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"This CD is amazing. I received it a week ago and I can't bear to take it out of the CD-player - it's that good. It combines rich undertones with flutes, deep cellos, and an unobtrusive beat that just amakes you want to close your eyes and breathe the music. It's just amazing. I can meditate to it, study to it, and sleep to it. You won't regret buying this one. Absolutely amazing!""

"This is one of the most beautiful CDs I have ever heard. I bring it everywhere when I need to relax. The sound of the instruments from India is breathtaking."

There are New Age artists who convey spiritual passion, and there are those who convey spiritual calm. What's exciting about Karunesh's albums is his seemingly effortless mastery of both. The composer and producer offers another collection of melodic instrumentals that reflect the colorful pageantry of India. Collaborating with Indian classical musicians on traditional instruments (sarod, Carnatic violin, sitar), the songs here are a travelogue of humid green fields, temples, the rushing Ganges River, and the ancient mysteries infused in the water and land. Karunesh's compositions unfold slowly but, like the South Indian classical songs they emulate, build up quiet steam. On "Mount Kailash," guest artist Bikram's bansuri flute beckons like a snake charmer's, giving way to a potent and sensuous ambient number. The mind-bending "And the Grass Grows By Itself" hovers around the Western pop musical scale but radiates a powerful yogic energy. Like all of Karunesh's albums, CALL OF THE MYSTIC makes for rapt listening but can also be a soothing backdrop for meditation, yoga, or bodywork. Karunesh was born in 1956 in Cologne, Germany. Although he had been drawn to music as a child and played in bands as a teen, he chose to study graphic design as a career. After attaining his degree, the path did not feel right for him and as sometimes happens when we need to be reminded of a critical need for a change in direction, Karunesh was involved in a serious motorcycle accident. For two weeks, he was suspended between life and death, and this experience sparked the beginning of his spiritual path. 
In 1979 he made his first journey to India and began to follow his heart. Karunesh later lived in an ashram in Germany for five years. Here, he had the opportunity to learn from and play together with musicians from cultures around the world. Music was a vital part of the mystical experience being pursued and where Karunesh (Sanskrit for "compassion") says he developed the ability to weave different styles and feelings together into a living symbiosis - a symbiosis carried by his own very unique and personal "melodies from the heart." 
In 1984 Karunesh released his first album Sounds of the Heart, an album that quickly became a classic in the new age genre. More albums followed. With 450,000 albums sold to date, Karunesh has become established as one of the best-known artists in the genre. 
Karunesh has lived in Maui, Hawaii, since 1992, bathed in the healing warmth and fragrances of the tropics. From this island's feminine embrace, he creates music that holds a beautiful, sacred and healing resonance for those who listen.

It was over breakfast one morning in Maui that Real Music president Terence Yallop, with his background of Taoist philosophy and t'ai chi, and Karunesh, musician, sat down to talk about their hopes and dreams. From this meeting their creative collaboration was formed and Zen Breakfast conceived. Nirvana Cafe, Karunesh's second album for Real Music was released in 2002 and Call of the Mystic in 2004. Arranger: Karunesh. Personnel: Govi (guitar, sitar); Chinmaya Dunster (sarod); Bikram Ghosh (bansuri). Recording information: Global Spirit Music, Maui, HI. New Age Retailer (Vol. 18, No. 5, p.82) - ?[L]ulls listeners in to contemplative, introspective peace??

1 For the Joy of It All  6:26  
 2 Hearing You Now   
 3 Monsoon's Dance   
 4 Mount Kailash  5:56  
 5 Sunrise at the Ganges  5:56  
 6 Zensual  7:22  
 7 And the Grass Grows by Itself   
 8 Ancient Voices  5:20

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