At-Ma

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A magical collaboration between vocalist / composer Russell Stone and multi-instrumentalist / composer / producer Craig Pruess. This is contemporary music expressing an exciting fusion of Western and Eastern influences, that weaves the wonderful voice of Russell Stone together with the sympathetic accompaniment of Craig Pruess on sitar, zither and percussion. Aided by superb musicians from different traditions this music explores the relationship between voice, instruments and the soul.

Russell brings 30+ years of experience to the project as a singer and composer, ('We Do It' in the '70s with R & J Stone) and insights from his yogic practice.

Craig's experience as a film composer 'Bend It Like Beckham', 'Bride and Prejudice' and 'Bhaji on the Beach' give these unique performances high aesthetic and professional values.

This is an opportunity to experience music as you have seldom heard it before, literally mind and heart expanding.

The At-Ma recording project City in the Sky - album now complete! The At-Ma recording project began in earnest in January 2007 as a result of the musical reunion of Craig and Russell. Garnering all their combined life experiences from the intervening 27 years, they started to create the pieces. Breaking from set traditional Western or Eastern musical forms, Craig and Russell have endeavoured to realign these same influences into music that is courageous, exciting, evocative and breathtaking. Both being musicians, songwriters and singers in their own right - they have both also been intensely interested for many years in the human transformational movement and the explosion of ideas on the awakening global consciousness that is now spreading around the world. With their combined experience of the power of chant, and sounding experiences with human voice and ancient instruments, coupled with an ease and familiarity with the modern recording and performing process, this music has come about through an effortless flow of intuitive ideas and joyous collaboration. From this sense of authority in their partnership's capability, a central aim of the music of At-Ma that has emerged is to imbue the pieces with a healing and integrating quality that acknowledges the deeper function of music which has been largely ignored in a contemporary, industrial culture. Gathering of the Tribe - the first live band of At-Ma in 2007 The phrase 'Gathering of the Tribe' has been partly inspired by the wonderful group contributions of so many friends and colleagues, who have been helping to build and mould the collective musical vision of the At-Ma concerts, especially the large ensemble in May 2007. What is it that called the tribe together? And why now? In the word 'tribe', there are potent in-built layers of meaning: cooperation, caring, multi-talented support systems, communal communication, and evolution through group consciousness. In a modern, post 9/11 world, where powers-to-be strive to separate and control groups and individuals through 'divide and rule', this is one powerful and heart-felt expression and counter-balance: to use the power of music and chant to bring unity and harmony. The Performers in May 2007 Craig Pruess, Russell Stone, Mike Armstrong, Mylene Chiron, Simon Ford, Sven Kruesel, Alexander Massey, Susan Nares, Ravi, Don Richardson. On: djembe, crystal bowls, flute, kora, swaramandala (Indian zither), wood blocks, sitar, keyboards, tamboura, trumpet, harp, gong, triangle, electric bass, acoustic bass, voice