And the end and the beginning were always there
Before the beginning and after the end.
And all is always now.
(T.S.Eliot)

The End of the Beginning marks the end of the first musical creation phase of my life, where I have provided track lists for numerous musical journeys and ceremonies, mostly for small groups of friends, but also for events like Borderland (Scandinavias version of Burning Man - http://theborderland.se/ )

The End of the Beginning is my first journey mix, where I have worked on a seamless musical mix for journeys within.
At some track transitions nature sounds are used, for others a track is mixed into the next. For a few silence is used. This is done, as it for me is important to focus also on the silence and ambient sounds of our planet. It is from this, that the music arises. (Listen e.g. to Eckart Tolle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGcijS_eSKg )

"Part 1 - Settling" is meant for settling in, arriving at the place where you listen to this music.
"Part 2 - Going Deep" is meant for the real work, where you on your journey travel within. The music can here help you experience different states and emotions and will guide you through
"Part 3 - Coming Back" will be posted in the near future , and is meant slowly to bring you back, letting go of your inner work, and integrate it in a state of celebration in a space of love and light

If you like the individual tracks I have used, please support the artists. Link to their Soundcloud/Bandcamp/other sites are provided with the tracklist.

Artwork: Michael Rasa

The End of the Beginning

Much love and gratitude to the wonderful healers:

Mei-lan - Poranguí - Liquid Bloom - 
Sam Garrett - Mollie Mendoza -
Kirk Monteux mysoftmusic - 

Photography - Unknown

❤

Spiritito - Come Home - Deep Yoga Flow

Take Me Higher

Recorded live at Studio DB, Berlin, 22nd April 2025

Steffen Sennert: sax, keyboards.
Federico Narracci: keyboards, drums, effects.

Glass (live)

ETHEREAL AMBIENT SOUNDSCAPES INSPIRED BY GAME OF THRONES AND THE  LORD OF THE RINGS AND MANY OTHERS. RELAX, ENJOY AND DRIFT AWAY.

ETHEREAL - BORN OF FIRE AND FLAMES

Presence - 02 - Anahata Drops

Versión sin voz del Tryambakam. Perfecta para acompañar la práctica de yoga. Con las increíbles manos y tablas de Urián Sarmiento. Guitarra eléctrica: Camilo Donado. Percusión menor de Alejo Calderón. Armonio y arreglo: Rodrigo Restrepo Ángel. Grabación, mezcla y máster: Alejo Calderón (Changó Records)

Tryambakam versión sin voz

Yoga Journal Review :
"A passionate performance on guitar offers a Westerner's interpretation of the classical Indian raga.

Classical Indian music is all about mood. Songs can evoke joy, tranquillity, even devotion. To accomplish this, musicians base songs on a form called a raga—a melodic pattern built on a framework of notes, rhythms, and musical progressions designed to summon up a particular emotion. It's best to experience ragas if you want to understand them, and now you can get a taste on Stevin McNamara's new album, Om Guitar: Acoustic Meditation Music.
A gifted guitarist and sitarist who has worked with Tina Turner, among others, McNamara has released two earlier solo discs: Caroline Myss' Chakra Meditation Music and Yogitar. McNamara's purpose on his newest album is not to imitate classical Indian music, but to apply the principles of raga to the totality of his background as a player of Indian and Western guitar.
Om Guitar is made up of four lengthy songs (from 13 to 25 minutes) that unfold at the unhurried pace of a sunny day spent in a leafy canyon. The music contains melodic and harmonic echoes of classical European repertoire, coffeehouse strumming, gentle psychedelia, and easygoing jazz. These combine effortlessly with McNamara's skillful microtonal string bends that are unique to North Indian classical music. This technique creates a plaintive sound that is especially effective in the album's first composition, "Aubade," based on a raga designed to awaken passionate longing.
Other compositions showcase McNamara's guitar and sitar playing in tandem. The two instruments intertwine in coy call-and-response patterns and joyful melodies on the album's closing track, "Heartsong Celebration." Another piece, "May Fortune Smile," features McNamara's nylon-string guitar being struck by fingers, brushes, the heel of his hand, and a violin bow. On other tracks, percussionist Nic Dacelo and tamboura/harmonium player Aram Ram provide hypnotic underpinnings. The album as a whole is meditative and soothing, making it an evocative introduction to classical Indian music."

Om Guitar

May Fortune Smile

Om Asato Maa Sad-Gamaya (Lead me from Unreal to Real)
Tamaso Maa Jyotir-Gamaya  (From Darkness into Light)
Mrtyor-Maa Amrtam Gamaya  (From Death into Immortality)

This piece combines mantra, lyric, and spoken word into a prayer for understanding and connection. Bless

(MP3) (Asato Ma ) Wild Heart Beating

Wild Heart Beating (Asato Ma)

The End of the Beginning marks the end of the first musical creation phase of my life, where I have provided track lists for numerous musical journeys and ceremonies, mostly for small groups of friends, but also for events like Borderland (Scandinavias version of Burning Man - http://theborderland.se/  )

The End of the Beginning is my first journey mix, where I have worked on a seamless musical mix for journeys within.
At some track transitions nature sounds are used, for others a track is mixed into the next. For a few silence is used. This is done, as it for me is important to focus also on the silence and ambient sounds of our planet. It is from this, that the music arises. (Listen e.g. to Eckart Tolle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGcijS_eSKg )

"Part 1 - Settling" is meant for settling in, arriving at the place where you listen to this music.
"Part 2 - Going Deep" is meant for the real work, where you on your journey travel within. The music can here help you experience different states and emotions and will guide you through
"Part 3 - Coming Back" will be posted in the near future , and is meant slowly to bring you back, letting go of your inner work, and integrate it in a state of celebration in a space of love and light

If you like the individual tracks I have used, please support the artists. Link to their Soundcloud/Bandcamp/other sites are provided with the tracklist.

Artwork: Michael Rasa

Full music track list below:

00:00 Intro - Nature Sounds
04:31 Nessi Gomes - Long Way Home - https://www.nessigomesmusic.com/
14:01 Liquid Bloom - Sacred Blessing (Re.Generations mix) - https://desertdwellersmusic.bandcamp.com/album/re-generations
21:51 Liquid Bloom - Ceremony of the Heart (Re.Generations mix) - https://desertdwellersmusic.bandcamp.com/album/re-generations
27:29 Jairamji - Forgiveness Ritual - https://charlieroscoe.bandcamp.com/album/awakening-earth
39:27 Asura - Frontiers (Final Mix) - https://beatspace-atmospheric.bandcamp.com/track/asura-frontiers
45:08 Hans Zimmer - Planet Earth II Suite - http://www.hans-zimmer.com/index.php?rub=disco&id=1540
49:20 Michael Rasa - Snips - https://soundcloud.com/michael-rasa-1
50:21 Inventions - Slow Breathing Circuit (A Winged Victory for the Sullen Remix) - https://inventions.bandcamp.com/track/slow-breathing-circuit-a-winged-victory-for-the-sullen-remix
56:08 Max Richter - IV. Mrs Dalloway - Meeting Again - https://soundcloud.com/max-richter/meeting-again
62:36 Maok - Cez hory preletim - http://maok.net/
77:14 Nick Barber - Teacher in the Forest - https://nickbarber.bandcamp.com/album/clear-blue-sky
83:38 Quentin Sirjacq - Aquarius - https://quentinsirjacq.bandcamp.com/album/quentin-sirjacq-far-islands-and-near-places
88:25 Ben Lukas Boysen - Nocturne 4 - https://benlukasboysen.bandcamp.com/album/spells
95:12 Ben Lukas Boysen - Golden Times II - https://benlukasboysen.bandcamp.com/album/spells
101:40 Anilah - Iosis - https://anilah.bandcamp.com/album/invoking-the-numinous
112:19 Astral Flowers - Sirenita Bobinsana - https://soundcloud.com/astral-flowers-music/sirenita-bobinsana-demo
118:53 Liquid Bloom - Healing Fire Breath - https://soundcloud.com/liquidbloomofficial/healing-fire-breath
125:18 Orka Forest Teppler - Agua de estrellas - https://soundcloud.com/orkalovesmusic/agua-de-estrellas
130:23 Brombaer & Phole - Globo - 03 Globo III - https://brombaer.bandcamp.com/album/globo

Journeys

The End of the Beginning Part 2 - Going Deep

The End of the Beginning marks the end of the first musical creation phase of my life, where I have provided track lists for numerous musical journeys and ceremonies, mostly for small groups of friends, but also for events like Borderland (Scandinavias version of Burning Man - http://theborderland.se/ )

The End of the Beginning is my first journey mix, where I have worked on a seamless musical mix for journeys within.
At some track transitions nature sounds are used, for others a track is mixed into the next. For a few silence is used. This is done, as it for me is important to focus also on the silence and ambient sounds of our planet. It is from this, that the music arises. (Listen e.g. to Eckart Tolle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGcijS_eSKg )

"Part 1 - Settling" is meant for settling in, arriving at the place where you listen to this music.
"Part 2 - Going Deep" is meant for the real work, where you on your journey travel within. The music can here help you experience different states and emotions and will guide you through
"Part 3 - Coming Back" will be posted in the near future , and is meant slowly to bring you back, letting go of your inner work, and integrate it in a state of celebration in a space of love and light

If you like the individual tracks I have used, please support the artists. Link to their Soundcloud/Bandcamp/other sites are provided with the tracklist.

Artwork: Michael Rasa

Full music track list below:
00:00 Intro - Nature Sounds
05:40 Shastro & Nanda Re - Body Healing - https://malimba.com/album/186286/bodyhealing
26:00 A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Requiem For The Static King Part One - https://soundcloud.com/erasedtapes/a-winged-victory-requiem-pt1
28:37 Armand Amar - Pour en Femme - https://soundcloud.com/longdistanceproductions/armand-amar-pour-une-femme

The End of the Beginning Part 1 - Settling

The End of the Beginning marks the end of the first musical creation phase of my life, where I have provided track lists for numerous musical journeys and ceremonies, mostly for small groups of friends, but also for events like Borderland (Scandinavias version of Burning Man - theborderland.se/ )

The End of the Beginning is my first journey mix, where I have worked on a seamless musical mix for journeys within.
At some track transitions nature sounds are used, for others a track is mixed into the next. For a few silence is used. This is done, as it for me is important to focus also on the silence and ambient sounds of our planet. It is from this, that the music arises. (Listen e.g. to Eckart Tolle www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGcijS_eSKg )

"Part 1 - Settling" is meant for settling in, arriving at the place where you listen to this music.
"Part 2 - Going Deep" is meant for the real work, where you on your journey travel within. The music can here help you experience different states and emotions and will guide you through
"Part 3 - Coming Back" will slowly bring you back, helping you to let go of your inner work, and integrate it in a state of celebration in a space of love and light

If you like the individual tracks I have used, please support the artists. Link to their Soundcloud/Bandcamp/other sites are provided with the tracklist.
Artwork: Michael Rasa
Full music track list below:
00:00 Intro - Nature Sounds
00:32 Timworxx - Inner Movements - https://soundcloud.com/timworxx
05:35 Ben Lukas Boysen & Sebastian Plano - Reaching Light - https://erasedtapes.bandcamp.com/album/everything
11:11 Floex - Samorost 3 Main Theme - http://store.floex.cz/album/samorost-3-soundtrack
19:01 Jon Hopkins - Lost Map / The Hawk - https://jonhopkins.bandcamp.com/
23:38 Armand Amar - La valse du couperet - http://www.armandamar.com/
28:47 Wanderbaum - The Overflowing Now - https://wanderbaum.bandcamp.com/
36:02 Proem & Ben Lukas Boysen - And By Sweet I Mean - https://n5md.com/discography/182/The-Reconstruction-of-Fives
42:18 Carbon Based Lifeforms - 20 Minutes - https://carbonbasedlifeforms.bandcamp.com/
49:45 Mirror System - Batu Bolong - https://mirrorsystem.bandcamp.com/
57:53 AES DANA - Otherness - https://ultimae.bandcamp.com/album/polarity-24bit
65:54 Lisa Gerrard - Space Weaver - http://www.lisagerrard.com/store/thesilvertree.html
72:56 Carbon Based Lifeforms - ~42° - https://carbonbasedlifeforms.bandcamp.com/
77:75 Solar Fields - Unite (Origin 2007) - https://solarfields.bandcamp.com/
87:36 Hinkstep - Aldrig mer - https://hinkstep.bandcamp.com/
92:20 Hinkstep - The Hypnotic Aldrig Mer Dub - https://hinkstep.bandcamp.com/
102:37 Zen Baboon - 99 Pesitos (Outro Mix) - https://sofabeatsmusic.bandcamp.com/
108:55 Orka Forest Teppler - Blessed We Are (Peia Cover) - https://soundcloud.com/orkalovesmusic/
114:24 Wanderbaum - Abelinha - https://wanderbaum.bandcamp.com/
117:52 Ryan Teague - Bering Strait - https://soundcloud.com/ryanteaguemusic
120:52 In Credo - Freedom (long mix) - https://www.beatport.com/track/freedom-long-mix/7608574
127:26 The Human Case - Chella Kutty - https://thehumancase.bandcamp.com/
133:42 Lulacruza - Uno Resuena (Desert Dwellers Remix) - https://desertdwellersmusic.bandcamp.com/
140:08 Bruno Coulais - The Key In The Sea 
141:01 Bruno Coulais - Dance With The Fish - http://www.brunocoulais.com/film.php?f=69
143:08 Daniëlle Uriël - Born of water - https://soundcloud.com/danielleuriel
147:55 Ludovico Einaudi - The Crane Dance - http://www.ludovicoeinaudi.com/
150:46 Floex - Saturnin Fire And The Restless Ocean - http://store.floex.cz/
153:58 Lab's Cloud - Connecting on a Deeper Level - https://labscloud.bandcamp.com/
163:46 Nick Barber - Blue Sky - https://nickbarber.bandcamp.com/
168:37 Rainer Scheurenbrand - Nana - https://rainerscheurenbrand.bandcamp.com/
178:38 Nessi Gomes - You Guided Me - https://www.nessigomesmusic.com/
Transitions by Michael Rasa

The End of the Beginning Part 3 - Coming Back

Sample -Breathing Space - Jai

The Shift

Creating musical journeys for inner travels and psychedelic ceremonies
If you have issues with commercials on Soundcloud, try playing from a web-browswer without being logged in on Soundcloud.
https://soundcloud.com/michael-rasa-1
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Qf91UwZibg1Fxi2c6JnPo
https://michaelrasa.bandcamp.com/
https://www.mixcloud.com/RasaDK/

The End of the Beginning Part 1 - Settling

Michael Rasa

Recent comments

ShaktiDurga

moniac.

M&Ms - ElectrikDream/MoonDance

M&Ms - ElectrikDream/MoonDance

Related tracks