Music

Karmapa

The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa's spiritual album, Refuge was Published by PBC Music, Taiwan, in 2010.

Wu Xiao Ci was honored to be invited to compose and produce these pieces for His Holiness (H.H.), the 17th Karmapa, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. The Three Jewels was performed by His Holiness. Karmapa Chenno was performed by the 11th Palden Pawo Rinpoche, a respected living Buddha who was only 15 years old. He is one of Karmapa’s “heart sons.”

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Humanity, the first album of the album series Clean Your Heart, published by Taihe Rye Music, Beijing, which led to the success of winning “The Most Breathtaking Album of The Year”, awarded by SINA.com. The inspiration of the theme - Time Tunnel, comes from Return to Innocence, by Enigma.

When we are young and life is new

Our every dream and wish can be true

We pray that god will only speed up the time

So much to do

But then the years go rushing by

No time to stop or wonder why

Those tomorrows have become yesterdays

And you see everything has changed but the world and its ways

- Time Tunnel

As the central figure in the album, Wu Xiao Ci composed and produced these songs. She has traveled in Tibet, Nepal, India and Southeast Asia in order to preserve and develop the beauty of the original folk music. In her travels, Wu Xiao Ci archived a large collection of local voice, musical and religious instruments. She combined these elements with pop, electronic, world, new age, and experimental music, as well as with other audio engineering and vocal performance techniques. The following traditional Chinese instruments’ timbres were also used: pipa, guzheng, guqin, xiao, yangqin, ruan, and xun.