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by Leonardo Soundweaver

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Śuklāmbara dharam 02:38
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2.
Vidyā-rambhē 03:03
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3.
Namasthe 03:14
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4.
Sadyojatham 01:47
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Om Namah Shivaya 01:44
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Aham vaiswānarō 01:57
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Brahmārpanam 02:33
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Gayatri I 02:49
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Karma nyè 03:10
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Ahamāthmā 02:26
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Ātmānam 00:59
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Deepam jyōthi 02:45
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Samam kāya 03:12
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Gayatri II 00:59
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OM 02:56
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Maharshinām 02:32
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Samno-mithrah 02:42
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Poornamadah 01:22
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Asato ma 01:06
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Sarvē bhavanthu 01:06

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In loving memory of our Yoga teacher G.N. Rao.

For many years we have chanted Mantras during Yoga classes, 
conducted by Rao; the easy short ones that we, western people, were 
able to learn. Once we tried to do a long Vedic Peace Mantra, 
but we abandened the project and returned to our familiar chants.
Some years ago I got the idea to make recordings of the Mantras 
and Slokas, just to keep the memory of their melody and rythm, as 
well as their pronounciation.


We aranged for recordings in my studio and did two sessions for vocal. 
The process of making the music was one of catching the moment. 
Mostly I started with some kind of drone, and soon ideas would come,
that made me pick up certain instruments, and play along. It was all 
very leisurely, and the music didn’t take long to reveal itself. The result is not a ‘traditional’ way of instrumentating Mantras nor 
is it ‘New Age’. It’s Mantra like you’ve never heard before!



Rao has been of great help chanting traditional Mantras and Slokas 
from the Bhagavad Geetha and Upanishads. But also in providing 
translations and notes. 
There are so many Mantra’s and different ways of chanting. The same 
Mantra can be sung with different rythms and melodies, according to 
different traditions. It was our aim to represent the chanting in a 
traditional way, the way Rao has been taught to in India... 



So enjoy our beautiful creation, that is rooted in OM!


There are 20 bonus tracks; the vocal recordings without music. The album comes with an 8 page booklet with lyrics and translations. Also included is a pdf for printing the Mantras and Slokas on A4.

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released February 12, 2020

Rao: vocals & Leonardo: music & production, 2012.

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Leonardo Soundweaver Groningen, Netherlands

Producer/musician of organic electronic music. First electronic album 'Origine' in 2003; since then over 20 Soundweaver albums were produced. 'Temple'(2007) was a 70's style electric guitar exploration. Electronic/electric guitar/fusion albums followed. Always searching for new ways. Today working under the moniker Son of Ohm (Electronic) and Astral Son (psychedelic rock) ... more

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