{"id":47173,"date":"2017-03-10T12:21:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T06:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org\/?p=47173"},"modified":"2017-03-10T12:21:39","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T06:51:39","slug":"mayapuris-new-album-intriguing-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=47173","title":{"rendered":"Mayapuris\u2019 New Album To Have Intriguing Concept"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been seven long years since kirtan band The Mayapuris released their debut album \u201cMridanga,\u201d hitting the top five in the iTunes World Music chart.
\nThe Mayapuris were one of the original second generation ISKCON groups to bring Gaudiya Vaishnava kirtan to the forefront of the burgeoning mainstream kirtan scene.
\nSince their debut, others have continued to forge the path, with Madi Das and his Bhakti Without Borders charity album winning a Grammy nomination.
\nInspired by Madi\u2019s achievement, the Mayapuris hope that with their second album, they can bring kirtan further into the mainstream, to places it hasn\u2019t been before.
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\nHundreds of people chant the holy names during a concert for Bangalore’s Akshar Yoga<\/em>
\nTheir new album, expected Fall 2017, will be entitled \u201cNine Islands\u201d\u2014an English translation of the name of the sacred village \u201cNavadvipa\u201d\u2014and will feature an intriguing concept.
\nThere will be nine tracks, representing the nine processes of devotional service. Each track will be Gaudiya Vaishnava kirtan flavored with a different genre of music.
\n\u201cTraditional kirtan is our favorite, and closest to our heart,\u201d says Krishna Kishor Rico, who is in the band with his brother Balarama Tirtha and friend Visvambhar Sheth. \u201cBut we really want to make a nice presentation so that people from different walks of life, and with different tastes in music, can appreciate the Holy Name. And in that way, we hope to open doors.\u201d
\nA single, \u201cNityananda,\u201d will precede the album and is set for release on April 7th<\/sup> on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and Google Play.
\nDerived from Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya\u2019s \u201cSri Nityananda Candrasya Nam Dvadasakam,\u201d it invokes twelve names of Nityananda Prabhu and has a Western classical music flavor.
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\nThe Mayapuris perform at Akshar Yoga in Bangalore<\/em>
\n\u201cThese twelve names of Lord Nityananda really attracted my heart,\u201d says Krishna Kishor. \u201cWhat Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya says about them is beautiful. He writes that if you chant these twelve names upon rising every day, you\u2019ll be free from mental anxieties.\u201d
\nOriginally planned as a three-minute track, \u201cNityananda\u201d has swelled to a nearly seven-minute epic. Starting slowly and blending traditional kirtan instruments with violin, bass and Jaya Sita Dasi\u2019s achingly beautiful cello, it has a sweeping cinematic feel and builds to a rollicking mridanga-filled crescendo.
\nOther songs on the album will be influenced by Bengali folk, reggae, alternative rock, hip-hop, Qawwali, Indian classical, and pop.
\nOne song will invoke the names of Srimati Radharani. The reggae track will be a Sita Rama bhajan. And the Qawwali number will be Narottama Das Thakur\u2019s \u201cHari Hari Biphale\u201d set to a melody inspired by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
\nDiversifying even further, \u201cNine Islands\u201d will feature a song with entirely English lyrics. Written by Dhanya, Balarama Tirtha\u2019s wife and the daughter of Latin-Grammy winner Havi Das (Ilan Chester), it\u2019s a heartfelt piece entitled \u201cGurudeva.\u201d
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\nThe cover of the Mayapuris’ April 7th single ‘Nityananda’<\/em>
\nMeanwhile on the hip-hop flavored \u201cSri Krishna Sharanam Mama,\u201d Balarama-Tirtha will break out his formidable rapping skills, accompanied by a trap drum-set.
\nThe Mayapuris are currently working on the album\u2014which will be self-produced and crowdfunded\u2014at their home studio in Alachua, Florida. A European tour and a visit to India is likely to follow in 2018, after the album\u2019s release.
\nThe group is also gearing up to create buzz through a video teaser and a grassroots social media campaign with the contacts they\u2019ve built up internationally over years of touring.
\nBut despite the music industry techniques they\u2019re using, the Mayapuris\u2019 ultimate goal is to spread the Holy Name far and wide, and to focus on kirtan\u2019s true essence and purpose.
\n\u201cBhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur said, \u2018Don\u2019t judge others \u2013 rectify yourself,\u2019\u201d says Kish. \u201cSo if we focus on rectifying ourselves, maintaining good sadhana, and trying our best to sincerely chant the Holy Name, we will really make an impact and be able to share the intention of the music.\u201d
\nIt all ties back to the theme of the album. \u201cWe\u2019re calling it Nine Islands, which signifies the nine processes of devotional service,\u201d says Krishna Kishor. \u201cSo we\u2019re meditating on the idea that if we can just focus on these nine processes of devotional service for ourselves, and then share them with others, that is the perfection of life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been seven long years since kirtan band The Mayapuris released their debut album \u201cMridanga,\u201d hitting the top five in the iTunes World Music chart. The Mayapuris were one of the original second generation ISKCON groups to bring Gaudiya Vaishnava kirtan to the forefront of the burgeoning mainstream kirtan scene. Since their debut, others have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}