“There was neither nonexistence nor existence then; there was neither the realm of space nor the sky which is beyond… Whence this creation has arisen - perhaps it formed itself - the one who looks down on it, in the highest heaven, only he knows- or perhaps he does not know.”
So narrates the nasadiya sukta, an ancient hymn of the Rig Veda dating back more than two millennia. In its verses, we find profoundly ancient signs of an unease that has subsisted since history began ... read more
This album is difficult to describe.
It is difficult to even hear properly - untold numbers of listeners have felt the force of every note serried across its vast soundscapes, seen every image she weaved with her word; and, yet, they have not heard The Dreaming. As is with all things, it is not a thing in itself that generates meaning and value, but instead the judgement of the perceiver, you. Your learned narratives that detain and define all objects of sensual perception in the rigidity of ... read more
It has always been my belief that John and Alice Coltrane were not two souls united through the overflowing power of their love; but a single soul in two bodies. How else could such profound resonances in artistry and spirituality unveil sonic tapestries so laden with transcendence in every phrase and figure? John Coltrane’s latter years gave rise to soundscapes so vast and sublime they soar beyond the empirical realm entirely; that, wrote Steven Rosen, “culminated in his ... read more