Into Ecstasy

1. Ecstasy

2. Ya Salaam

3. Breeze of Dawn

4. Oh Dear Heart

5. Surrender

6. Al Hamdolelah

7. Only You

8. Ya Man Hu

9. Light Upon Light

10. The Healer

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist
Deeply rooted in the Sufi tradition in their intention and inspiration, Taneen creates unique, original melodies with an authentic fusion of Western and Persian musical influences. All members of Taneen are Sufi salekin (students) and their music springs from their inner practice and spiritual discipline. A celebration of the heart's longing to feel the connection to the source of mystery behind this reality, their music is an offering intended to increase healing and tranquility in the world.

Product Description
A restful, healing journey into ecstasy. All songs feature the rich, compelling love poetry of Sufi mystics (Rumi, Hafiz, Omar Khayam and Shah Maghsoud -- in English translation) combined with chant. This CD is perfect for winding down, getting centered, increasing awareness, and facilitating peaceful and healing energies within.

Tracks:

Eightfold Way
It Happened in November
Katalepsis
I Thought It Was There
Three Insects
Denial
Colossus Succumbs
Eat Me, Drink Me
Examined by Tweezers
Carbon

Product Description

A journey into the dark infinity of inner space, Dwight Ashleys premiere solo recording is an aural world rich in paradox and contradiction. Ashley characterizes his work as experimental and in fact, the release of the album is itself something of an experiment. Remarking on the body of his work over the past two decades, Ashley muses in the liner notes to his album, I sometimes questioned whether it truly qualified as music. Discrete Carbon asks the listener for a verdict and in so doing, demands a rethinking of exactly what music is, does, and ultimately, means to the listener.

Customer Reviews:

some Erie stuff.......2005-03-11

I recently received two cds by Dwight Ashley, this collection of stuff from 1999 and 2003 and the more recent Four with compositions from 2003/4. Erie, I say, cuz it's from Toledo, Ohio, on the shores of that Lake of same name. Now, place doesn't always count for much, I realize. But, if we are what we eat, then I think we sound like what we hear.

These ambient pieces sound like winter to me. (Course, I received them here in Reno in the midst of an hundred-year snow storm...) Track 3 "katalepsis" shimmers like an ice sculpture in the dark. Track 9 "examined by tweezers" seems a meditation on the modulation of sound passing thru an "empty" medium (the atmosphere perhaps, or maybe one's home as one works with the stereo on in the background).

Musically, I am reminded of the music of Jeff Grienke and of ambient Eno of the Discreet Music period. There is some happy piano music on a hidden track 15 reminding me somewhat of the happy piano music on Aphex Twin's "drukqs." Of the two cds, I think I like Four the best because of its darker edge.

Average customer rating:

Emmerich Kálmán: Lieder

Manufacturer: Cpo Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000A16SJG
Release Date: 2005-08-16

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Absolutely Beautiful !
Poor Rumi must be turning over in his grave...
Amazing!
Into Ecstasy

Into Ecstasy

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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005RRFX
Release Date: 2000-10-15

Tracks:

Ecstasy
Ya Salaam
Breeze of Dawn
Oh Dear Heart
Surrender
Al Hamdolelah
Only You
Ya Man Hu
Light Upon Light
The Healer

Album Description

A restful, healing journey into ecstasy. All songs feature the rich, compelling love poetry of Sufi mystics (Rumi, Hafiz, Omar Khayam and Shah Maghsoud -- in English translation) combined with chant. This CD is perfect for winding down, getting centered, increasing awareness, and facilitating peaceful and healing energies within.

Customer Reviews:

Absolutely Beautiful !.......2004-03-03

Thanks to Taneen for bringing Sufi Music to the non-Farsi speakers. This CD transcends the boundaries of culture, language and time. The combination of intoxicating rhythms and chants will resonate through your whole being. It will take your soul on an uplifting spiritual journey.
I read Sufi poetry in Farsi and in English. I often find myself comparing the translation with the Farsi version. Although the language of Love is universal and unearthly, I must say that the translated lyrics in this CD truly represent the MESSAGE. When I first listened to Taneen's music, I was moved to tears. Their longing, passion and love will definitely touch your soul. Taneen, my heart thanks you!

Poor Rumi must be turning over in his grave..........2003-11-13

The word "Sufi" evokes for me the magical sound of the reed flute, which conjures up in my mind visions of the desert and its austere beauty.

"Into Ecstasy" did not meet my expectations at all. I was looking for a kind of Oriental music that would not be sensual, something deeply religious and pacifying. Instead, I got music that sounds like pop or very ordinary New Age music. The lyrics do seem to be derived from Sufi poetry but because most of them are sung in English and by a female singer whose voice is absolutely charmless and unimpressive with what is evidently a modern Western musical accompaniment, the result is totally off the mark. Let me assure you that there is not a single atom of mysticism or religious fervour on this cd.It is simply pop music with a whiff of orientalism.

Buyer beware! This is a complete rip-off. Poor Rumi! He must be turning over in his grave when he hears the name of Sufi used for such musical rubbish...

If you like Oriental religious songs I recommend that you search among albums featuring Sister Marie Keyrouz.

Amazing!.......2003-03-05

I have been a professor of Eastern Studies for quite some time, so I was very eager to listen to the group Taneen, whom I have heard so much about from my collegues. I must say that it is one of the best mystical CD's I have heard to date and I would recommend it to anyone who either wants to listen to amazing music from the East OR is looking for a way to wind down at the end of a stressful day.

Into Ecstasy.......2002-05-31

Although I do not follow the Sufi path, I have gained so much from listening and chanting with this music. Taneen are not just wonderful musicians, they embue their music with a spiritual depth that the listener can feel.