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\n\n\n\nRelease Date: August 28th<\/span> LOS ANGELES, CA \u2013 Classical crossover\/New Age star Sangeeta Kaur has announced that her extraordinary new album, Illuminance, will be released Friday, August 28, on Domo Records. Produced by multi-Grammy Award-winning composer and pianist Peter Kater and co-produced by Sangeeta, Illuminance follows a series of highly acclaimed albums by the classically trained Vietnamese-American artist, including last year\u2019s breakthrough, Compassion, which debuted at No. 1 on Amazon\u2019s Hot New Releases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Throughout her brilliant career, Sangeeta \u2013 a singular talent whose awe-inspiring vocal range leaves listeners spellbound \u2013 has made it her mission to create music that thrills, soothes, empowers and uplifts. With Illuminance, she has delivered a work that is both timeless and timely, one that speaks to the current global climate and serves as a healing balm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs an artist, I feel that it is my responsibility to create positivity for the world,\u201d Sangeeta says. \u201cIn many ways, that need is especially important right now. Let\u2019s face it, we\u2019re in a scary time; people are frightened in ways they have never experienced before. There\u2019s darkness, but there\u2019s also light, and these songs are like the bridge to the light. So, for me, these songs are meant to remind us of our strength and of our pure bright light within. It is this light that can help us overcome anything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n On her past albums, Sangeeta distinguished herself as one of the great idiosyncratic artists of her day, bending genres (everything from traditional American folk and pop to classical and even children\u2019s music) while employing her extensive background in classical opera, sacred mantra (often in multiple languages) and yoga to create her own emotionally riveting, brand-new sub-genre called \u201cMantra Opera.\u201d On Illuminance, she broadens her reach even more \u2013 there\u2019s transporting ballads and gorgeous hymns, soaring theatrical pieces and even elements of contemporary jazz \u2013 and the overall impact is stunning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere are songs with lyrics and others where I\u2019m singing without words \u2013 I call this \u2018vocalise,\u201d Sangeeta says. \u201cIn every case, I want the listener to feel joy and to be inspired.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the album\u2019s beguiling title track, Sangeeta uses the power of her impeccable voice to convey jubilation and levity in a minor-key melody \u2013 a feat few vocalists can pull off. \u201cCome and Find Me\u201d is a heartbreaking love song that addresses the devastation families face in the age of COVID. \u201cThe saddest part of what\u2019s happening today is when people can\u2019t say goodbye to their loved ones because of restrictions placed on funerals,\u201d she observes. \u201cThis song is to comfort them. The narrative comes from the person who passed away speaking to loved ones who are remaining on earth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Backed by lilting acoustic guitar and sumptuous piano, Sangeeta sneaks subliminal messages into \u201cWorlds Collide.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s a song about past lives,\u201d she explains. \u201cI\u2019m my own world; you\u2019re your own world. Everybody is their own world, and we\u2019ve collided many times. A lot of those times, there has been love. Let\u2019s learn from that and not repeat old destructive patterns. Let remember that we are all one. We are the Universe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n On each of her albums, Sangeeta has included at least one mantra (\u201cit\u2019s ingrained into my soul and is at the core foundation of all I do\u201d), and on Illuminance she sends listeners off with the mesmerizing \u201cDedication.\u201d Backed by elegiac piano and lush, rolling basslines, Sangeeta sings a prayer that traditionally ends Tibetan meditations and ceremonies \u2013 and turns it into a wholly fulfilling and unique musical reward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn various ways, every song has something to do with light and how it\u2019s created through earthly and non-earthly phenomena,\u201d says Sangeeta. She points to the song \u201cSupernova,\u201d a deeply hypnotic piece of metaphysical mood music on which her lustrous voice soars toward the heavens. \u201cA supernova is an explosion of a very old star that becomes its brightest form at its death. So even at that point before darkness, there is light. That\u2019s what I want people to hold on to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sangeeta and Peter Kater have long been fans of each other\u2019s work, but the two never managed to collaborate until now. \u201cI feel as if we\u2019re connected to a past life. We knew we would work together, and I\u2019m so glad that we did so on this album,\u201d Sangeeta says. \u201cPeter is such a fabulous musician, and writing with him was such a thrilling process \u2013 I would send him song ideas and he would send me his; we would take elements from each other and transform them into something new.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both Sangeeta and Kater agreed that the setting for the songs would be minimal and modern. With Kater on piano, a select group of prestigious players was brought in to complement Sangeeta\u2019s compelling vocals: classical guitar master Dat Nguyen, Grammy Award-winning percussionist MB Gordy and internationally renowned cellist Tina Guo (known for her longtime work with film composer Hans Zimmer). <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEverybody contributed so magnificently to this record,\u201d Sangeeta says. \u201cEach album is a journey, and I\u2019m so happy that the initial inspiration \u2013 illuminating your life, illuminating your goodness, your strengths and all your powers \u2013 was fully realized. I think it\u2019s an important message for this time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tracklist: Produced by Peter Kater Release Date: August 28th Buy now at the Domo storeListen at Apple MusicListen at SpotifyListen at Amazon On her most diverse release yet, Sangeeta takes listeners on an inspiring and uplifting journey LOS ANGELES, CA \u2013 Classical crossover\/New Age star Sangeeta Kaur has … <\/p>\n
Buy now at the Domo store<\/a>
Listen at Apple Music<\/a>
Listen at Spotify<\/a>
Listen at Amazon<\/a>
On her most diverse release yet, Sangeeta takes listeners on an inspiring and uplifting journey<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
All My Love
Illuminance
Worlds Collide
Light Of Love
Path Of Light
Come And Find Me
Supernova
Stardust
Dedication<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Co-Produced by Sangeeta Kaur
Mixed by Gerhard Joost at EastWest Studios
Mastered by Patricia Sullivan at Bernie Grundman Mastering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"