Raphael (musician)
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Raphael is a United States
musician and composer of ambient music
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in 1948. Raised by Benedictine nuns, when his family got ill, he learned classical music and Gregorian chant.
In 1967, he participated at the San Francisco Summer of Love, masquerading as a velevet-caped European count playing gypsy violin. He studied piano at the San Francisco Conservatory. From there he moved to the Esalen Institute at Big Sur where he worked for ten years as a teacher and musician. There he started pursuing music as a therapy, mixing world ryhtms and western music.
In 1988 he released 'Music To Disappear In' which sold over 500,000 copies.
In 1990, Raphael moved to Maui, Hawaii, and married Swiss-born psychotherapist Kutira Decosterd. They founded the Kahua Hawaiian Institute, where they perform musically and teach Oceanic Tantra.
In 1992, he founded Kahua Records, the label of his latest works.
Raphael's work are all published under his sole first name. Some websites refer to him as Raphael Decosterd (or Décosterd) but it seems to be his Swiss-born wife's last name. The Kahua Institute's website refers to him as Raphael F. Sharpe.
United States
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musician and composer of ambient music
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
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Biography
Raphael F. Sharpe was born in Tulsa, OklahomaOklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
in 1948. Raised by Benedictine nuns, when his family got ill, he learned classical music and Gregorian chant.
In 1967, he participated at the San Francisco Summer of Love, masquerading as a velevet-caped European count playing gypsy violin. He studied piano at the San Francisco Conservatory. From there he moved to the Esalen Institute at Big Sur where he worked for ten years as a teacher and musician. There he started pursuing music as a therapy, mixing world ryhtms and western music.
In 1988 he released 'Music To Disappear In' which sold over 500,000 copies.
In 1990, Raphael moved to Maui, Hawaii, and married Swiss-born psychotherapist Kutira Decosterd. They founded the Kahua Hawaiian Institute, where they perform musically and teach Oceanic Tantra.
In 1992, he founded Kahua Records, the label of his latest works.
Raphael's work are all published under his sole first name. Some websites refer to him as Raphael Decosterd (or Décosterd) but it seems to be his Swiss-born wife's last name. The Kahua Institute's website refers to him as Raphael F. Sharpe.
As a solo artist
- Music To Disappear In (1988) - Hearts of Space RecordsHearts of Space RecordsHearts of Space Records is an independent record label owned by Valley Entertainment.From the label’s website, “Launched in 1984, this record label was created as an extension of the weekly syndicated radio show Hearts of Space...
- Music To Disappear In II (1991) - Hearts of Space RecordsHearts of Space RecordsHearts of Space Records is an independent record label owned by Valley Entertainment.From the label’s website, “Launched in 1984, this record label was created as an extension of the weekly syndicated radio show Hearts of Space...
- Angels of the Deep (1994) - Hearts of Space RecordsHearts of Space RecordsHearts of Space Records is an independent record label owned by Valley Entertainment.From the label’s website, “Launched in 1984, this record label was created as an extension of the weekly syndicated radio show Hearts of Space...
- Intimacy (Music for Love) (1996) - Hearts of Space RecordsHearts of Space RecordsHearts of Space Records is an independent record label owned by Valley Entertainment.From the label’s website, “Launched in 1984, this record label was created as an extension of the weekly syndicated radio show Hearts of Space...
With Kutira
- Never Give Up! - Kahua Records
- Sacred Feminine Voices of Bhutan - Kahua Records
- The Calling - Kahua Records
- Like An Endless River - Kahua Records
- Prayer - Kahua Records
- Oceanic Trantra - Kahua Records
- The Opening - Kahua Records
External links
- http://kahuarecords.com/ http://kahuarecords.com/
- Maui Eco Retreat http://mauiretreat.com/