I will never understand what it means to be a person of color, but I can do my best to empathize with the people who have lived under much marginalization and oppression due to their race. I want to recognize that I use samples and take inspiration from cultures all around the world to create my music. My genre is a blend of my own creativity and that of other musicians, particularly people of color, that have had a profound influence on music since the dawn of time. In particular, African people have shaped almost every genre of music known to man. I also take inspiration from Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and many other cultures to create the music that I make.

Umoja is the swahili word for Unity—meaning to strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race. This song incorporates Mongolian throat sining and Senegalese vocals with trap 808s to create a really fun and high energy song. French is the Senegal national language, and there are over 30 languages spoken in Senegal. So, I chose the Swahili word Umoja for this song to declare that the music that I create is a symbol for unity across borders and across race. I never knew that throat singing and African singing could be so incredible together—and what an amazing world we live in where this is even a possibility.

All of my music, and this song in particular, is a tribute to people of color across the world who have given me the ability to use the incredible musical vocabulary and instruments from their cultures. I want to explicitly express my immense gratitude and appreciation for these people who have shared and given the rights to their music to use in my own creative process. 

I choose to use my undeniable privilege to do my best to make the world a better place for everyone around me regardless of their race or nationality. Everyday I look to see how I can be better for everyone around me and how I can serve the planet more. 

If you are a white musician I would encourage you to also recognize where your music comes from and the people that made it possible for you to create what you create. May we all continue to unify and to not let the powers that be tear us apart and make us villainize one another. With love, respect, and gratitude.

Umoja

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Maitreya (Sanskrit) is the essence of the future Buddha that lives within all things/no-things... We are all eternally enlightened Here and Now if we only awaken to it... In truth, there is no time and therefore there is no future or past, only this eternal moment and it is within this moment that we are Infinite... Thus our potential is Infinite for we are never disconnected from Maitreya by the illusion of time and need only remember that there is nothing to remember at all...

This piece symbolizes the evolution of the contemporary spirit towards the enlightenment experience and its activation in the "real world" through its progression of textures...

Beginning in from the universal sound source of the Om, this piece moves from the mechanical and sensual essence of modern life and society through the ebb and flow of becoming more and more aware of both the intense love and suffering of this world (represented by the movement of the strings) into an infinite space within, full of darkness but pulsing with beams of photons bringing one beyond space and time to the eternal sound of Om...

...awakening into an intricate hyperspace of Satori, we travel through the nexus of the Void upon the wings of a flute to find the realization that there is no realization and that It is beyond all things for: all is and all is not...

Floating back through inner/outer space and reawakening into this realm of Samsara and cyclical existence, the lessons of the Infinite are at first forgotten but then remembered again, creating a complete Self that is represented through the harmonic alignment of the strings and the flute, respectively symbolizing fear and love, darkness and light, the human experience and the buddha, the finite and the infinite...

Om...

released May 26, 2014 (Shanti Planti)

www.shantiplanti.com
shantiplanti.bandcamp.com/album/rhythm-code

Shanti Planti

Maitreya (Shanti Planti)

The new single from MORiLLO, Lo.Renzo, MonsterLuna and Lighthawk premieres on @timewheel.

MORiLLO x Lo.Renzo x MonsterLuna - Sarangi Sauna (Ft. Lighthawk) [Premiere]

This is my remix for Spoken Bird's latest EP. This is being released on Chillage Records alongside remixes from Elevated Mind, Dubvirus and Soulular! Enjoy!

Pay What You Want

Spoken Bird - As Old As Time (Devin Kroes Remix)

Stream & DL : savej.fanlink.tv/solsticeremix

Savej’s ‘Solstice’ gets a ceremonial reimagining from Ruby Chase June 20th on the summer solstice. This song is the title track off his 2020 album and has been a huge staple of his discography and the Savej sound that fans resonate with for years. Ruby Chase gives a fresh new feel to the song without compromising the original’s beauty, carefully adding in her ethereal tribal vocals and production. With hints of Deya Dova and worldly instruments, this new idea blends with Savej’s deep south bass in a very powerful way. Both artists have been paving strong journeys in this music scene and using their artist projects to do good in the world and in the cultures that inspire their music; this release is another step in that journey and is very intentional to set the summer solstice vibe!

Solstice (Ruby Chase Remix)

JERUSALEM

Here it is.  The entire album.  I put a lot of time and love into this and I hope it finds you.

Album artwork by Andrew Jones.

K'khana (featuring Rigzin)

Häana - Brym Al Mar (DIMOND SAINTS Remix)
@dimondsaints
Mastered by Dimond Saints, Oakland, CA
Artwork: Häana

http://smarturl.it/Brym-Remixes
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3kNM6VKRjsriE1yWf6dkoX?si=7ddbf5b6145a4a04

Original
by Häana (BMI) 
https://soundcloud.com/haana/brym-al-mar

Brym Remix Album

Brym Al Mar (Dimond Saints Remix)

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Pho Luv

All tracks written by Ollie Jackson ( @cosmoganic )
Mastered by Jim Moynihan ( @spoonbill )
Artwork by Bodi ( Crystalotus Creations )

HARNESS THE SOUP! 

"Cosmoganic has whipped up something quite tasty in his most recent, wholesome release, “Harness the Soup”. As an eight-course meal, featuring creamy psydub and earthy swamp, it’s a gorgeous symphony meant to satisfy any dance floor or curious audiophile. This hypnotic whompfest takes us on a groovy dive into an electric ocean of head-bobbing rhythms and crunchy melodies. Its alluring harmonies and tribal drumscapes are refreshing, to say the least, intertwined against a backbone of memorable composition. 
Prepare for an auditory treat; your soup is ready." -Nick Sumbles 

Blending the realms of Earth and Space through electronic/organic hybrids, Cosmoganic (Ollie Jackson) creates sounds for our evolving species in the Spirit of Love for all Nature and Life... his debut album 'Harness The Soup' is a squish bass lovers dream. 

Now available through Swamp Music!

Harness the Soup

Harness The Soup

Blue Stone

A culmination of beats that express my journey of cultivating an inner sanctuary.

Free/Donation DL

Kumoi Jishi 雲井獅子

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noun
a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand.
synonyms: mystery, puzzle, riddle, conundrum, paradox, problem, quandary

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Kumoi Jishi 雲井獅子

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