Pink Floyd, Dead Can Dance, King Crimson, Amon Tobin, Radiohead, Peter Gabriel, Led Zeppelin, Krishna Das, Jimi Hendrix, Bill Laswell, Tangerine Dream, Spiritualized, Brian Eno, the Beatles, the Doors, the Swans, Primal Scream, Tabla Beat Science, Tool, NIN, Portishead, Debussy, Tricky, Bjork, Sheila Chandra, Zakkir Hussein, Bob Marley, Kraftwerk, the Orb, Orbital, Iron Maiden, Prokofiev, Primus, Frank Zappa, Gong, Rush, Santana, Massive Attack, Aphex Twin, John Cage, Robert Fripp, Ravi Shankar, Dr. Didge, Depeche Mode, Shakti, Sun Ra Arkestra, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Mr. Bungle, My Bloody Valentine, Meat Beat Manifesto, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Skinny Puppy, the Flaming Lips, Syd Barrett, the Verve, Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Karsh Kale, Afro Celt Soundsystem, Robert Johnson, Tom Waits, Acid Mothers Temple, Mars Volta, Sigur Ros, Bartok, Brahms, Ravel, Queen, Goldie, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Love and Rockets, Alex Grey, Salvador Dali, Middle Eastern and African drum music, Tuvan throat singing, superluminal information transfer on the quantum level, Robert Anton Wilson, Lao-tse, Aldous Huxley, William Blake, Henry Miller, Anais Nin, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Gibran, Alan Watts, Bill Hicks, Timothy Leary, Ken Wilber, Terence McKenna, H.P. Lovecraft, the craft of love, the ocean(s), the mountain(s), the Sirius mystery, the synchronicity mesh, solve et coagule (personal dissolution), the number 23, lemurs, etc. ....................
We created this more intimate space to stay connected to our true friends, family, performers, contributors, muses, creative minds, and fans of the music and vision of the performance group Telesma. We're honored to have the opportunity to collaborate with so many wonderful and talented artists. And the support and energy from our fans is truly a blessing, so we made this space to stay connected to all of you!!
We'll be adding unreleased music, video, and live performaces to this page, so check back and see what we're up to.
A conscious awakening is underway, and we each play our parts in that movement. So thanks for connecting with the Telesma:Collective.
A little bit about Telesma (for full bio, visit our official myspace)
Blending ancient and modern instrumentation and spirit, the Baltimore-based group Telesma bridges the gap between primal and futuristic. Setting themselves apart with their intoxicating sound and extraordinary live performances, they take the audience on a soul inspiring journey that transcends this world, tantalizes the senses, and moves the body with waves of pulsating rhythm. "To experience Telesma live is to become part of the show. More than just music, it's a swirling, whirling, twirling event...it's extremely hard not to become involved in the swaying, hypnotic rhythms that pour forth from the stage.” Michael Macey of the Chesapeake Music Guide.
Telesma's unique sound, oft labeled "electro-acoustic psychedelic world dance music", is driven by the ancient sound of the didgeridoo, the kubing (bamboo mouth harp), tribal drums and percussion, and the human voice. These elements are fused with modern instruments and technology to create a diverse sound ranging from intense polyrhythmic rock-n-roll, to ambient melodic meanderings, to trance-like pulses found in modern electronic dance/groove music.
Themes of higher consciousness, philosophy, connectivity, peace, and universal archetypes merge with influences from folklore, various mythologies and religion, nature, fantasy, art, and other mystical elements to create the root of Telesma’s inspirational message. This sound can be heard on the group’s first full length album “O(h)M” released in 2007, on their independent label “sTRANGELY cOMPELLING mUSIC”.
Besides the visual spectacle of the band itself, their performances often include elaborate multimedia projections, belly dancing by local and nationally known dancers, fire spinning, and performance art/interpretive dance by various artists. A Telesma performance creates a mystical atmosphere, taps into the energy of music, and evokes a primal celebration of mind, body, and spirit with their audience.
The diversity of the group appeals to a wide variety of people, and has opened doors for the band to perform at many different kinds of festivals, club shows, and performance situations, such as radio and television...including MPT's ArtWorks, NPR Radio, WRNR, 98Rock, 88.1 "The Signal", and more!
Telesma has performed in the mid-Atlantic region at such events as Starwood Pagan Gathering (NY), Culturefest (W.VA), Spoutwood Fairie Festival (PA), Maryland Faerie Festival (MD), Free Spirit Gathering (MD), the Baltimore PowWow (MD), Phanphest (NY/NJ), SoWeBo Festival (MD), 98Rock’s Summer Concert Series, and many great venues including the 8x10 Club, Recher Theatre, Metro Gallery, The Creative Alliance at the Patterson, The Whiskey, and many others...
Telesma's main graffic designer is Jeremy Opio be sure to checkout his other work on his profile.
Our live video projections are manipulated by Adam Weinberg
Also, checkout these solo album releases from Telesma members:
I wanted to let you know I really enjoyed your show a few weeks ago. I forgot to post it here but I put together a review of the night. You can check it out at my blog to give it a read. Peace & Light to you!
Y'all have a GREAT time at Starwood, my friends! As always, feel free to make some time for Asheville if you ever want to venture this far south! Be well.
:) I saw you play for the first time at artomatic and now I can't stop listening to that cd ohm--its amazing! I love your music, its wonderful :) Ohm describes it perfectly its peaceful, balanced, spiritual, eclectic, out of this world amazing! I love it. :D
