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d i s s i d e n t
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a r t i s t : Mark Nauseef-Kudsi Erguner-Markus Stockhausen
t i t l e : Gazing Point
d a t e : 2003
l a b e l : Rent A Dog
g e n r e : Other
r l s. d a t e : Jul-2003
t r a c k s : 07
b i t r a t e : 192kbps
s i z e : 70,6 MB
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Compositions:
1,3,5,7 by Nauseef, Erguner
2,4,6 by Nauseef, Erguner, Stockhausen
Kudsi Erguner: Ney
Markus Stockhausen: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Mark Nauseef: Bells, Wood, Gongs
Direction: Mark Nauseef
Assistance: Milo Kofi Nauseef
Produced by Kurt Renker & Walter Quintus
Recorded and mastered by Walter Quintus
at CMP Studio, Zerkall, December 2000
Yoga is the ability to direct the mind exclusively toward an
object and sustain that direction without any distractions.
(from the great Indian sage Patanjali, more than 2000 years
ago)
GAZING POINT is an audio excursion or bridge leading to the
other side of conditioned existence. Each title is based on
yogic teachings dealing with the process/practice of
meditation. Meditation is often thought of as a mean of
returning to man's real home-God through methods which take one
beyond maya (cosmic illusion) to a state of clarity and peace.
The musicians involved in this recording have had various
experiences in meditative musics. Master ney player Kudsi
Erguner, a Mevlevi disciple, was exposed to the Mevlevi Sufi
musical tradition while playing the ney in Dervish ceremonies
alongside his father andhas been featured on several well known
recordings devoted to sufi music. The Mevlevi order, founded in
the 13th century by the great theologian Mevlana Jalalu'ddin
Rumi, is the most famous of sufi groups. The ney was/is played
during ecstatic dances in trance ritual of the Mevlevi branch
of Sufism known also as the "Whirling Dervishes". The son of
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Markus Stockhausen, has collaborated
extensively with his father and has been a featured soloist in
many of his fathers operas with themes often dealing with
spirituality and mythology. The main interests of Markus, as a
trumpet player, are contemporary music and improvised music
including his own kind of devotional, intuitive music which
trancends all musical styles. Markus has performed with
percussionist Mark Nauseef whose wide musical vision includes
"hands on" research, study and performance in musical
traditions ranging from Indian, Javanese, Balinese, and
Ghanaian musics to western contemporary and improvised musics.
In the duo perfomances with Markus, as well as on this
recording, Mark is performing mostly on a collection of temple
bells from China, India, Japan, and Tibet where these
instruments are often used to stun the mind and capture the
awareness in meditation.
What should be noted first about this music is that there are
no electronic processing techniques or effects used other than
slight use of reverb. The sounds are all acoustic. The bell`s
long sustained tones are produced by rubbing a stick around the
edge of the bell in a motion which can vary the speed of the
vibrato and the intensity of the dynamic. The bells vary in
size from 70 millimetres in diameter (Japanese Rin) to 46 cm
(Chinese Temple Bells). Eighteen bells were used. The bell`s
vibrato is also achieved through a technique known as
ululating*, where the player`s mouth is used to change the
sound.
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01-Samasthitih [08:50]
02-Gazing Point [08:10]
03-With Breath [03:33]
04-The Inward Ear [07:36]
05-Stun The Mind [03:21]
06-Laghima [12:48]
07-Dive [07:04]
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