Electrodelic dubs on the mystical, vibratory nature of the Universe.
Look up to the Spiritual Sky 



Hazrat Inayat Khan
Vol. 2, The Mysticism of Sound and Music
22. Spiritual Attainment by the Aid of Music
Before commencing this subject I should like to explain first what the word spiritual means. Is it goodness which may be called spiritual, or is it wonderworking, a power to produce miracles, or a great intellectual power? The answer is: No. The whole of life in all its aspects is one music, and to tune one's self to the harmony of this perfect music is the real spiritual attainment.

You may ask: "What is it that keeps man back from spiritual attainment?" The answer is that it is the denseness of this material existence, and the fact that man is unconscious of his spiritual being - divided into limitations. This prevents that free flow and free movement which are the nature and character of life.

What do I mean by this denseness? There is a rock, and you want to produce sound from it. It does not give resonance, it does not answer your desire to produce sound, but the string or wire will give an answer to the tone you want. You strike it, and it answers. There are objects which give resonance to sound. You wish to produce a sound in them, and they resound; they make your music complete.

So it is with human nature. One person is heavy and dull. You tell him something, he cannot understand; you speak to him, he will not hear. He will not respond to music, to beauty, or to art. What is it? It is denseness. There is another person who is ready to appreciate and understand music and poetry, or beauty in any form. In character, in manner - in every form - beauty is appreciated by such a person. It is this which is the awakening of the soul, which is the living condition of the heart, and it is this which is the real spiritual attainment. Spiritual attainment is to make the spirit live, to become conscious. When man is not conscious of soul and spirit, and is only conscious of the material being, he is dense, he is away from spirit.

You may ask: "What is spirit, and what is matter?" The difference between spirit and matter is as the difference between water and snow. Frozen water is snow, and melted snow is water. It is spirit in its denseness which we call matter; it is matter in its fineness which may be called spirit. Once a materialist said to me: "I do not believe in any spirit or soul or hereafter. I believe in eternal matter." I said to him: "Your belief is not very different from mine. Only, that which you call eternal matter, I call spirit. It is a difference in terms. That is not a thing to dispute about, because we both believe in eternity. So long as we meet in eternity, what difference does it make if the one calls it matter and the other calls it spirit? It is one life from beginning to end."

Beauty is born of harmony. What is harmony? Harmony is right proportion, in other words, right rhythm. And what is life? Life is the outcome of harmony. At the back of the whole creation is harmony, and the whole secret of creation is harmony. Intelligence longs to attain to the perfection of harmony. What man calls happiness and comfort, or profit and gain - all he longs for and wishes to attain - is harmony. In smaller or greater proportion he is longing for harmony; even in attaining the most mundane things he always wishes for harmony. But often he does not adopt right methods. Often his methods are wrong. The object attained by both good and bad methods is the same, but the way one tries to attain it turns the object into right or wrong. It is not the object which is wrong, it is the way one adopts to attain it. No one, whatever his station in life, wishes for disharmony, for all suffering, pain and trouble are disharmony.

To attain spirituality is to realize that the whole universe is one symphony in which every individual is one note. His happiness lies in becoming perfectly harmonious with the symphony of the universe. It is not following a certain religion that makes one spiritual, or having a certain belief, or being a fanatic in regard to one idea, or by becoming too good to live in this world. Many good people there are, who do not even understand what spirituality means. They are very good, but they do not yet know what ultimate good is. Ultimate good is harmony itself. For instance, all the different principles and beliefs of the religions of this world taught and proclaimed by priests and teachers - but which men are not always able to follow and express - come naturally from the heart of a man who attunes himself to the rhythm of the universe. His every action, every word he speaks, every feeling he has, every sentiment he expresses, is all harmonious; it is all virtue, it is all religion. It is not following a religion, it is living a religion, making one's life a religion, which is necessary.

Music is the miniature of the whole harmony of the universe, for the harmony of the universe is music itself, and man, being the miniature of the universe, must show the same harmony. In his pulsation, in the beat of his heart, and in his vibration he shows rhythm and tone, harmonious or inharmonious chords. His health or illness, his joy or discomfort - all show the music or lack of music in his life.

What does music teach us? Music helps us to train ourselves in some way or other in harmony, and it is this which is magic, or the secret behind music. When you hear music that you enjoy, it tunes you and puts you in harmony with life. Therefore man needs music; he longs for music. Many say that they do not care for music, but these have not heard music! If they really hear music it will touch their souls, and then certainly they cannot help loving it. If not, it only means that they have not heard music sufficiently, and have not made their heart calm and quiet in order to listen to it, to enjoy and appreciate it. Besides, music develops that faculty by which one learns to appreciate all that is good and beautiful. In the form of art and science, in the form of music and poetry, in every aspect of beauty one can then appreciate it.

What deprives man of all the beauty around him is his heaviness of body, or heaviness of heart. He is pulled down to earth, and by that everything becomes limited. When he shakes off that heaviness and feels joyous, he feels light. All good tendencies, such as gentleness and tolerance, forgiveness, love and appreciation - all these beautiful qualities - come by being light, light in mind, soul and body.

Where does music come from? Where does the dance come from? It all comes from the natural spiritual life which is within. When that spiritual life springs forth, it lightens all the burdens that man has. It makes his life smooth, floating on the ocean of life. The faculty of appreciation makes one light. Life is just like the ocean. When there is no appreciation, no receptivity, man sinks like a piece of iron to the bottom of the sea. He cannot float like the boat which is hollow, which is receptive.

The difficulty in the spiritual path is always what comes from ourselves. Man does not like to be a pupil, he likes to be a teacher. If man only knew that the greatness and perfection of the great ones, who have come from time to time to this world, was in their pupilship, and not in teaching! The greater the teacher, the better pupil he was. He learned from everyone, the great and the lowly, the wise and the foolish, the old and the young. He learned from their lives, and studied human nature in all its aspects.

The one who learns to tread the spiritual path must become as an empty cup in order that the wine of music and harmony may be poured down into his heart. You may ask: "How can one become an empty cup?" I shall tell you how cups show themselves filled instead of being empty.

Often a person comes to me and says: "Here I am. Can you help me spiritually?", and I answer: "Yes." But then he says: "I want to know first of all what you think about life and death, or about the beginning and the end." And then I wonder what his attitude will be if his previously conceived opinion does not agree with mine. He wants to learn, yet he does not want to be empty.

That means, going to the stream of water with one's cup covered up: wanting the water, and yet the cup is closed, filled with preconceived ideas. Where have the preconceived ideas come from? No idea can be called one's own! All ideas have been learned from one source or another, but in time one comes to think that they are one's own. For these ideas one will argue and dispute, although they do not satisfy fully. At the same time they are one's battleground, and all the time they will keep the cup covered up.

Mystics therefore have adopted a different way. They have learned a different course, and that course is self-effacement or, in other words, unlearning what one has learned. They say in the East that the first thing that is learned is to understand how to become a pupil. They do not first learn what God is, or what life is. The first thing to learn is how to become a pupil. One may think that in this way one loses one's individuality. But what is individuality? Is it not that which is collected? What are one's ideas and opinions? They are just collected knowledge. This should be unlearned.

How can one unlearn? You would say that the character of the mind is such that what one learns is engraved upon it, and how then can one unlearn it? Unlearning is completing knowledge. To see a person and say: "That person is wicked" - that is learning. To see further, and recognize something good in that person - that is unlearning. When you see the goodness in someone whom you have called wicked, you have unlearned. You have unravelled that knot. You have once said: "I hate that person'- that is learning. And then you say: "Oh no, I can like him, or I can pity him." When you say that, you have seen with two eyes. First you learn by seeing with one eye; then you learn to see with two eyes. That makes sight complete.

All that we have learned in this world is partial knowledge, and when this is uprooted by another point of view, then we have knowledge in its completed form. That is called mysticism. Why is it called mysticism? Because it cannot be put into words. Words will show us one side of it, but the other side is beyond words.

The whole manifestation is duality, the duality which makes us intelligent, and behind the duality is unity. If we do not rise beyond duality and go towards unity, we do not attain the perfection which is called spirituality.

This does not mean that our learning is of no use. It is of great use. It gives us the power of discrimination and of discerning differences. This makes the intelligence sharp and the sight keen, so that we understand the value of things and their use. It is all part of human evolution, and all useful. So we must learn first, and unlearn afterwards. You do not look first at the sky when you are standing on the earth. First look at the earth, and see what it offers you to learn and to observe, but at the same time do not think that your life's purpose is fulfilled by looking only at the earth. The fulfillment of life's purpose is in looking at the sky.

What is wonderful about music is that it helps man to concentrate or meditate independently of thought. Therefore music seems to be the bridge over the gulf between the form and the formless. If there is anything intelligent, effective, and at the same time formless, it is music. Poetry suggests form, line and color suggest form, but music suggests no form.

Music also produces that resonance which vibrates through the whole being. It lifts the thought above the denseness of matter; it almost turns matter into spirit, into its original condition, through the harmony of vibrations touching every atom of one's whole being.

Beauty of line and color can go so far and no further. The joy of fragrance can go a little further. Music touches our innermost being, and in that way produces new life, a life that gives exaltation to the whole being, raising it to that perfection in which lies the fulfillment of man's life.

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VISHNU - THe Sleeping Creator 

There exists an eternal realm of light, stretching in all directions for infinity. As the light of this world comes from the sun, so the brilliance of that spiritual sky comes from the dazzling rays shining from the personal form of God. That energy of God, called brahman, is the basis of creation.

In one corner of that never-ending sky, Vishnu, the lord of all beings, created a cloud. In its shadow he brought into being a great ocean. The water of that ocean was quite unlike the water of this world. It is from that ocean that this world was made, so it is called the waters of creation. In the coolness of its waters Vishnu lay down to sleep. While he slept, submerged in the water, he began to breathe deep, regular breaths. Time came into being. Aeons passed.

Then came sound, the basis of the world. From sound came ether and the sense of hearing. The combination of ether and the sense of hearing created texture, which in turn produced air and the sense of touch. The mixing of air and the sense of touch created form, from which came fire and the sense of sight. The combination of fire and the sense of sight created flavour, which in turn produced water and the sense of taste. By the mixture of water and the sense of taste odour was created, and from it came earth and the sense of smell. Together these elements made up the ingredients for creation.

The Vedic scriptures describe how each element was created and how they are all related, one to another. They show how the senses of hearing, touching, seeing, tasting and smelling are each related to a particular element and how all are woven together to form a living world where all the parts depend on each other. If a disturbance is made in one part of this web its balance will be upset and a disturbance will be caused somewhere else. This disturbance may not just be in the outside world, but also in the internal health of our own body and senses. This kind of effect can be seen in the twentieth century in the damage done to nature and to our own health by the continued industrial exploitation of the environment.

With his outward breath Vishnu scattered clouds of tiny bubbles into the waters, and every time he breathed in they were sucked back inside him. Each of these bubbles, which seemed so small in comparison with his gigantic sleeping form, grew into an entire universe like ours, whose lifespan was equal to a single breath of Vishnu. All these universes were clustered around the form of Vishnu like foam in the ocean.

When all the elements of matter were present, Vishnu expanded himself and entered each universe, bringing it to life by filling it with souls, tiny particles of his own spiritual nature. These souls were filled with desires for enjoying the world. To fulfil their desires they needed material bodies. So began the second phase of creation.

From Vishnu inside each universe Brahma was born. Brahma created the planets and stars and all the thousands of demigods, each of whom was given charge of a particular part of the cosmic order. Indra was given the rain, Vayu the wind, Surya the sun, Candra the moon and Varuna the waters. Goddess Bhumi was given the earth.

Brahma and the demigods created the myriad life-forms of the universe, among them human beings. The demigods were given the power to grant great blessings to their worshippers. For Hindus these demigods are not just mythical figures. They are the powers behind the elements of the natural world such as wind, rain and the earth itself. These elements are usually taken for granted as being automatic forces working as part of a complex machine, but really they are under the higher control of the demigods. Even the earth planet itself is controlled, by Bhumi, and therefore Hindus always treat the earth with great respect, considering her as their mother who gave them life and without whom they would die. However, powerful though the demigods are, behind them lies Vishnu, and it is really he who creates and controls all. Without him they can do nothing.

It is said that the oceans are Vishnu's waist, the hills and mountains are his bones, the clouds are the hairs on his head and the air is his breathing. The rivers are his veins, the trees are the hairs on his body, the sun and moon are his two eyes and the passage of day and night is the moving of his eyelids. In the words of the Bhagavad Gita:

"Everything rests on me as pearls are strung on a thread. I am the original fragrance of the earth. I am the taste in water. I am the heat in fire and the sound in space. I am the light of the sun and moon and the life of all that lives."

Once the world came to life, filled with numberless living beings, Vishnu expanded himself into a third form and entered the hearts of all beings to sit alongside each individual soul as the Supersoul.

The individual soul, called the atma, is the basis of life. By its presence as the self, it gives energy to the body. The world is thus a combination of matter and spirit, innumerable life forms and the soul within them. When the soul leaves one body, that body dies. The soul then enters another body, like an actor changing clothes. Moving from body to body in search of happiness, it passes through all forms of life, from insect to demigod. Materially these life-forms are not of the same importance, but spiritually they are equal because they are all coverings for the soul. It is this soul that Vishnu accompanies in the heart of each being as the Supersoul.

The Mundaka Upanishad gives a simple allegory for understanding the Supersoul. There are two birds sitting on the branch of a tree. One bird is tasting the fruits of the tree, some bitter, some sweet. The other bird is a friend, watching the first bird. The friend is patiently waiting for the first bird to turn to him and share his friendship, but the first bird is unaware of his presence. The tree is the body, the bird who tastes its fruits is the individual soul, and the friendly bird is the Supersoul - Vishnu - who offers his protection, friendship and love.

For Hindus, this world is not made of inanimate matter, to be wasted and exploited for selfish ends. When they see the sunrise and feel its scorching heat, when they taste water or smell the earth in the monsoon rains, they are reminded of Vishnu. Vishnu is both inside it and outside this world, and it cannot be separated from him. All is sacred, God-given and mystically created. It all came from Vishnu and it will all return to him in the end.

Although Vishnu is sleeping in the ocean of creation he is not unaware of the actions of his offspring, the tiny souls. In their hearts he is following them as they journey through the vastness of time and space. Waiting. Watching.

"Everywhere are his hands and legs, his eyes, heads and faces. His ears are everywhere. He knows all things, past, present and future. He also knows all beings. But no one knows him."

He knows all beings, but they do not know him. It is they who are unaware of him. That is why he is sleeping. It is really not he who sleeps, it is the souls of this world, who are asleep to him. He only waits for them to turn from the worldly tree and return to him and to their original home in the eternal world of light. 


NOODREEM - Spiritual Sky (Sonic Bubbles Of Divine Effulgence Dub)

Brighton [2015]

Original Track by Ishq: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHapu-vuJ1o

Thank you for this inspiring tune.

Ishq means "love" in Persian and Hindi, it is also a word used by such past masters as Rumi to express love of the divine and the ecstatic love of the Sufi or lover of God and all God's creation.

Ishq - Alaya (Kashyyyk Remix unreleased)

Phaze Theory performs Christopher Barrett's composition 'The Angel' based on the poem by William Blake. This track is from Phaze Theory's debut album available here at phazetheory.com.

I dreamt a dream! What can it mean?
And that I was a maiden Queen
Guarded by an Angel mild:
Witless woe was ne'er beguiled!

And I wept both night and day,
And he wiped my tears away;
And I wept both day and night,
And hid from him my heart's delight.

So he took his wings, and fled;
Then the morn blushed rosy red.
I dried my tears, and armed my fears
With ten-thousand shields and spears.

Soon my Angel came again;
I was armed, he came in vain;
For the time of youth was fled,
And grey hairs were on my head. 

Acantha Lang – Vocals 
Tal Janes – Electric Guitar
Marco Quarantotto – Drums
Barnaby Taylor – Backing Vocals 
Christopher Barrett – Electric Tuba

Mixing engineer – Oliver Taylor
Live Engineer – Oliver Thomas

Artwork - Chris Janzen

This track was recorded at Nest Studios in South London in 2015.

All tracks are live or recorded in one take. Our thanks to Oliver Taylor at Studio A, Wirral, for his masterful mixing. 

Produced by Christopher Barrett and the Phaze Theory Collective

The Angel

‘Children of Eden’ is the debut EP from the 20 year old British producer Liquidyne (Stanley Manning)  
A neophyte to Liquid Sound Design, Liquidyne was keen to incorporate the South West party jangle with the psychedelic sonic collage pioneered by Liquid Sound Design.

Tranquil Horse MA 1.0 24bit

How I Feel

Available at:
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2K3rIvS
Apple Music: https://apple.co/2MM8CaZ

Written by Cara Hammond, Olle Markensten and Daniel Bech
Produced by Olle Markensten
Recording engineered by Chris Milnes
Mixed by Frankie Harper
Mastered by Metropolis Studios
Photography by Jake Pollard
Artwork by Ed Bidgood

With special thanks to everyone at Miles The Agency.

How I Feel

Zaflon - Melt The Moose Goes For A Swim

@jacksonalmond 's Take The Time EP on newly born https://soundcloud.com/curverecs  presents a collection of works by Jackson Almond that have been years in the making. 

Produced through experimentation with a medley of old analogue gear, the EP is built with a library of sounds completely unique to Jackson. As a result, these tracks are drenched in hazy, warm vibes that you won't hear anywhere else.

Get it here: https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/jackson-almond-take-the-time-ep-pre-order-curve-records/155936

PREMIERE: Jackson Almond - Like I Used To [Curve Records]

This episode is kicking off a 6-part Furthur Progressions Records series to present their artists and soundscapes with label head DJ Hamish on the eve of their 10th anniversary next year. Tune in for the talk followed by a Furthur Sessions mix by Hamish.

Further Sessions Vol. 1

As a DJ, promoter and head of Furthur Progressions Records, Hamish has been immersed in electronic music for many years. When by chance he attended his first rave at the tender age of 16 he knew he had found a special kind of music and scene, one which would grab hold and catapult him through many great experiences and adventures. Nearly two decades later and the catapult is still working strong!
When behind the decks Hamish is always looking to take the crowd on an experience through psychedelic music, ranging from the melodic to the hypnotic and carrying you along on strong and warm basslines. Always searching for music that will make your soul smile, his ear for a tune and for connecting tracks in a unique way is renown, as are his long sets that transition through from trippy techno to pounding progressive trance.

From his early DJ days at parties and underground events in London, Hamish has performed around the world. Notable sets include: Glade Festival (UK), Boom (Portugal), Ozora (Hungary), Noisily (UK), Universo Parallelo (Brazil), Dream Temple (UK), Burning Man (USA) plus many more.

As a promoter and event organiser Hamish has been behind some of the most visionary and high-level events in the UK, regularly turning London into an arena of psychedelic delights through carefully constructed experiences, with line-ups including artists such as Ace Ventura, Liquid Soul, Zen Mechanics, Perfect Stranger, Klopfgeister, Kasey Taylor, Cimi & Symbolic.

In 2008, along with long-term DJ partner Mark Bedouin, he formed Furthur Progressions Records. Focusing on the release of high-quality progressive trance from a stable of dedicated artists, with releases spanning artist albums, EP’s and compilations, Furthur Progressions Records is established as one of the bastions of underground psychedelic and progressive music, with their artists performing around the world.

HAMISH interview | Furthur Progressions presents | 05/12/2018

Recorded LIVE and direct. No Overdubs!

Sangita Sounds proudly present the debut album from Sangita Soundsystem - Live in Dub : Vol 1

Sangita Soundsystem is Darren Sangita and Jon Sangita, both producers and DJs in their own right and for this project they join forces and unite their psychedelic visions for your delight and delectation.

Join them on a magical journey into the heartlands of psychedelic dub as they voyage from the skies of dub, across the seas of dub, deep into the mellow meadows of sub and into the Cosmos of Dub ... All the while setting their sights on the heart of the sun, revelling in the blissful energy of positive vibrations.

These 2 seasoned psychedelic surfers have designed a sonic spaceship, utilising Ableton as the brain and a bunch of midi controllers including esoteric iPad custom interfaces to fly this incredible music machine and take the noble genre of psychedelic dub into he next dimension.

We hope you enjoy the inflight entertainments and experience enchantment and bliss.

Peace and Dub

FOR LIVE BOOKING
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Taken from the debut album on Sangita Sounds, Live In Dub : Vol 1
https://sangitasounds.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-dub-vol-1

Live in Dub : Vol 1

Live in Dub - Vol 1

Sangita Soundsystem - Meadow Of Dub

Caught in the Noise EP, out now on https://soundcloud.com/unclebobsrecords

Download Discx EP Free https://boxfussrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/discx

All queries, contact: 

tedbrunning@boxfuss.co.uk

Brighton [2015]

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