TIBETAN
SINGING BOWLS Volumes 7 to 11:
HIMALAYAN
STUDIES
Volumes
1 to 5
Frank and some of his bowls &
gongs 'live' in Warwick 2004
for Review
click HERE
During
2004 many new pieces came through me. I found that many of these pieces
indicated a new direction in my work. Originally, during 2003, I had it in the
back of my mind to release a CD of Singing Bowl music featuring short tracks
that were mostly improvised - without any over-dubs. As I focussed my creativity
upon short pieces during 2004, they simply continued to unfold. I just went with the flow
working on the pieces as they arose in my creative consciousness regardless of
whether they featured over-dubs or not. As the number
of the collection of such pieces rose, I also realised that I had been making
music for 40 years. I figured that I would release a double CD to celebrate this
event. However, once I added up all of the pieces I found that there were enough
of them to fill over 3 CDs.
I then decided to add another CD that was retrospective in nature and would
include many solo tracks recorded over the past 30 or more years that were
either no longer available or only otherwise available as part of the selection
of tracks on other CDs (including those on MBM - most especially three of the
solo instrumental tracks included on RAINBOW
HEALING PEACE). Some of these were alternative versions of tracks available
on MBM - such as
Treasure of the Mountain, and Temple of the Ancient
Magical Presence, and yet others on CDs featuring other
artists e.g.: Mountain
Angel from Venus, and
Amethyst, Gold ,and Royal Blue, My Way of Saying Thank You.
It then transpired that I almost had enough to make it a 5 CD set with this
final CD being a kind of Quintessence of my recorded output. The tracks on
Volume 5 range backwards in time from 2004 to 1972 (for details regarding the
tracks on this CD please click
HERE).
During 2004 Ian Dale (owner of Amphonic) had very generously and kindly offered
to me both his time and recording facilities. Having spent most of the year
trying to arrange a mutually convenient date, we finally settled on January 10th
2005 and I duly arrived with the vast majority of my singing bowls. I stayed
with Ian and his lovely wife Donna and their two sons Jamie and Ryan for a week
of memorable recording sessions ending with two live concerts in the studio to
invited guests on the Friday and Saturday evenings (these two 'live' concerts
are available on the GO AHEAD MUSIC label - for details click
HERE). Pieces from these sessions supplied the remaining
tracks for CD 4. Naturally, there are some more pieces and many of these
have been released on The Singing Bowls of Tibet Volume 6 ALL-CONQUERING
LIGHT. My inspiration behind these sessions was to concentrate more on
producing a CD of recordings of the bowls with no overdubs, as was my original
intention behind this latest HIMALAYAN STUDIES Series.
Ian Dale & Frank @ Amphonic
January 2005. Photo by Rose Perry.
By
and large the music is focussed upon Tibetan Singing Bowls and sometimes there
are also Tibetan Bells (Drilbu), Tibetan Cymbals (Ting-Shag), Himalayan Bowls,
Gongs, Noah Bells, Chinese Qing (Resting Bells), and instruments invented by
myself (Petalumines, Pyrahermeezees, Ufoms, and Sun Rays) and other instruments
hand-made by myself: Conch Shell Trumpets, Bamboo Flutes, strings of bells,
various Windchimes and upon some tracks my Overtone and/or Undertone Chanting is
featured.
I
chose to title the series HIMALAYAN STUDIES. This series also features a
departure from my previous habit of including fairly extensive liner notes within
the CD booklet. This series will feature a minimum of details inside the liner
notes with more of my customary extensive notes provided on this website for
those seeking more information. For a link to this information click HERE
Track
titles with (NKR)
beside them indicate that the inspiration was from a painting, by the Russian
artist Professor Nicholas Roerich (1874 - 1947), of the same name. Click on the
title - or where indicated - to view the paintings.
Frank with some of his bowls at The
White Eagle Lodge, London, 2005. The spiral of Yin bowls is in the
foreground.
Photo Rose Perry
TIBETAN
SINGING BOWLS VOLUME 7:
HIMALAYAN
STUDIES #1
(2004) 79:23
BEL
CD 016
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only) £12
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Rose
Clouds above Temple.
(30-7-2004
)
Basgo
– Stronghold of Tibet. (NKR)
(31-7-2004)
To listen click HERE
Temple
of Rainbow Mist.
(25-6-2004)
My
Heart a Flame within the Eternal Fire. (10-2-2002)
Thang-La.
(NKR)
(31-7-2004)
To listen click HERE
Maitreya
on the Road. (NKR)
(11-4-2004)
To
listen click HERE
Mount
M.
(10-9-2003)
Magic
of Divine Fire.
(18-9-2004)
News
of Maitreya from the Rooftop of the World.
(4-12-2004
)
To
view the Nicholas Roerich paintings on this CD click HERE
For
more information on this CD click
HERE
TIBETAN
SINGING BOWLS VOLUME 8:
HIMALAYAN
STUDIES #2
(2004) 78:53
BEL
CD 017
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only) £12
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Maitreya.
Tibet (NKR)
(1-8-2004)
To listen click HERE
Tibet
– OM in the Mountains. (NKR)
(1-11-2004) To
listen click HERE
Beda
the Preacher. (NKR)
(6-10-2004) To
listen click HERE
Pentecostal
Visitation. (5-10-2004)
Chomolungma.
(22-8-2004)
Full
Moon Upon the River. (1-8-2003)
Call
of the Spirit Bells. (25-8-2004)
Ceremonial
Invocation to the Eternal Sound God.
(14-7-2004)
Shambhala
Protects. (5-7-2004)
Chenrezig
– Clouds of Sound and Light Beings over Tibet.
(14-7-2004)
To
view the Nicholas Roerich paintings on this CD click HERE
For
more information on this CD click HERE
TIBETAN
SINGING BOWLS VOLUME 9:
HIMALAYAN
STUDIES #3
(2004) 78:33
BEL
CD 018
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only) £12
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Himalayas
– Sissu in the Mist.
(NKR)
(5-11-2004)
To listen click HERE
Land
of Sacred Fire.
(5-10-2004)
The
Guest in Our Midst.
(8-11-2004)
The
Way.
(30-7-2004)
Into
Stellar Regions.
(8-10-2004)
Eye
of the Storm. (9-12-2004)
Born
of Sacred Fire.
(1-11-2004)
Fiery
Sacrifice. (25-11-2004)
To
view the Nicholas Roerich paintings on this CD click HERE
For
more information on this CD click
HERE
TIBETAN
SINGING BOWLS VOLUME 10:
HIMALAYAN
STUDIES #4
(2005) 77:01
BEL
CD 019
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only) £12
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The
Adoration of the Magi.
(10-2-2002)
Book
of Life. (NKR)
(13-1-2005)
To listen click HERE
Arhat.
(NKR)
(16-12-2004)
To listen click HERE
Milarepa
the One Who Hearkened - at Sunrise Comprehending the Voices of the Devas.
(NKR)
(17-1-2005)
The
Sound of Milarepa's Vision. (12 -1-2005)
Guardian
of the Desert. (NKR)
(17-12-2004)
To listen click HERE
On
the Heights. (NKR)
(19-1-2005)
To listen click HERE
Stronghold
of Tibet. (NKR)
(13-1-2005)
To listen click HERE
Morning
Prayer. (NKR)
(13-1-2005)
To listen click HERE
Dream
Awakening. (2-2004)
Tiger's
Nest. (NKR)
(13-1-2005)
To listen click HERE
Surfing
the Silence. (12-1-2005)
To
view the Nicholas Roerich paintings on this CD click HERE
For
more information on this CD click
HERE
TIBETAN
SINGING BOWLS VOLUME 11:
HIMALAYAN
STUDIES #5
( 2004) 78:37
BEL
CD 020
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only) £12
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Light
Rays Breaking through Clouds.
(25-6-2004) #
Tongues
of Fiery Light. (May
1999)
Rainbow
Light Bells. (May
1999)
Milarepa’s
Rainbow of Sound. (May
1999)
Temple
of the Ancient Magical Presence. (6-1-1998)
Treasure
of the Mountain. (NKR)
(15-12-1995)
To listen click HERE
The
Breath Within the Breath. (25-2-1990)
Whispers
of Eternity.
(13-1-1986)
#
Stillness
of Peace Profound. (13-1-1986)
#
Mountain
Angel from Venus. (13-9-1974)
Amethyst,
Gold and Royal Blue, my way of saying Thank You.
(?-?-1972)
Items
with # have never been previously released.
To
view the Nicholas Roerich paintings on this CD click HERE
For
more information on this CD click
HERE
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