Awards:
Aakasha has been selected as a 2022 Global Music Award-winning album for New Age.
Aakasha has been selected as a 2023 finalist for the InterContinental Music Awards.
(ɑːˈkɑːʃə) NOUN: the ether, regarded as including material and nonmaterial entities in a common medium.
The word Aakasha has evolved from Akash, and finds its essence in the Sanskrit root word, “as”, meaning “to be”. It also encompasses, and translates to, "primary substance"–that which existed before the evolution of the five essential elements (earth, water, fire, air, and space), and forms the core of all things in the universe.
Music Producers: Monika Ryan, Keerthy Narayanan, Siddhant Bhatia, Mia Moravis
Arrangers: Nirvaan Kelly Rai, Manas Mishra, Tapas Kalai, Rishabh Banerjee
Audio Engineers and Sound Design: Siddhant Bhatia, Prathyash Ariyil, Monika Ryan, Keerthy Narayanan, John Kilgore (John Kilgore Sound & Recording NY, NY), Mia Moravis
Mixing: Siddhant Bhatia
Mastering: Oscar Autie (El Cerrito Records)
Packaging Art Direction: Charu Chopra
Distribution and Back Office: Resensitize Records and Metamorphosis Agency, LLC
Awakening (5:08)
In the predawn, the pregnant darkness before all things begin to rise, there is a great gathering of energy. The first chant is the chant of divine awakening. Praying to the mother of creation, Gayatri, the veda-maata––“the mother of the vedas”, gives us the wisdom to accept our existence. We pray to the great lord, Brahma, and the power behind the entire creation, to propel us forward in life. May we awaken.
Vocalist: Monika Ryan
Vocalist: Siddhant Bhatia
Ambient Vocal Effects: Mia Moravis
Spoken Word: Gregg Braden (Passage from Wisdom Codes)
Chanting: Tapan Kumar Dash, Gatikrishna Panda, Anil Kulkarni, Pradeep Panda, Prafulla Kumar Dash
Cello: Martha Reich
Dulcimer: Martha Reich
Keyboards, Keerthy Narayanan
Music: Monika Ryan, Keerthy Narayanan
Cool Down (4:25)
Sometimes, when we are agitated, we are ignited by the heat of the moment, which can engulf our thinking and emotional states. Our egos fan the flames of our agitation, making matters worse, not better. In order to soothe and solve, we need to cool down. We need to quiet our burning passion with the cool rain of clarity.
Vocalist: Monika Ryan
Vocalist: Siddhant Bhatia
Ambient Vocal Effects: Mia Moravis
Piano: Charu Suri
Violin: Danish Ali
Tabla: Zuheb Ahmed Khan
Music: Siddhant Bhatia, Monika Ryan
Lyrics: Monika Ryan
Surrender (3:54)
We surrender to the divine light, to the divine rhythm of Aakasha, through which our breath flows flawlessly, and music breathes life through every note. We surrender, only to soar and fly free!
Flute: Pravin Godkhindi
Ambient Vocals: Mia Moravis
Guitar: Russ Hewitt
Keyboards: Keerthy Narayanan
Synthesizers: Siddhant Bhatia
Kalimba: Monika Ryan
Organic Percussion: Mia Moravis
Kanjeera: Swaminathan Selvaganesh
Music: Siddhant Bhatia, Keerthy Narayanan
Glimmer (4:26)
“You’re the joy of pure elation! No more pain, or odd persuasion.
You, and we, glimmer…”
Vocalist: Mia Moravis
Keyboards: Keerthy Narayanan
Synthesizers: Siddhant Bhatia
Organic Percussion: Monika Ryan
Music: Mia Moravis, Keerthy Narayanan, Monika Ryan, Siddhant Bhatia
Lyrics: Mia Moravis
Path Of Love (4:40)
“Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.” ~ Rumi
I looked everywhere. But found nothing. I looked within and found myself. I found my heart, exactly where it’s supposed to be. Exactly like it’s supposed to be. A journey, that I thought ended, is magically continuing. A journey in love. My path–of love.
Vocalist: Siddhant Bhatia
Ambient Vocals: Mia Moravis
Mandolin: U Rajesh
Keyboards: Keerthy Narayanan
Ukelele: Monika Ryan
Music: Siddhant Bhatia
Lyrics: Siddhant Bhatia
The Seeker Knows (4:28)
Sometimes, it is hard to tell fact from fiction. The landscape of information is so full and often cluttered. It can be hard to tell what is real. The Seeker knows that the truth is always present, even when surrounded and obscured by untruths and distractions. Those willing to go on the thoughtful quest for truth, through inspection and consideration, will find that which they seek, for the Truth is always there.
Vocalist: Monika Ryan
Ambient Vocals: Mia Moravis
Keyboards: Keerthy Narayanan
Synthesizers: Siddhant Bhatia
Organic Percussions: Mia Moravis
Music: Siddhant Bhatia, Monika Ryan, Keerthy Narayanan
Lyrics: Monika Ryan
Truth (4:23)
“Satyam Param Dhimahi”
What you call yours was never yours! It’s time to stop; it’s time to burn and drop whatever we have collected through our journey. It’s time for stillness, and to look beyond what you possessed, or what possessed you, and rediscover yourself within the never-changing omnipresent self. The absolute truth. Let’s meditate on the absolute truth.
Vocalist: Siddhant Bhatia
Flute: Pravin Godkhindi
Keyboards: Keerthy Narayanan
Tibetan Singing Bowl: Monika Ryan
Organic Percussion: Monika Ryan, Mia Moravis
Ambient Vocals: Mia Moravis
Music: Siddhant Bhatia
Lyrics: Srimad Bhagwatam (ancient Indian text)
Parts of One (4:15)
We are one. How am I to know you, but through my own understanding of you? How am I to understand you, but through my own understanding of myself? When I see you, I am using my lens, so am I seeing you? Or myself?
Vocalist: Monika Ryan
Spoken Word: Gregg Braden (Passage from Wisdom Codes)
Keyboards: Keerthy Narayanan
Synthesizers: Siddhant Bhatia
Ambient Vocals: Mia Moravis
Music: Monika Ryan, Keerthy Narayanan
Lyrics: Monika Ryan
Returning (4:17)
Return to your inner peace, your inner joy, and your source. Return to the lap of the mother divine, and prepare yourself to move ahead. For, all that matters is where you are, who you are, and what you are. Return–to yourself, within yourself.
Sitar: Adnan Khan
Vocal Soloist: Monika Ryan
Ambient Vocals: Mia Moravis
Choir: Alvina D'Souza, Riya Tickoo, Nishka Bhushan
Choir Coordinator: Sumer Bhatia
Keyboards: Keerthy Narayanan
Synthesizers: Siddhant Bhatia
Music: Siddhant Bhatia
Sublimity (4:31)
Can you feel the sublime energy that courses through, and around, us? If you sit very still and quiet your mind, can you feel it? Life is energy. Breath is energy. We are pure energy. Energy rolls in, out, and through us always. There is no moment more important than right here and now, full of the energy of this moment.
Vocalist: Monika Ryan
Piano: Charu Suri
Keyboards: Keerthy Narayanan
Synthesizers: Siddhant Bhatia
Organic Percussions: Mia Moravis
Music: Siddhant Bhatia, Monika Ryan
Lyrics: Monika Ryan
Guru Om (4:33)
I pray to the love, joy, and happiness within me. I pray to the highest consciousness, Shiva, the absolute truth, Brahma, and the absolute joy, Narayana, all within me. I pray to the Mother Divine, the knowledge and the life-giving nature keeping me steadfast, anchored deeply within the never-changing, immovable, Self. I pray to you and I pray to me, the Guru within me. Guru Om.
Vocalist: Siddhant Bhatia
Backing vocals: Monika Ryan, Mia Moravis
Flute: Pravin Godkhindi
Guitar: Tarshito Behr
Piano: Charu Suri
Keyboard: Sydney Barker
Sitar: Adnan Khan
Tabla: Zuheb Ahmed Khan
Female Vocals: Vidhi Sharma
Sarangi: Mudassir Khan
Tibetan Singing Bowl: Monika Ryan
Additional Music Programming: Aldo Arecha, Bharath Rajeevan, Premkumar Sivaperuman
Music: Siddhant Bhatia
Lyrics: Siddhant Bhatia