Bliss Beyond

About the Artist
Violet Samudra is a fusion of passions from the East mixed with sounds from the West. Fronted by guitarist/composer Steve Booke, the band blends sounds from the Middle East and India to arrive at a very unique musical place. Steve Booke, known for film and television soundtrack work is a graduate of Berklee College of Music. He has appeared on countless recordings with noted musicians from around the world. Ray Ippolito, the group’s percussionist, has performed and/or recorded with such musical legends as Baba Olatunji, Eddie Henderson, Mark Whitfield, Frank Colon and Dr. John. Ray has shared the stage with Al DiMeola, Arif Sag, Mordy Ferber, Badal Roy just to name a few, in places all over the world such as Japan, Venezuela, India, Nepal and of course N.Y.C. Brandon Terzic, the multi-instrumentalist of the group playing Oud, Saz and Cumbus has studied under great names in world music such as David Fuzinski, Najib Shaheen and Bassam Saba. Tabla player Muthu Kumar,! is a disciple of world renowned tabla player Ustad Zakir Hussain. His tabla work has appeared on countless award winning Bollywood films and he has played on over 50 CDs. Dave Eggar, who handles the cello parts for the group is a graduate of the Julliard School of Music. He has performed and recorded with Roger Daltrey, Sinead O’Connor, Ornette Coleman, Bobby McFerrin and countless others. The combination of these musicians, their training and influences make Violet Samudra a very unique, soulful and spiritaully healing musical experience. After hearing the music the listener will feel what few words can describe.

Product Description
Bliss Beyond is a fusion of styles and sounds of the East along with easy to digest song structures of the West. When listening to the music you will be transported to an exotic time and place. The skill of all the musicians comes though not only technically, but emotionally as well. Stylistic nuances of the East make this CD even more of a unique listening experience since the instrumentation is anything but traditional. Lead by acoustic guitar the other instruments include: Voice, Oud, Saz, Cumbus, Violin, Cello, Tabla and Percussion. Bliss Beyond is sure to be a CD that you will listen to over and over again dicovering new things everytime and will be one that you will keep in your CD player for a long, long time.

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Average customer rating: Seven years later... You don't even know.... Fantastic well written album Face to Face's Best Written Album If only you could understand

Ignorance Is Bliss Face to Face Manufacturer: Beyond Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk-Pop | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Reactionary Standards & Practices Face to Face Big Choice Don't Turn Away ASIN: B00000JJKM Release Date: 1999-07-27

Tracks:

1. Overcome
2. In Harms Way
3. Burden
4. Everone Hates A Know-It -All
5. Heart Of Hearts
6. Prodigal
7. Nearly Impossible
8. I Know What You Are
9. The Devil You Know (God Is A Man)
10. Pathetic
11. Lost
12. Run In Circles
13. Maybe Next Time

Customer Reviews:

Seven years later..........2006-09-27

I remember when this album came out summer 1999. At that point Face To Face had been dormant for nearly two years (a hefty stretch for them). Now, after a full year in the studio, they were finally releasing their fourth full-length studio album.

At this point in my life, at age 19, I had come to the conclusion that the "punk scene" had had spent my high school life defending was beyond repair. The supposed "punk rock values" were completely self-centered and self-serving. "Sell-out" was rhetoric applied to anyone who stepped outside punk's clearly drawn boundaries. Major labels, MTV, large venues -- none of this would do for a "true" punk rock band. Heaven forbid you try to stretch past breakneck tempos and power chords.

When IGNORANCE IS BLISS finally dropped, I was mezmorized. Trever & co. showed that they had more up their sleeve than Disconnected and I Won't Lie Down. No punches were pulled in the production; besides decidedly un-punk song structure, they also added string arrangements (thus elevating the song Burden from "excellent" to "ethereal") and ambient sounds that enhanced the mood of the record. It was, and is, flawless.

So naturally, the "punk rawkers" despised it. Their website was flooded with barely coherent complaints. When they headed out on tour shortly after the album's release they were met not only with disapproving crowds, but with violence (which, in part, led to guitarist Chad Yaro's departure the following year). The tour had to be cancelled.

Face To Face then released two more albums, both returning to the "punk" stable, which is unfortunate. In 2003 they called it quits after sufficiently placating their fan-base.

So now, seven years later, the dust has settled. What of Ignorance Is Bliss?

Don't Turn Away is a punk rock cliche. Reactionary smacks of damage control. How To Ruin Everything is a band bored with their music and each other. But Ignorance Is Bliss stands as strongly as ever. With the lyrical brilliance of Heart Of Hearts or Prodigal, or the musical beauty of Everyone Hates A Know-It-All or Lost, it all proves that, for at least a little while, Face To Face was truely one of the greats.

You don't even know...........2006-03-02

Let me tell you how good this album is. I named my son Trever Keith after the lead singer of Face to Face. This is the only punk album I've ever heard that actually made me "feel" the music rather than just hear it. By far the best work Trever Keith has ever done. To me, punk is not a sound. It's an ideal, the way you are. Trever Keith had the most punk ideals out of any other lead man I've listened to. He came in, said what he had to say, and Face to Face left the scene.

Fantastic well written album.......2005-12-17

This is such an exceptional album. Not many punk bands have this kind of talent shown with this kind of song writing. Face to Face took a different direction with this one. It is much slower then the rest of their faster punk style albums. Many F2F fans ragged on this album saying it wasn't punk and then F2F changed back to their original sound for later albums which I believe really limited their growth as a band.

Face to Face's Best Written Album.......2005-08-27

When this was released it was met with so much scrutiny they immediately went in and recorded the lackluster "Reactionary". Don't get me wrong, I love the old punk rock Face to Face but this album is just amazing. It is slower, a little more "emo" maybe. Definitley a huge step and a huge risk song-writing wise and I think it paid off brilliantly. I hate the fact people will diss a band because they stop being so "punk rock". That term is so cliche and lame. A band as good as face to face deserves to put out whatever style sound they want. This is definitley their highlight and most heartfelt release. I feel like Trever Keith is really throwing everything he has into this! Thumbs WAY up! Highlights: Burden, Heart of Hearts, I Know What You Are, The Devil You Know, Run In Circles *To really show how good this CD is. From losing or ruining my copies of this album I have purchased this in stores 4 totally different times. No joke. Never done that before.*

If only you could understand.......2005-06-04

First of all i gave this only 4 starts because in my opinion there are less than 100 albums ever released to deserve five stars. This album is near perfection. I have been a face to face fan for a long time now and i own almost all of their work. I love the regular punk face to face has to deliver just like everyone else. My favorite album is probably self-titled or big choice. I read a lot of reviews on hear from idiots that bash this album. These idiots do not understand change, artisitic integrity, or a simple desire to try something new. This album is a big change for face to face. But it only shows you the capability of an amazing band. This record is near flawless for the type of music it delivers. It is a masterpiece of its own creation. If you can not understand that then you shouldn't be listening to this band in the first place. because if you listen to face to face's overall style, thats exactly what it is. A masterpiece of its own creation.

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Bliss Beyond Manufacturer: Earth Tones Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Middle East | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAET14 Release Date: 2005-05-03

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Bliss Beyond Violet Samudra Manufacturer: Earth Tones Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0009FGWQM Release Date: 2005-05-03

Tracks:

1. Ananda Sagara
2. Picture of a Purple Sky
3. Inward Upward
4. Garden of Maya
5. Sunrise at the Foot of the Mountain
6. Threshold of Sleep
7. Into the Light
8. Khumba Mela
9. Eternal Light
10. Return to Earth
11. Bliss Beyond

Product Description

Bliss Beyond is a fusion of styles and sounds of the East along with easy to digest song structures of the West. When listening to the music you will be transported to an exotic time and place. The skill of all the musicians comes though not only technically, but emotionally as well. Stylistic nuances of the East make this CD even more of a unique listening experience since the instrumentation is anything but traditional. Lead by acoustic guitar the other instruments include: Voice, Oud, Saz, Cumbus, Violin, Cello, Tabla and Percussion. Bliss Beyond is sure to be a CD that you will listen to over and over again dicovering new things everytime and will be one that you will keep in your CD player for a long, long time.

Average customer rating: Wow These guys kick @$$! Lyrics that make you think. AMAZING!!

Darkness Shines Weszt Manufacturer: Dalin ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00008K2QS Release Date: 2003-02-01

Tracks:

1. Pretty Vampires
2. Hookah
3. Gunns
4. Crawl to the Outside
5. Face Down in Hollywood
6. Kathyra
7. Together::Infectious
8. Rest is Hollow
9. Sound That Love Makes
10. Crazy if You Please

Album Description

Weszt's sound meshes well with contemporary mainstream rock, but his lyrics express a desire for deeper meaning, often weaving themes within themes, where a song is not always what it first appears to be. Most easily described as alternative rock, Weszt's music explores a wide range of subjects. From love to murder, from gunfighters to celebrity stalkers, Weszt puts an uplifting sound to dark emotions.

Customer Reviews:

Wow.......2007-05-13

If you like Verve Pipe, mid-era Rush, etc. you'll love this. I can safely say there is not one filler song on this CD; they're all that good. Melodic, great guitar riffs, tight drums, thoughtful lyrics, and wonderful vocal harmonies. My favorites: Pretty Vampires, Hooka, Crawl to the Outside.

These guys kick @$$!.......2006-09-04

I know these guys! They are the bomb! The lyrics are awesome. The music is off the chain! I can listen to their music for hours and hours and just loose myself. I plan on going to every show I possibly can. I definately reccomend this as a MUST BUY!!!!! Their second CD, also, a must buy! BUY BUY BUY BUY!!! And in case you didn't get that BUY IT!

Lyrics that make you think........2006-09-03

Take a poet, say Walt Whitman-esque, powerful music, and a strong, yet mildy pleasant voice and you get the music that comes from Central Florida's Weszt. What a relief to find a band that wants to find a sound original in its own right. The lyrics grab and make the listener wonder "what can that mean". The powerful guitar riffs are complemented so well by the lead singer's (Weszt - the band's namesake)melodic vocal hooks. There is only one thing better than listening to this band's cd...listening to this band live. Keep an eye out for their latest cd, morningafterlife. Listen, think, and rock!

AMAZING!!.......2003-03-17

It's rare to hear an album where every song is good - I don't skip any of them! Pretty Vampires is awesome and Face Down in Hollywood is destined for movies. Remind me of early Live, but definitely on their own path. Great vocals, great songs - I love it!

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