Spirit Flies

J. Poet, Music Editor, Native Peoples Magazine
Spirit Flies, the first Contemporary Album of Turtle Island, is a knockout. Adam and his band, Midnight Sun, have been compared to Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, and although Midnight Sun's country rock approach bears some similarity to The Heartbreakers, their powwow backbeat and Adam's powerful vocals, mostly in Dene, mark the band as an original talent

Product Description
Leonard sings about half his songs on this CD in his traditional Native Language which is DENE. He grew up in Northern Saskatchewan and lived on a trapline in his early years he show's his respect to Native in his Music.

Spirit Flies,Leonard Adam

Average customer rating: Wow! my spirit flies to you Groan Drone delightful and makes you want to move Not Your Typical Chant CD

My Spirit Flies to You The Buddhist Monks , and Sakya Tashi Ling Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Spain | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Yoga Moods Buddhist Chants & Peace Music Chants to Awaken the Buddhist Heart Nirvana Cafe Tempting the Muse ASIN: B000FUF8TI Release Date: 2006-08-29

Tracks:

1. My Spirit Flies To You
2. Secret Energy
3. The Other Side
4. River Of Light
5. I Wanna Fly
6. Om Sai Ram
7. Way To Kundalini
8. Blessings For Life
9. Emotions
10. Urban Buddhism
11. Mystic Eyes
12. Womans Energy
13. Lotus Sunset
14. My Spirit Flies To You

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Ten years ago, Lama Jamyang Tashi Dorje founded a Buddhist Monastery in Catalonia, where many spiritually inclined individuals have since repaired to de-stress and seek healing of various sorts. It is safe to assume that they did not accomplish such while listening this bizarre opus, which can best be described as mantras meet Eurovision. Canned-sounding synths, charley-horsed programmed percussion and perkily mundane pop vocals are piled on top of choirs of chanting monks, but the modern and traditional elements not only have nothing in common but actually seem mutually antagonistic. For what it's worth, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has apparently "acknowledged the success" of the album and even congratulated the protagonists. Of course, Spain was also where Chant by the Benedictine Monks Of Santo Domingo de Silos, perhaps the most unlikely European-based international craze this side of the Macarena, originated. But the present release has more to do with Chantmania, a parody of the latter, in which the California-based Benzedrine Monks Of Santo Domonica, who are rumored to seek the divine through sleep deprivation, essayed selections like "Losing My Religion" and "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" --Christina Roden

Customer Reviews:

Wow!.......2007-06-11

When I found this album, I was enthralled within moments. The combination of Tibetan chants and all sorts of music is amazingly intriguing and a lot of fun. Now everyone I know is into it. The music and the mantras move you whether you understand the Tibetan or not.

my spirit flies to you.......2007-04-01

5 stars
especially if you wnat to expand your spiritual awareness
of beautiful songs of the spirit

Groan Drone.......2007-03-23

Quite the misleading title as this is disco-drone. If it is true that all things must pass it would be better to pass this one by.

delightful and makes you want to move.......2007-03-14

I was given a sample CD with the first two songs and was hooked. The more I listen to this CD the more it makes me feel good, and light, and connected. I love painting to this music. I choreographed a three person belly dance to the title song, it is somehow soft yet powerful, does great things to the spirit and the body.

Not Your Typical Chant CD.......2007-01-29

It's not your Typical Chant CD

It's an interesting mixture of modern English-language pop music and Tibetan chants.

As a Buddhist, I find the mixture to be inoffensive on a religious level.

I was won over by the execution. It is an exceptionally well-crafted effort. I was particularly struck by track Four, "River of light," which features the Seven Line Prayer to Guru Rinpoche. It is clear and really quite 'catchy.' The same can be said for many of the songs on this CD. "I Wanna Fly" features the Mantra from the Heart Sutra, (AKA the Wisdom Mantra or the Emptiness Mantra). Many tracks feature well-known mantras or prayers, including the 100 Syllable Mantra of Vajrasattva, Mahakala Mantra, and The Short Refuge Prayer, among others.

I believe that the Mantras and prayers here are treated with respect and affection. At the same time, it is something that I hope could get some 'air time' on some radio stations.

I like it.

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Spirit Flies ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000053IIJ Release Date: 1999-08-15

Tracks:

1. Spirit Flies
2. Relatives
3. Easy Dancin'
4. There For Us
5. Who's To Blame
6. Changes
7. Dreams He Had
8. Only One
9. True Native Son
10. Young People

Album Description

Leonard sings about half his songs on this CD in his traditional Native Language which is DENE. He grew up in Northern Saskatchewan and lived on a trapline in his early years he show's his respect to Native in his Music.

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