Deuter - Sun Spirit

Internationally acclaimed musician/composer Deuter has become known as a pioneer, combining contemporary and traditional musical forms. He has created music that is at once meditative and inspiring. This long-awaited album from Deuter celebrates the essence of the sun with captivating melodies brought to life with spirited flute, synthesizer and drum.

‘The sun is the centre of our solar system and permeates everything with its light. It is the essence of the highest consciousness and radiates out the inner light of knowing. This music is a celebration of the times when we know we are alive, when we feel and breathe the joy of being.’ - C.G. Deuter.

Reviews

‘Another extraordinary and long-awaited classic from Deuter. Reaching into the inner dimensions of the symbolism of the sun, Deuter masterfully creates music that manifests the solar power of positive diurnal consciousness. Listen to Sun Spirit and be illuminated.’ - Manuella Dunn Mascetti, author of The Illustrated Rumi: Wisdom from the Poet of the Soul.

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Sun Spirit by Deuter feels like a musical dance. To compare the auditory experience to a visual one, listening to this CD is like walking into a garden with walls of multicolored flowers with the technicolor turned up to 11 on a scale of 1-10. But to do the analogy justice you would have to dance through the garden and feel the energy of the flowers in your whole body.

Deuter is touted as a master of New Age/meditation music. He was a pioneer of electronic music and has an impressive discography of 43 releases dating back to 1790. A recent release that might be a familiar is Reiki hands of light.

His motto, “As far as the ear can listen,” is a great introduction to Sun Spirit’s nine tracks of instrumental music. The inspiration for this recording is the Sin, the essence of the highest consciousness, there at the center of the universe, it’s heat and light permeating everything. Deuter says, “This music is the celebration of the time when we know we are alive, when we feel and breathe the joy of being.”

Like many of Deuter’s previous recordings, Sun Spirit has a lot of movement - he layers recorders, guitars, synthesizers, piano, violin and tabla (Indian kettle drums) , to name a few. With it’s lack of slow, long, drawn-out notes and quiet space typical of this kind of music, I feared that it might not inspire relaxation. But the first client I played it for promptly fell asleep. So much for assumptions!

- Amy Williams, L.M.T., Massage Magazine

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Sun Spirit is a welcome return to earlier form for Deuter, with souring woodwinds, flowing guitars, and fresh, percolating rhythms that create a sense of celebration akin to “Land of Enchantment” or “Nirvana Road.” He salutes and derives themes from the essence of the sun with his captivating, souring melodies, playing, composing and producing all the music with the exception of violin by Annette Cantor and tabla on one track by Adi Pieper. Right from the first notes, it is easy to tell that something special is in store, and having loved his earlier catalog of titles, this is indeed a special treat, a chance for everyone to let their own sun shine. Music from a true master.

- Heartbeats Catalog (Backroads Music)

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Considering that his celebrated career now spans over 30 years, it is amazing that deuter can still match his best efforts (not so easy when your discography includes such classics as Land of Enchantment and Cicada) But returning to his world travels to bask in the Santa Fe sun must have recharged his German born musician’s creative batteries, since this new offering is nothing short of brilliant. Sun Spirit is a luminous look at all things bright and beautiful, seen with eyes illuminated with divine inspiration. From the effervescent “Zauberwald” to the spacious poem, White Bird, Blue Sky,” Deuter fills each musical phrase with radiance; the sounds seem to glimmer and gleam with an inner light, spreading a blanket of warmth over the soul. While best known for focusing on the sound of silence in his previous work (most notably, in the crystalline sounds of Nada Himalaya), this proudly boisterous release is more a dance than a meditation, and a celebration of universal consciousness made manifest through music

-New Age Voice Magazine, PJB

TRACKS

1 Zauberwald
2 Yellow Mandala
3 Sunlight Dancing
4 Apres la Pluie
5 Distant Islands
6 Horizon
7 Green Mandala
8 Sun Spirit
9 White bird, blue sky