| David Hykes is a Dharma student of Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, who gave him the name Shenpen Yeshe, "the Primordial Wisdom that brings happiness to beings," and Tsoknyi Rinpoche.Harmonic sound waves are fundamental to many natural systems in the cosmos.They were part of the Big Bang and reverberate to this day; science calls them the Cosmic Microwave Background.Hykes was partly inspired by traditional world music of Tibet, Mongolia and Tuva, and was the first westerner to deeply explore these three traditions.Hykes has also composed and performed original music for the films Travellers and Magicians by incarnate Tibetan lama Dzongsar Khyentse; Dharma River, "Vajra Sky Over Tibet" and "Prajna Earth" by John Bush; as well as Dead Poets Society, Ghost, and Baraka, among many others.Discography
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are for individuals and groups seeking knowledge, transformation, change
and healing through deeper awareness of the essential nature of
harmony in oneself, others and in all things.Harmonic Awareness teachings on
Saturday, Feb."David Hykes's music
is haunting and transporting.It takes you some place like the Sahara
desert, somewhere completely otherworldly.While searching for music for my film 'Travellers and
Magicians,' I listened to so much music.But I always came back to
David's.From the moment I heard it, there was no doubt."Harmonics are to musical sound what the color spectrum is to
light."David Hykes has opened a new dimension in music, bringing us the
music of the spheres.As music, these wondrous sounds retain an
extraordinary mystery, for they do not belong to man.Hykes's landmark collaborations since 1975 exploring sacred music,
contemplative practice and healing sounds have included projects
with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Gyuto Monks, the Gyume Monks,
and many other practitioners and teachers."Resonance and Radiance: Sacred Music, Sacred
Mind", brought together practitioners of traditional and
contemporary sacred chant to explore the emerging relationships
between mind, music, meditation and medicine.The Harmonic Presence teachings have ripened through intensive
retreats, seminars and research conducted around the world over the
past 33 years.Then awareness and compassion awake
within.You can apply to attend 1,2 or all 3 sessions.PBS around the country and
abroad.Harmonic Chant and the Harmonic Presence work have been nourished
by over 3 decades of retreats, experiences, research and intensive
sharing and collaboration by David Hykes with The Harmonic Choir
and other musicians.In a
larger sense, "The Harmonic Choir," the living sound of this exact and
exacting work, includes the thousands with whom the work has been
shared since 1975, and the thousands of musicians, "sound healers" and
others inspired indirectly by the harmonic vision.Mongolia, Tuva and Tibet, but
Harmonic Chant has evolved along a unique new songline path and
employs a unique set of ideas, techniques and principles.The Harmonic Choir and many other musical
collaborators and artists.David Hykes has collaborated with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Gyuto
and Gyume Monks, and religious and spiritual groups from a broad
range of traditions.It deserves the kind of
listening, reflection and contemplation which Tibetan masters call
'the Three Forms of Prajna (Wisdom),comprising a genuine Higher
Education.Hykes was also inspired by the Western harmonic traditions,
from medieval chant to Just Intonation pioneers Hermann von Helmholtz,
Alain Danielou, La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Tony Conrad,
whom along with Steve Reich, Hykes reveres as Western
inspirations.Those subtle waves of photonal warmth, the cosmic background radiation,
still radiate across the sky in every direction, in waves as wide as
2 full moons.France or
call +33 (0)9 52 56 74 69 or +1 203 843 3524.This site is a member of WebRing.This site is a member of WebRing.David Hykes has opened a new
dimension in music: he has in fact brought us the music of the spheres."David Hykes is an inspired musician whose ground breaking and
enlightening spiritual harmonies I have only begun to contemplate in
recent years.Listening to
his remarkable music helps me stop and meditate, hear silent echoes of
emptiness, and feel closer to that Luminous Void from which all sounds
arise."As a filmmaker,
I am working on a television series that will explore the universality
of music.So I came to Hykes work with an intellectual interest in the
overtone series.But David Hykes has opened up a new musical world for me and
changed my way of listening.His music embodies the universality of
music.Hykes' subtly shifting harmonies seem
to trace the ineffable architecture of the cosmos, and draw us into a
journey that is both intensely personal and completely impersonal."Listening to the extraordinary music of David Hykes is like
listening to the symphony of silence that lies at the heart of being.David Hykes offers us an inner
journey into the depths of heart, the open sky of mind, and the power of
universal Being.David Hykes and The Harmonic Choir perform at the
inaugural concert in the rebuilt Winter Garden of The World Financial
Center at Ground Zero here in New York City.You can now share this extraordinary moment of reconciliation in The
Silent Ground offered in this collection.When I asked David to create a Harmonic Chant score for my film
series THE YATRA TRILOGY I knew from this experience that it would take
the viewer into a universal place deeply personal and accessible.Harmonic Chant is beyond music it is cosmic resonance, immediately
recognizable.DHARMA RIVER, PRAJNA EARTH and VAJRA SKY are cinematic pilgrimages to
the great spiritual sights of SE Asia and Tibet.They offer the sacred
music of these legendary places along with local sounds.The Harmonic
Chant score meshes seamlessly with the traditional music of these
legendary venues as they are drawing from the same universal source.David Hykes' rare gifts as a singer and as a channel for sacred song
are remarkably on display in HARMONIC MEDITATIONS.The shorter
the resolution, the greater the musical talent of the doctor.""Redemption" is the word that comes to mind, were I to describe
Davids underground work that afternoon.David Hykes takes the sounding of inner
echoes to a new and thrilling level and we are fortunate to be swept
along and included.But, I am a doctor and so get to prescribe this CD for you.How can it heal if it sounds so hollow?What do they listen for?They listen for the inaudible whether it be
the word of God or the Reality of another spiritual quest.Alfred Tomatis, another true
original in the world of sound therapies, taught me years ago.If he is
accurate in claiming, "the ear builds, organizes and nourishes the
nervous system," then I want those I love (and that includes you too,
dear reader) to hear more Hykes!The Buddha taught that this understanding, if we were able e to attain
it, would reveal a surprisingly simple truth: that bringing harmony to
the soul also helps (at least a little) in bringing harmony to all
sentient beings.To anyone who has fallen under the spell of David Hykess music in
the past quarter century, these ideas may seem eerily familiar.Lets face it, by the time you have
shuffled off this mortal coil, you will have heard an enormous amount of
music.When you feel like
youre hearing some kind of coded message, and its so compelling that
you want to understand the language, and therefore the meaning, of this
music.One of those times was hearing
David Hykess early masterpiece Hearing Solar Winds.Like many Westerners, Id never come across the idea of singing
overtones before.Not knowing what to listen for, Hykess music was
easily missed.It was like listening to particle physics.Using techniques of overtone singing, some borrowed from the
ancient traditions of Tibet and Central Asia, and some developed in the
last two decades, Hykes has taken us on a search for a unified field
theory of harmony.And if, as he suspects, there is a point at
which musical harmony and spiritual harmony converge, our means of
reaching that point is likely to be something fundamental and simple
perhaps something as simple as 1, 2, 3.David Hykes has created an increasingly complex vocabulary of
overtone singing techniques, which he calls Harmonic Chant, and a
sophisticated approach to the possible ways in which harmony, rhythm,
and the visual arts come together.Hykes writes elsewhere in these notes about his "harmonic"
work in both senses of the word.Of course its not really about just producing sound.And Harmonic
Meditations is clearly more than an exercise in vocal gymnastics.David Hykes just
acknowledges that fact more than most.It was probably not a coincidence that the Winter Gardens
vaulted marble and glass space is very much like a secular cathedral.And so, on November 20, 2002, David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir
reconsecrated that space, and by extension the hallowed ground
outside.How, Hykes asked in a recent conversation, does music help?While the environments that the music was created
in differ, they are joined by the wonderment of hearing the human voice
reverberating in the magical spaces that the harmonic journey delivers
to us.Stepping down into the
darkness, sheltered from the wind above it was as though we left behind
the world and entered a secret universe.The Winter Garden was another matter altogether.Ground Zero shortly
after 911 and walked by the Atrium at dusk.The restaurants are gone.So lean back, get comfortable, and be prepared to time travel in that
unique Hykesian vehicle called Harmonic Chant.Not the David Hykes you're looking for?You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers.They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update.David HykesTrue to the Times (How to
Be?Composer, singer, music and meditation teacher, workshop and
retreat leader, lecturer and writer, David Hykes was born
in Taos, New Mexico, in 1953.Worldwide concerts since 1982.Directs a music and meditation retreat center in a large restored
12th century Cistercian site in the forest near Autainville, France,
about 90 minutes southwest of Paris.Teaches and performs throughout
the USA (see www.CD of all time, having sold some 300,000
copies.Although therapy is usually thought of as something administered to others, it's certainly also something that can be done by and for yourself.David Hykes had this idea in mind when he formed the Harmonic Choir, which he has led for over twenty years, travelling and teaching his methods and always finding new people who are receptive to his work.Hykes is also responsible for organizing musical seminars and workshops while remaining deeply committed to his work, constantly learning and refining his craft.Gregorian chant recordings, LaMonte Young and Pran Nath concerts, and then, in 1973, in recordings of Mongolian, Tibetan and Tuvan chanting.For me working in a certain way with harmonics was and is work with something deeply part of not just musical sound, but life and the vibrational reality of the whole physical and metaphysical universe.The color spectrum of sound.The Axis Mundi, the thread from heaven to earth, the scale of vibrations from deepest Below to highest Above.In my music, the harmonic series is the DNA of the work.Matter) and spirit can meet and, as it were, interpenetrate, interact, harmonize, perhaps even fuse.Aurobindo, Gurdjieff and Krishnamurti, that a transformation given by the Above can take place within ourselves provided the very exact inner and outer conditions necessary for it have been respected.To truly "hear" and attune to, harmonize with, these conditions requires a subtle and supple attitude which are difficult to find.In other words, of course this Evolution or Transformation is possible for each of us, just as the Harmonic Chant is possible, but perhaps it is not possible, or only partially possible, for me as I am.Harmonic Chant has a lot to offer here, a tremendous amount, really.Other workers in this field such as David Hykes have related their music to "gravity waves", "solar winds", and even sunshine itself.The first written records of khoomei are ...MUSICAL RESOURCES FOR OVERTONES AND HARMONICS AS BRAIN FOOD V David Hykes, ...Have some ideas for improving the Key Phrase page?View or change your orders in Your Account.Visit our Help department.Hours() * 3600 + newCurrentTime.Day Shipping at checkout.Amazon MP3 Downloads store.See all 3 customer reviews...Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?Of("To view this content") !Images representing the various track states."Embedding code will be displayed here."About the Artist
David Hykes is a seeker, searching for the relationship between music, silence, listening and the Creation.We must find a silence that will sensitize us to the signals which are the most essential to our growth, and we must learn to listen for them"; Hykes finds that serenity through his harmonic chanting and that of his Harmonic Choir, the "singing listeners".Hykes studied the timeless geometry of the harmonic series, relating harmony in music to ordered states within oneself and the universe.The harmonic chanting of David Hykes springs from the tradition of the Mongolian nomads and Tibetan monks who sing "prismatically", each singer projecting harmonic overtone melodies while maintaining a steady fundamental tone.They accomplish this by an extremely precise modulation of the abdominal muscles, chest and vocal apparatus.David Hykes and members of his choir can articulate from one to seven harmonics simultaneously, duplicating the precise mathematical order which underlies all sound phenomena.David Hykes has been refining his artistry for 20 years, focusing his work at the International Center for Harmonic Studies in France.Hykes has toured extensively throughout Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia.The music of David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir is a dichotomy; mystical while mathematical, meditative while intellectual.In all its complexities, it is beautiful music that flows over us and into us, freeing the soul to reach new heights of peace and understanding.They are the voices of David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir.In Current Circulation, David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir expand beyond the scope of the traditional tantric Tibetan Buddhist chant, in which the singer holds one steady note and one unmoving harmonic.They also expand beyond the traditional Mongolian Hoomi singing, in which the singer projects soaring harmonic melodies from the overtone series of the steady fundamental.In Current Circulation, the singers create new melodies and chords by simultaneously moving both the harmonic and fundamental notes, sometimes in converging directions, or by holding the high harmonic while varying the fundamental.This kind of harmonic chanting is very demanding for the singers, and can be for the listener as well.The vibrations both define the space and inhabit it, shimmering through the air in a timeless dimension.Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people."Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided to other Amazon.Your vote will be counted and will appear on the product page within 24 hours."Frances Welch Liebmann "poem777" (asheville n.Was this review helpful to you?Find out in Music You Should Hear, where these and other artists tell you about the music they love.Greats from the Greatest
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