First page of a trip journal, a trip to Azores, April 19th . May 16th, 2021.
I return here, Flores, Azores, a second visit to this Island where I feel like being reborn right now. 
I feel the pulsating life, and I harvest the season fruits, working, producing, but also enjoying this wonderful place, to rest and walk.

Let me share this journey with you. Wherever you are, its like you inhabit this Island as well. You just need your will, close your ways, breathe deeply, listen to this melodies, dance a little perhaps, and feel, really feel, feel it all, feel the Whole. 

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João Svayam - Guitar, Sampling, Video Capture and Edit, Blog.
https://joao-svayam.webnode.pt/l/ilha-das-flores-dia-2/
https://youtu.be/Y8PdIccVKFw

Aqui e dentro de mim

Dança da Flor

Video

Last page of this trip journal regarding Ilha das Flores and it is celebrated with an amazing woman that happens to live  in Flores (where she's developing an amazing work with a group of people who are helping to reinvent live in Flores with a new sense of community, sharing trough arts, cultural partnership, sustainability and regenerative relation to nature, and other holistic approaches) and that has welcomed us during stay. Nina (check her amazing music at @nina_musicalmas) shares the words with me in this song about being Islands, and Jörg (that you already know as @joerxworx) helps us our mind meet our bodies in this joyful dance with his flute! 
Really happy with the song, the video and even the lyrics (which are mostly improvised in the moment and sometimes can work as loop game :D )

||credits||
joão sousa (Svayam) : guitar, vocals, sampling, programming, mix and master
Nina (@nina_musicalmas): vocals
Jörg (@joerxworkx): flute

|| lyrics ||

I feel the Air
I feel the Earth
I feel the Fire
I feel the Water

The wind is strong
And it blows my mind away
The Earth beneath my feet 
Is just like a nourishing mother
And I feel all the fire inside me
Burning every time, but there’s also this
Blissful water where I’m reborn every day

I feel the Air
I feel the Earth
I feel the Fire
I feel the Water

And I feel all the fire inside me
Burning every time, but there’s also this
Blissful water where I’m reborn every day

(Jörg Flute Solo)

There’s nothing like feeling like an island and
feel surrounded by sea everywhere and
every when understand that you are what you are

There’s nothing like looking at other people and see
that they are also islands surrounded by see
everywhere in the Universe Vast Ocean

And if I close my eyes and let the words flow
In my mind there will be this huge waterfall and
all this ocean that surrounds this island

And each drop of that icy water in my skin
will be just like a word or a note of your flute and I am
here, I am now, looking at myself, so high with myself

High with Myslef

Watch VIDEO

High with myself | feat Nina and Jörg

There's been a while since me and Milan worked together, and I can't imagine a better way to start 2022. I've release an album inspired by planets and the cosmic energy, while Milan was releasing songs also inspired by the planets and the Universe, creating his album Wanderer through space.

So here is our first Cosmic inspirational track together.
 
Original Compostion by Night Note @mmastalka
Vocals, percussion, isochronic and binaural touch, extra pads, master by João Svayam

Check our works here:

𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲 https://soundcloud.com/mmastalka/sets/wanderer-through-space

𝗦𝘃𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗺 https://soundcloud.com/joaomsousa/sets/cosmic-movements

Jupiter Spins

Jupiter Spins | 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘃𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗺

𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 (𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 2)
for the album 𝘼𝙇𝙂𝙐𝙈𝘼𝙎 𝙑𝙄𝙎Õ𝙀𝙎 (𝙑𝙊𝙇.𝟭) (tba soon)

Third release for Algumas Visões (some visions)is the first version of Forest Feelings (in PT the original title is «O Que Eu Na Floresta Via» (What i saw on the forest, in ENG).
The track calls the energy of the forest, with tons of different shakers, a bambu flute and some drums. 
Strongly influenced by contact with medicine forests <3

O Que Eu Na Floresta Via | 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 (𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮)

𝗔𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗵𝗮
for the album 𝘼𝙇𝙂𝙐𝙈𝘼𝙎 𝙑𝙄𝙎Õ𝙀𝙎 (𝙑𝙊𝙇.𝟭) (tba soon)

4th release for the album ALGUMAS VISÕES
and another amazing collab with Jörg and his wonderful danmoi, flute and saxophone <3<3 / see more of Jörg S. at @joerxworx <3<3

João : bass, guitar, vsti, drum programing, samples, mix 
Jörg: danmoi, flute, saxophone (effects)

Story behind the track:

i've been playing this bass line for more than 10 years now. it used to be "that line" for jam and improving when I played bass on bands. it came to me 2 months ago and now it's here, completly reborn

Aquela Malha | João and Jorg

𝗔𝘁𝗿á𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘀 𝗗𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝘂 𝗣𝗮𝗶
for the album 𝘼𝙇𝙂𝙐𝙈𝘼𝙎 𝙑𝙄𝙎Õ𝙀𝙎 (𝙑𝙊𝙇.𝟭) (tba soon)

5th release and counting, for the soon to be released album ALGUMAS VISÕES
This track is a nostalgic trip to the music albums my father had around the house and my wonderful relationship with all of them as a child :) Memories of recording mix tapes, converting CD to Tape, Lps to Tape, and listening to hours of music: from Crimson to Zeca Afonso, Brand X to the Prodigy, Kraftwerk to Tears for Fears, Gentle Giant, Tom Waits, Nick Cave... the list is infinite
How to pay homage to such memories? Exploring fusion of real drums with drum samples, exploring progressive languages with more trip hop approach... WHO KNOWS?:

João - Acoustic Steel Guitars, Acoustic Drums, Beat Programming, VSTi, sampling. Mix and Master

Image credit: https://unsplash.com/photos/wvbOWcIDuYg + https://unsplash.com/photos/fi3_lDi3qPE

Atrás Dos Discos Do Meu Pai

𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗢𝗳 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁
for the album 𝘼𝙇𝙂𝙐𝙈𝘼𝙎 𝙑𝙄𝙎Õ𝙀𝙎 (𝙑𝙊𝙇.𝟭) (tba soon)

A new collaboration for the first volume of Alumas Visões. This time I had the pleasure to work with Steve Coombes and his amazing improvisational language with his soprano saxophone. 
The track started as a take of Handpan. I was recording a track for meditation programs, and eventually this came up: Steve liked the draft and recorded the sax. I listened to it and added sitar. And here it goes - an infinite point of light
Check Steve's work here @stevesoundcoombes

cover credit: https://www.freeimages.com/pt/photo/light-explosion-1171387

Infinite Point Of Light | 𝗝𝗼ã𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗲𝘀

𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀 𝗗𝗲 𝗧𝗶
first relaease for 𝘼𝙇𝙂𝙐𝙈𝘼𝙎 𝙑𝙄𝙎Õ𝙀𝙎 (𝙑𝙊𝙇.𝟮)
João Sousa: vocals, vsti, mix and master.
Melancholic, introspective, reflecting the chaos and ugliness outside.

While I'm taking care of the edition of 𝘼𝙇𝙂𝙐𝙈𝘼𝙎 𝙑𝙄𝙎Õ𝙀𝙎 (𝙑𝙊𝙇.𝟭) , here is the first track for the vol2.

Ecos De Ti

This track was designed for a series of videos and teaser from a retreat called  𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴, in Portugal, organized by Carla Natário and Isadora Migliori. I had the pleasure of playing music at some of the retreat activities and also took care of filming and editing the teasers :)

The flute is played by the amazing Jörg @joerxworx

The retreat, among other things, creates a space where our 3 intelligence centers can coherently be connect. Relating Science to Spirituality, Heart Based Living is a space of deep connection and inner knowledge. 
Photo by Rui Mendes : https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruialexandresousa/

Dialogue with the heart [with 𝗝ö𝗿𝗴]

Drum version for https://soundcloud.com/agnosturaelwar/solitude 
by the great Ingvar Tautra @agnosturaelwar

PHOTO COVER by Rui Mendes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruialexandresousa/

Solitude (Ingvar and Svayam)

Here I am, about to become a father, and already celebrating the life that's about to come :)
Cada olhar teu, was the first song I wrote "reacting" to this life evolving right in front of our eyes and hands.

(Picture, photo from my father of pink poppies <3 : https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruialexandresousa/ )

João Svayam: vocals, ukulele, guitar, percussions, mix and master
2022

Cada olhar teu

7 months ago I started posting songs for 𝘼𝙇𝙂𝙐𝙈𝘼𝙎 𝙑𝙄𝙎Õ𝙀𝙎 (𝙑𝙊𝙇.𝟭)
A collaborative project that kicked out in the beggining of the year, when I was pretty much feeling very high on the energy of having a child soon! Now that my baby girl's born so is the final edition of the first volume of SOME VISIONS!

This is the last track! Released on the day the album came on @particula-records and @a-besta-label , on  CDr and Cassette editon!

Bass, Cajon, Mix and Master by João Svayam
Guitara by Tiago Eira @subasement
Poem and Vocals by Nuno Mangas Viegas @opeomaacorda

@joerxworkx suggested we shared the text in English, so here's the portuguese version (the original text) and the translation by the author
<3 Much Love Nuno!

𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘'𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗕𝗬 𝗡𝗨𝗡𝗢 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗔𝗦 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗦

Rasgo a casca, visto a pele
Salto pra fora do covil,
Nasci no mato, animal esquivo
Da terra filho e nativo

Atrás da rocha algo me espia
Passos cercando em meu redor
O medo sobe de fasquia
P’ra cada presa o seu predador

Mas logo escapo da emboscada
E fujo sem deixar pegada
Nariz erguido farejo o vento
Por companhia ou alimento

Os dias fogo, as noites gelo
E a fome turva-me a visão
Não é nem sonho, nem pesadelo
É só da espécie a condição

Uns dias festa, outros tristeza,
Sorriso, canto ou cicatriz
De tudo tenho uma certeza
Da selva eterno aprendiz

E já velhinho deito os ossos
No mesmo pasto que os viu nascer
Lembro os outros e lembro os nossos
Todos sangue do mesmo ser.

Sou animal, sentimental
SOU ANIMAL
Sou animal, universal.
SOU ANIMAL.

NM-V


𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘'𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡

I tear the shell, I put on the skin
I jump out of the lair,
I was born in the bush, an elusive animal
Of the land, son and native

Behind the rock something spies on me
Footsteps encircling me
Fear rises to the top
For each prey, its predator

But quickly I escape the ambush
And flee without a trace
Nose up, sniffing the wind
For company or food

Days are fire, nights: ice
And hunger blurs my vision
It's neither dream nor nightmare
It's just the species' condition

Some days a feast, others: sadness,
A smile, a song, or a scar,
Of everything I am certain
Of the jungle I'm an eternal apprentice

And as an old man I lay my bones
In the same pasture that saw them born
I remember the others and remember ours
All blood of the same being.

I'm an animal, sentimental
I AM AN ANIMAL
I am an animal, universal.
I AM AN ANIMAL.

Persistencia Animal (𝗧𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗘𝗶𝗿𝗮 & 𝗡𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘀)

Anahata foi uma das primeiras canções de Svayam, num momento em que os meus concertos meditativos começaram a incorporar cantigas, com letra e voz a cada concerto menos tímida e mais presente. É da era de 2018, mas quis ser fechada em 2022. Gravada na Start Up Cultural de Arruda dos Vinhos, em Dezembro de 2022.

João Svayam: guitarra, baixo, voz, bateria, mix e master.

Letra:

O meu coração não é só em mim
bate com outros que batem assim
Como um tambor que nunca tem fim
arde no peito e transforma-me aqui

O meu coração não é só em mim
brilha com outros que cantam assim
Soltam no vento um canto sem fim
abro o meu peito e transformo-me aqui

Volto ao meu peito agora e aqui
Abro o meu peito transformo-me aqui
Grato ao meu peito agora e aqui
Amor no peito bate um coração

(english)
Anahata was one of Svayam's first songs, at a time when my meditative concerts began to incorporate songs, with lyrics and voice at each concert less shy and more present. It's from the 2018 era, but I wanted to finish her process in 2022. Recorded at Start Up Cultural de Arruda dos Vinhos, in December 2022.

João Svayam: guitar, bass, vocals, drums, mix and master.

Lyrics

My heart doesn't live inside of me alone
beats with others who beat like it
Like a drum that never ends
it burns in my chest and transforms me here and now

My heart doesn't live inside of me alone
shines with others who sing like this
They release an endless song in the wind
I open my chest and become here and now

I return to my chest here and now
I open my chest, I transform myself here and now
Grateful to my heart here and now
My love, inside my chest beats a heart

Anahata

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗴𝗼 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮 nasce do contacto revisitado entre a minha música e a poesia do Nuno Mangas-Viegas, com quem tenho partilhado esta sincronia entre som e palavra de tantas formas e há tanto tempo.
Musicalmente este tema é uma expressão muito autêntica de "onde eu estou agora", no que toca à forma como oiço música, componho e toco.

O poema "Queima o fogo a lenha" faz parte do livro de poesia e fotografia "Súbito Silente" e pode ser comprado aqui: https://particularec.bandcamp.com/merch/s-bito-silente-poesia-e-fotografia 

João Svayam : percussão (darbuka, tadu, cajon, djembe)cordas (guitar, bass), voz cantada
Nuno Mangas-Viegas : poema e voz declamada

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗴𝗼 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮 is born from the revisited contact between my music and the poetry of Nuno Mangas-Viegas, with whom I have shared this synchrony between sound and word in so many ways and for so long.
Musically this theme is a very authentic expression of "where I am now", in terms of how I listen to music, compose and play.

The poem "Queima o fogo a lenha" is part of the poetry and photography book "Súbito Silente" and can be purchased here: https://particularec.bandcamp.com/merch/s-bito-silente-poesia-e-fotografia

Spotify

Queima O Fogo A Lenha

New single by Svayam, "Agradeço" about being grateful for belonging anywhere anyone as a good memory of you. An ode to life, to nature and connection.

Composition, recording, mix and master by João Svayam

João Svayam - steel guitar, bansuri (bamboo flute), vocals
Rui Miguel Aires - viola da terra (azorean guitar) 
Hugo "Vicky" Marques - zé pereira (tradicional portuguese drum), cajon, adufe (tradicional portuguse frame drum) 

LYRICS
(pt)

Agradeço à minha Terra
por tudo o que eu sou
seja lá de onde for
Onde houver quem me relembre
e um abraço me envie
é daí que eu quero ser
Agradeço a todos os ventos
às ondas e aos rebentos
seja lá o que deles nascer
Trago o meu peito ao relento
Agradeço aos rios	
Essa água que eu hei de beber

Por onde continuar a agradecer
Tanta estória por contar
Tanto livro por escrever
Por onde continuar a agradecer
Tantos sorrisos na memória
Tanto amor a florescer

Agradeço à minha Terra
por tudo o que eu sou
seja lá de onde for
Onde houver quem me relembre
e um abraço me envie
é daí que eu quero ser
Agradeço a todos os ventos
às ondas e aos rebentos
seja lá o que deles nascer
Trago o meu peito ao relento
Agradeço à Terra
essa Terra que me há de comer

Por onde continuar a agradecer
Tanta estória por contar
Tanto livro por escrever
Por onde continuar a agradecer
Tantos sorrisos na memória
Tanto amor a florescer

(eng)

Thanks to my land
for everything i am
wherever I'm from
Wherever there are those who remind me
and send me a hug
that's where i want to belong
Thanks to all the winds
to the waves and the swells
whatever comes out of them
I bring my chest out
and thank the rivers
This water I will drink

Where to continue to thank
So much story to tell
So many books to write
Where to continue to thank
So many smiles in memory
So much love blooming

Thanks to my land
for everything i am
wherever I'm from
Wherever there are those who remind me
and send me a hug
that's where i want to belong
Thanks to all the winds
to the waves and the swells
whatever comes out of them
I bring my chest out
thank the earth
this Earth that will eat me

Where to continue to thank
So much story to tell
So many books to write
Where to continue to thank
So many smiles in memory
So much love blooming

Agradeço

𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐚 is probably the first song that I wrote that made me understand that I didn't only wanted to play instrumental music for meditation and relaxation sessions. I realized that working on music for healing I was healing myself, and needed to express all the doubts, fears, insecurities I felt towards my self, my identity, my choices and my life with others. It's from 2019 it was written on a family caravan near the beach.
Also  this is my first recording 100% made on 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐔𝐩 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐬, the place where I rehearse, study and record where I live, in Portugal.

João Svayam: composition, lyrics, guitar, adufe (percussion), bass, vocals, mix and master.
May 2023


lyrics 


𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐚

Sento-me incerto, caneta na mão
Tanto pensamento, tanta indecisão.
Quanto mais eu tento, menos eu consigo.
Algo em mim relembra, é só estar comigo.
*
Vejo uma semente que encontro no chão
e falo com ela, responde-me então:
olha bem para mim, sou universal,
lê nas minhas curvas um olhar igual.
Enquanto um sorriso surge nos meus lábios,
suspiram cá dentro ensinamentos sábios.
Nunca uma semente disse tanta coisa,
nunca a mim mesmo eu disse tanta coisa.
*
Cresce um girassol, nesse mesmo chão,
O seu brilho intenso beija a minha mão.
Sol que nele brilhas, brilha no meu ser
Lê nas minhas linhas o que eu não sei ler.
Pétalas e folhas envolvem-me assim
Somos o começo, o meio e o fim
Nunca uma flor mostrou tanta coisa
Nunca o meu sol disse tanta coisa
*
E agora que sinto que encontrei o centro
Limpei o que havia no meu pensamento
Lembro que inspirando calma e lentamente
Vejo tudo o que sou além da minha mente
*


Tanta Coisa

𝔸𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕠 is a song about asking for help, trying to belong in a strange and absurd existence, understanding our needs and other people's, and struggling to be fair, just, and true to oneself.

Amparo

𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐇𝐀 (mountain) was written in Ayacata, Gran Canaria Island, very close to Bentayga and Roque Nublo, amazing mountains where Berber Population used to live in connection with the stars and the land before the spanish invasion! And it was played live in Fundão, Portugal, on the Bienal de Saúde e Bem-Estar. Playing Adufe and Singing.

𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕙𝕒
𝐅𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑, 𝐀𝐲𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐚, 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 

A montanha fala comigo
(ai) a montanha fala comigo
e eu não sei que lhe dizer
Eu não sei que lhe dizer
e ela fala comigo

Por onde andas meu amigo
por onde andas meu amigo
por onde te queres perder
Onde é que te queres perder
Onde andas meu amigo

Vou em busca de abrigo
Ando à busca de abrigo
Onde me possa aquecer
onde me possa aquecer
ando em busca de abrigo

Eu hei de andar contigo
hei de caminhar contigo
até ao entardecer
até ao anoitecer 
hei de caminhar contigo

Seja lá quem for que queira
seja lá quem for que diga
qual é o teu destino
o que o teu destino
só tu podes entender


(photo by Ludgero Zorro, me singing at Pico, the highest mountain in Portugal, in Pico Island, Azores)

Montanha (LIVE)

Aprender, Crescer, Caminhar (Learn, Grow, Walk) is a  song dedicated to my daughter :)

João Svayam
Novembro 2022

O teu rosto pela manhã
é um sonho meu.
Com o teu despertar
(eu) vou contigo até ao amanhecer
pra te ver sorrir e brilhar.

Nasce um dia como amanhã
nascerão mais.
Aqui vamos estar
a olhar a estrela que nos faz seguir
Aprender, Crescer, Caminhar.

Ouve o bater do coração,
o meu peito junto ao teu
repousa na noite.
Como se fosse teu o amanhã
e a manhã espreita devagar

(eu) vou contigo até ao amanhecer
pra te ver sorrir e brilhar.

a olhar a estrela que nos faz seguir
Aprender, Crescer, Caminhar.

Aprender, Crescer, Caminhar

Relembra a janela que és
pronta a receber o mundo
grata por inundar cada movimento teu
E a raiva que é tua também
veste bem a tua sombra
Basta dançar com ela cada movimento teu

Faz de ti a dança do Mundo
Faz de ti cada Movimento

Janela

Song about a Mountain :) Played with Adufe, portuguese traditional feminine frame drum.

João Svayam
Fevereiro 2023, Ayacata, Gran Canaria 

A montanha fala comigo
(ai) a montanha fala comigo
e eu não sei que lhe dizer
Eu não sei que lhe dizer
e ela fala comigo

Por onde andas meu amigo
por onde andas meu amigo
por onde te queres perder
Onde é que te queres perder
Onde andas meu amigo

Vou em busca de abrigo
Ando à busca de abrigo
Onde me possa aquecer
onde me possa aquecer
ando em busca de abrigo

Eu hei de andar contigo
hei de caminhar contigo
até ao entardecer
até ao anoitecer 
hei de caminhar contigo

Seja lá quem for que queira
seja lá quem for que diga
qual é o teu destino
o que o teu destino
só tu podes entender

Montanha

Gravado ao vivo em concerto meditativo n'O Grande Círculo Mágico Da Memória “Voltar a Ti””, no hostel Almáa em Sintra.
Gratidão a todas as vozes que se tornaram uma. (*) Grato ao Jason Baker,ao João Roque, à Vanda VC, ao Filipe Leal e a todas as pessoas que deram voz à segunda versão d' alma, que viram svayam nascer, crescer e ser dentro delas. Este tema surgiu-me neste espaço, neste momento, no despertar para a beleza, para o amor, para a vida.

Alma (*)

☉ 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 (𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸)
This was born thanks to the universal power of music, thanks to the wonderful connection of love that brings us all together. A collaboration of three artists, 𝗦𝘃𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗺@joaomsousa , 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗮ú𝗻𝗮 @carauna and 𝗜𝗡𝗥𝗚𝗗@inrgd , that started as a guitar based song by Svayam, and evolved into a fantastic edition job with fantastic beats and dreamy  sounds by Caraúna. Later the feminine energy present on the music already became real with Ingrid's vocals and words.  
Close your eyes, breathe deeply, let your self go in the desert, in space, in the void where we all are the same.

☉ 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘨𝘶ê𝘴
Este tema nasceu graças ao poder universal da música, graças à maravilhosa conexão de amor que nos une. Uma colaboração de três artistas, 𝗦𝘃𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗺, 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗮ú𝗻𝗮 e 𝗜𝗡𝗥𝗚𝗗, que começou como uma música baseada em guitarra de Svayam e evoluiu para um trabalho de edição fantástico com batidas e sons oníricos de Caraúna. Mais tarde, a energia feminina presente na música se tornou real com os vocais e as palavras de Ingrid.
Feche os olhos, respire profundamente, deixe-se ir no deserto, no espaço, no vazio onde todos somos iguais.

☉ 𝘌𝘴𝘱𝘢ñ𝘰𝘭
Este tema nació gracias al poder universal de la música, gracias a la maravillosa conexión de amor que nos une. Una colaboración de tres artistas, 𝗦𝘃𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗺, 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗮ú𝗻𝗮 e 𝗜𝗡𝗥𝗚𝗗, que comenzó como una canción para guitarra de Svayam y se ha convertido en un trabajo de edición fantástico con ritmos y sonidos oníricos de Caraúna. Más tarde, la energía femenina presente en la música se hizo real con la voz y las palabras de Ingrid.
Cierra los ojos, respira profundamente, déjate ir en el desierto, en el espacio, en el vacío donde todos somos iguales.


Svayam (João Sousa) [PT]: guitar | guitarra @joaomsousa
Caraúna (Mário) [BR]: beats and sounds, mix and master | batidas e outros sons, mistura e master | ritmos, mescla y master  @carauna
INRGD (Ingrid) [BR]: vocals | voz @inrgd

𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜 𝗖𝗢𝗔𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗦 2020

Svayam E Caraúna - No Deserto (Part. Ingrid)

After a long period of self study, and a lot of Sitar practice, I finally have a very modest study of a Raga, Ananda uses a Raga Yaman base to develop a small melody. I found so natural to mix my classic guitar playing, for a simple reason... The past 3 years the way I play guitar was actually an approach to a very drone based and raga like composition, in the search of meditation through music.
When I finally was able to create a base melody and start improvising with its notes I felt this blissful moment, realization, fulfilling... somehow felt deeply connect to the collective mind that has this melodies and harmonies there, ready to be manifested by musicians that study a connection to that enormous origin. Ananda is a sanskrit term that refers to a state of bliss that is quiet different from what we normally believe to be happiness, something beyond what I see myself as, something that brings you closer to the Self. 
I hope you enjoy this moment, it really comes from a pure moment of happiness and connection.

ॐ
Om aim hrim shrim Saraswati Devi Namah
Jai Maa

Ananda

I've been wanting to collab with Ingvar | 𝗔𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮 𝗘𝗹𝘄𝗮𝗿 (@agnosturaelwar)  for some time, and I saw this Invitation on a beautiful Playlist he made. Loved the 4 and chose the 3rd to create something. 

☮ 

Remain quite loyal to the original mandolin track, adding some shruti box and synth work on it. Really happy with the drones I managed to build aroud this sounds!
Listening to it makes me feel in the middle of nature, at night, by a fire, gazing at the stars and wondering the origin of all life.

☮ 

Check the wonderful playlist at https://soundcloud.com/agnosturaelwar/sets/octobre-collaborative-works-on with works by @mmastalka , @boson_spin and others.

𝗔𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮 𝗘𝗹𝘄𝗮𝗿 - Mandolin, composition, invitation.
𝗦𝘃𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗺 - Indian Shruti Box, Synth, Mix and final Master.

☮
 
«Aí vem a estrela! Aí vem, sobre a montanha,
Rompendo a sombra etérea do crepúsculo!
A paisagem tornou-se mais estranha,
Mais cheia de silêncio e de mistério!
Dormem ainda as árvores e os homens,
E dorme, em alto ramo, a cotovia…
E, se ergue já seu canto, é porque sonha
julga ver, sonhando, a luz do dia!(...)»

O NASCIMENTO, Teixeira de Pascoaes
https://www.citador.pt/poemas/o-nascimento-teixeira-de-pascoaes

Gazing at the stars | 𝗔𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮 𝗘𝗹𝘄𝗮𝗿 and 𝗦𝘃𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗺

First track from 𝗢 𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗲 (what unites us) is a new album by Svayam, conceived and recorded as one of his concerts, a relaxation guided by words and music, a soundtrack for a moment of meditation and self-study.
Its structure brings an invitation to a moment to close your eyes, find a comfortable posture, accept the freedom of the first flute notes, to then be wrapped in these sound waves that, even from a distance, unite us, make us closer to the Whole. The disc ends with Sitar, in Raga Yaman, sealed with Bansuri.

𝗢 𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗲 has a physical edition limited to 25 copies, on cardboard painted with intuitive watercolor.

Livre Sopro

Here's a little something that you can use for collaboration! 
It's a simple and free tempo handpan track :) 
You can download it and if you feel like doing something with it, let me know and I'll add to the Playlist "Divagações" <3 https://soundcloud.com/joaomsousa/sets/divagacoes-open-collaboration

Scale:
D (Ding) central note
A, Bb, C, D, Eb, F#, G, A (other notes)

Divagação

Youtube

Divagação | 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

Leonel Cardoso has answered the call of Divagações - Open Collaboration track - https://soundcloud.com/joaomsousa/divagacao  Here is vision on it.

João Svayam - Hanpan
Leonel Cardoso -Little bells, Udu, Tenor Saxophone
See more of Leone Cardoso's music herel:

@leonel-cardoso-863330188
@leonel-kardashian
@ohn-smith-324602294
@leonel-cardoso-104759320
@little-bell-255193646
@ittle-bells
@user-474600234
@nuno-kosta-43803646
@long-silver-360484947
and
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLllqXXPVU6b9pJ60CNYYyw9JLkiYvvkDN

Divagando | 𝗦𝘃𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗺 e 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼𝘀𝗼

Some new visions to My Africa (open collab), amazing track by Lady of Fire Poetry https://soundcloud.com/ladyofire/my-africa-open-collab
Honored and grateful for collabing with Tanisha @ladyofire and Jörg @joerxworx

Lady of Fire - compostion, main track, poem, vocals
Svayam - Beats, Flutes, Samples (Om by @carla-nat-rio ; Call for prayer recorded in Morroco), Mixing and Master
Joerxworx - Saxophone

Black Is Beautiful | 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆, 𝗦𝘃𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗺 and 𝗝𝗼𝗲𝗿𝘅𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘅

30 Janeiro 2021
Tocado "ao vivo" em livestream através do Facebook, em parceira com A Alma Merece (espaço terapêutico em Queluz) e Sandra Brito.
João Svayam - Voz, Guitarra, Composição

𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘈 𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘢 𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦 (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘻) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘰.
𝘑𝘰ã𝘰 𝘚𝘷𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘮 - 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳, 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

Inner Voice (Live)

It starts with a guitar piece. 𝗪𝗼𝗱𝘄𝗼 creates this ethereal guitar loop, creating this cicle of emotive fluidity. After some work on this guitar loop (doubling, warping it to 5ths or 3rds), 𝗦𝘃𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗺 feels the call to record some Sitar, inspired by this cyclic swril of notes, helping him reach this blissful state with how sounds come together. And like a cherry on top of a cake (vegan one, please) 𝗷𝗼𝗲𝗿𝘅𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘅 just flys over this amazing scenery, blowing the most sweet notes, bringing a jazzy feeling to this priceless meditation.
I am so happy to share with you one of some collaborations that started with em and Wodwo, and especially to start sharing this one.

WODWO @user-364196783-552705040 : guitar, mix
SVAYAM : Sitar, mix, master
JOERXWORKSX @joerxworx : Tenor Saxophone

Ethereal Reach | 𝗪𝗼𝗱𝘄𝗼, 𝗦𝘃𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗺, 𝗷𝗼𝗲𝗿𝘅𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘅

João 𝗦𝘃𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗺, is a multi instrumentalist, music producer and yoga student / teacher. Connected with the term singer-songwriter but also diverse genres, such as music for meditation, electronic, trip-hop, ambient, free form music, and others.
Lover of nature, passionate world observer, into spiritual questioning and meditation practices.

☼ 
 Music is one of multiple ways of living fully, being whole and complete, immersed on the vastness of the world. At each music note we can redeem something more from our essence, spread it, echo it, give, receive and be. Svayam is a moment of meditation guided by sound, and it’s offered as an opportunity to be who we really are, to take from the inside what escapes our instant and automatic sensibility. João Sousa guides this voyage - personal, but collective - with a guitar, voice and bowls.
Each body touched by sound is a moment of unique love,
an inexhaustible source of energy. To create with sound is to open doors to the earth, to touch the water, feel the air and transform with fire… For a moment we understand the act of creation, we are that moment, undulating in the ethereal, taking off from matter. Each time Svayam happens, we connect profoundly with humankind, with life, with the cosmos. Let us be all and nothing, here and now, everyone and none.

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