VA - Soulful Sufi (FLAC) (2 CDs Set) - 2009

"Today,
like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened," noted the great
Sufi mystic Jalaluddin Rumi in the 13th century. "Don't open the door
to the study and begin reading," he writes. Instead, "Take down a
musical instrument. Let the beauty we love be what we do."

Sufism
is the mystical and ancient branch of Islam that emphasizes the
seeker's path toward ecstatic unity with God. This path is opulently
embroidered with many means to "remembering God," or dhikr (also
transliterated as zhikr), including chanting the names of God, prayer,
meditation, poetry, Qur'anic recitation, praise and music.

While
"orthodox" Islam looks down on music, many Sufi traditions seek to
utilize its emotive and communal power towards the goal of dhikr.
Frequently, a spiritual leader or sheikh (called a pir in certain
languages) will lead disciples in these practices in communal rites of
remembrance. One central form of group dhikr is called sama'. While
sama' literally means "listening," it has the connotation of a spiritual
concert of sacred music, often with dance.

Sufi communities or
orders are found throughout the Muslim world, from South and Central
Asia through Turkey, Iran, the Levant and northern, eastern and western
Africa. With that wide a geographical and cultural spread for Sufism
itself, Sufi musical practice is itself equally diverse. Each Sufi order
or brotherhood has its own traditions, and forms of Sufi practice vary
greatly from region to region. It's not surprising, then, to find that
Sufi musical forms are wildly distinct and varied; to the newcomer, it
might even seem quite startling to discover that, for example, qawwali
from Pakistan and India is linked spiritually and historically to, say,
the "whirling dervishes" of Turkey or the Wolof-language praise songs
from Senegal. However, all these different facets of ritual and
performance have the same goal in mind: to lose oneself in remembering
God and in drawing closer to the divine.

Another wonderful Chant
du Monde release with many fine Sufi performances is their double-disc
set of recordings made live in Morocco in 2001 at the Fez Festival of
World Sacred Music. For a more "modern" take on Sufi dhikr, try Ocean of
Remembrance: Sufi Improvisations & Zhikrs (Interworld), led by
Turkish clinical psychologist and music therapist Oruj Guvenc, a member
of the Mevlevi Sufi order. �Anastasia Tsioulcas



Tracklist:

Disc: 1
1. Teri Deewani - Kailash Kher
2. Zindagi Ye - Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
3. Teri Justajoo - Roop Kumar Rathod
4. Ek Lau - Aamir
5. Tere Bina (Guru) - A R Rahman
6. Saiyyan - Kailash Kher
7. Ha Raham (Mehfuz) - Aamir
8. Maujood Hain - Jaswinder Singh
9. Noor Ul Ala Noor - Meenaxi
10. Masha Allah - Saanwariya
11. Dilruba - Kailash Kher
12. Waqt Par Bolna - Hariharan

Disc: 2
1. Mitwa - Shafaqt Amanat Ali Khan
2. Bandya - Khuda Kay Liye
3. Gurus of Peace - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, A R Rahman
4. Allah Hoo - Khuda Kay Liye
5. Albela Saajan - Kailash Kher
6. Sajni - Master Saleem Feat Shruti Pathak
7. Tere Naina - Kailash Kher
8. Soniyo From the Heart - Krishna
9. Ishq Nachaya - Sona
10. Ay Hairathe - Hariharan
11. Heer - Sukhwinder Singh
12. Haan Tu Hain - Jannat

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