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Vidmahe - We Meditate On

by Loveis & Jay

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Surya Vidmahe 08:17
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Durga Vidmahe 06:25
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Brahma Vidmahe 06:40
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Kali Vidmahe 06:07
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Saraswati Vidmahe 06:29
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Ganesha Vidmahe 06:05
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Lakshmi Vidmahe 04:52
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Vishnu Vidmahe 05:10
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Our second album is also based in the "sound language of the universe", as Sanskrit is often called. Eight so-called Gayatri Mantras form the textual basis for this concept album. The term Gayatri refers on the one hand to the connection to the original Gayatri Mantra (Om Bhur Bhuvah Svah) and on the other hand to the verse form in which these mantras are written. Moreover, in the original three-line structure of the Gayatris, these three Sanskrit terms are almost always found:

Vidmahe - we know, we realize, we meditate on Dhimahi - we think of, we meditate on Prachodayat - inspire us, enlighten our understanding.

Dedicated are these mantras each to a particular deity and thus to a particular aspect of the divine. For example, Durga symbolizes the ideal of maternal love, Ganesha is considered the overcomer of all obstacles, Saraswati is the goddess of wisdom and arts, and Vishnu stands for peace and balance.

Guided by the meaning, but even more by the sound of the Sanskrit words, we set out to combine these ancient sacred texts with new melodies and open our hearts to their message: When we sing to the deities, we sing to a particular aspect of the divine within ourselves. Loveis gave musical form to four divine aspects on the masculine level and Jay to four divine aspects on the feminine side. In this way, sounds were created that invite listening, singing, dancing, quiet and moving meditation.

Auch unser zweites Album ist in der „Klangsprache des Universums“, wie das Sanskrit oftmals bezeichnet wird, beheimatet. Acht sogenannte Gayatri Mantras bilden die textliche Grundlage für dieses Konzeptalbum. Der Begriff Gayatri weist zum einen auf die Verbindung zum Ur-Gayatri Mantra (Om Bhur Bhuvah Svah) hin und bezeichnet zum anderen das Versmaß, in dem diese Mantras geschrieben sind. In dem ursprünglich dreizeiligen Aufbau der Gayatris finden sich zudem fast immer diese drei Sanskrit-Begriffe:

Vidmahe - wir wissen, wir erkennen, wir meditieren über Dhimahi - wir denken an, wir meditieren über Prachodayat - inspiriere uns, erleuchte unser Verständnis.

Gewidmet sind diese Mantras jeweils einer bestimmten Gottheit und damit einem besonderen Aspekt des Göttlichen. So symbolisiert beispielsweise Durga das Ideal mütterlicher Liebe, Ganesha gilt als Überwinder aller Hindernisse, Saraswati ist die Göttin der Weisheit und Künste und Vishnu steht für Frieden und Gleichgewicht.

Geleitet von der Bedeutung, aber noch mehr vom Klang der Sanskrit-Worte, machten wir uns auf den Weg, diese alten heiligen Texte mit neuen Melodien zu verbinden und unser Herz für ihre Botschaft zu öffnen: Wenn wir zu den Gottheiten singen, besingen wir einen besonderen Aspekt des Göttlichen in uns selbst. Loveis gab vier göttlichen Aspekten auf der männlichen Ebene musikalische Form und Jay vier göttlichen Aspekten auf der weiblichen Seite. So entstanden Klänge, die zum Lauschen, Singen, Tanzen, zu ruhiger und zu bewegter Meditation einladen.

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released June 20, 2022

All songs composed by Loveis Korfu and Jay Katharina Kraus
All lyrics traditional
Recorded at Sunset Recording Arillas, Corfu/Greece, by Loveis Korfu
Mixed at Yatra Studio, Cologne/Germany, by Loveis Korfu
Mastered by RMS Projektstudio
Produced by Yatramusic www.yatramusic.com

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Loveis & Jay Corfu, Greece

Loveis: Music might not have been my first love, but definitely it's the love of my life ... I started with recorder and piano, but not before I dicovered meditation and chanting, my voice and my music reallly became a part of myself ..

Jay: "Three divine beings took away all our troubles: they were dance, drum and singing". This old African adage reflects my experience in a very personal way .. ... more

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