Burning is Learning

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Burning is Learning (Artist Print Edition)
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REPRESS COMING SOON (MAY 2024)

This edition is limited to 25 copies. It is the black vinyl edition of 'Burning is Learning' with the printed insert. It also includes two artist prints. One of the front cover, as designed and created by Robert Ryan. And one of the back cover, as designed and created by Kevin Craig. These prints are giclee archival prints on watercolor paper. The prints are 12" x 12" and are designed like the album cover, except that the black border around the image will be a quarter of an inch. The images provided are not the exact prints. Those images will be posted once we have the prints in hand.

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Burning is Learning (The Vinyl Edition)
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This is the black vinyl edition of 'Burning is Learning'. Limited to 200 copies. Comes with a printed inner sleeve.

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1.	Sadhu Saizina 03:23
2.	Someshwaraya 08:16	buy track
3.	Bhutapasarana 04:13
4.	Shivranjani 03:56
5.	Mahamrityunjaya Mantra 05:29
6.	Mahamantra 11:31
7.	Amrta 04:39
8.	Om Mani Padme Hum 04:17
9.	Radhe Govinda 06:48

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Centripetal Force announces the release of SOMA’s Burning is Learning. The album is being presented in a 200 copy vinyl pressing and will also be available digitally. Preorders for the album will begin February 8th. The release date for Burning is Learning is March 19, 2024, the Spring Equinox.

SOMA (Sacred Order of Mystic Apogees) is a group of musicians from central New Jersey who gather together to create eclectic devotional music. The members are multi-instrumentalists who play a blend of meditative soundscapes woven together with traditional Indian kirtan* music and inspired folk songs. SOMA builds on this traditional framework and incorporates amplified instrumentation and other added components to create an entirely new sonic experience. The result is a psychedelic tapestry of esoteric mantras, dynamic rhythms, and devotional prayers.

As you will hear on Burning is Learning, each song, vibration, and drone is treated with reverence, attentiveness, and respect - all of which acknowledges SOMA’s link in an unbroken chain to the ancient sounds. It’s a heady and heavy experience. It’s celebratory and reflective. The album is a unique approach to sounds that have been resonating for thousands of years. SOMA’s live performances are as intense as their recordings, landing them in temples, churches, concert halls, bars, and even cremation grounds. Plans to tour are in the works.

Burning is Learning is a reference to the Sanatana Dharma belief that cremation can help the soul achieve moksha, freedom from the eternal cycle of life, death, and rebirth. The album was recorded with Phil Caivano (Monster Magnet) at Studio 13 and Shorefire Recording Studios and mastered by John McBain (Monster Magnet, Wellwater Conspiracy, Desert Sessions).

*Kirtan is a word deriving from kirti, which means fame or glory. In general terms, a kirtan calls, chants, recites, praises, or glorifies. To perform kirtan is to make the mantras and names within them charged with one’s own energy and intention, as to have an impact on the listener. On this album the kirtans you will hear involve a great deal of call and response.

For listeners who enjoy everything from Alice Coltrane, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Debashish Bhattacharya to OM and Mahavishnu Orchestra.

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