Planet Chant [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 6, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Triloka Records
• ASIN: B0000584W9
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,836 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #3 in Music > World Music > India & Pakistan > Pakistan
  • #6 in Music > World Music > Europe > Eastern Europe > Russia
  • #6 in Music > World Music > Far East & Asia > Tibet

Track Listings

1. Lament - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan/Michael Brook

2. Offering Chant - Lama Gyurme/Jean Philippe Rykiel

3. Fervant Supplication - Russian State Symphony

4. Quiet 8 - Sheila Chandra

5. Cathedral - Primeaux/Mike

6. Yamdro Semkye - Choying Drolma/Steve Tibbetts

7. Silgugu Isiphambano - Ladysmith Black Mambazo

8. Jaya Bhagavan - Krishna Das

9. Polorum Regina - Saraband

10. Great Litany - Angelite (The Bulgarian Voices)

11. Confirmation - Oberton-Chor Dusseldorf

12. Indigo - Jim Donovan

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful collection of devotional music from all over, February 16, 2001

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Guardian of the Zen Sea "Indigo" (Looking after the sun and surf) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Planet Chant (Audio CD)

This is a truly fine collection of devotional music from all over the world. The title gives the impression that it might be a bunch of throat-singing Tibetan drone music, but that is not the case at all!! In fact I would call most of the music "spiritual" rather than real "chant". Somehow, "chant" to me doesn't conjue up music that is highly melodic.... The selection here has something for everyone, and includes a lot of interesting pairings of Eastern and Western musicians, such as traditional Eastern msuic (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan/Michael Brooks), a Western-style Eastern chant (Krishna Das), a Tibetan chant with musical accompanyment (Lama Gyurme/Jean Phillipe Rykiel), and a female Tibetan artiste (Choying Drolma/Steve Tibbetts). There is an ambient vocal drone by Sheila Chandra, and soft percussion meditation music by Jim Donovan. Primeaux and Mike give one of their unique vocal hymns from the North American Peyote Church, while Ladysmith Black Mambazo provides an Afrrican song of praise. The remaining pieces offer liturgical music with male and female voices (Angelite and the Oberton-Chor Dusseldorf). My favorite piece on the CD is the Polorum Regina, by Saraband. All-in-all, this is a really fun CD, and the music wil really give you a spiritual lift to get you through the day.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing, March 24, 2005

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A. Vegan (Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Planet Chant (Audio CD)

Planet Chant is a moving an hypnotic exploration of the possibilities of the human voice, which includes British, Russian, Tibetan, Bulgarian, South African and Native American contribution.
Chanting has been practiced as a spiritual tradition for centuries, and virtually every culture, past and present, has chanted in some form or another.
The chants on Planet Chant are performed by some of the most gifted proponents of the genre including the Qawwali master Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan from Pakistan, Ladysmith Black Mambazo from South Africa, contemporary Native American singers Primeaux and Mike, Indian chanteuse Sheila Chandra, The Orthodox Bulgarian choir Angelite and the east-west styling of Krishna Das.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Spiritually Soothing, January 31, 2004

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Shipper - See all my reviews

This review is from: Planet Chant (Audio CD)

Beautiful CD! My favorites are: Great Litany by Angelite, Polorum Regina by Saraband,Siguga Isiphambano by Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Confirmation by Oberton-Choir Dusseldorf.

All the songs are spiritually enlightening,uplifting,soothing.

I am not letting this one go! Perfect as a Relaxation or for just 'pondering'.