A Tibet Benefit Album
Songs
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MANTRA MIX: A Tibet Benefit Album Songs |
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TRACK INDEX 1. Tibetan Prayer - His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama 2. Mantra Mix - Sacred Sound System 3. Love This Life - Crowded House 4. Gapu - Yothu Yindi 5. Deeper Well - Emmylou Harris 6. The Refuge Tree - ALT 7. Father Death Blues - Allen Ginsberg 8. Sometimes - Stephen Cummings 9. The Destroyer - Frente 10. Shambala - Beastie Boys 11. Compassion In Exile - Philip Glass 12. GB - My Friend the Chocolate Cake 13. DCN#348 - Deborah Conway 14. Protected - Tim Finn 15. Rythm & Flow - Jenny Morris 16. Two Wings - Cafe of the Gate of Salvation 17. Set On Freedom - Vika & Linda 18. Peace Of Mind - Jimmy Barnes 19. Come Little Children - Diesel 20. Tibetan Chant - Namgyal Monks 21. Dedication Prayer - His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama |
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| His Holiness the 14th
Dalai Lama of Tibet - TIBETAN PRAYER (1:21) Recorded January 1996 at Dharamsala, North India by Natalie Liberman (Prayer For The Long Life of Buddha's Teachings) TONPA JIGTEN KHAMSU JONPA DANG TANPA NYIWO ZHINDU SALWA DANG TANZIN PHUNA ZHINDU THUNPAYI TANPA YUNRING NEPE TASHI SHOG Sacred Sound System ; Vocal Guest of Honour - His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama 'Mantra Mix was written as a tribute to the profoundly liberating teachings of Buddhadharma and with an intention of making an East-West cross-cultural link. To be able to do anything for His Holiness is such an honor because The Dalai Lama is such a complete embodiment of a human ‘being’; humble, warm, wise and compassionate. His humanness is totally inspiring. His Holiness is the most familiar stranger you’ll ever meet.' Yvonne Gold. Crowded House - Guitar & Lead Vocal: Neil Finn Yothu Yindi - Vocals: Galarrwuy Yunupingu Gapu is a song from the Gumatj Clan of NE Arnhem Land. The song centres on the Yolngu or Aboriginal kinship sysytem. It describes the water of the ocean coming in, creating the full tide, and then going out again. Emmylou Harris - Electric guitar: Daniel Lanois Special thanks to Monty Hitchcock Management, Nashville, Tennessee ALT - Vocals/Drums/Guitar: Tim Finn Allen Ginsberg - ..... ' The daydreams Isolated recollected as objects can be poetry stormy epics or flashy haikus...A thought like a poem begins you can’t tell where then it gets big in the mind’s eye an imaginary universe and then...Disappears like a while elephant into the blue or ‘as a bird leaves the imprint of its flight in the sky...So thought ends you can’t tell where, except it disappears into thin air like Shakespeare’s plays.'... From Meditation and Poetics, by Allen Ginsberg. Stephen Cummings - Guitar/Bass: Steve Kilbey 'This is a non-specific universal love song that I wrote with Steve Kilbey of The Church and his girlfriend Karin Jansson. I have contributed it as a gesture of solidarity towards both the Tibetan people, who have been having such a difficult time for such a long time, and towards the Dalai Lama who is doing an extremely difficult job. More power to him' Stephen Cummings Frente - Vocals: Angie Hart '......this is a song about reincarnation...' frente Beastie
Boys - Bass: Adam Yauch Special thanks to the Milarepa Fund. 'Peoples struggling for freedom who strictly adhere to non-violence are rare today. The Tibetans are one of those rare peoples... The compassionate struggle of the Tibetan people, juxtaposed against the violent repression of the Chinese authorities is like night and day. It is the clearest example of brutality against compassion in the world today.' Adam Yauch (at the US Congressional Briefing on Human Rights in Tibet 24 June 1996) Philip Glass - Produced by Kurt Mankacsi Thanks to Jim Keller at Dunvagen Music 'This piece was originally written for the documentary Compassion in Exile. Like the film, the music aims to create an emotional point of view that acknowledges the courage, strength and the loneliness of the Tibetan people in their difficult struggle' Philip Glass My
Friend The Chocolate Cake - 'All of us in The Cake feel privileged to be a part of this album, not only to be involved in an important cultural statement in support of the Dalai Lama and the people of Tibet, but also to be alongside some of our favorite musical artists. The people of Tibet have much in common with the injustices suffered by the East Timorese (Fretilin), the West Papuans (OPM) and of people here in Australia -the injustice that took the form of the cultural genocide of the Aboriginals. The message is the same: We must learn about respect and support these intricate cultures and the people in their fight. We cannot turn a blind eye as we have done for far too long because these situations have a way of coming back at you.' David Bridie. Deborah Conway - Live performance to one microphone: Deborah Conway 'The Chinese invasion of Tibet and ensuing suppression of Tibetans is right up there on the Top Ten of current, stomach-turning injustices. I want to stand up here and be counted as someone who supports a Chinese withdrawl and the return of the Dalai Lama to the heartland of his people.' Deborah Conway. Tim Finn - Keyboards & Vocals: Tim Finn 'This song is about the protection that comes as a result of the quest for selflessness, self improvement and control of the mind - all attributes the Dalai Lama is teaching us. He has so much to teach us.' Tim Finn. Jenny Morris - Guitar/Keyboards/Vocals: Jenny Morris 'This is a song I originally wrote as a commentary on the demise of indigenous peoples. The situation in Tibet is another human rights tragedy. We have to move to stop it. I wanted to contribute to this album to help raise awareness about the plight of the Tibetan people. The Dalai Lama with his non-judgmental, enlightening and positive words made me remember that there are ways of living and dealing with problems, small and great, other than with violence, intolerance and deceit. His simplicity and good humour is a wonderful compliment to his profundity and wisdom. He is the only constantly grinning man who you feel you can trust.' Jenny Morris. The Cafe of the Gate of Salvation - 'The Dalai Lama is the greatest, most delightful being on this planet. He is the embodiment of compassion and the most I can aspire to in my life is to embody as much compassion as I can. Just imagine what might happen if everyone on the planet was going around mumbling the mantra of compassion... Om Mani Padme Hum' Judy Backhouse (The Cafe) Vika & Linda - Vocals: Vika & Linda 'This is a gospel song we’ve been doing for a long time. We felt it was the most appropriate song we could contribute because its message is that people should be free to be free, anywhere in the world. Everyone has the right to follow their own beliefs and to do whatever they want to do - as long as it doesn’t harm anyone else. Everyone has the right to go about the business of their lives in peace and freedom and this is basically what the Dalai Lama himself stands for. He’s a good guy.' Vika & Linda Bull. Jimmy Barnes - Vocals: Jimmy Barnes Diesel - Vocals/guitars/drums/bass: Deisel 'This is a song with an anti-violence message that I felt was right for Mantra Mix. It is a small contribution to a great cause and a great leader. The Dalai Lama has an aura of hope that is rare in these times.' Mark Lizotte (Deisel) Namgyal
Monks - Namgyal Monastery is the monastery of the Dalai Lama, presently located in Dharamsala, North India. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
of Tibet ; Mantra Mix was released in Australia and New Zealand by Mushroom Records and is distributed by Festival. Available in all leading music stores. Please order your copy from your local music store. Plans are now underway for a new international release of Mantra Mix. Bookmark this page and stay tuned for further developments with the international release. |