Asana OHM Shanti

Bill Laswell (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 21, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Meta
• ASIN: B000CSULXQ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #217,131 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Asana 4: Ohm Shanti is an exciting compilation CD. Driving dance beats, surreal trancescapes and a dose of Asian spice are the main ingredients of the cross-cultural stew for the yoga crowd. Subtitled "Ohm Shanti," this fourth edition in Meta Records' popular "Asana" series offers more of what made the previous entries so great. In fact, it seems they may have upped the ante with stronger rhythms and a great roster of artists, including Kiran Ahluwalia, Karsh Kale, Zakir Hussain, Sultan Khan and more. The music on Asana 4: Ohm Shanti is frenetic and ranges from mid to high energy, making this a good choice for trance dancing and more dynamic forms of yoga practice. On top of that, the songs are presented in a seamless mix with great blending between songs.- The Asana 4: Ohm Shanti CD will be a terrific addition to your inspiring and energizing CD library. If we were you (and we are) we'd buy the entire Asana series of CD's for the perfect accompaniment to your yoga practices and meditation.

Customer Reviews

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great...But Buyer Beware..., June 20, 2006

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Kenneth M. Goodman (Cleveland, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Asana OHM Shanti (Audio CD)

The music on this CD is spectacular...just the sort of bass-driven genius one expects from Mr. Laswell. BUT, if you're like me, and prefer this sort of music to be vocal-free, then you are in for a rude surprise. While the outer packaging gives no clue, there is not one track on the CD that is vocal-free. If you don't mind vocals (or in fact like them) then by all means consider this a 5 star review. But if you don't want vocals with your Bill Laswell music, you may find the vocals on this CD to be extremely annoying. So buyer beware.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars beat driven eastern style bliss trance, January 29, 2008

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Carrion Kind (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Asana OHM Shanti (Audio CD)

This album is a perfect base to lead or practice yoga by, which is the main reason I purchased it. The addition of vocals to these songs does not in any way detract from the beauty of the music contained on this album.
The uplifting vocals and bass heavy/beat driven songs are the perfect compliment to a moving and engaged practice.
Also,the addition of strange and mezmerizing electronic sounds that are layered ontop and underneath each track makes it stand out amongst the typical yoga/meditation albums being sold today.
This music has a distinct edge to it that I welcome with an open heart into my practice, and it is at times so catchy and moving that I have a hard time imagining any student in a class not feeling moved to open their bodies, minds and hearts to these sounds.
The reason for the 4 star review is the inclusion of "Here comes the sun" instrumental Beatles song at the end. I think it fits and then sometimes I don't. Good song, but maybe they should have rethought the inclusion of this. No matter though, I still dig the song.
Plus, it kicks in the car as your driving! Can also be played at home just for the sheer pleasure of it. Play it loud!

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars maybee the best of the sceries, March 23, 2006

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yajdubuddah "yajarod" (cheboygan,michigan usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Asana OHM Shanti (Audio CD)

the 4th instalment in the meta collection, again compilled by bill laswell. but unlike all the rest the entire album is written my laswell, karsh kale, ustad sultan khan, & eastern singers. this is more like a full album than a bunch of collected songs by various artists. the first 2 are more cheb i sabbah style, more traditional with laswell dub bass. 3 is a new version of asha from asana 3 but very original. mukti #4 is a completelly new song with a more tabla beat science feel to it with karsh playing acoustic drums & ustad playing the sarangi, best song from laswell in a while. #5 is an all traditional song from another album only 1:23. #6 is another upbeat heavelly eastern indian influinced dub song. balama #7 is heavily electronic influinced, just like eraldo bernocchi & mick harris were on this, straight outa veve. as does the pattern relaese #8 but more oscillations style melding into a version of here comes the sun (vocaless) by the beatles written by harrison, utalizing more eastern sounds & robert musso joining on guitar to play the lead lines, very simmilar to original no dub remix here.
so this is the perfect reason to sit back relaz & enjoy some very soothing sounds for the soul. what ever your relaxation be, yoga, meditation, herbal, drink, martial arts, this will set you free.