Live at Télérama

Judgement Day (Live)

Dépaysement (Live)

Pablo's Lament (Live)

Forever Far - I (Live)

Eternally Dubwise (Live)

Wadada Raga (Live)

https://sunsofarqa.bandcamp.com/album/stranger-music

'Album Review: Suns of Arqa – Stranger Music (ARKA Sound Records)
 by Dave Mac: BPM magazine
<World Beat> Some facts you should know. Suns of Arqa have been on the World Beat Music scene since 1979. They played at the very first Womad Music Festival in Shepton Mallet at the personal invitation of Peter Gabriel. Enough said. Having performed over the years at many major European festivals such as Glastonbury, Big Chill, Telerama Dub festival to mention a  few, this intriguing outfit  are best known for their fusion of Indian music and electro dub. They have always had a strong indigenous element to their compositions. So imagine my surprise when I popped this into the CD player to discover an album of Leonard Cohen cover songs. Sound interesting? Or maybe you’re thinking what the heck? Let me tell you Stranger Music is a phenomenal reinterpretation of Leonard Cohen like I’ve never heard before. Fusing their signature world beat elements, tight electronica and dub with some absolutely gorgeous vocal delivery if I had not known that these were Leonard Cohen covers, I may not have guessed it, such is the magnificent reconstruction of his songs. I cannot recommend this enough for any serious world beat fan. Simply superb. 

' Lush keyboards and tablas kick in on “The Window” to provide a drifting rhythm that gives it a Goa trance feel full of early morning ambience.' Gary Parsons: FREQ MAG

'The Window' from SUNS OF ARQA album  Stranger Music: 
Music by Suns Of Arqa, Rhythms by Muslim Gauze, Angel Eye on Vocals, Mixed by David Hendry.

The Window - muslim gauze rhythms

https://sunsofarqa.bandcamp.com/album/jaggernaut-whirling-dub

Jaggernaut Whirling Dub is the ultimate transcendental trip to 'turn off, tune in' & enter the cosmic void. This classic album from Suns of Arqa presents four epic tracks, with sublime mixes from phenomenal producer Youth and sonic genius Greg Hunter, setting the stage with the massive opening track Jagnath Bhairavi. 
The music is based around Ancient Classical North Indian Ragas which are both timeless & magical. And feature the late great Ustad Kadir Durvesh on Shenai and multi-talented flautist and new age guru Tim Wheater. 
Maximum respect is due to Suns of Arqa creator and musical visionary Michael Wadada who supplies the full fat bass lines, creating a spaced out dub-dance experience of power, depth, and beauty - meditative and eternal.

Jagnath Bhairavi - Mixed by Youth & Greg Hunter

Taken from the critically acclaimed album "Shabda", buy today for just £5 at the link below!  

https://sunsofarqa.bandcamp.com/album/shabda

Suns of Arqa have materialised as a musical collective, combining the ancient Hindustani raga systems with Piobaireachd and Nyabinghi roots drumming. They appear intermittently at the seasonal festivals and sacred ritual spaces, where they are a vehicle for the positive raising of vibration, connecting with both the sensory and infinite worlds, for the on going evolution of all sentient beings.

'There is No Danger Here' is a hypnotic & heady mix, featuring the gifted Johar Ali from New Delhi on Violin, Angel Eye's soaring Vocals, while Wadada provides the apocalyptic chant to create a potent & intense collaboration. 

Taken from the epic & eclectic 'Shabda' album by Suns Of Arqa  and described as 'some of the most interesting dub/world/raga/reggae/dance music in the world'. This is a cosmic journey into sound or as Wadada concludes: 
'Before language became a formation of words, music was, and still is in other spheres, the means of communication between souls'.

There Is No Danger Here............Wadada Mix

Taken from the critically acclaimed album "Shabda", buy today for just £5 at the link below!  

https://sunsofarqa.bandcamp.com/album/shabda

'Pure Reality' features all star reggae heads Country Rankin and Sticksman, collaborating on an avant-dub hybrid complete with rocksteady vocals. Wadada drives the sound on chromatic harmonica, while Angel Eye adds eastern delight with some chilled ethereal vocals.

As Wadada states:
'Before language became a formation of words, music was, and still is in other spheres, the means of communication between souls'.

SUNS OF ARQA transmit a deeply spiritual vibration that merges cultures, faiths and musical genres.

Pure Reality

Originally released on the compilation 'Arqaology', this heavy dub mix is available on Bandcamp at the link below

https://sunsofarqa.bandcamp.com/track/city-of-nine-gates-minister-of-noise-mix

Prince Far-I meets Suns Of Arqa - dub mix by Minister of Noise. 
Heavy timeless masterpiece from the ARKA SOUND label.

PRINCE FAR-I - City Of Nine Gates - Minister of Noise MIX

Taken from the album "Seven", buy today for just £5 at the link below!  

https://sunsofarqa.bandcamp.com/album/seven

Michael Wadada continues to defy all terms of musical reference with 'SEVEN'. Creating a new hybrid of Christian and Hindu mysticism layered with alchemy. 'SEVEN' combines Gabriel Faure's Requiem mass with early rumblings of Dub Step, Hindustani Ragas and Nyabinghi Dub Poetry... a unique and historic album. Recorded at the legendary Sawmill Studio in Cornwall and the Gayan Uttejak Studio in Budapest.
The conceptual story line features an impressive cast on the Arqa stage with John Cooper-Clarke as Ezekiel; Professor Stanley Unwin as Erasmus; Helen Watson as the Maid of Orleans; Sanyogita Kumari and Sarah Wildwitch as the Celtic sisters of Wyrd and Kadir Durvesh as Kali the destroyer. The effect is both fascinating and impressive.

The Truth Lies, There In - featuring John Cooper-Clarke

This remix is taken from the EP "GD Magick".  The full 12" version of Acid Tabla can be found on the album "23​,​789 Day Excursion to Planet Earth" - buy today for just £5 at the link below!  

https://sunsofarqa.bandcamp.com/album/23789-day-excursion-to-planet-earth

In 1979 Suns of Arqa creator and mentor Michael Wadada set about recording the ground breaking Suns of Arqa album 'Revenge of the Mozabites' with his friend Adrian Sherwood. Together they formed the ‘4D Rhythm’ label – the world was not ready! Wadada retreated to the Pennine mountain range in Lancashire, Adrian Sherwood went on to create the formidable ‘On-U Sound’ label. Three years went by before a a very curious Peter Gabriel came across a rare copy of that first Suns of Arqa album; he was putting together the very first World of Music and Dance festival (WOMAD), and asked Suns of Arqa to come and perform. 

Revenge of the Mozabites is where it all started, this truly eclectic album of world-dub-east-west fusion from Suns of Arqa, ignited what would ultimately become the new World Dub Dance genre which has influenced & inspired so many artists today.

ACID TABLA  Re-Mix

Taken from the album "Seven", buy today for just £5 at the link below!  

https://sunsofarqa.bandcamp.com/album/seven

''Michael Wadada continues to defy all terms of musical reference with 'SEVEN'. Creating a new hybrid of Christian and Hindu mysticism layered with alchemy. 'SEVEN' combines Gabriel Faure's Requiem mass with early rumblings of Dub Step, Hindustani Ragas and Nyabinghi Dub Poetry... a unique and historic album.
Recorded at the legendary Sawmill Studio in Cornwall and the Gayan Uttejak Studio in Budapest. The conceptual story line features an impressive cast on the Arqa stage with John Cooper-Clarke as Ezekiel; Professor Stanley Unwin as Erasmus; Helen Watson as the Maid of Orleans; Sanyogita Kumari and Sarah Wildwitch as the Celtic sisters of Wyrd and Kadir Durvesh as Kali the destroyer. The effect is both fascinating and impressive.'' NME

Paradisum In Dub

Taken from the album "Cosmic Jugalbandi", buy today for just £5 at the link below!  

https://sunsofarqa.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-jugalbandi

This beautiful and chilled out SUNS OF ARQA track is from 'Cosmic Jugalbandi' which features a sublime duet from Indian Classical music masters Pandit Raghunath Seth on Bansuri (Indian reed flute) and Ustad Johar Ali Khan on Violin. Produced in Paris, New Delhi and Manchester  by legendary  SUNS OF ARQA creator Michael Wadada, who also adds to the mix with his soothing dub heartbeat bass lines.

Cosmic Jugalbandi based on Raga Khammaj

Taken from the album "Kokoromochi", buy today for just £5 at the link below!  

https://sunsofarqa.bandcamp.com/album/kokoromochi

A chilled out track of musical genius from Michael Wadada's SUNS OF ARQA.
Music to take you into timeless space, transcendence & pure essence. 
Featuring classical Indian artists Pandit Raghunath Seth on Bansuri and 
Dhev  Das Nair on Santoor.  While Wadada's beautiful bass lines keep the dub pulsing.  Kokoromochi, which perfectly translates as 'heart holding'.

Dedicated to all sentient beings.

Durga Dub

Know Thyself

Natbhairav (feat. Raghunath Seth)

Nagaswarawali (feat. Raghunath Seth)

Noor Sarang (feat. Raghunath Seth)

Narayani (feat. Raghunath Seth)

Taken from the EP "Wadada", buy today for just £3 at the link below!  
  
https://sunsofarqa.bandcamp.com/album/wadada-ep

All Along The Watchtower (Raw Sun Extended Mix)

Taken from the album "Spiritual Sanity in an Insane Society, and Other Rarities Vol 7", buy today for just £5 at the link below!  
  
https://sunsofarqa.bandcamp.com/album/spiritual-sanity-in-an-insane-society-and-other-rarities-vol-7

Babylondon's Burning

Taken from the album "23,789 Day Excursion To Planet Earth", buy today for just £5 at the link below!  
  
https://sunsofarqa.bandcamp.com/album/23789-day-excursion-to-planet-earth

Acid Tabla (12'' Version)

Taken from the album "Stranger Music", buy today for just £5 at the link below!  

https://sunsofarqa.bandcamp.com/album/stranger-music

Anthem

Allah Who

Technomor : Remixes, Vol. 4

Rosin + Reed (Zion Train Mix)

Animan

Beyond The Beyond (Genéve)

Land Of A Thousand Churches

Govinda's House (feat. Prince Far-I & Sanyogita Kumari)

Big And Live

Kahawani (feat. johar ali)

Revenge of the Mozabites

Sully's Reel

One Blood (Warrington)

Tomorrow Never Knows

Maybe You're Rich Man

Kuba Mixes

Once, Long Ago (Kuba Mix)

Prayer for Messiah (Kuba Mix)

Pioneers of World Beat, Ambient, Electro-Dub, founded in 1979 by Michael Wadada.  Finding inspiration around the globe, they set out to interpret indigenous, tribal and classical folk traditions.  The result is a deeply spiritual vibration that merges cultures, faiths and musical genres.  Contact/Links: https://linktr.ee/sunsofarqa

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