Artist description East-West beats . . . with electric cello. African highlife guitar. . . and rock overdrive. Trance-Chant-Dance . . . English meets SanskritJaya's music has unexpected shapes and curves - sounds that will move you into ecstatic space. This is the place where East meets West, ancient meets modern, and sex meets spirit - the magical mix called TRANCE-CHANT-DANCE. Jaya’s purpose is the ancient cultural purpose of all art - to awaken the listener to ecstasy by invoking the Divine.Jaya dedicates their music to Avatar Adi Da Samraj. Through music and dance, they are working to raise awareness for Adi Da’s calling to humanity - to actively create peace in the world, and to live a life based in the certainty that all of reality is One Spiritual Unity.

Music Style Trance-Chant-Dance

Musical Influences Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, BT, Peter Gabriel, and most of all, the Radiant Water of Consciousness Itself.

Similar Artists Besides the obvious influences, you can also hear traces of Deep Forest, Portishead, or even Pink Floyd! The unifying sound of Jaya is wide enough to use and build from an entire planet-ful of music.

Artist History Jaya began in 1997, the special project of world-class musicians with a common vision -using the whole palette of world music to awaken and celebrate true ecstasy.Jaya offered their first-ever live concert at the Paradise Rock Club on Commonwealth Ave in Boston on Friday October 22, 1999. The next tour stop was Shine in New York City, followed by three successful West Coast concerts in November. The following year was spent recording and mixing their first full length CD, scheduled for release in December 2000 with a tour of both East and West Coast venues, plus a concert in Chicago.

Group Members Byron Duckwall, electric cellist and musical coordinator for Jaya, lives in Westwood, Mass where he operates a digital recording studio. The material, in development for over three years, brings together many world class players, including keyboard player Tom Canning (Bonnie Raitt, Al Jarreau) and a guest spot from rock violinist John Gregory, who has toured with the band Live to standing ovations. Byron Duckwall - celloMel McMurrin - vocalsTom Canning - keyboardJacqueline Clemons - vocalsChris Theriault - guitar/composerJoanne Sunshine - vocalsPaul Augspurger - bassDeborah Helleren - vocalsGeoffrey Whyte - drumsStephan Blas - vocals

Albums Jaya

Press Reviews Jaya - Something for everyoneby Adaggio G. ClefMusic to lift, transcend the mind, body, spirit and soul...and most of all, to get you dancing!Jaya's first CD (also entitled Jaya) has the ability to do all that and more. It doesn't matter if you don't understand a word of any of the Eastern Indian chants, Jaya's unique musical style will get you up and moving on the very first cut.Sri Da Om, the first song on the CD begins with the smokey voice of Australian born Stephan Blas whose beautifully modulated sound will reach you at your core as he repeatedly chants the title phrase. He is then joinedby Jacqueline Clemons, Debra Helleren, Mel McMurrin and JoAnne Sunshine in a perfect blend of sensuality and harmony in vocal form. (I remember hearing this song for the first time about a week or two ago and haven't been able to get it out of my head since.)Each of the songs that follow maintain the flow and intensity of the first without a single break in tone or flavor.A new and delightful twist is that the instrumentals are more akin to club music...which strangely enough does not detract from this particular style of singing, but rather enhances it.The band has recently wrapped up after touring in Seattle, Chicago, New York, Boston and San Franscisco following the release of the CD in December 2000.To find out more about Jaya or order a CD, go to www.jayamusic.com. You can also download a sample of their songs as a preview before you buy!I give Jaya a music rating of:A full 5-note grade =3D Excellent!

Location Middletown, CA - USA

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