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Sales Rank: 6158
Category: Music
Artist: Gyuto Monks
Publisher: Windham Hill Records
Studio: Windham Hill Records
Manufacturer: Windham Hill Records
Label: Windham Hill Records
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 2001
UPC: 019341200123
EAN: 0019341200123
ASIN: B000000NIB
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | Guhyasamaja Tantra, Chapter II | | • | Melody for Mahakala |
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Nothing can prepare the uninitiated for the shocking sound of Tibetan throat singing, and these two liturgical pieces, each clocking in at near 25 minutes, are among the best, and most chilling, examples. The Gyuto Monks, in exile in India since the annexation of their native Tibet, have developed a tradition of singing that involves producing the lowest possible notes in the vocal range while simultaneously singing high overtones. The resulting sound suggests a symphony of inspired bullfrogs whose passion is Buddha, not Budweiser, croaking endlessly while rotating a wet foot around the perimeter of a giant wineglass. Which is a pretty mundane metaphor for music that produces such a powerful sense of dread and spiritual awe. Track 2 also includes clattering drums, some made of human crania. Spice Girls it ain't.... --James Rotondi
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 gotta have it September 7, 2008
The recording is of very high quality. I listen to it over and over again.
 Excellent, but... February 25, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The cd is really good, if you concentrate in the chants you can achieve some degree of inner peace. Obviously you need to be familiar with some meditation techniques in order to use this cd as a vehicle to get this goal. The only one complain is that 45 minutes duration is too short for me...
DRUGLESS TRANQUILIZER, BUT YOU HAVE TO GET OVER THE CULTURE SHOCK January 19, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Buddhist chanting is an acquired taste. The extremely deep and emotionally affecting chanting is executed deep in the throat. Bells provide the perfect counterpoint at exactly the right time. This chanting is likely to sound weird, if not scary, on first listen. I listened to Freedom Chants today after a long interval and found it weird and scary at first. I knew I really liked the music and was in culture shock. I also was in the "Holiday Spirit": exhausted, frazzled and trying to do to much. After listening to the monks for a while, I found myself involuntarily taking large breaths and relaxing. My tension dissipated automatically. After a while, I felt peaceful and unconcerned about the Holiday madness. I looked at the cover of a fashion magazine: an anorexic model wearing a sparkle top grinned painfully. Forced, unnatural gaiety. The Holiday issue put me in culture shock in the other direction. Why do we do all this? That's what this music is: a drugless tranquilizer and life evaluation tool. But you gotta get through the culture shock.
 Unlistenable January 13, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I tend to be curious about different cultures and people around the world, so I bought this CD on a whim when I saw it on a record store, trying to know about the music of Tibet. The liner notes say the monks are not performing but praying. Unfortunately, the CD is nothing but people wailing GRRRRRRR all the time. OK, call me a philistine, call me insensitive, call me whatever you want, but don't tell me I should like this CD. In fact, I think this CD is unlistenable. I'm open to different sorts of music that are not on the western classical tradition, I like Gregorian chant, I like Tuvan throat singing, but this hour of wailing is just unlistenable.
Great stuff April 10, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've been looking for a Gyuto Monks CD for some time. This really hits the spot.
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