Didgeridoo Trance Dance 3 - Our latest release July 2011

Another uplifting energy sound grid for worldbeat dance masters around the world: King didgeridoo blows up the drum n’ bass’s deep space… sizzling synthesizers keep the trance dreaming across myriads of stars inside your mind… divine lines of luminous light emanating from popular rhythms rocking the club scene!

Listen to didgeridoo music and if you like you can buy a CD or download from iTunes.

Ringtones Sent To Your Phone - Mood Music On Tap

With downloadable ringtones for droids (or any smart phone) available from iTunes at the click of a mouse, it’s never been easier keep yourself entertained.

But why stop at mere entertainment when you can download instant relaxation and rejuvenation?

Picture This

You’ve just come home after a long day at work; you’re relaxing on the couch with a nice cup of coffee and a magazine when suddenly the tinny strains of “Eye of the Tiger” split the air - Mum’s decided to call because it’s been three minutes since you last sent her a text. You jump two feet straight in the air from fright and end up wearing your coffee.

Jarred out of your relaxed mode, befuddled, damp and coffee-flavoured, you’re sorely tempted to hurl your phone straight out the window (possibly without bothering to open it first).

Saved by the Bell (Pun totally intended!)

Phones have come a long way since the days of Alexander Graham Bell. There’s no longer any need to be summoned to the phone by an abrasive “bbrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiinnnggg” – just send ringtones to your phone from Ariel’s iTunes collection and be greeted by your choice of pleasant instrumental ringtones.

Thanks to Ariel Kalma and his eclectic collection of over 200 ringtones for mobiles, rude coffee coated awakenings can be a thing of the past. Imagine actually enjoying hearing your phone ring!

Whilst there are certainly a lot of ringtones to choose from, the relaxing ringtones, nature sounds and sound effects created by Ariel stand out as harmonious and melodic - tones that float through the air and tickle your senses as opposed to assaulting your inner ear with a metallic cacophony of noise.

And because they’re all available on iTunes and Myxer, downloading instrumental ringtones for mobiles is easy!

How To Get Ringtones On Your Phone

1. You have an iPhone (or any other smart phone) and already use iTunes
To send ringtones to your phone, go to iTunes, simply select the ringtones option and do a search for Ariel Kalma. The first time you run the search it may take a little while to load - just give it a couple minutes and you’ll be ready to buy and download those relaxing ringtones for mobiles!

2. You have any type of smart phone and do not use iTunes
Get the Myxer ringtone application and download directly to your phone:
- BlackBerry: point your browser to m.myxer.com/app/4501749
- Android: point your browser to m.myxer.com/app/9563224

3. From your computer via iTunes:
Get the Myxer ringtone application and download directly to your phone:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/myxer-ringtones/id411583895

We may live in a technology-driven world but we can choose how we interact with that technology. If unique ringtones can make that interaction more pleasant, so much the better! No more dry cleaning of coffee-coloured shirts – spend the money on Ariel Kalma’s ringtones for mobiles instead!

Quote by Jean Houston about world music

Next is now, world music as the single most potent force in the culture of fusion ... World music-makers are like shamans, carrying us on magic carpets of riffs and melodies through states of consciousness that spin us out of time to lands not yet invented but glimpsed on the aural horizon ... And so we see that music brings us, in the jumping of our cells, from what is past to what is trying to become the future. lt expresses and fulfills our need to hear the spirit in the dark.
(Jean Houston in Jump Time, Sentient Publ. 2004)

Groove Music Is Good Music— The Healthy Effects Of Music And Mood

As a music genre, groove music in its many and varied forms has been a popular genre for a long time. Its mellow beats and smooth, flowing harmonics make it easy to listen to whilst relaxing, or as background music to take the edge off after a long, hard day.

Recently, however, people have been reawakened to a realisation made hundreds of years ago by our ancestors: groove music (and music in general) isn’t just great entertainment, it’s healthy to boot!

Music as an aid to health and healing is a concept that has now (finally!) found a place in today’s culture, and a brief consideration of it’s history can illustrate the profound affect that healing music can have in our daily lives.

Healing music in history

The ancient Greeks and Egyptians believed that music could change behavioural patterns and accelerate healing. Plato, a Greek philosopher, stated “Music has the capacity to touch the innermost reaches of the soul.”

Tribal music - particularly chanting and toning – has been shown to affect the body at a cellular level. Vibrational frequencies have the power to change molecular structure, as well as inducing a changed state of consciousness to heighten the affects of meditation, aid relaxation and even change our moods.

In more modern times scientists have described something known as The Mozart Effect, noting that listening to classical music heightened sensitivity and creativity. Healing music has the power to physically affect heart rate, blood pressure and brain waves, aid concentration, relax, inspire, motivate and move us on many levels.

Groove music = mood music

We’re all aware of the concept of groove music as ‘mood music’. Our choice in music for a particular occasion is often governed by mood: techno or other high energy sounds for housework and exercise; ballads for that romantic evening with a special someone; lounge music for socialising. Our mood and state of mind has been shown to have a significant affect on our health, and the use of music in therapy is now an accepted and respected treatment method.

Health benefits

The physical, scientific reason behind this is that the tones, vibrations and harmonies of a piece of music affect our limbic system, the seat of emotions in the human brain, therefore having a physical affect on our mental and emotional state which, in turn, affects our bodies.

An interesting practical indicator of the affect hat music has on mood and physiology is the example of movie soundtracks. Imagine for a moment the sight of Freddy stalking his victims through A Nightmare On Elm Street to a background of Aqua’s “Barbie Girl” or maybe a little Enya, or Jaws closing in on his dinner to the strains of the Sesame Street soundtrack. Somehow it just wouldn’t be quite the same…

No, movie soundtracks are designed to create anticipation, tension, sorrow, and elation – they move us, even if sometimes they just move us to hit the ‘mute’ button and hide under the doona (or swear off swimming and beaches for life!). A quick and interesting demonstration of just how profound the affect of background music can be!

Choose your music carefully

Now that we’re becoming more health conscious and aware of what we’re putting into our bodies, the same care should be exercised in our choice of music. Groove music as medicine has the potential to be of great benefit to our health and wellbeing, and the really great thing is that it’s available to everyone, anywhere – you don’t even need a prescription!

Modern Old Christmas Songs

Music Mosaic released a new album Modern Old Christmas Songs, delightful and peaceful music that can help you managing stressful situations during the Christmas season :-).

Peaceful carols from Germany, France, Georgia and England. A spiritual ambient atmosphere embraces you with angel-like voices, flute, harp, soft saxophone and keyboards. – Take a gentle voyage into a holy night.

Do you need cheap Christmas gifts? Get Music Mosaic's 3-CD-bundle providing you with great Special Christmas gifts:

Modern Old Christmas Songs
Sanctum
Healing Sounds

All 3 CDs with peaceful and harmonious music!

Groove Medicine - Groove music - a new compilation

Relax and dream awake on a healing cloud of colour, drums, vocals and groove music. Float in a rhythmic dreamscape of tribal inspiration to soothe and accompany you down a river of warm ambient mixes with. Compiled from well known and upcoming artists in the worldbeat genre, this album will call your consciousness through soft, potent, ancient melodies.

Listen to the tracks at Groove Medicine

Customer feedback:

Wow! What a great album, so relaxing, like Buddha Bar or Ibiza Chill out... love it.

African Tribal Music Rolls On In For The New Millennium

It seems that, over the past 20 or 30 years, we’ve evolved from one music style taking over each new decade – 60’s and 70’s rock, 80’s pop – to gradually seeing (or hearing, as the case may be) much more diversity in mainstream music.

Techno, pop, rock and R’n’B fused together to create mainstream music in the 90’s. During the first decade of the new millennium however, tribal music has joined the blend. Rhythms and melodies that we’ve historically left to the ‘new age’ crowd are now making more noticeable inroads into popular music by mixing with beats that we are more familiar with – and doing so rather successfully!

Now that tribal dance music has become readily available to a greater audience, why shouldn’t it be more popular?

As part of its very nature, tribal drum music has a primal beat. Ceremonially used as an expression of emotion, African tribal drum music symbolizes a heartbeat that brings up a certain mood in the dancers. Emotion goes beyond race, culture and religion, and communicates to us now, just as it did to tribal people dancing on the African savannah hundreds of years ago.

A Slave Trade Side Effect

Tribal dance music has played an important part in the evolution of many European and Western music genres. When you listen to European music styles, it does not really come as a surprise that the slave trade brought together hundreds of different styles of tribal dance music that began influence various music genres. Tribal drum music became an important part of the evolution of modern music styles, from rock’n’roll and jazz to techno and dance.

The Twist & the Jitterbug

Dances such as The Jitterbug and The Twist were created by the fusion of popular rock music and tribal beats. These catchy rhythms and dance moves wriggled their way from our ears directly down to our feet without stopping to ask for permission – the only way you can stand still when they take hold of your spinal column is by nailing your feet to the floor. Even more stolid folks decided that was too painful, so they threw away the hammer and boogied their way into miniskirts and blue-suede shoes.

Tribal Dance Music in the Contemporary World

Now, fifty years later, tribal dance music is no longer merely a background sound. Recording artists such as Ariel Kalma, Adesa and Professer Trance have helped to keep tribal music alive and well in modern culture. These musicians, among many others, have gathered tribal dance music with rhythms reminiscent of rock, pop and R’n’B from far-flung places such as Australia, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Africa, North America and Central Europe. To create the scintillating tune overflowing with liveliness and movement, they blend didgeridoos, African singing and Tibetan chants blend with guitar riffs and smooth saxophone notes.

As music continues to change grow, our hope is that people and nations will change in the same way.

A roadmap for the future?

The first 10 years of this new millennium have been widespread with both success and tragedy. As people all around the world celebrate and grieve together, as we become more accepting of diverse beliefs and ways of life, hopefully we will follow in the direction that music leads – a harmonisation of mankind’s numerous voices into one melodic sound. The tribal music that once played such an essential part of our history is now guiding us into a peaceful future.