Suns of Arqa

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World Fusion

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arqing

Evelinn Trouble

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

Buy on Beatport

Alex Cruz - Ein Glücklicher Tag (ft. Melle Kuil)

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

Suns Of Arqa - Based On Raga Puria Dhaneshri Part 2

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 "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

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

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

FREQ review: ''Beautiful choir and lovely pad synths introduce “Funeral Ikos” as the lead vocals sweep and overtake before the beat begins and gives you the feel of a Santa Eularia afternoon – the track is truly outstanding''.

Featuring Angel Eye on Vocals, Instrumentation by Michael Wadada, 
Choral Singers Quatre Voix, mixed by David Hendry & Produced by Wadada.
The track is from a composition by England's finest composer John Tavener
and to whom we dedicate upon hearing the sad news of his passing...may his
spirit soar.

Funeral Ikos Visitation

A Roswell Balloon

Tribal Drift - Priority Shift

Tribal Drift - THE Pond Trilogy - Observations in Pond Movements

Tribal Drift - Cyclic Pulse Factor In A Sense Of 7=9^3

Tribal Drift - Are You A Pulsar Twinkling In The Jigsaw Of Creation

07 Bango Collective - Apocalypse

Grenada no 1

‘The Truth Will Set You Free’ is a lush Dub inspired track from UK based Legendary World Beat pioneers ‘SUNS OF ARQA’ (whose credits include over thirty previous album releases on Virgin, EMI, Interchill Records, Antler Subway, Red Rhino and their own label Arka Sound). ANGEL EYE provides the subtle blues tinged velvet vocal lines, while SUNS OF ARQA creator & sonic visionary MICHAEL WADADA supplies the magic on Sitar. Featuring Skip ‘LITTLE AXE’ McDonald’s (Sugarhill Gang, Tackhead) masterful Dub bass.

‘The Truth Will Set You Free’ was initiated down at long time SUNS OF ARQA collaborator 
ADRIAN SHERWOOD’s On-U Sound Studio.  GAGARIN (whose musical pedigree includes collaborations with Nico, John Cale, Pere Ubu) forges an impressive mix, combining an organic roots vibe with subtle electronica elements setting the spiritual vocals in an exotic sauce of sitar, synths and effects to create a mellow but uplifting track full of depth. 


THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE

Collaboration between Jef Stott, MC Rai and Opium for the Cheb i Sabbah benefit album Samaya. This is dedicated to Cheb of course and all those who fought in the Arab Spring and Occupy Protests. Keep fighting! Freedom should be Free!!!  

Freedom Is Free (Jef Stott Super Mix)

a Jef Stott treatment of the amazing new group Akara from Los Angeles. New symphonic compositions with a heavy drumstep remix. More info @ akaraproject.com/ and http://jefstott.com/

Akara- Dissolving the Veil (Jef Stott Drumstep Remix)

DUB INVADERS - promo mix 1.

Emotional Rescue follows up the success of our debut, Bob Chance’s Wild It’s Broken, with a reissue of ethno-dub band Suns Of Arqa, with their classic disco-not-dub dancefloor oddity Brujo Magic - featuring the last recording of the legendary Prince Far I.  

As the late 70s British reggae scene found a kinship with and fully embraced punk’s attitude and aesthetic, experimentation pushed further in to dub’s infinite realm.  Led by the, enigmatic Wadada, the Suns Of Arqa were at the forefront of this new sound. 

From 1979 and 1983 they released a series of now classic albums that mixed dub rhythms with Balearic and dance flavours and it is these that are the source for the two tracks that make up our first 12” EP reissue.   

Included in SOA’s ever floating line-up were legendary vocalist Prince Far I,  on what proved to be his last recording before his untimely demise and also a then young and up and coming producer called Adrian Sherwood on the mixing desk.   

Again remastered especially for this release,  Brujo Magic sees Prince Far I laying down his inimitable vocal style over a driving disco-not-dub groove.   

When first talking with Wadada on which version to reissue he sent us a short unreleased version which had a drum and bass rhythm with more kick and bottom end than the original versions – therefore we got the mysterious Apophenia to extend it especially for this release.

Backed with what has become something of a Balearic secret tune for many underground DJs, Ananta Snake Dance appears here in the it’s original long format.

Release on 12" vinyl in March 2012.

Suns Of Arqa - Brujo Magic EP - ERC002 
A1: Suns Of Arqa - Brujo Magic (Unreleased Edit) 
B1: Suns Of Arqa - Ananta Snake Dance (Long Version)

Check our website here:

http://emotional-rescue.org

or "Like" our FB page for upcoming releases etc:

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or there is always Twitter!

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A. Brujo Magic (Apophenia Edit)

Emotional Rescue follows up the success of our debut, Bob Chance’s Wild It’s Broken, with a reissue of ethno-dub band Suns Of Arqa, with their classic disco-not-dub dancefloor oddity Brujo Magic - featuring the last recording of the legendary Prince Far I.  

As the late 70s British reggae scene found a kinship with and fully embraced punk’s attitude and aesthetic, experimentation pushed further in to dub’s infinite realm.  Led by the, enigmatic Wadada, the Suns Of Arqa were at the forefront of this new sound. 

From 1979 and 1983 they released a series of now classic albums that mixed dub rhythms with Balearic and dance flavours and it is these that are the source for the two tracks that make up our first 12” EP reissue.   

Included in SOA’s ever floating line-up were legendary vocalist Prince Far I,  on what proved to be his last recording before his untimely demise and also a then young and up and coming producer called Adrian Sherwood on the mixing desk.   

Again remastered especially for this release,  Brujo Magic sees Prince Far I laying down his inimitable vocal style over a driving disco-not-dub groove.   

When first talking with Wadada on which version to reissue he sent us a short unreleased version which had a drum and bass rhythm with more kick and bottom end than the original versions – therefore we got the mysterious Apophenia to extend it especially for this release.

Backed with what has become something of a Balearic secret tune for many underground DJs, Ananta Snake Dance appears here in the it’s original long format.

Release on 12" vinyl in Spring 2012.

Suns Of Arqa - Brujo Magic EP - ERC002 
A1: Suns Of Arqa - Brujo Magic (Unreleased Edit) 
B1: Suns Of Arqa - Ananta Snake Dance (Long Version)

Check our website here:

http://emotional-rescue.org

Or "Like" our FB page for upcoming releases etc:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Emotional-Rescue/277405575650763

Or there is always Twitter!

https://twitter.com/#!/EmotionalRes


B. Ananta Snake Dance

A track by sergio mendes, remix by bakermat. Very laidback, simple remix.

Mas Que Nada (Bakermat Remix)

This track is from the album Tribal Groove and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mmc4

Crazy Horse Remembers

Sayat Nova (Sendai Tsunami Dub) Dedicated to the victims of natural disasters around the world. From Jef Stott's Six Degrees Records release Arcana (2012)

Sayat Nova (Sendai Tsunami Dub)

Prince Far I & Suns of Arqa - Hey Jagunath

Stephen Kent - Didgeridoo
Kenneth Newby - Suling Gamboo , Ambient Atmos
Eddy Sayer - XP MouthWaWa ,Chinese Cymbal
Recorded Live direct to DAT inside the Sound Column , The Exploratorium , SanFrancisco C.A. USA  during  Lights In A fat City tour of North America 1991.
Released as Sound Column on Extreme Records 1992
Re-released as Memory Ground on City of Tribes Records 1994
This is the edited version for release on La Planete Bleue 1996

10 Taksu (Edit)by Lights In A fat City 1996

Fast beats to healing insanity with Indian instruments, cymbals, a cookie jar and furious synth.


Drum Drive

Artist: Evelinn Trouble
Track: Never Came Around
Album: The Great Big Heavy
Release: 01.02.2013
Copyright 2013 - Bakara Music

Evelinn Trouble - Never Came Around

https://soundcloud.com/symbolicmusic
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'Symbolic' established by Ilan Shemi & Osh Ben Simon aka DJ Osho during the middle of the year 2011. Symbolic music style can be best described as, Psychedelic Progressive Trance, heavy fat bass lines, with mechanic rhythms and crunchy grooves, with main focus strictly for the dance floor. Since their first production together, they got incredible feedbacks from the dance floors all around the world and immediately the labels show their interest in working together with them. 

Symbolic - Ozora Festival (Mini-Mix)

From the brand new GAUDI album "in between times"!

Get it now: www.gaudimusic.bandcamp.com
 iTunes: georiot.co/2KHy
 Beatport: www.beatport.com/release/in-between-times/1093150
Amazon: www.amazon.com/In-Between-Times-…udi/dp/B00BEWCINU

We are thrilled to announce that after three years of hard work in the studio, GAUDI's new album “In between times” is now available worldwide! GAUDI's “sonic mission” was to create an album with the right balance of deep vocal tunes and soaring instrumentals, all brought together to form a musical journey in dub and analogue electronic music. After listening to it we hope you will all agree that he succeeded - and then some!

Collaborating with a noteworthy collection of highly respected artists, many of them pioneers in their respective musical genres, the album features contributions from reggae legends, Michael Rose (Black Uhuru’s frontman), Lee 'Scratch' Perry and Dennis Bovell; electronica pioneers, The Orb; dub ambassador, Twilight Circus; psy-electronica producers, Raja Ram (from Shpongle) and Hedflux; and all kept together by the lyrical power of vocalists Danny Ladwa, Deadly Hunta, Tahar, Greg Sams and Jahmai. Available now as a digital download and on CD - CHECK IT! 

www.gaudimusic.com

**Buy via Bandcamp**

12) Unlimited possibilities (feat. Danny Ladwa)

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