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Peter Culshaw
Music From The Temple Of Light

Music From The Temple Of Light

Labels

ISKRA

Catno

ISKRA-001LP

Formats

1x Vinyl LP Printed innersleeves

Release date

Apr 28, 2023

Peter Culshaw was described by Malcolm Mclaren as “the Indiana Jones of World Music” and has tracked down music from the Amazon to Siberia and lived with Pygmies in Central Africa and dervishes in Istanbul. Culshaw interviewed many of the greats including Fela Kuti, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Caetano Veloso and Ibrahim Ferrer. His book Clandestino, now published in ten languages, was a biography/ travelogue on the road with Manu Chao. The result of decades of research is this, his first solo album.

As a composer, his East-West group West India Company’s album New Demons, which featured Bollywood diva Asha Bhosle, was released by Editions EG , a label set up by Brian Eno. He has composed award - winning music for assorted dance companies and animated films. He wrote an “opera” recorded in Havana, to be released soon.

Music From The Temple of Light was recorded mainly in Half Step Audio, in Mumbai with some of the most vital contemporary Indian musicians including Paras Nath on bansuri flute and Chandana Bala Kalyan on enchanting vocals. The music is a mysterious mix of East and West, ancient and modern, led by minimal tantric piano, objective, meditative music for a chaotic age. Other recordings took place in pre-war Odesa and it was mixed in London. It is the first part of a trilogy.

The project was funded by the sale of Malcolm Mclaren’s classic Mercedes, which he left to Culshaw and some successful bets on Leicester City Football Club.

The next release on ISKRA in 2023 will be Aeroclube - an anglo-Brazilian fever dream. recorded in Salvador, Bahia.

MUSIC FROM THE TEMPLE OF LIGHT will be released on Vinyl, CD and digitally in March 2023, preceded by a trio of “singles”…….

A1

Blue Flower

A2

Sat Nam 2024

A3

Himalaya Drone

A4

The Fire and the Rose are One

A5

In the Orient Café (with Erik)

A6

Shiva in the Rain

A7

The Lights are Different

A8

Night Country

A9

Calling Your Name

B1

The Gardens of the West

B2

Traherne

B3

The Fire and Rose Suite Part 1

B4

The Fire and Rose Suite Part 2

B5

The Fire and Rose Suite Part 3

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