New CD Release from Yoga Sensation Wah!

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Yoga music legend Wah! announced the release of her latest album, Maa, due out April 20^th, 2010 on the Wah! Music label. This highly anticipated album follows up the successful Love Holding Love (Nutone Records, 2009). Maa is being distributed by BFM Digital, a leading digital music aggregator and distributor of independent music.

Before “yoga” was a household word, Wah! was creating hip, gritty and trendy music that set the scene for what was to become a new genre for music. Soon after, Wah!, became a sensation in the yoga world with her spiritual, Eastern-tinged sound. She has since developed a large and dedicated following both in and outside the yoga community after more than ten years of touring, recording, and releasing records.

The mystical relaxation music CD, Savasana, has sold over 50,000 units worldwide and continues to draw attention in the yoga community and beyond. Wah!’s music is often compared to that of Sade, Zero7 and India Arie, but her latest release has a much more youthful sound, incorporating dance beats and electronica.

With Maa, Wah! combines New Age, world music, and ambient electronica to create a sensuous blend of music that’s ideal for yoga, healing, and radio play. The album features instrumentalists from the pop and hip-hop worlds - Mike Haziza on beatbox, Katisse Buckingham on flute (www.katisse.com), Matthew Martin Kelly on keyboards, Christian Teele on drumkit and percussion, Kirk Margo on guitar, Paul Hollman on keyboards & sampling, and Wah! on harmonium, bass and vocals. Yoga centers have become hubs for social networking and their yoga teachers have quickly filled the role of DJs for this audience. Wah! is a trendsetter in this arena; if you’ve taken a yoga class in the last five years, you’ve no doubt heard her music.

The release of Maa synchronizes with the release of Nutone Music’s Yoga Revolution, a compilation in which Wah! is a featured vocalist alongside Sting, Sarah McLaughlin, Sheryl Crow, and more. The album will be available in Wal-Mart, Whole Foods, and Barnes & Noble.

"WAH! injects something a little trippier to create a mellow groove that's luscious and highly addictive." NY Spirit Magazine

“Wah! has become a sensation in the yoga world with her spiritual, Eastern-tinged sound.” www.buy.com

“Mantra-scene veteran Wah! seems to be halfway between samadhi (union) and ecstasy. Her theme is the oneness of Divine love and eros. Wah! lays down her love dharma in sultry downtempo grooves, throbbing club beats, and spoken-word rap passages. When the groove’s in full gear, she has us right where she wants us: blissed out and deep in the throes of a love that can’t be labeled.” Yoga Journal Magazine/San Fransisco, CA

Maa will be available everywhere music is sold April 20th, 2010.

Track list:

1. Invocation

2. Shakti

3. Parashakti

4. Shanti

5. Love Holding Love

6. Jagatambe

7. Ganga Ma (Everlasting Love)

8. Stay in the Love

9. Bhakti Da

10. Lalitamba

11. Pahimam

12. Shanti (Radio Mix)

13. Om Sri Matre

Says Wah! in an interview with Daniel Rechtschaffen:
"My goal is simple: I want to clear my own personal energy and feel lighter when I'm done. I weave the audience into my experience and bring them up with me - have you ever seen the back of the hall during the concerts? - just bouncing, everybody up and down, the whole back of the room pulsating with energy... sometimes it's a rush of bliss, and sometimes it's meditative. I'm not looking for it to be anything in particular. I know what it feels like. I know the energy. I know where I am supposed to go. I just bring people on that path with me and enjoy the music."

Wah! will be performing in support of the release of the album. Just a few of these shows include:

Telluride Yoga Festival in Colorado (July 9-11)
The Omega Ecstatic Chant Festival in New York (September 3-6)
Bhaktifest in Joshua Tree, CA (September 10-12)

HIDDEN BEACH RECORDING ARTIST GLEN SCOTT MAKES IMPOSSIBLE PSA PLEA TO HELP HAITI

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March 15, 2010 (New York, NY) -- Songwriter/singer Glen Scott, and newly signed Hidden Beach Recordings artist, has offered an impassioned plea and PSA that will hopefully continue to raise funds for the ongoing international relief efforts to help the Haitian people recapture their lives and rebuild their country. The PSA features lyrics from his song, “The Impossible.” The song will be included on his forthcoming debut CD, “Trust The Dawn,” that is scheduled for release in June 2010.

 

It’s been two months since one of the world’s most devastating earthquakes rocked Haiti forever changing the lives of millions of Haitians who witnessed a calamity of epic proportion destroy their country. While international support has contributed over $300 million dollars to helping Haiti, it’s going to take billions of dollars to rebuild the country and restore a sense of normalcy to the lives of its’ people.

 

Scott remarked, “I’m just one of many citizens of the world that is trying to lend a helping hand and offer a subtle reminder that the people of Haiti need our help indefinitely.” And he infused, “We need to send a message they have not been forsaken and not alone in their struggle.”

 

Haiti PSA Spot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EO5aGJtfxE

To learn more about Hidden Beach Recording Artist Glen Scott: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdRdrgYRw9Y

Dance Music Sensation Erika Jayne to Release Highly Anticipated Debut Album, "Pretty Mess," on August 11

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If disco balls, ecstasy, pearls, Studio 54, sex, crystal chandeliers, Purple Rain and crème brûlée could be whipped in a blender and made into a delicious pop-dance musical confection, you would have PRETTY MESS, the debut from dance-pop’s latest sensation ERIKA JAYNE. Due out August 11 through E1 Music (formerly KOCH Records), fantasy and escape reign on the 14-song collection of dance, rhythmic pop and dreamy electronica produced and co-written with some of today’s most in-demand and talented producers.

“Purple Rain, the feel of Studio 54, Kylie Minogue and the old Hollywood designers Edith Head and Adrian Adolph Greenberg…they were all about having a good time and that is what my record is about,” notes the Atlanta-bred, Los Angeles-based songstress regarding the variety of fabulous influences for her first album. “I want people to have fun, dance and escape into fantasy. I want the listener to take a sexy little trip away from their lives. It’s a very sensual, erotic, luxurious-feeling album.”

With assistance from production heavyweights Peter Rafelson (Madonna, Britney Spears, Stevie Nicks) and Eric Kupper (Shakira, Destiny’s Child, Kylie Minogue), Pretty Mess showcases Jayne’s talent as both a singer and a songwriter with tracks spanning from rhythmic pop and dance to chill electronic ballads. The album includes a nod to Prince, one of Jayne’s biggest influences, with a cover of his protégé Apollonia’s hit “Sex Shooter” as well as a guest appearance from legendary percussionist Sheila E on the track “Time to Realize.” Pretty Mess also includes stellar guest production from the likes of Esthero (under the name Pinklake), Jahi Lake (Chris Brown) and Ike Dirty (Lil’ Scrappy, Ying Yang Twins).

Jayne is experiencing success prior to album release that is not often seen by debut artists. The current single “Give You Everything,” created with Rafelson, has put her high on the Billboard Dance charts for the third consecutive time, following the album’s first two singles “Rollercoaster” and “Stars.” The track recently scored her “Breakout Artist of the Week” status on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Breakouts chart, pushing her past hit artists Lady Gaga and the Pussycat Dolls to secure the top spot. The song was also a Billboard “Hotshot Debut” for the week.

With mixes from dance club elite including Moto Blanco, Mike Rizzo, DJ Escape & Johnny Vicious and Dave Audé, the single continues to jump up the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and marks Jayne’s third time dominating the chart. Previous singles “Roller Coaster” and “Stars” were both #1 Dance Club Play tracks, with “Stars” also hitting #1 on the Billboard Dance Radio Airplay Chart.

The video for “Give You Everything” paired Jayne with Grammy-nominated video director Marty Thomas for a clip that shows off Jayne’s triple-threat talent as an actress as well as a singer and dancer. Choreography for the clip came from noted choreographer Mikey Minden (The Pussycat Dolls). The video can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hfrsd3ICBA

Tracks from Pretty Mess have also made their way to the big screen. “Roller Coaster” appeared in Deal featuring Burt Reynolds, while “Stars” has a cameo in The Pools Boys, an upcoming comedy from the director of American Pie 2 with Efren Ramirez (Napoleon Dynamite) and Matthew Lillard (Scream). “I Lose Myself” and “Just a Phase” were also included in the 2008 romantic comedy The Neighbor, starting Matthew Modine and Michelle Laroque.

In anticipation of the album release, Jayne is treating fans to special appearances at the West Coast’s two largest Pride celebrations. With back up dancers in tow, she recently captivated the audience at the Los Angeles Pride celebration and got the crowd moving with a performance of her hit singles on the festival’s main stage. Jayne will return to the stage on Sunday, June 28 with a performance at this year’s San Francisco Pride festival alongside such artists as Solange and BoA.

The complete track listing for ERIKA JAYNE’s Pretty Mess is:

Stars
Just A Phaze
Everybody Wants Some
Give You Everything
Pretty Mess
Beautiful
Roller Coaster
Time To Realize
Run Along
Sex Shooter
Without You
Love You Forever
I Lose Myself
One More Time

For more information on Erika Jayne check out:
www.erikajayne.com
www.myspace.com/erikajaynemusic