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M S A I C r e c o r d s

U E T R D F A S E R I A T


Trance Dance International was founded by Frank Natale (author) aka “Professor Trance” (artist). He brought trance dance to the West for the first time. Frank’s shamanic approach combines the Goddess cultures and Amazonian plant shamanism.

Trance dance

PROFESSOR TRANCE

The Goddess cultures were Earth grounded spiritual paths, which dominated the Mediterranean and Europe 35,000 years ago before “his”-story, the time of male dominated societies began. Amazonian Shamanism combines the use of teacher plants and trance dance within the context of spiritual ritual.

My purpose is to empower the individual through Trance Dance Music. This is accomplished by improving the quality of the individual’s life through their participation in Trance Dance: The Dance of Life’ rather than the useless search for life’s meaning. My focus on Trance Dance provides the dancer with direct experience, rather than just more data and dogma. – Frank Natale


Charlie McMahon, whose band

In 2000, Gondwanaland performed at

Gondwanaland was the first didgeridoo

the World Expo in Hannover and in

band formed in 1981, produced the

the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney

first didgeridoo-based contemporary

Paralympic Games. Aboriginal elders in

recordings. Charlie always loved the

the Northern Territory complimented

didgeridoo and took up playing the

Charlie McMahon “for inventing interesting

instrument as a child. Over time, he

and complex new ways of playing didjeridu.

learned how to tune didgeridoos and

The concepts of didj horns in 1996, pitch

experimented with different sounds and

shift didjeribone in 1981 and face bass in

pitches while jamming with local bands.

1997 are Charlie’s inventions which have been widely adopted by didj players.

In 1984 Charlie collaborated with Peter Carolan on what they called the Gondwanaland Project, an instrumental album called Terra Incognita. The project was a hit and Gondwanaland, now joined by percussionist Ed Duquemin, went on to release a further four albums. They toured the outback and hold the record for Australia’s largest live performance: The Sound Cloud performance to 120,000 people in 1988. The didge was given international exposure when Charlie first toured the USA and Canada with Midnight Oil in 1984, and then again the USA, Europe, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand in 1994. He performed and recorded on albums with Midnight Oil, Snakefinger, Janes Addiction, Hisashi Shirahama, Ed Kuepper, Ted Egan, John Williamson, Sunrize Band and Def FX.

CHARLIE MCMAHON Didgeridoo


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D E VA P R E M A L & M I T E N

Soothing mantra

Our music is born out of meditation and a celebration of life. It's not a matter of entertaining people.

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After touring non-stop since 1991, and

Deva Premal, best known for her

with CD sales of nearly one million,

top-selling chant CDs, is a classically

Deva Premal & Miten are living proof

trained musician and gifted singer,

that the power of mantra is as relevant

who grew up singing mantras as

today as it was thousands of years ago.

lullabies in a German home permeated with Eastern spirituality. Her albums,

Eckhart Tolle, spiritual teacher and best-

The Essence, Love Is Space, Embrace

selling author of The Power of Now,

and Dakshina, have topped New

says of their music, "As you listen, the

Age charts and popularity polls in

sacred space that lies beyond the mind

yoga studios and healing centers

emerges naturally and effortlessly."

throughout the world. Her latest CD, The Moola Mantra, soared to number

Deva and Miten's music is an expression

one on Amazon's New Age charts

of spiritual devotion, through song and

within days of its release and has been

chant. The couple have been living and

included in John Diliberto's online

playing together since 1991, releasing a

streaming Meditation Mix 6.

string of acclaimed CDs along the way. The openness and honesty in which they share their lives and their music has touched the hearts of thousands of seekers throughout the world. "Our music is born out of meditation and a celebration of life. It's not a matter of entertaining people." says Miten.


HILIGHT TRIBE Natural trance dance

Traveling the world is part of the deal, that's how the band finds its happiness, inspirations and way of life!

Natural Trance is a patchwork linking modern culture with ethnic sound. The Hilight Tribe, five musicians and one sound doctor at the mixing desk, play a live performance for the dance floors of the 3rd millenium. Digeridoo, Djembe, Guitar, Congas, Drumset or Bass, among others, come in synchronization with the Drum kick. Traveling the world is part of the deal, that's how the band finds its happiness, inspirations and way of life! The only 100% live performance in trance made his way from the heights of Ibiza to Hungaria, Japan (Vision Quest), USA, Brazil, Germany (Natraj Temple), Morocco, Spain, Mexico and, of course, in France where they're based and have already sold more than 40 000 albums. The six people of the band play Trance music with guitar, bass, didgeridoos, rock drum and a lot of ethnical percussions, adding sometimes Indian and Tibetan mantras, all filtered with special effects to produce a powerful trance live act considered in all the festivals and concert rooms as one of the better French bands and trances live act.


Drawing inspiration from the deep well of the ancient music traditions of the Indian sub-continent, while remaining constantly in touch with the pulse of contemporary Western music scene, over the years Prem Joshua has continued to refine his awesome talent for fusion, creating a sound both distinctive and unique.

world fusion

PREM JOSHUA

Multi-instrumentalist and composer, Prem Joshua—pioneer extraordinaire in the field of World Fusion Music— creates and explores forever new synthesis in sound, transporting the listener as he does beyond the borders of both East and West.

His music appeals so deeply because despite its contemporary feel, it still succeeds in keeping alive the wild "let-go" and meditative silence of its cultural roots. This musical masala of Indian classical, jazz, funk, ethno and trance music is so masterly, yet playfully blended, that it has indeed a completely global appeal.

LE TGO


Om At Last is a global tribal trance band, weaving a cosmic alchemical fusion of dynamic beats, world tribal grooves, devotional chants, and psychedelic electronica. Produced and directed by Omkaro (a.k.a. Om), Om At Last is dedicated to creating uplifting transformational music and events which energize, expand, activate, heal, realign, and unify us.

O M AT L A S T tribal

Featuring Lost-at-Last-style grooves and devotion, with many great musicians/vocalists, including Jaya Lakshmi, Amy Carr, April Dawn, Taressa Bell, Eostar Kamala, Kalidas, Deva Priyo, Ken Becker, Ashel Seasunz, Bruce Klein, Stephen Kent, Lakshmi Devi, Anuprabha Deva, Assi Rose, Noah Mosgofian, Wade Peterson, and many many more‌


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