Sattyananda - Mind Expansion (2014) FLAC

Ambient / Psychill / Tribal / Breaks / Dub

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Tracklist
01 - Shamans Calling (08:48)
02 - Mind Expansion (09:32)
03 - Rhythmic Flight (05:36)
04 - The Existence Of Alien Life (06:00)
05 - Eastern Mystic Rituals (08:08)
06 - Alien Temples In Tibet (08:38)
07 - Controversial Subject (06:32)
08 - Extraterrestrial (07:12)
09 - All Systems Are Operational (08:30)

About
Music producer and mastermind behind alternative electro label Audio Ashram, Nikhel Kumar Mahajan, has released a new LP called ‘Mind Expansion’ under his musical avatar Sattyananda.

The down tempo and ambient 9 track album features collaborations with a number of heavyweights in the Indian classical music scene such as Shubha Mudgal, Pt. Ajay Prasanna, Pt. Bholenath Mishra and Pt. Mukesh Sharma. Classical Indian instrumentation is certainly an interesting and surprising choice of sound for an album that chooses ‘extraterrestrial life’ as its overarching theme, but it works well, both compositionally and sonically.

Ambient cosmic synths and hazy sampled voices are blended with flute, classical Indian classical vocals and sarod, producing a spiritual album that avoids the clichés of fusion music and sounds distinctly modern.

Released along with the album was a strangely enjoyable video produced by Rahat Mahajan for the track ‘Extraterrestrial’ that features a moustached space cadet and a UFO in the body of a human who dances like his legs are made of grape jelly...

Sattyananda's Mind Expansion is an album that invites you to explore electronic music at its core. This album takes you on a journey through different styles of electronic music from 4x4 to breaks to chilled out spaces. It also features some heavy weights from the Indian fusion music scene like Shubha Mudgal, Pundit Ajay Prasanna, Pundit Mukesh Sharma & Pundit Bholenath Mishra. Mind Expansion talks about subjects ranging from extraterrestrial life, aliens conspiracies, space programs & spirituality. We invite you on this journey! Bring an open mind and enjoy.

Bio
Seeking inspiration from traditional Indian Classical, Hindu mythology, paranormal phenomenon, extraterrestrials and more, Nikhel’s sound can best be described as a Euphonious union of fluid uplifting rhythms, rich atmospheric textures and some downright twisted psychedelia.

Having produced for a little over thirteen years, Mahajan has held his own and shared stage with some top of the line artists of the likes of Vibrasphere, Infected Mushroom, Atmos, Skazi, Solar Fields, AES Dana, Ethnogenic, Slackbaba, Cell and more. With such intense diversity it’s no wonder that Nikhel has played across Europe in countries such as Greece, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom and Italy to name a few.