tbe Posted December 24, 2001 Author Share Posted December 24, 2001 Padmasana - Padmasana Artist: Padmasana Title: Padmasana Label: Dakini Date: 1999 Track listing: 01. 12'19" Be Where Now 02. 11'08" A Distant Star 03. 18'20" Holistic Resonance Review: Padmasana is Japanese band with Makyo, an already well known name in the ambient world and David Hikari and S.Widi. This album is a trip to Bali island in Indonesia....you will find some traditional asian instruments recorded live at Bali with some beautiful synthetic layers. First track, "be there now" starts with a nice mid-tempo rythm and very sweet synthe pads. Perfect track to wake up ! Very positive and happy. reminds me a bit some Talvin Singh music. Second Track, " A distance star", starts more softly with nice synthe loops, beautiful women vocals. It's like being in a nice dream...so quiet ! In the second half of the track, you will find Asian acoustic instruments..that fits very well with the synthetic layer of the song. Last track, " Holistic resonance " bring you in the Balinese forest the night. All is very sweet, soft and nice. Then noises become sounds that become rythms. What an harmony ! The whole track is flowing like a peacefull river becoming larger and faster... it ends with a night forest ambience recorded live in Bali. This album is very beautiful and very relaxing. A little bit too short..please Dakini Records, release a second part to this ! :-) Rating : 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest djr00t[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted December 24, 2001 Share Posted December 24, 2001 I think this is one of the best chill out out there. gives nice quite chill out. its almost as beutiful as loosing ur verginity. verdicts are 9/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zero The Hero Posted December 24, 2001 Share Posted December 24, 2001 Beatiful melodies, clear sounds, long tracks, excellent production. I love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest me[at]dreamer[dot]co[dot]il Posted December 24, 2001 Share Posted December 24, 2001 beautiful indeed.. one small correction - the name of this release is Padmasana - Belinese Space Dub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 I picked this up about two months ago after hearing Makyo: Yakshini. This is definitely one of my favorites when you want something that is relaxing but still has enough intricate sounds to throughly enjoy. I prefer Yakshini overall but maybe only because it is a full length CD... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest phase418[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 This is second only to Shpongle. This is some of the very, finest ambient textures and atmospheres available on the planet, without a single note or noise that seems out of place. Tasteful, well-timed samples...and authentic oriential noises are blended perefctly with extraterrestrial synth sounds and organic emotions. The vocals are delicate and perfect. It is a short release, but it is dripping with quality and good taste. I have listened to ambient for about 10 years, and you really can't get this quality from anyone else. Makyo and Hikari are beautiful, light- inspired people and there is not better refelction of than than on the "Padmasana: Balinese Space Dub" release. It's much better than any of Makyo's solo work, imho. a MUST buy for dreamers and shpongled space people...(9.5/10) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest phase418[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted December 28, 2001 Share Posted December 28, 2001 This is some of the finest ambient EVER made... I goes on my top list with "Mystic Cigarettes", "Are you Shpongled?" and "Dub Trees". This album is in the same vein, and of that same high standard of quality. 9.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomble Posted January 13, 2002 Share Posted January 13, 2002 I would say that this is my favourite of the Dakini artist albums. Very Very Very good. 9/10 bomble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sagsbehandleren[at]yahoo[dot]dk Posted February 8, 2002 Share Posted February 8, 2002 i can only say only say one thing"padmasana is god" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurutrance Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Excellent release! 9/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Padmasana Padmasana (Balinese Space Dub) Dakini Records 1999 (Reissued in 2001) Tracklist 1 Be Where Now (12:19) 2 A Distant Star (11:08) 3 Holistic Resonance (18:20) Padmasana is a collaboration between Gio Makyo and David Hikari, a pair of Tokyo chill-out djs, and the mysterious S. Widi, their "spiritual advisor" from Bali. This album was inspired by misty nights in Ubud and the mind-shattering "oong" mushrooms of Bali. The music takes you on a trip through inner and outer space, finally ending up back in the lush, tropical ambience of Ubud at night. The album features field recordings and live performances recorded in Bali, Tibet, and Tokyo, and varied instrumentation, including: Tibetan mantra, gamelan, Indian frame drum, water drums, bass, assorted Balinese percussion, sampler, cumbus, broken BassStation, Korg Z1, voice, Eventide Harmonizer, tr-303, tabla, and Ubud night insects and frogs. 1. Be Where Now A nice opening track. Has a nice chilled out bassline through out the majority of the track playing like a melody. Lots of tribal ethnic sounds in this one but in the usual Dakini way, the ethnicity of the music never goes too overboard or gets too cheesy. It all sounds very real, a perfect mixture of tribal sounds, modern technology & future spaciness. This last element is given a perfect boost by the sample The spacecraft passes through the gateway, space returns to normal halfway through & continuing with scattered short samples of space & time & spacecrafts through the rest of the track just the right length to be trippy as hell & never annoying. The melody playing through the whole track is a simple falling melody that fits as a link from the earthy beats to the spacey vocals. All in all it's a fantastic track. One of the best from Dakini 2. A Distant Star With lush vocals from Keiku who has featured on other Dakini tracks, most memorably for me was her vocals on Puff Dragon's Qi Gong. For a long while it is just her and some nice ambient sounds. A lush drone, some very soft tribal percussion & some gentle strings. It's all such beautifully done ethnic ambient. As before it sounds so real, no forced ethnicity or cheesy overdone stuff here, this sounds like the Eastern Promise in my dreams of Tibetan temples when I was younger. Picture yourself trekking through the mountains, the clouds low all around you & as the mist clears you find yourself in front of a large yet humble temple. As you walk in through the gates there is a quiet market with peddlers selling their wears and priests walking serenely among them. In the main building you can hear the voice of a goddess & you are drawn to it but the more you go towards it the more distant it becomes. These are the images conjured in my head but as the voice finally disappears I find myself back in a small hut, pipe in hand, wondering where I've just been. 3. Holistic Resonance The last track is an 18 minute journey into your deepest inner reaches & past your outer limits into the limitlessness of space. It's soft melodic ambient, mostly beatless in the first half but with enough energy through it moving. There is hints of soft percussion here & there but it never really needs any beats. The music drifts along beautifully without it that by the time steady beats do materialise you are left wondering how long they have been there. The NASA type samples are amazing out of place with the whole feel of the track yet surprisingly seem to fit in as well. During the second half the track picks a bit more energy with the beat becoming more prominent and some oddly places vocal sounds. the real treat musically in this track though has to be the chimes that make up the melody in the final run of the track. Dreamy in a meditative sort of way. Like sitting in a forest clearing on a warm summer evening, connecting your thoughts to the nature around you & really looking deeply inside yourself from far away so you can see how the deep inner reaches of your mind & body are connected with everything else. One of the best final runs I've heard not just from Dakini but in ambient music in general. This album is definitely a must if you like Dakini's sound. One of the highlights from a very good label. It's soft dreamy music conjuring images of Eastern Philosophy and deep space ideals. The ethnicity is very real & never sounds fake, cheesy or forced in anyway. The vocals in the second are goddess like in their beauty & have to have been made for the track rather than a sample used by the producer. The percussion is very down to earth tribal beats & the basslines are subtle a tuneful. The melodies add the spacey feel as do a few well placed samples. The only flaw is the length at under 42 minutes you are always left wanting more. Still, best to release 3 brilliant tracks only than 3 brilliant tracks & 3 sub par tracks maybe. About Padmasana "Padmasana" is a common type of shrine found in Bali --although most gods and goddesses are usually visually depicted with statues and other works of art, the supreme godhead is shown only as an empty chair, the "padmasana" ("lotus seat"). On one level, this is a great spiritual prank; on another, it's full of meaning: the divine cannot be shown as a "god", because ultimately, it's everywhere and in everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawfly Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Yep, indeed a fine release. Gets a solid 7.5/10 from me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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