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Sings the Moola Mantra

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It is said that the benefits of the Moola Mantra, a Sanskrit mantra, include the revitalization of all cells with divine energy and blessings for a happy life. Bestselling singer Deva Premal's rich and entrancing voice is a blessing to the listener. Premal sings the Moola Mantra over the course of five smooth and relaxing Indian fusion arrangements, featuring Jai Uttal, Nepalese flautist Manose, Kit Walker and Benjy Wertheimer (a Pacific Northwest favorite). Premal offers an expression of oneness honoring all spiritual paths, religions, creeds and traditions.

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I have almost all of Deva Premal's CDs and love them all. Her voice is haunting on this CD as she sings mantra for "unity-in-diversity". I have played this CD for my clients during their massages and everyone enjoys it. I often tell my clients that they don't have to understand the mantra to feel the music and compassion of her words.
I would encourage anyone to buy this CD but stay away from her CDs that have Miten singing on them.

Another soul stirring cd from Deva Premal! Perfect for yoga, for meditation or just to soothe you after a hectic day! I admit that I was doubtful of a cd of just a mantra, but if you loved "Embrace", or any other Deva Premal recordings, you will so enjoy this!

I am a very big fan of Deva Premal and Miten. I have seen them both in concert, and at 4 day retreat. This CD is a must-have for anyone who loves Kirtan, devotional chant music, and Deva & Miten. The backup musicians on this CD are stars in their own right ( I have seen them as well )and add so much to the energy of this Mantra experience.

It is different than their other CDs because there is no variety in the content. The Moola Mantra chant is sung the entire time. But, the musical accompaniment and arrangement provides enough interest ( for me, at least ) so that it is not boring.

It is hauntingly beautiful, healing, and a perfect way to start my day.
If everyone listened to this while driving, road rage would no longer exist !

So.... Moola Mantra arrived in my mail box.... oooooooh la la... have had my morning sit with it last two days, and it is again on as I browse around thru mails and such.... joyful, seductive inscapes whether you sit with eyes closed or with laptop open... and with the beautiful layers of sound all dancing and weaving and embracing each other, such rich, complex involutions taking you deeper and deeper... really a delight-filled playground for meditators....

Om shantih shantih shantih and yaaaaaaahoooooooo!

I know and love all of Deva Premal's albums and feel this is the best so far. It is like a deep pool of calm, peace and spiritual nectar. It is not as "produced" as the earlier ones, with less rhythm and layers, making it simpler, deeper, and more revealing. I find it very calming and healing and let it loop round and round on my player through the day.

Moola Mantra is not as pop sounding than Premal's other releases. This album is produced by Ben Leinbach, a VERY wise choice by Premal. He has "it". He doesn't over produce, keeping things much simpler and letting the music breathe. I am not a big fan of Premal's other cd's, although they are pretty good, I don't listen enjoy them half as much. Whenever we play the Moola Mantra in the store, we sell it like crazy. I can't say the same for her other cd's.

If you love chant, this is a must own. Take my word for it. She will have you mezmorized.

Imagine approved!

These are songs of extreme beauty. When Deva Premal is singing you will forget everything else and just to listen to her bewitching voice and precise accompaniments. You will listen to this captivating album and feel all the beauty of the surrounding world. It was forgotten but you will remember it, recalling the perfection of the world as you listen to "Deva Premal Sings The Moola Mantra" album. All the world will come to you and yet you can be alone with whole world.

"Deva Premal Sings The Moola Mantra" album is dedicated to Guruji Osho which inspires her and the love of her life Miten's creative works. You can easily meditate when you listen to this incredibly excellent album. This album will not leave you unfeeling because divine love is present in it. There are no words which can describe it. Only this music and the celestial voice of Deva Premal remain and leave you alone with your divine essence...

Serge Kozlovsky
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I think everyone who has had the pleasure of seeing the beautiful couple of Premal and her partner Miten in concert will agree, that they have a powerful radiation og joy and love from the stage. And that they transmit the silence of their master Osho.

So it's a shame that Premal's recordings are so relatively bland. If you listen to Indian recordings of mantras, f.ex. Ravi Shankar's excellent "Chants of India", you will here something far removed from Western aesthetics. Something ancient and timeless, raw and metrically refined, coming from the Beyond and speaking directly to the soul. Whereas Premal's version of the mantras are sweet and pleasing, but does not reflect their cosmic dimensions at all.

Her voice is pristine and angelic, and you should be very insensitive not to be touched by it's purity. But at the same time her vocal delivery is one-dimensional without hardly any dynamics (or finesse).

This time they have had the good idea of enlistning renowned producer Ben Leinbach, probably best known from his collaborations with Jai Uttal, with whom he had made some deep and mind-expanding records, fex. "Loveland". And he has added some much needed depth to Premal's music, though not as much as I would have liked.

It works best on the opening track, "Invocation", where Premal sings in classical Indian style, accompanied by deep electronics and sitar, showing how great a vocalist she actually is. But after that it is business as usual, the mantra sung to a pretty melodi over some rather lush backing. Sprinkled though with some fine soloing from some of the genres best musicians: Manose, Kit Walker, Benji Wertheimer, Uttal.

When you have sold more than 400.000 copies and are endorsed by so diverse icons as Dalai Lama, Eckhart Tolle and Cher, you obviously must be doing something right. And I can recommend this to anyone looking for some relaxing music with authentic spiritual content. I just wish Premal would leave the shallow waters and allow herself to dive deeper in the ocean of mantras and music

She sings like an angel!!! I have all of her CD's and just cant get enough!! Everyone who heres these CD's wants them!!! This music really takes me to a very special place.