world to the world we see 
Raising up our voice for unity


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Here In The Now

"I Am Loving Awareness (feat. Krishna Das) - by East Forest, Ram Dass

In June 2018, East Forest was invited to Ram Dass’ home in Maui to join in conversation and record brand new teachings from the legendary teacher. After capturing these words of wisdom, East Forest returned to his studio in the high desert of Southern Utah to compose the soundtrack to beautifully support each songs’ subject. In these new recordings, Ram Dass’ words speak masterfully to the modern challenges that so many face with technology, dark thoughts, the nature of soul and so much more. The new East Forest record also features guest appearances from the likes of Trevor Hall and Grammy nominated artist, Krishna Das, all framing Ram Dass’ teachings with contemporary voices and cementing the 87 year old spiritual teacher into an echelon of relevancy and immediacy — offering a direct antidote for a highly polarized nation that is deeply in need of a universal voice of wisdom, connection and unconditional love.

eastforest.org
ramdass.org

CREDITS:

from "Ram Dass : Chapter I", releases January 25, 2019 

Written, Produced, Arranged, Mixed and Engineered by East Forest	
Ram Dass - Spoken Word	
Trevor Oswalt (aka East Forest) - Piano, Shruti, Field Recordings
Krishna Das - Vocals, Ectara
Thacher Schmid - Viola, Violin

Huntley Miller - Mastering	
Daniel F. Birch - Graphic Design	
Tim Cook - Executive Producer	
Raghu Markus - LSR Executive Director	

Recorded at Boulder Rock Studios (Boulder, UT), The Map Room (Portland, OR) and Ram Dass' study (Maui, HI)	
All field recordings captured around Ram Dass' home on the island of Maui, Hawaii

LYRICS:

we have to get out of our minds 
our thinking minds 

i’ll tell you how i do it 
by using a mantra or phrase 

i 
am 
loving 
awareness 

loving awareness is a name, for soul ,which you really are 
leads you to love everything you are aware of 
the sky, the room, your body, other people 
and then i ride the mantra into my heart 
and in my heart i see a doorway, or a veil 
to the next plane 
soul land 

i am loving awareness

Ram Dass : Chapter I

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I Am Loving Awareness (Feat. Krishna Das)w/Ram Dass

Taken from the album 'Superdream', out now on Counter Records: https://bigwild.lnk.to/superdreamSo
 
Spring 2019 Superdream Tour Tickets: http://bigwildmusic.com
 
Spring 2019 Superdream Tour Dates:
 
3/6/19 - The Observatory - Santa Ana, CA
3/7/19 - The Observatory North Park - San Diego, CA
3/8/19 - The Novo - Los Angeles, CA
3/9/19 - The Catalyst – Santa Cruz, CA
3/10/19 - Ace of Spades - Sacramento, CA
3/13/19 - Arcata Theatre - Arcata, CA
3/14/19 - McDonald Theater - Eugene, OR
3/15/19 - Roseland Theater - Portland, OR
3/16/19 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC
3/20/19 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
3/21/19 - Turner Hall Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI
3/22/19 - Concord Music Hall - Chicago, IL
3/23/19 - Majestic Theatre - Detroit, MI
3/27/19 - Royale - Boston, MA
3/28/19 - Theatre of Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA
3/29/19 - 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.
3/30/19 - Terminal 5 - New York City, NY
 
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Superdream

Awaken

10,000 Days

Viginti Tres

Call to the Divine

Breathing Space

https://www.EastForest.org
TOUR DATES - https://eastforest.org/tickets

Booking - susie@groundcontroltouring.com (N. Amer., Asia, AU), 
kai.lehmann@cabinartists.com (EU)

East Forest plays electro-acoustic music coined "blissful" (NPR) and "immersive" (Wired). His work has appeared on Bright Antenna, Domino, Mercury KX, 1631 Recordings, Aquilo Records, as well as Tender Loving Empire & Universal/Decca.

He has three #1 albums that charted on iTunes as well as multiple top ten Billboard releases. He tours internationally.

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