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Rasa Music also now known as Rasa Living is a record label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

based in New York City

New York City

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. It is the sister record label of AMI (Australian Music International) which was formed in 1991

1991 in music

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with the intention of nurturing cultural musicians from Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

and marketing their music internationally. AMI is the home of Nomad (led by world beat composer and didgeridoo

Didgeridoo

The didgeridoo is a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians of northern Australia around 1,500 years ago and still in widespread usage today both in Australia and around the world. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe"...

player Adam Plack

Adam Plack

Adam Plack is an Australian-born didgeridoo player and recording artist. He is originally from Camberwell in Melbourne, but moved to New York City in 1994....

), whose self-titled album Nomad has earned success in the United States

United States

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and abroad. Today Rasa Music's artists include Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra is an Indian medical doctor, public speaker, and writer on subjects such as spirituality, Ayurveda and mind-body medicine. Chopra began his career as an endocrinologist and later shifted his focus to alternative medicine. Chopra now runs his own medical center, with a focus on...

, Prince Fatty, Indialucia, Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a male choral group from South Africa that sings in the vocal styles of isicathamiya and mbube. They rose to worldwide prominence as a result of singing with Paul Simon on his album, Graceland and have won multiple awards, including three Grammy Awards...

, Suphala

Suphala

Suphala is a tabla artist, composer, and producer. She is a protégé of tabla players Ustad Alla Rakha and Zakir Hussain and is based in New York City.-Background:...

, Benet, and many others. The label is run by Donna D'Cruz.

History

American record label focused on music for health, enlightenment and conscious entertaining. Donna D'Cuz is a celebrity DJ and head of the company. D'Cuz performed at events in St. Tropez, Mykonos, London, Paris, Istanbul, Oslo, Tel Aviv, Sydney, Monte Carlo, Mexico City and Marrakech; created unique music journeys for Jean Paul Gaultier, Dolce & Gabbana, Naeem Kahn, Donna Karan, Zac Posen, Diane Von Furstenberg, Patricia Fields and other in the fashion world. D'Cruz contributes 25% of her performances to charities such as the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation, Free Arts NYC, the G&P Foundation, Women Together (United Nations) and many more.

In 2007, D'Cuz was recognized as a “Trendsetter” by Conde Naste Publications and as one of the “Most Beautiful People” by Paper magazine. Her business endeavors have been honored by the Asian Women In Business society, as she was presented with the Entrepreneurial Leadership Award.

As the founder and creative force of Rasa Living D"Cuz strives to achieve much with the music and tools for personal transformation that she shares with the world. Rasa is Sanskrit for the sap or essence of things. It is a fitting name because Rasa’s CDs invite the world to meditate, learn about love, seek self exploration, and learn how to relax or just celebrate life - all things necessary to lead enriching fulfilling lives. Rasa creates soundtracks for our lives – the way we wished they could be.

In keeping with this mission, RaSa Music has expanded into Rasa Living, a lifestyle company that creates dynamic tools to aid in the expansion of consciousness while embracing sensuality, high doses of chic, conscious sourcing and production. D'Cuz says, “My dream is to show the world that music has the power to drive our humanity forward and change our consciousness. Music, poetry, art, dance are our necessary spiritual sustenance like food for our collective souls.” In 2008, Rasa Living released, “Surival of the Fattest” by Prince Fatty harking back to the classic Studio One, Island Records early Reggae sounds; “Soul of Healing Affirmations” by Deepak Chopra (Luxe CD with Flipbook package including A-Z Affirmations); “Soul Adventures- A Reiki-infused Journey into Wellness” by Trish Whelan/Soul Adventures, Rasa Wellness Volume 1 in response to the vast amount of Yoga salons, Spas, Hotels wanting unique relaxing music journeys; “Intriguing India” combining CD/DVD exploration into India (other countries are lined up for the series); follow-up releases on the well-loved “Afrikya” series. Other previous Rasa titles include Deepak Chopra’s best-seeling “A Gift of Love-Love Poems of Rumi” and “The Soul of Healing Meditations”,”Township Sessions” by The Mothers from South Africa; Marcus Samuelsson’s,”Afrikya”, IndiaLucia, Tafetta’s “Fanta”, Ladysmith Black Mambazo,“The Chillout Sessions”, “One Night At Momos” amongst many others) along with compilations that blend together voice and rhythm from around the world into a seamless musical journey. Conceived & Selected by Donna D’Cruz, RasaExotica Volumes I-III features international DJ’s and musicians from around the globe, alongside RaSa’s own artists. Companion compilations, RasaMello Volumes I-III offer a selection of blissful Balearic grooves that is simply the finest in Downtempo.

Summer Solstice

Rasa Living is delighted to be presenting “Summer Solstice

Summer solstice

The summer solstice occurs exactly when the axial tilt of a planet's semi-axis in a given hemisphere is most inclined towards the star that it orbits. Earth's maximum axial tilt to our star, the Sun, during a solstice is 23° 26'. Though the summer solstice is an instant in time, the term is also...

” to celebrate the Summer Equinox -
longest day of the year, Nature's ebullient, raucous Mardi Gras before Autumn's gathering and
Winter's rest.

Summer Solstice is a primal and pagan nod to the turn of earthly seasons with nature in full bloom &
beauty and lands flowing with milk & honey, abundance & plenitude, casting the same somnolent
spell on us all.

No matter if your Summer is spent under gentler Northern skies or under the paintbox-bright roof of a
Southern sky, we welcome Summer as avidly as any lover and leave it with the same poignant
reluctance.