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Track Listings
| 1. Through the Eyes of an Angel |
| 2. Lokah Samasta |
| 3. Calma e Tranquilidade |
| 4. Awakening |
| 5. Humaniversal |
| 6. Twameva |
| 7. Fly High/Om Shree Rama |
| 8. You Gotta Move |
| 9. Inarticulate Speech of the Heart |
| 10. Free Spirit (Ashes to Ashes) |
Product Description
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Miten is an English musician who has been the not-so-silent partner of German chant diva, Deva Premal, since the early 1990s. You always get the sense that he's the music engine behind Premal's recordings. But Miten has released his own albums as well. In fact, under his birth name of Andy Desmond, he even recorded rock albums in the 1970s, including one produced by Dave Davies of The Kinks. On Soul in Wonder, Miten pairs mysticism with sentimentality in soft-pop meditations. Take away some come-hither, ear-caressing bansuri flute by Manose on spiritual ballads like "Through the Eyes of an Angel," "Humaniversal," and "Awakening," and they could've been sung by '70s soft-rocker Kenny Loggins. Elsewhere, he indulges his '60s roots, covering the blues tune, "You Gotta Move." It's done in a true blues style, but seems like it dropped in from another session across the river. Despite his efforts to bring diversity, the most effective tracks are the elaborate chant arrangements featuring Deva Premal. With her silken voice leading the way, Miten brings a reggae lilt to "Jokah Samasta," while "Calma e Tranguilade" features a chime-dappled flute alap from Manose. But for every "Twameva," an introspective chant over a long-ambient drift of deep echo flute and guitar sustains, there's an "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" piece of heartfelt treacle like "Fly High." --John Diliberto
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4.2 out of 5 stars (11 customer reviews)
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Inarticulate Speech, Oct 25 2007
By Edie W. Moser - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Soul In Wonder (Audio CD)
As a journalist, there are few times when I am rendered speechless. Listening to Miten, accompanied by his life partner Deva Premal offer up heart wisdom in the form of song and story in the newly released CD "Soul in Wonder", had that impact on me. Now that I have regained my ability to express, it comes through me to say that this CD is a constant companion in my car, I play it in a workshop I offer and the participants clamor to know "Who is that?" and recently in my role as an interfaith minister, I played two of the pieces "Fly High" and "Free Spirit (Ashes to Ashes)" during the memorial service for the father of another minister. All who were present were deeply moved by the music. The Van Morrison song "Inarticulate Speech of the Heart" would be a lovely wedding accompaniment as well. The Sanskrit chants "Twameva" and "Lokah Samasta", familiar to me as a practicing yogini, transport me as if on a magic carpet. "Through the Eyes of An Angel" is Miten's unabashedly sentimental tribute to his beloved Deva whose cloudless sky-blue eyes indeed had me mesmerized when we met back stage at a concert this year. "Fly High" and "Awakening" often have me singing at the top of my lungs, left arm 'breezing' out the window as I drive. The soaring sounds of the Bansuri flute played by Nepalese flautist Manose, add a touch of magic that tickles the ear and the heart.Deva and Miten are indeed Souls in Wonder, welcoming other Souls to sing along. This CD (and, in truth, all of the others they have created) is a must have for your collection if you are inclined to enjoy music that transcends genre.
Edie Weinstein-Moser
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Miten's best yet, Oct 23 2007
By Paul Blake - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Soul In Wonder (Audio CD)
Kenny Loggins? I think the Amazon reviewer must have been listening to a different album than the one I'm playing right now. Soul in Wonder features some of Miten's most beautiful and intimate songs - Through the Eyes of An Angel is a wonderful song, full of evocative images of wood smoke, banyan trees, and holy rivers in the moonlight, while Humaniversal? Well, let me put it this way - I'm writing this while on a business trip to India and it is the only song that even begins to make sense of the enormous contrasts outside my hotel window. So don't be put off by the Amazon review - the chants with Deva Premal are great but so are the songs - highly recommended!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Heart opening perfection!, Oct 25 2007
By JoyGirl - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Soul In Wonder (Audio CD)
This CD is an absolute delight! The Amazon review seems strangely off the mark - Miten's deep and soulful compositions (and the reverent, personal, heart opening way they're sung) are some of the most lovely I've ever heard and of course Deva's voice is transcendently beautiful throughout. I especially feel gratitude for the penetrating beauty of the song Humaniversal, which I could listen to on repeat forever. . . I love how this music not only melts my heart and my spirit, but also inspires me with a gentle call to action in the world, to remember the places and people we might otherwise forget. . . Miten and Deva got it just right with Soul in Wonder - don't miss this one!
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