Showing posts with label yoga. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yoga. Show all posts

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Yogi Chill From Soulfood Music And DJ Free On Sale Digitally

Yogi Chill, the latest release from leader in the yoga-chill music market Soulfood Music founder and producer DJ Free will be available digitally June 12th. Combining electronic beats, chill grooves and ambience with organic percussion, piano, bamboo flutes, sitar, sax and vocal samples and chants. Yogi Chill is ten tracks and 60 minutes of hip, stylistic trance chill music designed for a vinyasa or flow yoga class. Produced by DJ Free and engineered by Michael Chavez, Yogi Chill was mixed and mastered by John Kurzweg at Soulfood Studios in Santa Fe, NM. Soulfood Music founder DJ Free came up with the concept for rhythmic, chill based music for yoga while guest teaching at noted center for humanistic alternative education the Esalen Institute in Bug Sur, California. There he began collaborating with musicians and yoga professionals who saw a need for rhythmic music that would work for fitness styles of yoga. DJ Free continued the concept and while spinning at music festivals such as Burning Man, he was able to further collaborate with DJ's, artists, musicians, dance instructors and Yoga professionals from around the world. Yogi Chill is the intersection of the place where Yoga meets chill. "This release is a hypnotic musical journey of what I call Transglobal Electronica - music that bridges chill, down tempo feel with organic percussion, flutes and chants," says Soulfood Music founder, DJ Free. Soulfood Music's founder DJ Free is an award winning producer/composer who scored soundtracks for IMAX(R) "Extreme", PBS/National Geographic special "Condition Black" and the ESPN series "Making of Extreme". His DJ roots, along with the worlds indigenous cultures, influence his music. He has charted on Billboard and several international DJ and Dance charts. He works with award winning artists from a variety of cultural and musical backgrounds to create a fresh mix of music for yoga, spas and just chilling. Soulfood's Yoga Music has been licensed for fitness - yoga compilations and on numerous yoga videos worldwide including the UK, Germany and the US companies such as Gaiam and Power Music and the 2006 release Yoga Groove was a top 10 on iTunes in its genre. "This is music that goes beyond the yoga studio - while it's great for flow yoga, I love to listen to it while relaxing with friends or hosting a dinner party," says Heidi Schaeffer, COO Soulfood Music. DJ Free will be touring in the "Buddha Lounge", a mobile DJ "club" in a stylized airstream trailer to several Music/Art/Yoga Festivals in support of the release of Yogi Chill including Sonic Bloom, June 21st - 24th, Vail, CO and Burning Man, August 27th - September 3rd, Black Rock Desert, NV. For additional information please visit: http://www.soulfoodmusic.com Or Contact Heidi Schaeffer: info (at) soulfoodmusic (dot) com About Soulfood: SOULFOOD Music is an independent music label that specializes in chill, lounge, yoga and meditation music. Our music can be heard on IMAX(R) Extreme (Best IMAX(R) Score), IMAX(R)/ Disney's Sacred Planet and the PBS/ National Geographic's surfing documentary Condition Black. Soulfood has charted on Billboard and international DJ and dance charts with over 27 independent and 2 major label releases. SOULFOOD's studio is located in the beautiful high desert of Santa Fe, NM and its business office is based in St. Paul, MN on the banks of the Mississippi.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

"Loops N Grooves" Latest Release From Wah

"Loops N Grooves", the latest release from internationally renowned yoga music guru, dancer, choreographer and author Wah! will be available on February 7th on Wah! Music. In support of her latest release, Wah! will embark on an international tour, performing more than 40 concerts, yoga workshops and festivals across the United States and Europe. Blending Eastern-tinged melodies and meditative yoga mantras with decidedly groove-based, ambient beats, Loops N Grooves offers up ten inspired tracks that add an element of electronica to Wah!'s already prolific musical arsenal. Wah!'s vocals shine on the compelling opening track "Gananatha," while the minimalist, electronic instrumentation "Jai Love" has a calming, almost trancelike effect that brings to mind electronica artists such as KraftWerk and Air. "Shambho" incorporates beatbox and club beats to deliver a dance experience. "Radhe Radhe" uses finger cymbals and sitars over a chilled out, hip hop groove. "My goal is simple. Through my music, I want to clear my own personal energy and feel lighter when I'm done. I want to bring people with me on that path as they enjoy the music," says Wah! Wah! - whose name means, "bliss beyond description" is a spiritual pioneer, musician and record label founder who has been touring and recording for over a decade and continues to draw attention in the yoga community and beyond. Celebrated by critics and such media outlets as Yoga Journal, Yoga + Magazine and UK Yoga Magazine among others, Wah! continues to be a worldwide leader and creative wellspring for the yoga community. "No one leaves a Wah! concert with a heavy heart." - Yoga International Magazine Wah! kicked off her international tour on January 8th St. Augustine, Florida and will perform more than 40 dates throughout North America and Europe. For a complete listing of tour dates and ticket information, please visit http://www.wahmusic.com/performances.html TRACK LIST: 1. Gananatha 2. Jai Ma Love 3. Rada Gopala 4. Kalie Ma 5. Free Ram 6. Shambho 7. Radhe Radhe 8. Cosmic HK 9. Guru Jaya 10. Meaning For additional information please visit: http://www.wahmusic.com/ # # # About BFM Digital, Inc. BFM Digital is a global digital music company committed to serving the independent music community and delivering quality music, spoken word and video content to leading online retailers worldwide. Representing a diverse catalog of indie labels, artists and publishers, BFM distributes to all of the major music services including iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, eMusic, Napster, Walmart, Nokia and many more. With an unparalleled commitment to personalized service, BFM works closely with their content providers from around the world to ensure maximum exposure of their catalog by customizing marketing efforts and building strong relationships with BFM's digital store partners.