John Levy on Seven Seas Music

John Levy

John Levy

John Levy, an Englishman in Bhutan, early seventies. Released by Lyrichord in the mid-'70s, all the people who have listen to these vinyls know that there isn't something more powerful, more prodigious and pure than them. John Levy was a London ethnomusicologist who took refuge in Tibetan Buddhism. So he had all the possibilities to record - with his Nagra stereo - all the rituals (even the most sacred). We can say that what is discovered here is unique and far beyond all that was done after that. All the material is fully remastered, and we propose the Levy's collection divided ...

Songs

Waking the Monks by John Levy

Waking the Monks

China
Traditional
Wood Blocks

From Morning Service by John Levy

From Morning Service

China
Traditional
Bells, Wood Blocks, Percussion

Reciting Names of the Buddhas, With Large Bell by John Levy

Reciting Names of the Buddhas, With Large Bell

China
Traditional
Bells
Chill, Light, Peaceful, Reflective

Fan-Pai, Solo Chant, Two Hymns by John Levy

Fan-Pai, Solo Chant, Two Hymns

China
Traditional
Bells

From Morning Service - Nuns by John Levy

From Morning Service - Nuns

China
Traditional
Bells, Percussion
Chill, Light, Peaceful, Reflective

Pei-Tou Liturgy (From the Great Bear Liturgy) by John Levy

Pei-Tou Liturgy (From the Great Bear Liturgy)

China
Traditional
Bells, Triangle, Percussion

Fan-Pai, Solo Chant (From the Hua-Yen Tzu-Mu Liturgy) by John Levy

Fan-Pai, Solo Chant (From the Hua-Yen Tzu-Mu Liturgy)

China
Traditional
Bells, Wood Blocks

Shui-Lu Fa-Hux from the Requiem Mass I by John Levy

Shui-Lu Fa-Hux from the Requiem Mass I

China
Traditional

Shui-Lu Fa-Hux from the Requiem Mass II by John Levy

Shui-Lu Fa-Hux from the Requiem Mass II

China
Traditional
Wood Blocks, Cymbals

Ching - Ming (Ceremony At the Graves of Ancestors) I by John Levy

Ching - Ming (Ceremony At the Graves of Ancestors) I

China
Traditional
Bells, Wood Blocks

Ching - Ming (Ceremony At the Graves of Ancestors) II by John Levy

Ching - Ming (Ceremony At the Graves of Ancestors) II

China
Traditional
Bells, Wood Blocks

Ch'ao-Tu Wang-Hun Private Requiem Mass I by John Levy

Ch'ao-Tu Wang-Hun Private Requiem Mass I

China
Traditional
Triangle

Ch'ao-Tu Wang-Hun Private Requiem Mass II by John Levy

Ch'ao-Tu Wang-Hun Private Requiem Mass II

China
Traditional
Flute, Triangle, Wood Blocks, Percussion

Ch'ao-Tu Wang-Hun Private Requiem Mass III by John Levy

Ch'ao-Tu Wang-Hun Private Requiem Mass III

China
Traditional
Flute, Bells, Wood Blocks