remix by @alunaritualmusic

Raw Cacao has been honored and worshiped by indigenous people for thousands of years. Up until the 18th century they were using cacao as a sort of currency equal to gold and they refer to cacao as “food of the gods”. It was and still today is held sacred not only for its amazing health benefits but also as a “medicine of the heart”. They call it “Mama Cacao” because of the loving and nurturing feeling that arises when a ceremonial cup of cacao has been savoured. Mayan elders and other indigenous tribes from around the globe believe that the plant is alive and has a spirit that is here with the intention to help us to open our hearts and to be more loving and gentle and to remind us of our connection to nature and spirit and the sacredness of life. There is a legend among them , like a prophecy that says “Whenever the earth and humanity are going through great shifts  and transformations the spirit of cacao will emerge to support and assist by guiding the people back into their hearts to know the truth within and to heal confusion and trauma caused by false beliefs and disconnection from source and our essence.  Everyone who has experienced a cacao ceremony has gotten a sense of the gentle and loving energy and spirit of “Mama Cacao” and the joy and healing she brings to the world.

The NUMA tribe loves this plant so much and we are so infinitely grateful for all the hearts that have been opened, wounds and traumas that have been healed, dances that have been danced, and love and connection that has been shared thanks to the magical weavings of this beautiful plant medicine.

THEA HANN who is part of the LUCID tribe – a collective for conscious and sacred gatherings in Berlin -  has her own story and love affair with the sacred medicine and expressed her gratitude in the form of a wonderful song. When she reached out to us to share this beautiful offering we were instantly enchanted and truly excited and grateful that this prayer song has found its way to us because Cacao is such an integral part of our life and has been and keeps supporting and nourishing us on so many levels.

In addition to the acoustic and pure original version of the song the EP features 2 remixes. 

Intiche created a sonic reflection of his own personal connection and experiences with the sacred plant. To honor the different heritages of Cacao around the world Intiche used traditional instruments from countries where cacao is growing like Indonesian bamboos and gamelan, percussion maracas from Peru and Ecuador and rainmakers from Bolivia. By changing the tempo into double time halfway through the track Intiche wants to make us feel the playful atmosphere that the medicine can bring to us “ and make us going deep and at the same time dance and let it go wild...”

Me and Maywa were also invited to rework Thea's Song and with great joy we created our sweet magical journey guided by the Mama herself (we drank plenty of cacao in the process ;) 
Maywa added her powerful shamanic icaro medicine, our friend and dear brother Daniel Mora from Costa Rica is playing native costa rican flutes and I painted a colorful tapestry of sonic bloom to express the joy, aliveness and love that mama cacao has shown me within myself and that I can now experience every day all around me in the costa rican jungle.

We hope that this release will serve as a prayer and gift to honor this wonderful medicine. May it support to strengthen our connection to nature and compassion for others and ourselves. May it  be a soundtrack to our ceremonies, ecstatic dances, breath work sessions and celebrations of all kinds.

Pura Vida from Costa Rica!

<3

Steffen & Maywa

THEA HANN - Mama Cacao (ALUNA Revision)

Musica medicina para cantar y sanar a traves del canto

El Canto Enamorado

Written and performed by Jorge Machado. 

(Kalimba, Udu Drum and small percussions)

Recorded and Edited by André Martins.
Mixed and Mastered by Nick Piliouris (Sonic Crime) at ESAD Music Studio, Greece.

Way Home

Free download from my new Improvisation album that i released 6/4/14. 

This album is a sample of my collection of instruments that i use in my sound journeys. I wanted to keep the true nature of improvisation by recording only single takes on each track.. 

Check out the album at : 
http://masaruhigasa.bandcamp.com/releases

Liquid Spiral

I have all these songs/ prayers on my hard drive with the intention of fleshing them out, collaborating and recording them professionally one day.... 
but the time is now!  Flap your wings friends, we are making it! One heart, One Love

here we are:
LO-Fi Blessings for Love & Liberation

dedicated to the rainbow star nation!
In-Joy

Bachan - Freedom prayer

The Fullness [Poornamadah] - Go-Ray & Duke

Rest in great natural peace

This is the Recording of a channeled Sound Healing Journey with Maywa and Kara Cura in San Marcos (Guatemala) in Feb 2018

As in dream they are sliding a sea of murmurs,
cascades of sounds
In the silence...
Thank you Sacred plants, bobinsana, for sharing with me your songs in my dreams, thank you for your beauty, your sensuality, your vulnerability and your sweetness, powerful medicine, pure femininity and love ...
Thank you, Divine sister, Kara cura for being one with me, your instrument and my voice dancing with the night, with the stars, opening our hearts to be one with Bobinsana ❤
Thank you Steffen Kirchhoff  for being present and being one with us in this magical moment in this sacred land of guatemaya, lake atitlan, vibrating with your heart, your intuition, listening and receiving this sacred medicine, and be love.

Como en sueno van deslizando un mar de murmullos, 
cascadas de sonidos
En el silencio...
Gracias Plantitas sagradas, bobinsana, por compartir conmigo tus cantos en mis suenos, gracias por tu belleza, tu sensualidad, tu vulnerabilidad, y tu dulzura, poderosa medicina, pura feminidad y amor...
Gracias divina hermana Kara cura por ser una conmigo, tu instrumento y mi voz danzando con la noche con las estrellas, abriendo nuestro corazon para ser una con Bobinsana ❤
Gracias Steffen kirchhoff por ser presente y ser uno con nosotras en este momento magico en esta tierra sagrada de guatemaya lago atitlan, vibrando con tu corazon, tu intuicion, escuchando, reciviendo esta medicina sagrada,  y ser amor.

Maywa & Kara Cura - Hommage to Bobinsana

A sweet song for an easeful journey!
Written and performed by Boombird @birdgoesboom
Recorded and Produced by Bonbon Spirit

If you like this song, please follow us:
https://www.facebook.com/BonbonSpiritCorvallis
https://birdgoesboom.bandcamp.com

Lyrics:
Sacred memories, broken hearts at children's feet
Which of these were meant to be, do we know?
Swam across a primal sea, felt an ancient heartbeat
The more I walk the center, the more it grows

Beautiful day, and everything's going my way,
'cause I am walking my path with the flow
Beautiful day, and everything's going my way,
'cause I am walking my path with the flow

Layer by layer you hide your truth, but I can see all of you
I swim through every texture and every shade
Woman sheds her cloak of youth, beautiful and brilliant, too
Sunlight sees the scars as they fade

Beautiful day, and everything's going my way,
'cause I am walking my path with the flow
Beautiful day, and everything's going my way,
'cause I am walking my path with the flow

Beautiful day, and everything's going my way,
'cause I am walking my path with the flow
Beautiful day, and everything's going my way,
'cause I am walking my path with the flow

Boombird - Bitter Practice Sweet Mind (Bonbon Spirit mix)

Hard to believe it has been four years since the birth of Shika Shika with the release of Barrio Lindo’s Kayak Break EP. Four years of being able to release music we love, artists that inspire us and the power of borderless, cultural cross-pollination.

Yet we have reached a crucial crossroads where it is time for the collective to evolve and grow. We want to embrace a vision that tries to find the sweet spot between music & activism, be it cultural and social empowerment or environmental awareness.

Cosmofania (inspired by Cosmogony - the study of the beginning of the universe) embraces this new beginning but also new artists and new sounds for ys. A deep, exciting anf refreshing new beginning!

With this compilation we are presenting a selection of new names we’d never heard of until our open call, old friends we somehow haven’t already worked with and amazing established names. It is a selection of beautiful, music by 13 talented musicians and producers from all over the world - Canada to Indonesia, Egypt to Argentina. They are tied together by an approach to electronic folk music, rich organic soundscapes and a sonic freshness

Free Dwnld (= donate

Raio X Curawaka - He Yanna Yo

Produced by Iestyn Polson
Written by Barbara Micklejohn Free and Gareth Hughes
Guitar by Finn Petcher
My EP https://open.spotify.com/album/3TJwzBaCBNsMtrTOaJc7eg

Spirit Of The Wind - Jessica Lewis & Finn Petcher

"Composer, electronic music producer, percussionist, sound designer and DJ. Driven by the interest in melding music and other arts (performing arts, visual arts, amongst others), he soon found out that this interest had turned to an academic and professional career. Involved, as a musician, in multidisciplinary projects, he composes for theatre, dance, cinema, video-art, performance and children’s storytelling. He also cooperates as a percussionist with several musical projects, producers and authors. Amongst other groups, his participation in OCO, ATMA, UDJAT Ensemble, Cachupa Psicadélica, stand out. He is currently involved in three musical projects, two alter egos, MY NOISY TWINS and REFOGADO, and is part of the world fusion band OCO".

Way Home

JORGE CUNHA MACHADO