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Ra Records was established in 2004 as a way to produce, market and distribute
original recordings of Neo-Ancient music. Our museum shop-quality product
line exemplifies acoustic excellence combined with informative texts and
visual beauty.
Our
first release was Xochimoki’s “Land of the Feathered Serpent”,
an instrumental album performed with pre-Columbian musical instruments
of the Aztek, Maya and other Mesoamerican civilizations. This release
was followed by “The Psalms of RA” in two different versions.
The first version features ancient Egyptian texts set to contemporary
sacred music on a single CD. It comes with a CD-sized 48 page book in
Egyptian hieroglyphics, English, French and German. The second version
of “The Psalms of RA” is a double CD of both ancient Egyptian
AND Hebrew texts set to new music. This CD set comes with a descriptive
16 page booklet.
Our
latest release on Hu Ra Records is “Music in the Language of Light”,
a single
CD featuring only the Hebrew inspired compositions from “The Psalms
of RA”. It comes with a 24 page photo illustrated booklet, including
the original Hebrew transcriptions of all the texts. Future releases on
Hu Ra Records will continue to explore and celebrate the many ancient
traditions of our planet through the universal language of music. |
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The
all new version of “The Psalms of RA” is a single CD
plus book that is entirely focused on the ancient Egyptian-based
material from the original 2 CD set. The 56 minute CD comes inside
a beautifully packaged, 48 page, full color, hard cover book that
is the size of a standard CD jewel case. The book includes full
descriptions of every song, including instrumentation, history and
cosmology, with texts in English, German and French.. All the song
texts are also provided, from the original hieroglyphic versions
to the phoenetic pronunciations to the translations. The artwork
and photography of composer Jim Berenholtz illustrates the book
throughout its 48 pages. The photographs are exclusively drawn from
Jim’s extensive travels to ancient sacred sites in Egypt and
the Sudan. This highly informative and illuminating product is ideal
for world music lovers, Egyptology enthusiasts, history buffs, students
of metaphysics, and anyone who appreciates the art and wisdom of
ancient civilizations. Experience the acoustic ritual of “The
Psalms of RA”, as it takes you on a journey from sunrise to
sunset to sunrise again, paralleling the journey of the soul.
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Ordering
by mail
You can order
the "Psalms of Ra" CD/Book by sending a check for
$19.95 plus:
Add:
$3 for shipping one unit,
$5 for shipping
two units,
$7 for shipping
three units
$9
for shipping four units,
$11 for shipping
five or more.
Send to:
Hu Ra Records
1388 Haight Street, #46
San Francisco, California 94117
Make
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Double
CD, 108 minutes (2002)
An
acoustic ritual of neo-ancient music recorded at world-famous Skywalker
Sound with nearly fifty musicians of diverse ethnic background.
Ancient Egyptian, Hebrew and Sumerian texts are brought alive on
two CD's. From sunrise to sunset to sunrise again, the recordings
move the listener through time, from birth to life to death to rebirth.
Unique orchestrations combine Western symphonic instruments with
traditional Near Eastern winds, strings and percussion. Highlights
include a riveting string quintet set to the Hebrew text of Psalm
104, and a stunning musical interpretation of Akhenaten’s
“Hymn to the Sun” in ancient Egyptian. "The Psalms
of RA" celebrates the sun as our common ancestor and source
of light, while offering a new vision of a spiritual foundation
for peace in the Middle East. |
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by mail
You
can order the "Psalms of Ra" double CD by sending
a check for $18.95plus:
Add:
$3 for shipping one unit,
$5 for shipping
two units,
$7 for shipping
three units
$9
for shipping four units,
$11 for shipping
five or more.
Send
to:
Hu
Ra Records
1388 Haight Street, #46
San Francisco, California 94117
Make
checks payable to:
Hu Ra Records
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Our
latest release on Hu Ra Records is “Music in the Language
of Light”, a single
CD featuring only the Hebrew inspired compositions from “The
Psalms of RA”. It comes with a 24 page photo illustrated booklet,
including the original Hebrew transcriptions of all the texts. Future
releases on Hu Ra Records will continue to explore and celebrate
the many ancient traditions of our planet through the universal
language of music.
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Order
Online:
CD
and booklet $14.95 each |
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Ordering
by mail
You
can order the "Music in the Language of Light"
CD/Book by sending a check for $14.95
plus:
Add:
$3 for shipping one unit,
$5 for shipping
two units,
$7 for shipping
three units
$9
for shipping four units,
$11 for shipping
five or more.
Send
to:
Hu
Ra Records
1388 Haight Street, #46
San Francisco, California 94117
Make
checks payable to: Hu Ra Records
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Xochimoki's
new CD, "Land of the Feathered Serpent" has over an hour
of music performed on ancient Aztek and Mayan instruments. It has
been compiled from the best of our recordings in the 1980's, previously
only available on cassette. It also includes music that was created
for an animated film by Patricia Amlin entitled "Popol Vuh
- The Creation Myth of the Maya" (1990) that has aired many
times on PBS. All of the music has been re-edited and digitally
remastered, and some here-to-fore unreleased music is also part
of this release.
The
CD, booklet, and covers are illustrated with original artwork based
on pre-Columbian motifs. The highly informative booklet is in both
English and Spanish, and includes a Nahuatl and Mayan glossary of
terms .
Titles
of various tracks on the CD refer to ancient Mayan ceremonial centers,
sacred Aztek volcanoes, cosmologies and cultural traditions of the
native peoples of Mesoamerica. The music was inspired through the
living experience of connection to these cultural/spiritual roots |
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Online:
CD
and booklet $14.95 each |
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Ordering
by mail
To order
the CD of Xochimoki: Land of the Feathered Serpent
Make check payable to Jim Berenholtz
Cost:
$14.95 for the CD
Shipping:
Add:
$3 for shipping one unit,
$5 for shipping
two units,
$7 for shipping
three units
$9 for shipping
four units,
$11 for shipping
five or more.
Send to:
Hu Ra Records
1388 Haight Street, #46
San Francisco, California 94117
Make
checks payable to: Hu Ra Records
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