Purple Television
[July 28 2020] : Television
PURPLE PRESENTS: EXCLUSIVE RELEASE OF PATTI SMITH AND SOUNDWALK COLLECTIVE’S NEW MUSIC VIDEO
The second video “KNOWLEDGE OF THE SELF” features ANOUSHKA SHANKAR
The sound of Himalayan winds, sacred mantras and water rippling in the holy river Ganges, invite us to Peradam, the transcendent new album by Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith, featuring ANOUSHKA SHANKAR, TENZIN CHOEGYAL, and CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG. Peradam takes as its entry point RENÉ DAUMAL’s early 1940s novel Mount Analogue: a Novel of Symbolically Authentic Non-Euclidean Adventures in Mountain Climbing, in which the French writer, critic and poet mapped a metaphysical journey to “the ultimate symbolic mountain” in search of meaning. In it, Daumal introduced the idea of the “peradam”, a rare, crystalline stone – harbouring profound truths – that is only visible to seekers on a true spiritual path.
Pre-Order HERE: http://smarturl.it/peradam
Video edited by Anastasia Ivanov
Produced by Soundwalk Collective for Bella Union
All music produced by Soundwalk Collective in Rishikesh, Varanasi, Paris and NYC in collaboration with LEONARDO HEIBLUM
Poem by René Daumal
Recorded in Varanasi, at Electric Lady Studios in New York, and at Alev Lenz Studios, London
Engineer James Campbell
Mix and additional production Russel Elevado at Electric Garden in New York
Mastering by Noel Summerville, London
Anoushka Shankar appears courtesy of Mercury KX, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
With the kind support of The Analogue Foundation
