Publication
Imprint: UK : Caroline Records ; Real World, p1994. Context: Recorded, 1993 October, the Coachhouse, Clifton, Bristol. Edition:: Unabridged. Responsibility: Sheila Chandra. Physical: 1 sound disc (47 min.) : CD, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Call number
CD / Front Desk
UPC
017046234221
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: When I go on stage I’m completely alone. Hundreds of people are out there, waiting for me to sing. I have only my voice to carry me. I’ve had the experience of looking at the next song on the sheet and thinking “Oh no, I don’t feel the song in my throat, I don’t know if I can do this.” I know I’ve got to do it so I trust and open my mouth. Sometimes my own conscious and active “waiting” is rewarded by an incredible feeling. It’s as if an outside influence has entered me, sound is channelled through my body like a flute and there’s no sensation in my throat. I find myself a listener to this really good rendition of the song, better than anything I could possibly have rehearsed. It feels incredible and joyful, and sharing that with people is a wonderful experience.
I wanted to encapsulate this experience in a phrase, to reflect it back to the audience. I chose The Zen Kiss, not as a reference to Zen as an orthodox belief, but as a sense of a beautiful force moving effortlessly through me and leaving me through my lips, like a kiss. I have this sensation when rehearsing by myself but I hadn’t known that other singers apparently have the same experience. Playing live has heightened and intensified the experience for me. -- from publisher
Tracks: La Sagesse
Speaking In Tongues III
Waiting
Shehnai Song
Love It Is A Killing Thing
Speaking In Tongues IV
Woman And Child
En Mireal Del Penal
A Sailor's Life
Abbess Hildegard
Kafi Noir
FY2003 /
I wanted to encapsulate this experience in a phrase, to reflect it back to the audience. I chose The Zen Kiss, not as a reference to Zen as an orthodox belief, but as a sense of a beautiful force moving effortlessly through me and leaving me through my lips, like a kiss. I have this sensation when rehearsing by myself but I hadn’t known that other singers apparently have the same experience. Playing live has heightened and intensified the experience for me. -- from publisher
Tracks: La Sagesse
Speaking In Tongues III
Waiting
Shehnai Song
Love It Is A Killing Thing
Speaking In Tongues IV
Woman And Child
En Mireal Del Penal
A Sailor's Life
Abbess Hildegard
Kafi Noir
FY2003 /
Physical description
4.75 inches
Language
Original language
Undetermined