Cultivating Compassion is the first release on Six Degrees Records‘ new Soundbalm imprint, a new label focusing on the intersection of ambient music, new age & sound healing. It is also the first in a series of immersive projects combining guided meditations with new, original music from some of the leading lights in the deep ambient music field. Providing the guided meditation for Cultivating Compassion is Miranda Macpherson.
Creating an original, beautiful new musical soundtrack to Miranda’s words is the Bombay Dub Orchestra. Consisting of composer/producers Garry Hughes and Andrew T. Mackay, BDO have built a reputation for combining their unique fusion of electronica with the lush sounds of a full Indian orchestra, featuring performances from some of South Asia’s most renowned instrumental soloists. From main-stage performances at the UK’s Big Chill Festival and Djing across the globe, scoring feature films to remixing such world-renowned artists as Bob Marley, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Bebel Gilberto, fans and critics around the world have embraced their music.
About the new label imprint and the idea of combining meditations with new musical works, Six Degrees Record co-founder Bob Duskis says: “From my days working at Windham Hill Records, to the 25 years that Six Degrees Records has existed, I’ve been particularly fascinated by music’s ability to heal, comfort & elevate us. The concept of “Music as Medicine” is very real to me and has become only more relevant during the Trump years and now the pandemic. I think we can all benefit from being transported by these immersive new sound journeys & I look forward to presenting new ways in which spoken word and beautiful music can be combined.
Music: Bombay Dub Orchestra
Meditation: Miranda Macpherson
Jenny Grainger –
Wow! I have just spent an incredible 46 minutes with my headphones on and feeling waves of healing energy washing through me. This track is so much more than just a guided meditation. It is a healing experience and one which I will incorporate as part of my spiritual practice.
colorcat –
What a beautiful experience with Miranda’s exquisite Meditation on Compassion and soothing orchestral sound healing. This offering is a portal to Heart Opening for us all. Thank you for this truly wonderful gift to humanity..
olivier riche –
Thank you Miranda for this beautiful and genuine offering of guided loving kindness and compassion meditation accompanied with the atmospheric music of Bombay Dub Orchestra.