Mischa Rutenberg - When Days Have No Nights (The Songs of Rumi Music by Mischa)

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Music Review: Extraordinary love songs to God
Rating: 5 Stars

Without You/ This whole universe is just/ Passing through my fingers/ Like some powdered sand or dust,/ So won't You come, come, come, please come?/ Bring Your light into our lives, please come!

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No, don't say a word,/ Don't speak about the night./ We live in an endless day with limitless light,/ So don't waste your words, because you'll find,/ Our days have no night.

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He has opened the gates,/ He invites me in./ Deep in silence He waits;/ the world continues to spin./ I will spin, turn and circle all through the night,/ Early in the morning I will turn into light./ I'll never stop turning till I merge in Him,/ Turn, turn, turn, circle and spin!

The songs blend Eastern and Western styles of devotional music to make a very tasteful kind of world-beat sound that is lively but also refined and graceful. There are virtuoso Near Eastern strings, winds and percussion supported by acoustic and electric guitars, synthesizers and keyboards, a terrific jazz-rock drummer, congas, tablas, saxophones, a trumpet, clarinet, and backup singers. The instrumentalists weave a tapestry of hypnotic sounds around Mischa's vocal melodies. It is part new-age, part art-rock, part folk, part jazz, part blues, and all evoking the kind of devotional atmosphere one might find at Rumi's tomb - but using modern pop song forms. The music is wonderfully recorded and surprisingly varied. One song even has a chorus in Spanish! Some songs even have the poems chanted in Persian and English.

The result is a very rich experience unlike any other CD I've ever heard. Though there are only 13 songs listed, there is a LOT of music here! Each song has extended instrumental sections that are like musical meditations on Rumi's themes, and there are some amazing rhythm grooves combining the Middle Eastern and contemporary percussion.

Highly recommended for anyone interested in spiritual or devotional music.

Description of When Days Have No Nights (The Songs of Rumi Music by Mischa)

Blending eastern and western orchestration in a wide variety of styles. One is even in Spanish. Many of the songs also contain readings of the original in Persian and in English.

Very evocative melodies.....exotic rhythms.......full of devotion, joy, and longing.

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