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About Aroshanti

Track 06: The Distant Healing Symbol

Album: True Reiki II

The word Aroshanti has been created to mean

'a bright inner peace                               

             that shines through your spirit'

It was created from the words Roshan and Shanti.

Aroshanti is an alias used by composer Nick Truch for his more relaxing and healing genre of music.

Photography by Andrea Pickering Photography

    As I learn more about sound and music the more amazed I am about the world we live in. The more I develop my spiritual being the more inspired I am to compose music and play with sound.

Everything around us from oxygen atoms, blades of grass, the wind in the mountains, to galaxies all resonate and create sound. I believe that a divine healing power comes from this universal sound and resonance. It is from this source of resonation that I try and compose my music."

The Newage movement is taking on a global transformation. It's values are starting to spread and take on different forms as we become more concerned for our planet. It is moving towards a global consciousness and a way of life that is in harmony with our beautiful planet. We are now in a time where science and spirituality can begin to harmonise and develop new ways of understanding the world we life in. To mention but a few examples:

   Cymatics - the study of wave phenomena

   Masaru Emoto - photographs of water crystals next to words of intent. Here are some of the images.

   Vibrations in Crystal - studies the types of crystal oscillations

Sound is everywhere and resonates through every cell of our bodies. This universal language connects us all whether we can physically hear it or not.

   From Tibetan chanting, jaw harps, and didgeridoos to all non-man-made sounds from the sea, sky, earth, and fire .. even space, the inspiration of sound is everywhere. I find tuning into these different sources of resonance a great inspiration for my composing. Focusing on those sounds and vibrations that create harmony, at all levels, can be a tremendous source of creation, healing and balanced well being."

Aroshanti Music

Aroshanti's music is characterised by waves of harmonies, rhythmical melodies and all things that resonate. Influenced by many genres, instruments and styles of music all these different forms of resonance can be heard in his music.

Key signatures of the music includes:

- Atmospheric soundscapes
- Deep and stirring textures
- Interwoven and grounding melodies + harmonies
- Ethnic influences in instruments and rhythm

Background

Nick was born in Kent, UK, and was brought up making lots of noise from a young age.

"I must have driven my family mad making sounds on everything from pots and pans to the family piano."

Living in Warsaw, Poland, during his teens opened his eyes to other cultures and musical styles at an early age. Nick now lives in the Lake District, UK. Having travelled the world and lived abroad many different influences and genres of music can be heard in his compositions. Nick's cultural instrumental interests range widely from Irish folk music to Taiko and Djembe drumming.

"There are so many genres and cultural mixes of music that I love to listen to, its impossible to narrow my music down into one genre."