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đź•Ż Sonic SĂ©ance: Channeling the Dead Through Dark Ambient
Dark ambient is often described as haunting—but what if it wasn’t just a vibe? What if it was a method of summoning? Not in the theatrical occult sense, but as a ritual of remembrance—a way to invite the presence of those we’ve lost, or the versions of ourselves that time has buried.
By Yokai Circle6 months ago in Beat
Ulek Mayang: The Rhythm That Wrote My Warrior Princesses
This is the beat that shaped my book, and the breath behind my warrior women Ulek Mayang is a traditional healing dance-ritual from the state of Terengganu. It is a ritualistic dance performed to appease or invoke the spirits of the sea and is always accompanied by a unique song. The word ulek means “to soothe” or “to lull,” and mayang refers to the flowering fronds of the coconut palm, used as a sacred object in the performance. It’s believed to heal fishermen or villagers who fall ill due to spiritual disturbance, especially from sea spirits or unseen forces tied to the ocean.
By Black Vanilla6 months ago in Beat
🗺️ Sound as a Place: How Music Becomes Emotional Geography . AI-Generated.
Close your eyes. Think of the last song that truly moved you. Now think: Where did it take you? Not just emotionally—but physically, spatially. Did it drop you into a rainy city at midnight? A sunlit rooftop in summer? An empty bedroom at 2AM? Did it make you feel like you were somewhere else entirely—maybe even a place that doesn’t exist?
By The Yume Collective6 months ago in Beat
Rikki La Rouge Latin Crossover 🇨🇺 🎼 🌕
MTV has acknowledged Rikki La Rouge as an artist and Latin artist she even had a MTV website too. RIKKI wrote a lifetime achievement award proposal to The Latin Grammys 2014 for Willy Chirino to which Willy received that year. on the reverbnation latin music chart in Miami,FL Rikki spent alot of time at number one. Mi Corazon Cubano and Bombon Sexual (Reggaeton Remix 2012) are the two singles from Rikki La Rouge that received double credit for radio from Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI). Rikki La Rouge album "San Antonio" released on Christmas Day 2013 on Interscope Digital Distribution (UMG) /Universal Music Group is a 57th Grammy award 1st round nomination ballot album. With Clear Channel communication as an IHEARTRADIO artist Rikki has had 5 hit songs : LA CESTA HIERBA (52 PLAYS), El Aqua y El Sol (29 plays), Sexual Bombon (21 plays), Mi Ruego Por tu Dulce Amor (21 plays), and Caminare Caminare (15 plays). Rikki La Rouge credits Willy Chirino and his daughters Angie and Nicolle and Jesse The Chirino sisters with Musically discovering her. Rikki La Rouge discography: Interscope Digital Distribution/Tunecore/Universal Music Group (UMG) All Releases on Interscope via Interscope Digital Distribution for the entire Rikki La Rouge discography please the Rikki La Rouge All Music Guide page. Rikki always wanted to have a song that would inspire a "dance craze" like the Macarena and she found it in the song "Sazon" which was originally a merenque then was a cumbia on the album "el otro lado de yo" and it's finally incarnation as a 'dance craze" song "Sazon-(MIAMI REMIX). Willy showed support for Rikki and the song by retweeting it to his followers on twitter. Jango.com-Internet Radio (a leader in internet Radio) introduced my music to listeners and fans of Willy Chirino and Celia Cruz. The single was "La Cesta Hierba". on recording her first Spanish musical cd's created a new kind of are they called 'lo sabor de Nueva York ": 1/2 Cuban music and 1/2 Mexican music with American music of the streets. Rikki is a crossover artist into Musica Latina. Rikki La ROUGE Singer/Songwriter/publisher/producer. Rikki is lifelong supporter of CUBA LIBRE and her people and all other countries in the fight. With her music RIKKI recorded an album called "Operacion:La Verdad", in the name of democracy and libretad for Cuban people and Bolivian people. put it on the list of Latin Grammy registration as a way to bring the whole world attencion that is exactly happening in Cuba and Bolivia.Rikki's music made it to Cuba. the song "Libretad Por BOLIVIA" from the album "Operation: La Verdad" found its way to Bolivia courtesy of YouTube with the message of democracy and freedom came to Bolivia. Primary influences for Rikki in musica latina who also broke through to become international stars influences Willy Chirino and Selena. On youtube in rikki's profile in the similar artists who rikki is similar to and they to her in vice versa are Willy Chirino and Selena.
By Rikki La Rouge6 months ago in Beat
