Eric Mandala has collaborated with over 100 people in this band
http://www.mandalaworldmusic.com/mandalamembers.html
Rie Mandala, Tinklik, Accordion..., Japan/ Epizo Bangoura, Kora, Guinea/ Dan Ship, Bass sarengi kalimba..., Canada/ Dawin Martin, Keyboard..., Poland/ Wu Yi Jen, Flute, Taiwan/ Carmen Shakti, Vocals, Spain/ Micheal Gordon, Tabla..., Canada/ Taylor Aka Dj Zemi17, Gamelan..., Digital Effects, USA/ Ivan, Percussion, Mexico/ Kosuke Matsumoto, (Tabla) Japan/ Mamadou Dembele, (Goni), Burkina Faso/ Princess Kush (Vocals) Nigeria/ Kari, Sax, Flutes, Ghana/ Christopher Fryman, Trumpet, Canada/ Tony, Percussion, Kendang Sunda, Indonesia/ Bagas, Bass, Indonesia/ Shiori, Sanshin, Japan/ Made Surya, Suling, Indonesia/ Andy, Bass, England/ Rock Starkey, Drums, USA/ Peace Dave, Percussion, USA/ Three Stones, Guitar, Taiwan/ Pramono, Sax, Indonesia/ Bimo, Clarinet, Indonesia/ Appiah, Percussion, Ghana/ Rantos, Bass, Indonesia/ Gatot, Guitar, Indonesia/ Valadimir, Sax, Cech Rep./ Tony, Guitar, Indonesia/ Dina, Vocals, Indonesia/ Bambang, Gamelan, Indonesia/ Erwin, Gamelan, Indonesia/ Deny, Gamelan, Guitar, Indonesia/ Prapto, Bansuri, Indonesia/ Jena la Flamme, Violin, Australia/ Gummy, Percussion, Australia/ Oded, Percussion, Isreal/ Francesca, Violin, Belgium/ Edo, Vocals, West Papua/ Danny, Trumpet, Indonesia/ Robby, Guitar, West Papua/ Coco, Drums, Gambus, Indonesia/ Faizal, Bass, Indonesia/Udin, Guitar, Indonesia/ Alex, Tabla, Australia/ Sabil, Flute, Indonesia/ Ferry, Drums, Indonesia/ Ucok, Bass, Violin, Indonesia/ Shin, Sitar, Japan/ Deepak, Sitar, India/ Jean, Paklavic, France/ Jess, Vocals, Canada/ Tetsu, Bass, Japan/ Bun Ito, Warr Guitar, Japan/ Jodie Campbell (drums, SPD-Sampling Pad), Canada/ Paul Richardson (Congas, percussion) US/ Oli dammacco (a.k.a. Shaft) (Keyboards) UK/ Nadine Edwards (vocals) Jamaica/ Hama (bass) Japan/ Fumiki (Kahone) Japan/ Peter Loof (Bass) Sweeden/ Nana (Vocals) Japan/ Yuka Hisano (Vocals) Japan/ Nana (Vocals) Japan/ Masaki (Bass) Japan/ Youska Yamamoto (Bass) Japan.... not all the members are written & more to come...
Influences
The list is Endless Most of them come from direct experiences of my Travels: And or Course meeting & seeing these amazing people Live.
Fela Kuti, Epizo Bangoura, Salif Keita, David Grisman, Jerry & The Dead, Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, Shakti, Bela Fleck, Phish, Santana...
Sounds Like
Basicly we take traditional Ethnic Instruments
and compose new and original music with them.
We use African, Indian and Indonesian instruments mostly,
World Ethnic Music Fusion: Gypsy, Jazz, Funk, Fusion, jam band, Afro beat, Gamelan...
It goes on and on always differnet always changing never the same way twice.
Jiliummonaiyoe listen :
Hi I am Eric Mandala. My Group is an international ethnic fusion world music group with people from around the world. It uses traditional influences of music and Art to create new and dynamic original material. Mandala has been traveling around the world and has more members than we can count. Its focus is to bring sacred styles of art together for a new fusion in this new multi-cultural world. Mandala travels around the world meeting with native artists from each country they come in contact with. Mandala is a wave of the future. As the world becomes smaller and smaller and multiculturalism becomes more and more the norm. Mandala arises to bring together those people from all orgins to see that they all have something in common. Mandala brings back ethnic forms of art and instrument with a new freshness making people apprieciate them again. Mandala has Produced and Recorded 8 Albums in Japan ,Taiwan, India, Africa, Canada and Indonesia.
Erics Wife is Rie Mandala: Rie and Eric met at Rie’s exhibition "Bridge" in 2001 at Borneo Art Studio in Bali.They quickly became partners and since then have made many multi-media exhibitions and performances. They collaborated for the first time at gallery Sembilan in Bali in the exhibition"Sound" in 2002 by creating speaking musical installations,printings and performance. Then in Taiwan 2002 at Evergreen they worked together again in "Shade" by creating masks and doing dance,painting,printing, and creating a new writing system to write all languages. In 2003 they brought other artists into their team and mixed with Shie Mu Fan in "Chaya" at San Yi to build an installation that could be lived in, in the mountains. They had theatre , fire, printing, painting, masks, and spirit entered from nature itself. In 2004 they toured Indonesia with the exhibition "Sen" doing live painting with with a jazz gamelan ethnic fusion performance. In 2005 They toured Japan and Indonesia mixing in live loops with the music making it possible to play all of the instruments themselves. In 2006 They toured 10 countries with "Nomadic Journey World Tour" Asia, Africa, Europe and North America... In 2007 they settled in Kyoto Japan working organizing many festivals and events. "UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE FESTIVAL" TRIBAL REVIVAL FESTIVAL" "MOON CIRCLE PEACE GATHERING" "LIVE LIFE" "THE JAM SOCIETY" "ERIC MANDALA & THE TRIBE" Now in 2008 they are opening a recording label studio in Kyoto Japan... Soon to open...
For more info: http://www.mandalaworldmusic.com
contact: eric@mandalaworldmusic.com
and join our group if you like the music
http://groups.myspace.com/mandala
Howdy, friends! I played "Ill Have Somebody Else"(-bonus track)on the newly GRAMMY nominated cd, Willie and the Wheel (Willie Nelson and AATW)!!!!!BRAND NEW SONGS UP TODAY! and the band just got on reverbnation..check it out..www.reverbnation.com/therubyjaneshow
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Others stay awhile, make footprints on our hearts and we are never, ever the same!!!!~I LOVE U DEARLY~LIBERTY~
♥The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspirationMonet~ MAY YOU FALL TO SLEEP THIS COLD COLD NITE WITH A SMILE ON UR FACE & SLEEP WITH THE ANGELS~LUV U, LIB~
My new record just came out this week on I-Tunes and CD Baby. I have included a video talking about the record, hope you enjoy it! Please leave us some feedback to let us know what you think! Thanks for your support.
-Ray Stephenson
PS: This album would make a great stocking stuffer ;)
Dear Mandala World Music, in our modern life we have... moments...friendship... changes... expectations... dreams... crisis... roads to go... love to share...
Enjoy this video about our urban life... have a good week...... Vibejays
ENGLISH
Mandala World Music, en esta vida moderna tenemos... momentos... amistades... cambios... sueños... espectativas... crisis... lugares adonde ir... amor para dar...
Disfruta este video sobre nuestra vida urbana... Buena semana... Vibejays
My new record just came out this week on I-Tunes and CD Baby. I have included a video talking about the record, hope you enjoy it! Please leave us some feedback to let us know what you think! Thanks for your support.
-Ray Stephenson
PS: This album would make a great stocking stuffer ;)
Online Now!
..
Monet~
