Visit Vaiyasaki Das online at

www.Kirtan.org

www.Vaiyasaki.com

www.myspace.com/vaiyasaki

"Like alchemy, the music of Vaiyasaki Das has the right caliber of love and energy to reach you through the peepholes to your soul, no matter how fractured and tiny, transforming it into something innocent and free... (more)

Visit Vaiyasaki Das online at

www.Kirtan.org

www.Vaiyasaki.com

www.myspace.com/vaiyasaki

"Like alchemy, the music of Vaiyasaki Das has the right caliber of love and energy to reach you through the peepholes to your soul, no matter how fractured and tiny, transforming it into something innocent and free. It contains the effortless devotion of a child; it is traveling to India free of charge. It is a meditative ride through the Himalayas; it is the boundless joy that comes for no reason surprising you every time; it is the very fragrance of one's heart opening, the one true blessing! Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti."

-Shivani Loka-Laksmi - Writer and Producer of the upcoming film Temple of Bagan

CHAITANYA CHANDRA

"I discovered many of these 400 year old songs in India & Bangladesh and have now introduced them to the West. The album was my offering for the 500th anniversary of the appearance of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in Bengal, India, in 1486. Sri Chaitanya was the incarnation that spread the chanting of Krishna kirtan all over India. This is a lovely album because the songs have georgeous raga melodies. Some of the songs end with the chanting of Krishna kirtan.

I am including 2 bonus tracks for this CD, including a rare melody sung by His Holiness Vishnujana Swami. Also included is a raga melody I recorded in Estonia in 2002. May the listeners be blessed by the pure spiritual emotions evoked in these songs!"

-Vaiyasaki Das

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Internationally recognized for his musical abilities to perform the ancient art form of Kirtan & Bhajan, Vaiyasaki Das provides a rare opportunity to experience a taste of authentic devotional music from the Vedic tradition.

Vaiyasaki Das is an initiated disciple of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He spent many years in India and Bangladesh learning various styles of kirtan from the best musicians and singers. Since the ‘70s he has performed in 61 countries, recorded more than 10 CDs, and has written a book about spiritual life from the Vedic perspective. He has been a practitioner of bhakti yoga for 34 years and performs his music with a mission to uplift the consciousness of the planet.

His considerable knowledge of the vast repertoire of Indian bhajans and kirtans has provided the foundation for a new generation of artists, in the flourishing genre of music for yoga and mantra meditation.

His CDs include: Way of Love, Charana Kamal, Kirtan Rasa, Hari-Nam-Ananda, Transcendence, Vrindavan Chandra, Chaitanya Chandra, The Turning Point, Best of Vaiyasaki, & his latest album Sri Krishna Divya Nam.

VAIYASAKI DAS - CHARANA KAMAL

Charana Kamal is a collection of Indian devotional songs by accomplished singer/producer, Vaiyasaki Das. The music features the celestial sounds of harmonium, sarod, esraj, shenai, flute, along with various percussion instruments like tabla, khol, pakwaj, and bongos. The transcendental... (more)

VAIYASAKI DAS - CHARANA KAMAL

Charana Kamal is a collection of Indian devotional songs by accomplished singer/producer, Vaiyasaki Das. The music features the celestial sounds of harmonium, sarod, esraj, shenai, flute, along with various percussion instruments like tabla, khol, pakwaj, and bongos. The transcendental sound carries you to the heart of mystical India through the rhythms of divine love. This blend of classical Indian with modern music is personalized for the western ear to awaken the heart to transcendence. The songs in this album, written by poets and saints of ancient India are now introduced to the western world for the first time.

All songs produced & arranged by Vaiyasaki Das.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Internationally recognized for his musical abilities to perform the ancient art form of Kirtan & Bhajan, Vaiyasaki Das provides a rare opportunity to experience a taste of authentic devotional music from the Vedic tradition.

Though born in London, England, Vaiyasaki Das came of age in Winnipeg, Canada. After many years in the music business - and a personal search for the divine -- he is now one of the premier singers on the kirtan circuit. Starting out as a rock and blues guitarist with a penchant for singing, his taste for Indian culture came at an early age.

By 1970, he found himself back in London and enamored by Krishna devotion. Soon, in 1973, he was committed to the path of devotion, or bhakti-yoga, and, just two years later, he received formal initiation from His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami.

On his Guru’s request he journeyed to India in 1975, both for personal purification and to proclaim the renaissance of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's bhakti movement. He traveled the entire subcontinent, and Southeast Asia, serving the mission of bhakti-yoga.

By 1978, he arrived in Bangladesh, where he imbibed the culture through his pores, becoming fluent in Bengali and learning the ways of the local people. On a boat trip down the Meghna River, he chanced upon a local kirtan band on their way to a festival. Deciding to follow these happy minstrels and their soulful kirtan music, he would also attend that same festival, changing his life forever. It was there that he discovered the ancient Bengali art of raga-kirtan, which touched his soul in the deepest possible way. Never before had he heard such angelic singing, and he resolved to use his own considerable vocal talents to spread this technique around the world. He returned to London with his own style of kirtan, a blend of ancient Bengali and modern contemporary music.

His first album was released in 1982 followed by numerous CDs, which are now considered seminal in the yoga/kirtan/world music universe. Today Vaiyasaki Das is a much sought-after performer, conducting workshops and leading yoga festivals and retreats worldwide. Sharing his heart through music and chanting is the basis of his life. He has been a practitioner of bhakti yoga for 34 years and performs his music with a mission to uplift the consciousness of the planet.

His considerable knowledge of the vast repertoire of Indian bhajans and kirtans has provided the foundation for a new generation of artists, in the flourishing genre of music for yoga and mantra meditation.

His CDs include: Way of Love, Charana Kamal, Kirtan Rasa, Hari-Nam-Ananda, Transcendence, Vrindavan Chandra, Chaitanya Chandra, Ratha-Yatra USA, The Turning Point, Best of Vaiyasaki & Sri Krishna Divya Nam.

For more information about Vaiyasaki Das visit:

www.Kirtan.org

www.Vaiyasaki.com

www.MySpace.com/vaiyasaki

VAIYASAKI DAS - Hari-Nam-Ananda

Due to the success of Vaiyasaki Das’s previous live album, Kirtan Rasa, many people requested another live album. This collection of kirtans is a digital recording of a live Sunday evening kirtan at London’s Bhaktivedanta Manor on the appearance day of Lord Nrsimhadeva, Sunday, May... (more)

VAIYASAKI DAS - Hari-Nam-Ananda

Due to the success of Vaiyasaki Das’s previous live album, Kirtan Rasa, many people requested another live album. This collection of kirtans is a digital recording of a live Sunday evening kirtan at London’s Bhaktivedanta Manor on the appearance day of Lord Nrsimhadeva, Sunday, May 10, 1998. The style of kirtan on this CD originates in the Gujarat province of West India. The mood of this style of kirtan, known as Dhoon is particularly joyous and upbeat. You can experience the mood of 300 devotees chanting with an ecstatic feeling that transports the listener to a higher realm of consciousness.

Hari-Nam-Ananda reaches the divine realms through satsang of call-and-response kirtan. Vaiyasaki Das takes you in a rhythmic blissful explosion of the Names of God with the best Gujarati musicians. It’s amazing!

All songs produced & arranged by Vaiyasaki Das.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Internationally recognized for his musical abilities to perform the ancient art form of Kirtan & Bhajan, Vaiyasaki Das provides a rare opportunity to experience a taste of authentic devotional music from the Vedic tradition.

Though born in London, England, Vaiyasaki Das came of age in Winnipeg, Canada. After many years in the music business - and a personal search for the divine -- he is now one of the premier singers on the kirtan circuit. Starting out as a rock and blues guitarist with a penchant for singing, his taste for Indian culture came at an early age.

By 1970, he found himself back in London and enamored by Krishna devotion. Soon, in 1973, he was committed to the path of devotion, or bhakti-yoga, and, just two years later, he received formal initiation from His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami.

On his Guru’s request he journeyed to India in 1975, both for personal purification and to proclaim the renaissance of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's bhakti movement. He traveled the entire subcontinent, and Southeast Asia, serving the mission of bhakti-yoga.

By 1978, he arrived in Bangladesh, where he imbibed the culture through his pores, becoming fluent in Bengali and learning the ways of the local people. On a boat trip down the Meghna River, he chanced upon a local kirtan band on their way to a festival. Deciding to follow these happy minstrels and their soulful kirtan music, he would also attend that same festival, changing his life forever. It was there that he discovered the ancient Bengali art of raga-kirtan, which touched his soul in the deepest possible way. Never before had he heard such angelic singing, and he resolved to use his own considerable vocal talents to spread this technique around the world. He returned to London with his own style of kirtan, a blend of ancient Bengali and modern contemporary music.

His first album was released in 1982 followed by numerous CDs, which are now considered seminal in the yoga/kirtan/world music universe. Today Vaiyasaki Das is a much sought-after performer, conducting workshops and leading yoga festivals and retreats worldwide. Sharing his heart through music and chanting is the basis of his life. He has been a practitioner of bhakti yoga for 34 years and performs his music with a mission to uplift the consciousness of the planet.

His considerable knowledge of the vast repertoire of Indian bhajans and kirtans has provided the foundation for a new generation of artists, in the flourishing genre of music for yoga and mantra meditation.

His CDs include: Way of Love, Charana Kamal, Kirtan Rasa, Hari-Nam-Ananda, Transcendence, Vrindavan Chandra, Chaitanya Chandra, Ratha-Yatra USA, The Turning Point, Best of Vaiyasaki & Sri Krishna Divya Nam.

For more information about Vaiyasaki Das visit:

www.Kirtan.org

www.MySpace.com/vaiyasaki

www.Vaiyasaki.com

VAIYASAKI DAS - KIRTAN RASA

During my European tour of 1995, I was fortunate to visit many diverse temples. I was especially eager to chant with the devotees in the countries of the former Yugoslavia, as I had heard that they were extremely enthusiastic. These kirtans were recorded live at a Sunday Feast program... (more)

VAIYASAKI DAS - KIRTAN RASA

During my European tour of 1995, I was fortunate to visit many diverse temples. I was especially eager to chant with the devotees in the countries of the former Yugoslavia, as I had heard that they were extremely enthusiastic. These kirtans were recorded live at a Sunday Feast program in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The musicians were local devotees and the "choir" chanting in response was comprised mainly of the guests attending the temple that Sunday. There was no rehearsal beforehand, and I was unaware that I was being recorded! So I was impressed to hear how attentively and accurately the crowd sang along as if we had been together for years. The recording was so expertly done by Tat Purusa Das, that the ecstatic mood of that Sunday afternoon has been completely captured. I hope all the listeners will also experience the blissful mood we all shared that day! – Vaiyasaki Das.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Internationally recognized for his musical abilities to perform the ancient art form of Kirtan & Bhajan, Vaiyasaki Das provides a rare opportunity to experience a taste of authentic devotional music from the Vedic tradition.

Though born in London, England, Vaiyasaki Das came of age in Winnipeg, Canada. After many years in the music business - and a personal search for the divine -- he is now one of the premier singers on the kirtan circuit. Starting out as a rock and blues guitarist with a penchant for singing, his taste for Indian culture came at an early age.

By 1970, he found himself back in London and enamored by Krishna devotion. Soon, in 1973, he was committed to the path of devotion, or bhakti-yoga, and, just two years later, he received formal initiation from His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami.

On his Guru’s request he journeyed to India in 1975, both for personal purification and to proclaim the renaissance of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's bhakti movement. He traveled the entire subcontinent, and Southeast Asia, serving the mission of bhakti-yoga.

By 1978, he arrived in Bangladesh, where he imbibed the culture through his pores, becoming fluent in Bengali and learning the ways of the local people. On a boat trip down the Meghna River, he chanced upon a local kirtan band on their way to a festival. Deciding to follow these happy minstrels and their soulful kirtan music, he would also attend that same festival, changing his life forever. It was there that he discovered the ancient Bengali art of raga-kirtan, which touched his soul in the deepest possible way. Never before had he heard such angelic singing, and he resolved to use his own considerable vocal talents to spread this technique around the world. He returned to London with his own style of kirtan, a blend of ancient Bengali and modern contemporary music.

His first album was released in 1982 followed by numerous CDs, which are now considered seminal in the yoga/kirtan/world music universe. Today Vaiyasaki Das is a much sought-after performer, conducting workshops and leading yoga festivals and retreats worldwide. Sharing his heart through music and chanting is the basis of his life. He has been a practitioner of bhakti yoga for 34 years and performs his music with a mission to uplift the consciousness of the planet.

His considerable knowledge of the vast repertoire of Indian bhajans and kirtans has provided the foundation for a new generation of artists, in the flourishing genre of music for yoga and mantra meditation.

His CDs include: Way of Love, Charana Kamal, Kirtan Rasa, Hari-Nam-Ananda, Transcendence, Vrindavan Chandra, Chaitanya Chandra, Ratha-Yatra USA, The Turning Point, Best of Vaiyasaki & Sri Krishna Divya Nam.

For more information about Vaiyasaki Das visit:

www.Kirtan.org

www.MySpace.com/vaiyasaki

www.Vaiyasaki.com