Gathering In The Light

Baird Hersey | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Satsang Music
• ASIN: B000WMG1SQ
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #130,597 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Otherworldly, May 12, 2008

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Sharon Nichols - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gathering In The Light (Audio CD)

Baird Hersey and his a cappella vocal ensemble, Prana, are always an otherworldly listen, whether it's at home with headphones or a bone-piercing live show. A few years ago he promised to collaborate with well-known chant master Krishna Das, and now he's done it. On Gathering In The Light, Das channels the divine using chants he composed on his own, providing rich lead vocals on top of the overtones of Hersey and Prana. For the first time on one of his recordings, Hersey has brought in minimal percussion, but everything else you hear is the amazing harmonics of the human voice. Because of his obsession with the Gyoto monks, Hersey mastered multiphonic throat singing and, in turn, assembled eight local singers with impressive resumes, teaching each of them to sing two mellifluous pitches at once. The resulting chorus is something that must be heard to be believed, and by throwing Das into the mix, Hersey has created something truly extraordinary and profound. Of particular note is Krishna Das' trademark number, "Hare Krishna", with an entirely new twist-- a minute-and-a-half lead of unbelievably gorgeous tones. So, if you want to turn your home into a temple, or simply bliss out for 48 minutes, look no further.
--Sharon Nichols, Chronogram magazine

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for Krishna Das fans, February 12, 2008

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A. D. Boorman - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gathering In The Light (Audio CD)

WOW

Prana's otherworldly backgrounds and KD's amazing voice.
IF you like KD, you must have this. It's a wonderful cd for
yoga practice. My only problem is that it's too short.

I would really love to hear them do 'Mountain Hare Krishna'
or 'Namo Shivaya,' 'Om Namo Bhagavate," or so many of my other
favorite KD Kirtan. I hope that they get together again and
record more chants.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just Lovely!!, March 20, 2008

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Sarah West "www.SarahWest.com" (Albuquerque, Mew Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gathering in the Light (MP3 Download)

Beautiful mix of these 2 artists. i would say its quite unusual and something to have in your collection if you a KD fan as well as a kirtan-aholic! beautiful!! Sarah Sanctuary The Sacred Pyramid Voices of Eternity