Embrace

Deva Premal | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 7, 2002)
• Original Release Date: May 7, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: White Swan
• ASIN: B000066RG4
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,454 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Deva ("Deva" is a Hindu title for divine) Premal has attracted a following by framing ancient Hindu mantras within atmospheric, contemporary settings. The result on Embrace, her third release, is at times flavorful, at other times undistinguished, but it produces more intriguing moments than duds. On occasion, Premal aspires to Enya-like reverence (e.g., tracks 2 and 4), then elsewhere coos her ancient text atop gentle grooves and jazzy flutes (tracks 3 and 6) in a manner suggestive of Deep Forest. Some might describe it as "smooth chant." Highlights include "Shree Ram Jai Ram," a beautifully realized cross-pollination of East and West (highlighted by Kit Walker's free-floating piano and Premal's resonant choir of voices) that hints at what Joni Mitchell might create if she tried her hand at Eastern music. --Terry Wood

Product Description

EMBRACE, the long awaited new album from Deva Premal, finds this best-selling singer at the height of her art, expressing the ancient wisdom of mantra through a contemporary musical vision. Her radiant voice, richer and more assured than ever before, floats above a cool, sensual groove provided by some of today's finest world fusion artists and producers Miten and Kit Walker (Walela, Kitaro, Neal Schon).

Deva Premal enthralled audiences worldwide with THE ESSENCE and LOVE IS SPACE. That phenomenal success continues with EMBRACE. Its relaxed, uplifting feel and elegant sense of space can only heighten the spell already cast by this mantra enchantress.

"Majestic, deep and full of love," Deva Premal's EMBRACE is a lovely and moving next chapter from an artist whose incredible potential is only beginning to unfold.

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Customer Reviews

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heartfelt Healing Music, January 12, 2004

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This review is from: Embrace (Audio CD)

I first became aware of Deva Premal's "Embrace" in my Yoga class and finally went out and recently got a copy of this CD.

This music combines Mantras with eclectic music which draws from many styles. Deva Premal has one of the most incredibly beautiful and sincere voices I've ever heard and I find that this music truly reaches inside my heart and elevates my spirits.

It's wonderful music not only to practice yoga with but to hear at any time.

I can't recommend this CD highly enough, it is a truly wonderful gift of music and I am looking forward to getting more of her CDs.

Namaste

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Embraced., May 16, 2002

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Robert J Stoner (Mississauga, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Embrace (Audio CD)

Deva Premal's, "The Essence", was there for me when my life dramatically changed. Now, with this new release, I find myself drawn to this music. Her unique voice is soothing, the music sometimes hypnotic. It's easy to become lost or part of the mantra. For quiet time, I light a candle, some incense, and sing along. It is wonderful!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Healing Mantra, August 19, 2002

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George Hagar "Reiki practitioner since 1995" (Framingham, Massachusetts United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Embrace (Audio CD)

You can find eight minutes and fifty-two seconds at the start of your busy day to chant with Deva Premal a most powerful Medicine Buddha healing chant "Teyata" contained on this disc; you owe it to yourself! Fill the "empty" moments of the day and stop mind-chatter with something useful and transformational. Highly recommended!