Songs from the Bardo

Songs from the Bardo begins with a bell ringing out once, twice, three times, as a ritualistic chant emerges from the dense silence. The collaborative composition by avant-garde icon Laurie Anderson, Tibetan multi-instrumentalist Tenzin Choegyal, and composer and activist Jesse Paris Smith is a guided journey through the visionary text of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, unfolding in an 80-minute ebb and flow of sound and words. Songs from the Bardo is a transporting experience, meant to draw the listener into the present moment and provide a framework for inner exploration. Anderson, Choegyal, and Smith fuse modern compositional techniques with the mystique of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy to make these visionary traditions more accessible to a new generation of listeners and to reveal the ancient wisdoms contained within.

Track Listing

101	Homage to the Gurus	Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith	03:31
102	Heart Sutra Song - Gone Beyond	Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith	07:31
103	Awakened One	Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith	05:28
104	The Three Jewels	Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith	04:17
105	Brilliant Lights	Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith	11:13
106	Listen without Distraction	Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith	05:27
107	Gong	Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith	01:37
108	Dancing with the Crescent Knife	Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith	04:26
109	Jigten	Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith	06:04
110	Natural Form of Emptiness	Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith	06:38
111	Lotus Born, No Need to Fear	Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith	07:07
112	Dividing Line	Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith	03:50
113	Moon in the Water	Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith	05:15
114	Awakened Heart	Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith	05:09