Conceived and created amid the lush tropical tranquility of the couple’s remote jungle retreat in Costa Rica, Timeless contains many jewels – among them, a collaboration with 5-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter India Arie, who lends her incandescent voice to the album’s key track Tara Mangalartha Mantra, a prayer for climate balance. All proceeds of this track are donated to 4ocean.com.
Other collaborators include Grammy-nominated world devotional music pioneer Jai Uttal (Campfire Sri Ram) and the duo’s longtime producer/multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter Joby Baker, who created the soundscape of this opaque musical palette.
The tracks are more varied in concept than previous albums, but together they add up to an intimate glimpse into the world of Deva and Miten that invites meditative participation. Deva’s latest version of The Gayatri Mantra Japa is the cornerstone of the album. It is an intense musical odyssey into the core of this most ancient of all mantras. (Hold on to your hat).
Along with the mantras sits the ethereal I just Close My Eyes…Miten gently whispers the English lyric as we drift, dreamily downstream, accompanied by the voices of Deva and Joby.
TRACK LIST
1.) India.Arie & Deva Premal - Tara Mangalartha Mantra - Prayer (Climate Balance) feat. India Arie 04:36
2.) I Just Close My Eyes 04:51
3.) Tara Sabari Mantra (Healing) 06:19
4.) Shree Krishna Sharanam Mama (Refuge in Krishna) 05:22
5.) Deva Premal & Miten featuring Joby Baker - Om Durga (Protection) feat. Joby Baker 04:38
6.) Gayatri Mantra Japa Celebration (Illumination) 11:50
7.) White Tara Mantra (Longevity) 04:45
8.) Deva Premal & Miten featuring Jai Uttal - Campfire Sri Ram feat. Jai Uttal 05:06
9.) India.Arie & Deva Premal - Tara Mangalartha Mantra (Climate Balance) feat. India Arie 05:07