This is a recording of the ending chant from Timeless Time by Jarek recorded at the Spirit of Harmony concert, November 2008. You can read the full lyrics at http://www.jarekc.com/timeless_time.html The performers are Carmen Warrington (voice), RupertG (violin), Paul Watt (tabla), Jarek (guitar,voice), Will Fraser (bass), Mary Knights-Rutten (cello), Swami Samnyasanand (voice), Kimberley Roberts (voice), Tantrachakra (voice)
An intuitive music improvisation by Jarek (acoustic guitar), Will Fraser (fretless bass) and Mary Knights-Rutten (cello) recorded for the Spirit of Harmony event which involved alternating chanting and intutive improvisations.
Recorded live at the Spirit of Harmony concert at the Kingston Theatre on 20 November 2007. Performed by Jarek Czechowicz and the Peace Music ensemble featuring from left to right: Carmen Warrington (singing bowls) , RupertG (violin), Paul Watt (tabla), Jarek (guitar), Will Fraser (fretless bass), Mary Knights-Rutten (cello), Swami Samnyasanand (voice), Kimberley Roberts (voice), Tantra Chakra (voice).
A minimalist improvisation and meditation recorded at the first musical encouter of Jarek (guitar) and visionary violinist RupertG on 2 November 2007 for The Spirit of Harmony.
Jarek’s original chant Awaken recorded in the Supper Room of the Melbourne Town Hall on 16 August 2007 for the book launch of BIM’s Inspirations. The musicians include Will Fraser (guitar), Michael Arvanitakis (double bass), Paul Watt (tabla) and Steve Jay (sitar). The words are Shivaya Namah Shivaya, Shivaya Namah Shivaya, Shivaya Namah Shivaya, Shivaya Om Namah. In this context of active meditation they can be translated as ‘I honour this inner peace’.
Recorded at the Sustainable Living Festival, Melbourne, 16 February 2007. This clip shows the Feel Tent, an improvisation by Steve Jay (sitar) and Paul Watt (tabla), a great song by Jed Rowe (slide guitar) and Stephen McCulloch (guitar), a up-tempo children’s chant (Hey Ya) by Jarek, a piece by Steve Jay (sitar), some words from Jarek about annoyances, and a closing chant (SatChidAnanda) by Jarek.
Lullaby is a chant song composed by Jarek and recorded live at Peace Music. This is the final section of a longer chant song. The words to the full version are at this link. ‘OM Namah Shivaya’ is repeated in this excerpt.
This audio track was recorded on a consumer video camera. It’s not hi-fidelity like many of the other recordings here, but it’s still very enjoyable.
From a collection of unpublished duets comes this beautiful and ‘bluesy’ impromptu guitar conversation titled Boundless by Jarek Czechowicz and master guitar-maker Phil Carson-Crickmore. The two have known each other since childhood. After hearing the recording for the first time Phil said: “I didn’t know I had it in me!”. The beauty in this type of music flowers in unexpected ways. The musicians create in a state of ‘unknowing’ so the music is as new for them as it is for the audience.