Tenzin Choegyal, & Jesse Paris Smith Laurie Anderson Songs From The Bardo
Songs from the Bardo begins with a bell ringing out once, twice, three times, as a ritualistic chant emerges from the dense silence. The collaborative composition by avant-garde icon Laurie Anderson, Tibetan multi-instrumentalist Tenzin Choegyal, and composer and activist Jesse Paris Smith is a guided journey through the visionary text of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, unfolding in an 80-minute ebb and flow of sound and words. Songs from the Bardo is a transporting experience, meant to draw the listener into the present moment and provide a framework for inner exploration. Anderson, Choegyal, and Smith fuse modern compositional techniques with the mystique of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy to make these visionary traditions more accessible to a new generation of listeners and to reveal the ancient wisdoms contained within.
- 1. Homage to the Gurus
- 2. Heart Sutra Song - Gone Beyond
- 3. Awakened One
- 4. The Three Jewels
- 5. Brilliant Lights
- 6. Listen Without Distraction
- 7. Gong
- 8. Dancing with the Crescent Knife
- 9. Jigten
- 10. Natural Form of Emptiness
- 11. Lotus Born, No Need to Fear
- 12. Dividing Line
- 13. Moon in the Water
- 14. Awakened Heart