A little psychedelic tribute to the great Pink Floyd... one of my major influences as a young musician

Cirrus Minor (Pink Floyd cover)

A trippy version of a trippy song by the mythical Syd Barret with lyrics by James Joyce

Golden Hair (Syd Barret tribute)

A beautiful piece written by Riley Lee and recorded straight to my Ipad in a forest retreat in the Czech Republic

Adrift in a Sea of Tranquility (Riley Lee)

An improvisation with Randy Raine Reusch on Glass Harmonica. First track of "Emerge" CD.

Thin Air

Crystal and Tibetan Bowls, Gongs and Chimes, and lots of Silence.

Crystal Wind Blowing, No Hurry

guitar thoughts

Naima 2 (Coltrane)

I improvised this multiple guitar track as a soundtrack to a psychedelic journey... Dream on!

Electric Dream

Crazy Wisdom Shakuhachi

A meditative salute to my guitar heroes, particularly Gilmour and Clapton

The Shape Of Silence

Tara Mantra

One of my favorite Tozan school pieces, played on a very old (200 year old?) Edo period flute.

Kangetsu

A Honkyoku (traditional) piece for Shakuhachi flute.

Azuma No Kyoku

A song written by the late Luis Alberto Spinetta, a genius of early South American Rock music... Recorded at home with IPad... just because I HAD to :-)

Libros De La Buena Memoria (Spinetta)

A musical moment shared with the starlings and crows at my window...

Conversation With Birds

A duet between the Japanese Shakuhachi and the Native American Anasazi Flute.

Timeless Conversation

A relatively modern honkyoku piece, recorded with my student Alexander Perkalsky. To give the feeling of a temple in the evening in a village, I recorded the sounds of the dawn in my neighbourhood... birds, children playin, household sounds and a bit of traffic :-)

Mt. Village at night

Fountains of Light

A song by John Coltrane.
Instruments: Electric Guitar, Shakuhachi, Cymbals, Bells and Bowls, Acoustic Guitar,    Drone.

Naima (Coltrane)

Tonbo No Tochi

Born in Uruguay, South America, Pepe is part of a new generation of musicians bent on breaking geographical, spiritual and musical boundaries through a deep study and understanding of traditional forms both Eastern and Western. Having lived, studied, and performed in South America, USA, Europe, the Asian subcontinent, Japan and Indonesia, Pepe has a wide cross-cultural versatility and has been called “the embodiment of World Music”. He plays percussion, winds and strings from his collection of more than three hundred instruments from around the world. He is especially focused on Afro Latin drumming traditions and Japanese Shakuhachi flute, as well as exploring Sound Healing. His spiritual quest encompasses extensive experience with the Gurdjieff system, Sufism, Taoism, Yoga and Buddhism, including studies in India with the Dalai Lama.
In the course of his twenty year career in Canada he has been nominated for countless awards as a performer, composer and producer, including winning the 2009 Jessie Award for Theater Musical Composition.
Pepe is presently residing in Slovakia, touring intensively throughout Europe, and teaching meditation and Tantra.

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