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One at Last

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  • Genre: Alternative / Jam Band / Trance

    Location West Coast, Oregon, US

    Profile Views: 40247

    Last Login: 9/25/2011

    Member Since 10/16/2005

    Website www.lostatlast.com

    Record Label Sounds True

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Uniting elements... ...of world beat, techno/trance, pop and rock, One At Last's music is a braid of the futuristic and the ancient, the organic and the digital. This is a sound that throbs with life the sound of evolution in motion, of the tribal heartbeat being resuscitated by way of modern technology. Formed on Maui in 1996 under the name Lost at Last, the group quickly became the hottest happening in Maui's underground music scene, playing at epic all night house parties and alternative venues around the island. Adorned in black light paint, looking like a tribe from another star system, the band melded house grooves and trance and break beats with live tabla, congas, djembe, driving bass and gypsy rhumba rhythms on nylon string guitar. Multi-instrumental virtuoso Deva Priyo played sarod, berimbau and electric guitar with passion and precision on top of complex live sequences provided by electronica wizard Om. All the while, vocalist Jaya Lakshmi, a white-clad vision of alien elegance, sang mesmerizing Native American chants and Sanskrit prayers in a voice that coursed with beauty, purity and strength. Throughout the show, dancers gave mind-blowing performances a la Cirque du Soleil on a stage decorated with psychedelic artwork. Lost at Last's synthesis of sound and spectacle made their shows the journeys of many people's lives. Audience and band became one in a spontaneous multi-dimensional adventure through consciousness. In 1997, Lost at Last moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to merge with the region's burgeoning trance scene. The group was soon in high demand, becoming a key part of some of the West's most exciting alternative festivals. Their first performance on the main stage at the Burning Man Festival in 1998 has come to be remembered as one of the festival's legends. Other highlights include opening shows with the well known pioneer in consciousness Terence McKenna and jamming with Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead at the Great American Music Hall in 2001. Lost at Last found its place at the forefront of musical expression for a blossoming new subculture in the world. With songs sung in many languages (including English) inspired by various musical and spiritual traditions from around the world, the group conveys the spirit of cultural unity in a style that's accessible, catchy and infinitely danceable. In the summer of 2004, Jaya Lakshmi and Deva Priyo began working with other electronica artists and experimenting with different formulas to deepen and refine their sound. At this time the decision was made to change the band's name to One at Last, for various reasons, the main one being, because of the other Lost at Last in Norway. The other Lost at Last actually had coined the name before our Maui Lost at Last, pre-1997. The remarkable thing is, the other Lost at Last is a heavy (death) metal band, with songs like "Suicide Summer" and "Bastard" and "Sucker". Their songs are found next to 'Maui' Lost at Last's all over the internet, as you will find if you go to CD Baby or iTunes or Sony music and search the name - you can even check them out here on MySpace, at 'Lost at Last'. Due to this and other intrinsic changes in the band, it seemed timely to transform the name into something perhaps even more reflective of the essence of their music. One at Last released their first and possibly only album under the new name in the fall of 2006 on Sounds True Records, entitled "Are You Dreaming?". This album was actually the last Lost at Last album entitled "Tear the Walls Down", but it ended up being released under the name "One at Last" since it came out after the name change. Lost at Last released 2 CDs, 'Lost at Last' (1997) (Holon Records) and 'Lost at Last (II)' (2001) on RCA Windham Hill. One at Last is currently not performing or touring, as Jaya Lakshmi and Deva Priyo have become more dedicated to their solo music careers. ......

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    Jaya Lakshmi, Deva Priyo, transcendental group of various participating musicians

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