In the last yoga mix ("Desert Garden") I've included a track "Garden of the Gods" which is from my side project Art Sonic.

I thought I should post some links to more Art Sonic music, specifically, the last album, available as a free download.

I wrote "Roadside Sketches" during a 3-week long road trip to American Southwest, and it's the first part of the Southwestern trilogy, a project inspired by the mountain streams, rugged beauty of the desert, tales of the Old West and freedom of an open road. I've recorded a wealth of material during this trip and also did some field recordings which later, back in my studio, got incorporated into the tracks’ arrangements.

If you'd like to find out more about this trip you can visit my Travel(b)log.

Big prairie skies, Rocky Mountain panoramas, desert vistas, ghost towns and ancient Anasazi ruins, all provided inspiration to pick up the guitar and attempt to translate sights into notes. I hope you'll enjoy these little roadside sketches.

Desert Garden Yoga Mix by Dubtrak on Mixcloud

Description:

After 6 months hiatus, Mixes for Yoga returns with a new selection of music. While the last, ‘Oceanside’ mix, explored tranquility of a beach, I’m starting 2013 with a desert theme mix; a place also filled with sand but, instead of the soothing sounds of surf, we explore silence and sensation of open space one can find in a desert. While many tracks in this mix come from netlabel releases and lesser known artists, I also included some rarities by fairly recognizable names like Massive Attack’s remix of Nusrat Fateh Ali Knah “Mustt Mustt”, Liquid Stranger’s early track “Between the bubbles” and Robin Guthrie’s (of Cocteau Twins fame) collaboration with ambient pianist Harold Budd.

Tracklist:

1. Seven - In Psychedelic Shine 
2. Yantra Mantra - Raga Sundara
3. Eastern Sun - Anthropocosmic
4. Blue Bedouin – Western Transitions
5. Eastern Sun - Manifest
6. Dub Parting - Masonik Remix
7. Harem – Jhariye's Dream
8. Razoof - Inhale Shelter
9. TikkiMasala - Sitaram Jai Uttar
10. Nusrat Fateh Ali Knah - Mustt Mustt (Massive Attack remix)
11. Carl Sagans Ghost - A Place to kill some time
12. Planet Boelex - Peflet
13. Liquid Stranger - Between the bubbles
14. Art Sonic - Gardens of the Gods
15. Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie - Deva C 
16. Enhanced Healing - Relaxation Music of inner reflection for stress relief

Links:

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Tranquil Oceanside Yoga Mix by Dubtrak on Mixcloud

Description:

In this midsummer mix chilling out is the theme. Great downtempo, psybient and dub tracks, hand picked by yours truely, will set the mood for your yoga practise, with the sounds of ocean surf as a backdrop... Enjoy!

Tracklist:

1. Harmonic Frequency - Sea Of Serenity
2. Rameses B - Every Cloud
3. Bushy - Never (Bonobo Mix)
4. Adham Shaikh - Deep Dream Meme
5. Cosmic Hinkstep - Three Islands
6. Desert Dwellers - Sukhavati (Opening Dub)
7. Bill Laswell & Jah Wobble - Alam Dub
8. SeaMoon - A Deep Breath
9. dZihan & Kamien - Homebase
10. Dreamtime Project - Memories of Turtle Island
11. Cosmic Hinkstep - Under the surface
12. Graffiti Mechanism - Love plug

Links:

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Ancient Flames and Skyward Pulses - Kundalini Yoga Mix by Dubtrak by Dubtrak on Mixcloud

Description:

Today we celebrate Summer solstice of 2012. Many people believe that this is the year of universal consciousness shift and that some unique evolutionary changes will begin to occur this Summer. I selected music for this mix to help you bring the attention to the divine union of ancient wisdom and Universal consciousness, and Kundalini Yoga is the discipline that focuses on sensory awareness and intuition in order to raise individual consciousness and merge it with the Infinite one. May the divine light within you shine bright in these times of changes!

Tracklist:

1. Goaschuld - Far Angel
2. Aes Dana - Aftermath
3. Cell - Blue Embers
4. Aes Dana - Natti Natti
5. Krill.minima - CatDinR42
6. Ganucheau - Stillness
7. Imtech - Invitacion a la Serenitat
8. Sibsey - Leave Your Lone Shore
9. MB - Herbstbeginn

Links:

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Sitar theme yoga mix by Dubtrak on Mixcloud

Description:

In this, fourth, installment of Mixes for Yoga, sitar is in the spotlight.
Classical Indian sounds of sitar by Anoushka Shankar and George Koller start off this mix before any beats are introduced. Well known downtempo tracks by Thievery Corporation and Bombay Dub Orchestra take the mix slowly in more upbeat direction, where number of ethno-trance tracks pick up the pace and energize the flow. Among them, there is an interesting sitar cover of Rolling Stones hit "Paint it Black" by Kaleidoscope Jukebox. Another Anoushka Shankar's track brings back serenity into the mix while closing classic sitar + tanpura raga allows for relaxing Savasana. Enjoy!

Tracklist:

1. Anoushka Shankar - Naked
2. George Koller - Compassion Blues Child Eyes
3. SpiritinStone - Isn t All One
4. Thievery Corporation - Satyam Shivam Sundaram (Feat Gunjan)
5. Bombay Dub Orchestra - Feel
6. Dj Dre - Narayana (Jayasree) Dj Drez Remi
7. Tikki Masala - Euphoriant
8. Kaleidoscope Jukebox - Paint It Black - KJ Rebuild
9. Prosad - Victory
10. Ethnicalvibes - Sitar in Fes with Sitarsonic
11. Devanagari - Tlaneci 
12. Anoushka Shankar - Lola's Lullaby 
13. Migel Konstantin - Shanti Shanti 

Links:

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Mystic Mountain Yoga Mix by Dubtrak on Mixcloud

Description:

Here is a mix that's perfect for longer vinyasa flow sequences. Tracks are longer to allow for slower pace of the flow. As before, you'll ease off into the mix with slower tracks that set the mood. More upbeat tunes will pick up the pace in the middle part with dubby Xizan by ZaZen and Liquid Stranger's Lotus. Desert Dwellers track will bring the mix into its final meditative sequence with the beautiful ambient piece by Enuui.   

Tracklist:

1. Ravi Chawl - Chakra Of Spirituality
2. Toires - Lahore Connection (Toires Aquatic Remix)
3. Kala Hari - One Love
4. SaReGaMa - Himalaya
5. ZaZen - Xizan
6. Liquid Stranger - Lotus
7. Dao - Soham
8. Thievery Corporation - Beloved
9. Desert Dwellers - More Than Anything (Vast Sky Mix)
10. Enuui - Shin'ei

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