Mercan Dede - Sufi DreamsGenre: World | Ethnic Fusion | MP3 | 256 Kbps | 101 Mb
The Sufi traditions focus on the ecstatic present moment, where each breath once again begins the cycle of dying and being born. Using repetitive chants to bring on a heightened awareness of sound, the chant itself becomes music in which the actual meanings of the words become less important than the altered state the sound induces. The beginnings and ends of the tracks circle around together until the swirling vortex draws the sound into itself. Dede's meditative dream states begin from a variety of sacred sources. One may be that in the smallest grain of sand or drop of water, the whole world exists. Another is the biggest dream of all. According to Sufi philosophy, all of life is a dream, and when we die, we are actually waking up. The Middle Eastern rhytms and harmonies are entrancing. I found myself listening over and over, knowing only that I was drawn into the sounds before I looked inside the jacket to see what the songs were about.
~ Dan Liss by goldenhorn.comtracks:
1. Dream of Shams
2. Dream of Lover
3. Dream of Adam, The Name of the City
4. Dreams of the Sufi Saints, Walking on the Red Sea
5. Perhan's Dream, Hidrelez
6. Dream of the Dream, Last Chapter
listen to samplespart 1 | part 2 pass: Shams