WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO THE MUSICAL COSMOS!!! This part of the site focuses on the music, perception, art, nature, vibration and cosmos of sound. There are some sounds here for you to check out, links to sites about sound and music that we enjoy around here, and some discussions, reviews, and thoughts about music and sound as they pertain to us here at the Dawn of Century XXI. The first part of the page deals with music...look a little further down, and you'll get into more specific sounds, ideas, and vibrations. Remember that this is all a work in progress. Please come on in and have some fun!!!!!!

-MUSIC-

(to visit the California music page, click:here!)

**HERE ARE SOME LINKS TO OTHER PLACES:

-ARTISTS-

**click on the artist or group pictured above, and off you go...

-LABELS, RECORD SHOPS, AND SUCH-

**WIN RECORDS...is a good label. Plus, their page is fun and has mucho links

**CREATION RECORDS...very good U.K., see for yourself!

**DARLA RECORDS...home of "Bliss Out" Recordings Series and much more

**DEDICATED RECORDS...Home of...Spiritualized..and much more

**ELEKTRA RECORDS(they've been good to us over the years)

**SUNDAZED RECORDS...(these reissue kings have a lot going on...check it out!)

**TOWER RECORDS ONLINE

-MUSIC PAGES/LISTS/ENGINES, etc-

**MYSTIC FOG: (A good Psychedelic Music Site)

**Ben Is Dead (online)

**HARMONY CENTRAL...(an unbelievable amount of music and tablature for the aspiring and the curious)

**SCAN THE ULTIMATE BAND LIST

-SOUND-

Sounds makes music happen, and hearing, along with sight,taste, touch, smell, and the other senses we don't totally understand yet, enables us to experience the world around us. We are going to highlight different sounds every now and again to explore. Whether loud or quiet, natural or man-made, sounds are a very special and wonderful part of the human experience and such. Anyway, keep checking back here; this part of the page will be growing.

-FEATURE ATTRACTIONS-

The Hammond Sound

Both of the gents pictured above are heavies in their own way. The one on the left originated the Hammond organ, the one on the right became one of its masters. The Hammond Organ sound is omnipresent in the music of the latter half of this century. Featured in countless jazz, soul, and pop recordings, the sound is very unique and recognizable. From churches and gathering halls all over the world to the recordings of such popular artists as James Brown, Bob Dylan or Bob Marley (and even in the background music of finer kung fu films or childrens' cartoons like Scooby Doo), the organ sound is there...heavy and sacred. It sends out vibrations that get you at the deepest and bring out an instant appreciation for the instrument, connecting you with sensations of wonder that are the reason people have always dug music and sound, since the neanderthal days. Anyways, click on the old man to learn more about Hammonds and click on Jimmy Smith to go to Verve Jazz where you can hear him play.

**>SITAR MADNESS

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East and West have interacted a lot the last few hundred years, and I for one say it's tops. India's sitar instrument is a popular export which has really made a sensation the world over, especially in the 20th century. Like the Hammond, but a lot older, the sitar is a funky, soulful, sacred, and cosmic instrument which must be heard to be believed. It was made popular here in the West by sitar master Ravi Shankar, pictured here. He turned on a lot of early rock and pop heroes to the benefits of sitar. It can be heard in the recordings of such Western artists as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, A Tribe Called Quest, Alanis Morrisette, Beck, and lord knows how many other people. I'm going to link you up so you can hear this instrument.

-INSTRUMENTS AND ELECTRONICS AND GADGETS-

I am going to start collecting different sound machines and devices to acquaint you with. Check back here for Echo Machines, didgeridoos, SP-12's, walkie talkies, Echoplex's, Talkboys, alpenhorns, and much more.

OM

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