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FLUTE SOLOS
1 For my people 3:03
2 Thank you Alaska 8:10
3 Sweet breath 7:25
4 Voice of Tibet 7:42
5 Mahalo 5:14
6 I miss you 6:08
7 It’s organic 5:48
8 Have a good journey 7:20
9 Think nice 4:36
10 It’s beautiful 2:16
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Recording and post production
by Karma Lama, Alaska
Additional post production by Graeme Wilson,
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NGAWANG SANGDROL is a prominent former political prisoner from Tibet. After peaceful demonstrations consisting solely of saying and shouting “Free Tibet!” in public, she was imprisoned at the age of 13 for 9 months and then again at the age of 15. The authorities gradually increased her sentence to 23 years, making her the longest sentenced female political prisoner in Tibet. After ongoing international pressure Ngawang was released in 2002. She had spent 11 years in prison.
In 2009 Karma Lama invited Ngawang to share her experience in song. Here she tells us her story in her own words and with her own voice, accompanied by Karma’s original music.
THEY STOLE MY LAND
1 Do you know my story 4:47
2 Can you handle the truth 9:37
3 Take a deep breath 7:10
4 Amala tashi deleck 4:11
5 Once upon a time 4:44
6 It’s secret 4:54
7 Coming through 4:19
8 Now we’re talking 3:54
9 My heart’s been broken 7:53
10 Hope is my dream 4:34
11 Shake it 5:34
12 It’s a true story — with
Ngawang Sangdrol 9:34
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Cover photo by Hugo Glendinning, London
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LEARN HOW TO RESPECT
1 Sunset 5:48
2 Junga boogie 2:56
3 Star shining 5:49
4 Do you believe love and peace 7:46
5 Alaska reggae 4:48
6 Nannie 4:15
7 Feels good being buddhist 7:29
8 Deep in the jungle 10:06
9 Celebrate 5:58
10 Allah, I can’t scream anymore 14:52
11 Culture jamming 4:33
Music and lyrics composed by
Karma Lama and Carl Wassilie
Special guest Daniel Lesperance
© Culture Brothers 2007
Produced by Karma Lama and Paola Pivi
Recorded in a cabin in Hope, AK,
in August 2006,
by Allen Nielsen, mixed and mastered
at Surreal Studios,
Anchorage, Alaska, manufactured and printed by Discmakers, Pennsauken,
New Jersey
Karma Lama
drum, flute, guitar, keyboard and vocals
Carl Wassilie
Yup'ik drum, vocals, keyboard, African drum and shakers
Special guest Daniel Lesperance
acoustic guitar
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Four
Immeasurables Meditation
I. May all beings have happiness and
the causes of happiness.
II. May they be without suffering and
the causes of suffering.
III. May they never be without genuine
joy free of suffering.
IV. May they abide in great impartiality free of preference, attachment and aversion.
THIS ALBUM CONTAINS A DIVERSE MIX OF MUSIC; TRADITIONAL AND AVANT-GARDE, SPOKEN POETRY, REGGAE, ELECTRONIC, BLUES, DANCE MUSIC, WITH SPOKEN AND SUNG MESSAGES OF FREEDOM.
NGAWANG NEVER ACCEPTS PAYMENT
FOR TELLING HER STORY, SO FOR EVERY
COPY OF THIS CD SOLD,
$1 WILL BE DONATED TO THE INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TIBET, ON BEHALF
OF NGAWANG SANGDROL.
THIS ALBUM WAS CREATED BY KARMA LAMA AND CARL WASSILIE, YUP’IK (INUIT) OF ALASKA AND REPRESENTS A UNION OF THEIR TWO CULTURES: TIBETAN AND YUP’IK. THE MUSICAL STYLE IS VARIED: TRADITIONAL, REGGAE, DANCE, MELODIC, MEDITATIVE AND FUNK.
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• “The real issue… is China’s illegal occupation of Tibet… The Chinese authorities have attempted to confuse the issue by claiming that Tibet has always been a part of China. This is untrue. Tibet was a fully independent state when the People’s Liberation Army invaded the country in 1949/50… As China’s military occupation of Tibet continues, the world should remember that though Tibetans have lost their freedom, under the international law Tibet today is still an independent state under illegal occupation.”
The Dalai Lama talking to the US Congress in 1987
As quoted in Thomas Laird, The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama (New York: Grove Press, 2006). © 2006 His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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SPECIAL REPORT
1 You gotta be kidding me 5:54
2 Om Namo Shiva 4:44
3 Ladies and gentlemen 7:34
4 I wish I am Yup‘ik 7:04
5 Everybody calm down,
shake and dance 6:21
6 Ehi princess 7:20
7 War in the street 5:32
8 Mr. Culture Brothers 4:27
9 Anybody down there 4:12
10 Free Tibet 4:04
11 My name is Mao Zedong 6:44
TIBETAN MAN
1 Right on brother 5:32
2 Mr. Irish 3:49
3 Thank you animals 6:43
4 What‘s funny 5:07
5 Two in one 3:56
6 It’s in my dream last night 3:14
7 What‘s in your mind 4:42
8 Half yes half no 3:32
9 I don‘t know 4:37
10 Funk bluegrass 4:24
11 What you think 5:08
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Culture Brothers, Alaska
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FUNK
MIX
ELECTRONIC
INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC
