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Walk with Me
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For Elijah
05:36
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We grieve and honor Elijah Jovan McClain’s gentle and profound time on Mother Earth. He was described by friends and family as a"spiritual seeker, pacifist, oddball, vegetarian, athlete, and peacemaker who was exceedingly gentle". His mother said "he wanted to heal others and was able to heal himself” and was “able to accept love and give love in varying forms." Elijah was a massage therapist and a self taught violinist who played for kittens awaiting adoption at the local shelter. His life inspired us, we are deeply moved by how he brought love and goodness to the world through modes of healing and music. Elijah died on Aug 30, 2019 at the age of 23, in Aurora, Colorado at the hands of police. The police officers have not been charged or put on trial, but Elijah has found a way to continue shining his bright light to the world. Black Lives Matter is a sacred cry to all humanity to recall its inherent luminous nature, may we all live in gentleness and generosity as Elijah McClain did.
The opening spoken word is from the Mundaka Upanishad, an ancient Sanskrit Vedic text. .
Opening alap and Arun's violin improvisations based on Carnatic raga Saramathi.
The lyrics sung are written by Morley Shanti Kamen and are inspired by Elijah McClain's mother's description of Elijah
Lyrics
From his feet - the earth originated
The wind - his breath
Space - his ears
The sun and moon - his eyes
The universe - his heart
The Vedas, his speech
All he was trying to do was become
All he was trying to do was become
All he was trying to do was become
Elijah McClain
Elijah
Gentle soul going home
Gentle soul going home
He had the music
Dignity and grace
He knew how to give love
And receive
He healed people
He healed himself
All he was trying to do was become
Shine on Elijah
Shine on
Beautiful dream Elijah McClain
I love you beautiful dream, Elijah McClain
Beautiful dream
Breathe
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Prayer Dance
03:53
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Bageshree Unbound
10:27
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Pandemic
02:34
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Jackies Theme
06:28
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Latent Sea
13:18
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Hamsadhwani
05:12
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Distance
08:23
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Mari Darbari
06:54
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KW in the Multiverse
11:35
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Qscore
14:47
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Galen's statement on the album cover art:
The words “quarantine”, “a”, and “compilation” were cut from a collage of Carnatic music notations, Bach, and Theodorakis’ Zorba the greek notation. The BRM letters reference the development NYC, the commerce and industry, and the fight for survival. This culminates in the inevitable ruin of capitalist and racist power structures at the M, with a music goddess showing the path to love, life, and creativity. BRM in a nutshell? I don’t know but that’s what came out!
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East Village Keherwa
03:26
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Brooklyn Raga Massive Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Raga Massive is an adventurous nonprofit musicians' collective that creates cross-cultural understanding through the lens of South Asian classical music by providing direct support to artists, fostering collaboration through iconic concerts and jam sessions, facilitating cultural exchange through educational initiatives, and producing performances, festivals, and one-of-a-kind albums. ... more
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