A new CD by Damien Rose
"Liquid Bells Singing Bowls is a pure and sacred statement that leads us straight into the heart of the silence. Thank you, Damien, for creating this beautiful recording."
-- Deva Premal and Miten
"Damien has done a masterful job capturing the essence of the Tibetan singing bowls' magic. By meditating on this recording, one is transported to a place of deep trust and serenity. It shuts down your mind and opens your heart!"
----GuruGanesha Singh, Founder/Spirit Voyage Records
Musical partner, guitarist with Snatam Kaur
Existence, sound, energy – all become one in Liquid Bells. Within the vibrations of this transformational music, the unstruck sound, the anahat nad, is heard. In this CD the deepest parts of our soul recognize these resonances and then we relax, we commune with spirit and spirit heals us.
"Music is a celestial sound that controls the whole universe. Sound energy, sound power, is much, much greater than any other power in the world."
----Sri Swami Satchidananda (at Woodstock, 1969)
Listen carefully to "the silence out of which the sounds come and into which they return. A portal is opening up."
----E. Tolle (from The Power of Now)
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Testimonials
"Damien offers sublime sound healing through his mastery of Tibetan Bowls."
----Shiva Rea
"Damien masterfully channels the universe with Liquid Bells. I am honored that he joined me on my guided meditation CD."
----Davidji, Lead Educator at the Chopra Center
"A good Tibetan bowl album is more than music; it’s a deep, transcendental experience. The recording Singing Bowls, from Liquid Bells, achieves this effect."
----Music Design, Jan./Feb. 2010 (See full review below)
"Thanks so much! I love your music - it is so beautiful, and will make for a great scene."
----Mike Cahill, Producer, MTV True Life
"I love your CD and I am looking forward to having it here for our customers."
----Diana, Wise Awakening, www.wiseawakening.com
"Liquid Bells Singing Bowls by Damien Rose is the only CD I use for the deep relaxation in my yoga classes. My students love it! I have also chosen it as the main sound track for my on-line classes. These deep, enlivening Tibetan bowls take you on a journey of sound connecting you with the silence of Oneness. "
---- Guru Rattana Ph.D., www.yogatech.com
"Damien's standing-room-only performance in the museum's Asian Court was completely unprecedented. Set in an ideal environment, surrounded by ancient Buddhist statues, the concert was absolutely magical, and the evening, unforgettable."
----Chris Zook, former PR Manager, San Diego Museum of Art
"I heard a sample of your music and fell in love immediately! I put it on and sat in meditation while listening for the first time. Bliss...absolute bliss I tell ya. I found myself meditating at such a deep clear level. Thank YOU for allowing me to share your CD with my readers...”
----Aleesha Richardson, Timeless Spirit Magazine (Canada), www.timelessspirit.com
"Thank you for your amazing CD. I have played it during my training sessions throughout Asia only to find an amazing inner peace and clarity that my staffs all notice, from Sri Lanka, Bhutan, India, Bali and the Philippines. Always the same amazing results come forth. Needless to say, I have listened to your CD on countless occasions and still hear new sounds. As listening to your recording creates such an amazing "inner calming peace”, I am able to extend my training to a higher realm which allows for a high standard of treatments. Thank you for enhancing my job……!!”
----Richard Rosen, International Spa Trainer for the Amanresorts
"Thanks so much for the CD. I don't know how I have managed without it. I put it on every night when I get ready to fall asleep. I can feel the vibrations through my body. The sound and vibrations balances my physical, mental and emotional being. Before having your Tibetan bowls CD I would play other calming music but many times would still be awake when they would finish. My sleep wasn't as peaceful either. I have also used the CD many times when I gave a massage. Everyone found it to be deeply relaxing. I can't begin to thank you enough for the healing sounds of your Tibetan bowls. Please keep me informed when you record another one. This one is magical. Wish I had words to really describe how deep the sounds penetrate my being.”
----Makayla Branscomb, Assistant to the Dean, College of Arts and Letters, SDSU
"When I was listening to Liquid Bells Singing Bowls it brought me back to my inner self, I was driving my car at the time and had to pull over as the power of the music really opened my heart. I am a filmmaker of Tribe Documentaries and the deep rooted energy in this CD reminded me of being around a hundred Nepalese Monks chanting all at once. In fact, I would love to use this music in one of my Tribal films. It is so good. Beautiful and astounding work, quite a masterpiece channeled from God. Thank you.”
----Documentary film director-Karina J. Duffy, www.mindstormproductions.com
"I love the clear, crisp audio of this meditative sound. It is my primary choice for stilling my mind. In fact, I have previously not been able to meditate for nearly as long, as when I have this magical elixir playing in the background.”
----Paul Anthony Vild
"It's like medicine!"
----Ronald F. Sauer, San Francisco poet and artist
"Damien Rose embodies a divinely unique gift of weaving auditory tapestries that evoke a strong remembrance of Soul's deepest calling ~ a return to our primordial Being, of unfettered love and grace. I vividly remember the first time I heard him play Tibetan bowls live, at a kundalini yoga class, for savasana. He was a surprise for the students that day. He slipped into the room quietly and set up his bowls, while we were all lying in surrender, following our breath. I did not notice his arrival. I was expecting the teacher to put an ambient CD on, and then in the next moment, I became aware of these enchantingly subtle sounds wafting thru the room. I began to feel unusual sensations stirring my heart. I was moved to tears as I felt sacred vibrations resonating deeply in my core. I opened my eyes to see what was going on...was I having a mystic awakening? It was then that I saw Damien Rose sitting amongst his myriad of bowls, so gently and powerfully engrossed in a trance of musical grace.
What a boon to meet such a heart~aligned musician who is devoted to uplifting the sound vibrations on our planet. His potent sound compilations have been an ongoing source of inspiration for me, along my path of creating chakra anointing perfumes.”
----ani adams, www.gaiaperfumes.com
Review
LIQUID BELLS
Liquid Bells – Singing Bowls
A good Tibetan bowl album is more than music; it’s a deep, transcendental experience. The resonant chiming… the centering vibrations… the singing bowls literally blot out all distractions and take you to a place of pure meditative bliss. The recording SINGING BOWLS, from Liquid Bells, achieves this effect. A project of musician Damien Rose, Liquid Bells features a variety of tones –– some using a rubbing motion, some lightly struck to provide a ringing effect and some struck for a more dramatic gong effect. The sound is pure and vast, with appropriate use of silence between the tones to allow the tones to shimmer and fade as necessary. Use this program to add depth to your meditation practice or to simply relax the nerves and let go of tension.
Music Design in Review, Jan./Feb. 2010
Liquid Bells Singing Bowls
by Damien Rose
Damien Rose takes a holistic approach to his craft. He communes with his bowls and embraces their resonance in his soundworlds. As Liquid Bells, he has created Singing Bowls to share his visions and passions with listeners. It is a sublime and rich journey.
Damien uses several unique variations to create his diverse atmosphere. He uses different types of strikers and violin bows in several combinations of keys and notes. The natural properties of the bowls take the session to higher heights and deeper depths. The purity is high. The intensity is vibrant.
(WOW! It happened again! It is almost impossible to write while listening to singing bowls—quartz or Tibetan. The overtones are just too strong, especially in the hands of a master like Damien. I found myself floating away from pen and paper as I listened. I was outside myself watching me. It was quizzical and almost comical.
I had to stop and allow the overtones to take me. The psychoactive properties were amazing. They entered my cerebral cortex and caressed me with love and warmth. I was awash with a sense of peace and serenity. It was exhilarating!)
All too soon the music stops and the journey ends—for now. Listeners are left feeling refreshed, rejuvenated and revitalized. The world is more pleasant.
This is another essential from a vital performer. It is recommended highly.
Jim Brenholts, Awareness Magazine, Sept./Oct. 2009,
and author of Tracks Across the Universe: A Chronology of Ambient Electronic Music.
This CD takes me into such a deep clear place. I turn it on every night after I've sat in meditation for an hour. I lay down flat, no pillow beneath my head so I am in alignment, then I turn on this CD and begin to Reiki myself. It doesn't matter how deep I've 'settled' during my meditation, Damien's music takes me even deeper… to a place I knew existed but seldom visited.
During the past weeks since my mom passed away, this CD has assisted greatly with my healing. Hearing the tones created by Damien—feeling the sound of the bowls resonate within my energy centers—brings my chakras and soul into alignment.
I am seldom still awake at the end of this CD, but I have listened to it in its entirety during the day. Every track brings me to a different place. When I first received it I fell in love immediately - and those feelings have increased. Every time I hear this CD - from that very first tone - I find myself in a new space - very different from what I'm used to when listening to CDs. Thank you, Damien, for creating this. I know you didn't create it specifically for me, but it sure feels that way when I'm resonating within its tones.
I honestly cannot recommend this CD highly enough. You can click here to listen to some samples of Damien's work. Buy this CD… for your Self, for your loved ones, for those you care about. It will surely assist anyone listening to it on this journey we call life!
Reviewed by
Aleesha Stephenson
Timeless Spirit Magazine
About Damien
After graduating from law school and heading to be a lawyer, Damien Rose was driving around the rural coastal towns of West Marin, north of San Francisco, listening to his favorite recording, Tibetan Bells, the first Western recording of Tibetan bowls. He picked up a hitchhiker and was stunned to find that person was not only a Tibetan bowl player, but he actually played on Tibetan Bells! He drove the hitchhiker home to find a vast array of ancient bowls set up in the living room. Now Damien was listening to live bowls for the first time. He was awestruck as he began to play them and melt into their sound. "Finally, my spirituality, my interest in healing, my communion with nature had led me to playing these bowls." (from CD liner notes)
Since that time Damien has completely devoted his life to working with sound vibration as a revealing and healing source of spiritual experience. Beginning with piano as a child, he then added guitar and songwriting to his musical world. With hundreds of hours of recording and mixing in professional studios he gained insight into the intricacies of sound. This led to an understanding of sacred atonal music, the spiritual essence of Tibetan bowls. While discovering the sonic qualities of bowls and given his experimental nature, Damien thought of a new way to position them for playing. By putting some bowls upside down on poles he could easily ring several in succession. He custom built a stand giving him easy access to 20 or more bowls. This "instrument" he calls Liquid Bells helps him create his orchestral sound. The closest type of set up would be the gamelan instruments of Indonesia which lay pot gongs on a wooden frame.
Damien has performed at Yoga Journal Conferences, festivals such as Bhakti Fest, and concerts. He has played for meditation workshops (Chopra Center), yoga classes (Shiva Rea, Sherri Baptiste, Guru Rattana, etc.), and healings. His music was selected by a world known kundalini yoga teacher, Guru Rattana, to be the sole sound track for all her on-line teaching videos. She states, "The variety of compositions and the complex and beautiful harmonics are a unique contribution of this exceptional musician." Damien has also recorded bowls for Davidji’s beautiful guided meditation CD. Davidji is the Lead Educator at the Chopra Center.
Damien's influences include Tibetan Bell's Henry Wolff and Nancy Hennings, Babaji, Siddartha, David Hykes, Steve Roach, Jimi Hendrix, Tuvan throat singers, Deva Premal and Miten, Krishna Das, George Harrison, Love, Freedom, and Peace.
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For more information, contact Damien - info@liquidbells.com
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"Listeners are left feeling refreshed, rejuvenated and revitalized. The world is more pleasant. This is another essential from a vital performer. It is recommended highly."
Jim Brenholts, Awareness Magazine, Sept./Oct. 2009
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