Pre-Bhakti Fest Kirtan!
$20 suggested donation.
ABOUT JOSS JAFFE:
Joss Jaffe performs as a Vocalist, Tabla player and Multi-Instrumentalist. As a composer and producer he has created innovative albums including Svara Mandala, Echosystem and Dub Mantra to critical acclaim. Joss has collaborated with numerous artists including Grammy Award nominees Jai Uttal, Silvia Nakkach and Dave Stringer. He has toured and taught in the US, UK, Japan, The Netherlands, Italy, Hawaii and The Bahamas. “Joss Jaffe’s music is an insightful exploration into the many ways musical worlds can overlap.” –LA Yoga Magazine
website: http://www.jossjaffe.com/
ABOUT BEN LEINBACH:
Ben Leinbach is an award-winning producer, composer, recordist, and multi-instrumentalist. In the studio and on the stage he has worked with scores of illustrious artists in a myriad of genres. He primarily produces world music, alternative pop, and singer-songwriters, and has also devled extensively into producing rap and r+b and composing music for video, radio, and TV. Ben’s alchemical groove and mood capturing sensibilities and technical wizardry in the recording studio have made him one of Northern California’s most in demand producers.
Ben maintains an eclectic mix of music on his production/composition plate. He produces everything from hip hop to meditation music.
In the world music realm, Ben has worked extensively with world music pioneer Jai Uttal. Together they have created several popular recordings, including the evocative ambient soundscapes on the award-winning Spirit of Yoga, the hypnotic world grooves on Music for Yoga and Other Joys, the wild ride on Jai’s Grammy-nominated Mondo Rama, the ecstatic chanting on Jai Uttal’s Kirtan (which was nominated for a California Music Award), the festive Bhakti Bazaar, and Loveland: Music for Dreaming and Awakening.
Ben has collaborated with many other Kirtan and devotional world music artists. Deva Premal, Miten, and Ben co-created a world music and chanting extravaganza called The Moola Mantra. Ben has also produced recordings with Kirtan and mantra music artists Snatam Kaur, Donna De Lory, Jaya Lakshmi, David Newman, Mukti, Prajna Vieira, Diana Rogers, Brenda McMorrow, Vamadeva, Uma Reed, Yofiyah, Amy Barnes, Jim Gelcer and many others.
Ben has also composed music for radio, television, videos, and several Yoga instructional CDs and DVDs with Shiva Rea, Rainbow Mars, Nubia Teixeira, Erin Fleming, Travis Elliot, and Jill Johnson.