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Giovanni Fazio (aka Makyo), David Hikari & S. Widi Padmasana is a collaboration between Gio Makyo and David Hikari, a pair of Tokyo chill-out djs, and the mysterious S. Widi, their "spiritual advisor" from Bali. This album was inspired by misty nights in Ubud and the mind-shattering "oong" mushrooms of Bali. The music takes you on a trip through inner and outer space, finally ending up back in the lush, tropical ambience of Ubud at night. The album features field recordings and live performances recorded in Bali, Tibet, and Tokyo, and varied instrumentation, including: Tibetan mantra, gamelan, Indian frame drum,...
There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Padma is a UK-based singer-songwriter, signed to Just Music. He hails from a small suburban town near Sheffield in the North of England. He has been a practising Buddhist for over 10 years and at one time intended to spend his life as part of a Buddhist Order. In the end it was his inability to cope with that exact thing – order – that led to him going his own way, choosing instead the path of the artist. Armed with a tent, rucksack, and sleeping bag, and inspired by...