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Experience Mantras like you’ve never heard before!
Words are too limiting when describing the outstanding voice that is SONIA LOINSWORTH.
As a professional singer and composer for over 20 years, Sonia Loinsworth combines a spiritual practice with her musicianship, resulting in a beautiful meeting between contemporary compositions and the Tibetan Buddhist Mantras of Padmasambhava and the compassionate Buddha Avalokiteshvara.
Sonia’s clear, yet very powerful vocals, gives this album a rich variety and intensity. Her voice spans from the clarity of Gregorian Chant to the mystique of classical northern Indian vocals infused with harmonic chant; bringing love and healing to her listeners.
The overall deep resonance and healing power of the Tibetan Mantras makes it an extraordinary support to contemplative practices such as meditation, spiritual practice, Yoga, Bodywork, Tai Chi and Sound Healing.
Songs of Compassion has been deeply appreciated by meditation practitioners, bodywork therapists and Yoga instructors in Europe for its spiritual resonance and healing qualities. The sacred Mantras create a space of spiritual openness. They may connect your soul to itSelf, increase awareness and quality in your life and surroundings, and fill your heart with love and joy.
If you listen to only one contemporary album with MantraChant, let it be Songs of Compassion.
“Evocative recitations of the mantras of Padmasambhava and Avalokiteshvara”
– Wisdom books
Guru Rinpoche mantra
Tibetan mantras from the tradition of Indian Tantric Buddhism, which was brought to Tibet around the year 800 by the Tantra master Padmasambhava and several other yogis.
Sonia Loinsworth has composed five new versions of the Guru Rinpoche mantra for this album.
With her wonderfully clear and melodic voice, she guides the listener into an inner meditative space while touching the heart center of the listener.
Live from Tomba Emmanuelle
Over the past twenty years Sonia Loinsworth has offered many concerts/recitals at the legendary Tomba Emmanuelle, and we felt it was time to share this extraordinary and unique musical atmosphere that reflects the deep spirit from whence it emerges so amazingly.
This recording is as close as it gets to being there. The pure sound of Sonia singing Tibetan Buddhist mantras in a state of contemplation is lent wings with subtle drone instrumentation on three crystal quartz singing bowls, all enhanced by the acoustic soundscape of the Tomba.
A tribute to Billie Holiday
A hundred years after Billie Holiday was born, we are celebrating her musical life. She paved the path for female singers within the genres of blues and jazz, and portrayed through a long career the hard life available for women of color at the time. Billie Holiday recorded a wide range of classics and her music is still played widely throughout the world. The songs she sang have been reproduced in hundreds of new recordings by other artists over the past century.
Sonia Loinsworth began her music career as a singer within the styles of jazz, soul and funk on Oslo's music scene in the 80s. At one point she went over to modal music, singing Norwegian folk songs interpreted with harmonic chant and multilayered vocal tracks. Her vocal work has been influenced by classical Indian vocal ornamentation and various vocal styles from the Himalayas. Sonia proceeded into 15 years of composing, recording and giving concerts/recitals with Buddhist mantras.
When she returns to the classical jazz repertoire, Sonia draws on these traditions, while maintaining the contemplative aspect. She interprets the classical jazz repertoire within a large vocal span from the lyrical and intimate to the metallic and experimental.