Livelight - Aykanna CD

Aykanna is the result of the love and efforts behind the musical journeys of Pauline Sukhdev Drossart and Akahdahmah.

This is a Kundalini album that is full of devotion and nectar that would also appeal to Yoga enthusiasts of any discipline. Pauline Sukhdev’s attractive inflections are soft, sensual and nicely harmonized. The guitars, flutes and percussion are tucked in low under her voice which keeps the focus on the vibration of the mantras. We recommend this chanting CD for Yoga classes and for those yogis who can’t get enough of the endless resource of love that resides in the heart.

With Livelight, the duo has recorded a CD of music that is an invitation to its listeners to take a journey into the depths of the self through music. The inspiration of the eleven tracks found here can be traced back to the transformation the couple experienced within the modalities of the sacred and the union of body, mind and spirit through song, mantra and body postures.

Livelight is a celestial collection of Kundalini chants that are intended for Yoga usage and meditation. The first piece Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo sets the tone of the album by inviting the heart to open using repetitions of the mantra accompanied by Akahdahmah’s percussive taps, some electronic patches and Pauline’s soulful singing inflections that are maternal, kind and penetrating. The duo’s focus on all of the tracks on this album is consciousness and the integration of body and soul using alchemistic composition. By chanting these mantras, Aykanna channels the internal source of abundance through the production of songs and chants that are melodic, vibrant and authentic.

Tracks:

• Longtime Sun (3:07)
• Beautiful Am I (11:05)
• Aad Guray Nameh (11:58)
• Sat Narayan (4:40)
• Beautiful Day (Bonuns Track) (3:50)
• I Am What I Am (4:24)
• Soul Arising (5:20) *
• Ra Ma Da Sa (11:41)
• Rising Oneness (3:17)
• Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo (3:39)
• Morning Raga (3:11) *

* Instrumental