CaDra
is a studio project around producer rakenDra
Smit and multi-instrumentalist/singer Caroline Beukenkamp .
In their sound studio in
Amstelveen, in the Netherlands, they play and experiment with sounds,
vocals, instruments, song structures and words from all over the world.
Their mystic popmusic seduces
the listener to open up. The music, though, is only an excuse to guide
the listener towards the end of it, towards the fade-out. The fade-out
is a very important element in their music. They take great care in
letting a song disappear very smoothly into the big silence.
In the East they have a certain
meditation practice which is called the 'Temple-Bell Meditation' . Early in
the morning the monks keep their attention fixed to the decaying sound
of a temple bell. These bell sounds last very long and when the last
subtle overtone dies out, that's the moment..., that's when you can
dissolve in Sunyata, in a state of bliss
beyond fear .
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