Vinyl LP pressing. Songs from the Bardo begins with a bell ringing out once, twice, three times, as a ritualistic chant emerges from the dense silence. The collaborative composition by avant-garde icon Laurie Anderson, Tibetan multi-instrumentalist Tenzin Choegyal, and composer and activist Jesse Paris Smith is a guided journey through the visionary text of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, unfolding in an 80-minute ebb and flow of sound and words. Songs from the Bardo is a transporting experience, meant to draw the listener into the present moment and provide a framework for inner exploration. Anderson, Choegyal, and Smith fuse modern compositional techniques with the mystique of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy to make these visionary traditions more accessible to a new generation of listeners and to reveal the ancient wisdoms contained within.
A1 Homage To The Gurus 3:31
A2 Heart Sutra Song - Gone Beyond 7:31
A3 Awakened One 5:28
B1 The Three Jewels 4:17
B2 Brilliant Lights 11:13
B3 Listen Without Distraction 5:26
C1 Gong 1:37
C2 Dancing With The Crescent Knife 4:26
C3 Jigten 6:04
C4 Natural Form Of Emptiness 6:38
D1 Lotus Born, No Need To Fear 7:07
D2 Dividing Line 3:50
D3 Moon in the Water 5:15
D4 Awakened Heart 5:09
A1 Homage To The Gurus 3:31
A2 Heart Sutra Song - Gone Beyond 7:31
A3 Awakened One 5:28
B1 The Three Jewels 4:17
B2 Brilliant Lights 11:13
B3 Listen Without Distraction 5:26
C1 Gong 1:37
C2 Dancing With The Crescent Knife 4:26
C3 Jigten 6:04
C4 Natural Form Of Emptiness 6:38
D1 Lotus Born, No Need To Fear 7:07
D2 Dividing Line 3:50
D3 Moon in the Water 5:15
D4 Awakened Heart 5:09