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prem joshua : Product Reviews
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| Soaring Melodies & Juicy Percussion |
"The range of world instrumentation, including an awe-inspiring host of percussion, and all-original tracks guarantee that Desert Visions is as fresh as the dawn wind in the desert. Joshua's flute and sax create contemporary melodies that soar over the juicy percussion. The bass, keyboards, and Western drums anchor the songs and allow the sensational world instruments room to play without dominating."
- New Age Retailer
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| Mudra |
| Mudra: Dance With Hands |
“The word mudra means "hand gesture" in Sanskrit; the mudras are used in the classical Indian dances, where hands are more expressive than words. They even don't express anything definite, but channel the energy flows. And one really wants to "dance with hands" to the music of Prem Joshua and his friends. You can express everything by their movements: joy of being, sadness, passion, delight, the most intimate words of love… absolutely everything… And it would be more than all the words.”
- Shanti Om Music
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| Sky Kisses Earth |
| Unique East/West Blend |
"Joshua, a talented multi-instrumentalist, plays bamboo flutes, sitar, santoor, dilruba, gopichand, swarmandal harp, and tanpura while singing. Additional musicians contribute keyboards, programming, balaphone, and lots of percussion, including tablas. The heady result is a unique blend of Eastern and Western musical traditions with some of the best tracks I've heard all year."
- Steve Ryaels, New Age Retailer
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| Dakini Lounge |
| Hot Remix |
“Hot remix CD of Prem Joshua's best tracks of flowing world music. Remix aces include members of The Dum Dum Project, Waterbone, Joi, plus Toires, Karsh Kale + more.”
- Lloyd Barde, Lloyd’s Favorites, Backroads Music
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| Dakini Lounge |
| Swing To The Glory Of The Universe |
At 18, a German student saw Ravi Shankar perform and his life was changed forever; Prem Joshua spent the next 20 years in India, mastering the sitar and learning the traditions of Indian music.
As his own style developed he blended Eastern styles and instruments with Western Jazz forms using the Indian flutes, sax, electronica and tarana-style (wordless) vocals. With this latest album, Prem Joshua's music has gone one step further into the mainstream, remixed by DJ Science to create a true synthesis of tradition and futurism.
Bringing in the vision of different mixologists, including Cosmic Rocker, Aram Ram and Sean Dinsmore, Prem Joshua's haunting, dreamlike music is transformed into dub, chill and dancefloor masterworks. This album takes trance inducing, meditative music and adds movement and dance-ability. The listener is induced to get up, swing and sway to the glory of the universe. Highly recommended .
- Vision Magazine, Dec 03
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| Heavenly Blend Of Musical Styles |
Terra Incognita's Prem Joshua, a multi-instrumentalist and composer, is a talented man. Born in Germany into a musical family, he traveled the world searching for the keys to his spirit. In India he found one and learned to play sitar under the guidance of Ustad Usman Khan.
He has successfully (and beautifully) married his Indian classical training with elements of desert tribal music and jazz. Moghul Gardens is a gentle ride of a tune using a santoor (Persian hammer dulcimer) for sparkle and a driving tabla behind a fortunately composed array of jazzy flute and saxophone. Koregaon Morning is a mesmerizing and joyful song, lush and dense with the sound of seven bamboo flutes cushioned by an open soundscape of percussion and bells. Mango Rain will turn your living room into a mountain top (with excellent weather).
Hamsafar is a heavenly blend of musical styles, perfect for bodywork and yoga, and listening too. The music between the notes is even better!
-Richard Klecka, ConsciousChoice
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| Taranga |
| G Myers, dj, musician and writer, New York, USA |
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Prem Joshua's music has the rare quality to transform any music club into a temple.
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| Taranga |
| CH Loh, The Edge Magazine, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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Is Prem Joshua an Asian musician plying to the West or a western musician playing to Asians? It does not really mater as one thing is for sure: he is the new sensation of the world music scene! His music captures both the true spirit of the Indian classical tradition an the hypnotic laid-backness of urban jazz and lounge.
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