Freedom Chants from the Roof of the World
by Gyuto Monks Tantric Choir
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 1989
- Label: Rykodisc
- Country: Tibet
- Length: 1:07:14
- Community rating: 4.05/5 from 1 rating
Artists on this release: Kitaro, Billy Rothschild, Bob Bralove, Steven Jurgensmeyer, Philip Glass, Mickey Hart, Tibet
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Twenty-one monks of Gyuto Monastery recorded these tantric chants at Skywalker Ranch under producer Mickey Hart, and the program adds '#2 for Gaia', a piece by Philip Glass, Mickey Hart and Kitaro recorded at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The album documents the monastery's multiphonic chanting, in which each monk sustains multiple pitches at once.
Genres
Descriptors: choral, a-cappella, ritualistic, traditional, polyphonic, minimal
Tracklist
- Yamantaka (29:05)
- Mahakala (28:20)
- #2 For Gaia (9:48)
Credits
- Robert A.F. Thurman - consultant [project consultant]
- Fredric Lieberman - consultant [series ethnomusicology consultant]
- Tom Flye - engineer [recording engineer], engineer [remix engineer]
- Mickey Hart - producer, composed by
- Steven Jurgensmeyer - design
- Jeff Sterling - engineer [assistant engineer]
- Tom Mechlin - engineer [assistant engineer]
- Stephen Hart - engineer [assistant remix engineer]
- John Werner - photography by [cover]
- Billy Rothschild - recorded by
- Bob Bralove - recorded by
- Kitaro - composed by
- Philip Glass - composed by