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[14] A reviewer from Music Week described it as "chanting monks and a sensual muttering rolling over a hypnotically rolling slow beat". [15] Ian Cranna from Smash Hits noted the "atmospheric lines" of the song in his review, adding that it's "combining medieval monks' chants and wispy, wistful synthesiser driftings over hippety-hoppety beats."
In the 2000s, Japanese clergy also began to adopt traditional Buddhist texts to modern musical genres like rock and pop music. Modern technology like vocaloids, robots, and keyboards have also been used to promote Buddhist chanting and many of these new musical compositions have spread through the internet. [68]
Solesmes is known for its commitment to plainsong and the Solesmes style of singing has influenced the monks of Santo Domingo de Silos, [4] although the monks' pronunciation of Latin reflects their Spanish background. Sources agree that the music on Chant had been recorded some years before it achieved worldwide fame. However, the exact dates ...
Lennon sought to capture the atmosphere of a Tibetan Buddhist ceremony; [44] he told Martin that the song should sound like it was being chanted by a thousand Tibetan monks, with his vocal evoking the Dalai Lama singing from a mountaintop. [45] [46] The latter effect was achieved by using a Leslie speaker. When the concept was explained to ...
Universal Music, UCJ Music, London Recordings, Decca, Oehms Classics, Preiser Records, Obsculta Music Musical artist The Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz is the artistic name of the Choralschola of Cistercian monks from the Lower Austrian abbey Heiligenkreuz who have so far recorded six CDs of Gregorian chant that have attracted the ...
Visiting Tibetan monks renew their visits to Canton school, where they perform some of their sacred rites. Prayers for peace: Tibetan monks share their culture at Canton Country Day School Skip to ...
Monks playing dungchen, Tibetan long trumpets, from the roof of the Medical College, Lhasa, 1938 Street musician playing a dramyin, Shigatse, Tibet, 1993. The music of Tibet reflects the cultural heritage of the trans-Himalayan region centered in Tibet, but also known wherever ethnic Tibetan groups are found in Nepal, Bhutan, India and further abroad.
Chanting (e.g., mantra, sacred text, the name of God/Spirit, etc.) is a commonly used spiritual practice. Like prayer, chanting may be a component of either personal or group practice. Diverse spiritual traditions consider chant a route to spiritual development. Monks chanting, Drepung monastery, Tibet, 2013