Sacred Spirit
Sacred Spirit is a musical project by Claus Zundel, Ralf Hamm, and Markus Staab and pecy. The music is of electronic, new age, world and ambient genres. Sacred Spirit's total worldwide album sales are estimated to be over 15 million copies.[1] For each album sold, donations are made to the Native American Rights Fund, a non-profit Native American organization devoted to restoring the legal rights of Native Americans.
Sacred Spirit | |
|---|---|
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Higher Octave Music |
| Associated acts | B-Tribe |
| Website | www |
| Members | Claus Zundel Ralf Hamm Markus Staab pecy |
Discography
Albums
1994 - Sacred Spirits Yeha-Noha (ISBN 1-885381-27-1)
| Track No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Yeha-Noha (Wishes Of Happiness & Prosperity) | 4:00 |
| 2. | Tor-Cheney-Nahana (Winter Ceremony) | 6:58 |
| 3. | Ya-Na-Hana (Celebrate) | 7:05 |
| 4. | Dawa (Cradlesong) | 4:18 |
| 5. | Ly-O-Lay Ale Loya (Circle Dance) | 5:14 |
| 6. | Ta-Was-Ne (Elevation) | 2:38 |
| 7. | Gitchi-Manidoo (Advice For The Young) | 6:01 |
| 8. | Heya-Hee (Intertribal Rain Song) | 7:37 |
| 9. | Shamanic Chant (Heal The Soul) | 1:31 |
| 10. | Yo-Hey-Ohee (War Cries) | 6:16 |
| 11. | Outro & Eulogy (How The West Was Lost) | 3:00 |
1995 - Chants and Dances of the Native Americans (sometimes labeled Indians)
| Track No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Intro & Prelude (How the West was Lost) | 3.00 |
| 2. | Ly-O-Lay Ale Loya (The counterclockwise circle dance) | 6:58 |
| 3. | "Normo Jovnna" remix | 5:14 |
| 4. | Ya-Na-Hana (Celebrate Wild Rice) | 7.05 |
| 5. | Dawa (The Cradlesong) | 4.18 |
| 6. | Gitchi-Manidoo (Advice for the Young) | 6.01 |
| 7. | Yeha-Noha (Wishes of happiness and prosperity) | 4.02 |
| 8. | Ta-Was-Ne (Elevation) | 2.38 |
| 9. | Heya-Hee (Intertribal song to stop the rain) | 7.37 |
| 10. | Shamanic Chant No. 5 (Heal the soul) | 1.31 |
| 11. | Yo-Hey-O-Hee (Brandishing the Tomahawk) | 6.16 |
Certifications and sales
| Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium (BEA)[2] | Platinum | Expression error: Missing operand for *.* |
| France (SNEP)[3] | 2× Platinum | 600,000* |
| Germany (BVMI)[4] | Gold | 250,000^ |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE)[5] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| Sweden (GLF)[6] | Gold | 50,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[7] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
| United States | — | 211,621[8] |
| Summaries | ||
| Europe (IFPI)[9] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
| Worldwide | — | 1,750,000[10] |
*sales figures based on certification alone | ||
1997 - One Little Creature - Music of Fading Cultures (Pieces of Time)
Released only in Japan
| Track No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Intro / Prelude | 0:56 |
| 2. | One Little Creature (Bulgarian gaida bagpipes (large ensemble) & a Korean folksong from the kangwon province) | 4:13 |
| 3. | You've Gotta Learn (three kingdoms japon) | 3:54 |
| 4, | Talk to Me (throat singers from tuva meet tibetian monks) | 3:53 |
| 5. | Interlude-what is aloomné? (copper eskimos of Canada's northwest territories) | 1:24 |
| 6. | Mêdunya - dancing naked in the summer rain | 4:12 |
| 7. | Aloomné - the inuiit salute the daylight | 4:04 |
| 8. | Final call (statement of the noble warrior) | 4:45 |
| 9. | Silent prayer (o´eh´bee´eh) (mouthmusic from northern island) | 4:33 |
| 10. | Interlude - love's not time's fool | 2:07 |
| 11. | É souber son (7 days of songs & dances with nomads of the desert) | 3:37 |
| 12. | O jamboo - the mirror of the great void | 4:20 |
| 13. | Don't be afraid (with love from the mekong delta) | 4:55 |
1997 - Culture Clash (Sacred Spirit 2)[1] ( Belgium #42, Austria #43, Sweden #53, Netherlands #59 )
| Track No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Intro | 1:55 |
| 2. | Culture Clash | 4:32 |
| 3. | Lay Down | 4:40 |
| 4. | On the Road | 4:14 |
| 5. | Legends | 7:02 |
| 6. | i. No More Cotton, ii. Interlude To Be a Slave | 3:45 |
| 7. | The Sun Won't Talk no More | 7:46 |
| 8. | Black Progress | 3:18 |
| 9. | Roots | 6:38 |
| 10. | Babes in the Juke House | 3:20 |
| 11. | i. Brownsville, Tennessee (instr.), ii. Interlude To Be a Slave #2 | 5:14 |
| 12. | Slow and Easy | 3:15 |
| 13. | Sonnet XVIII | 4:07 |
| Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (BPI)[11] | Silver | 60,000^ |
| Worldwide | N/A | 216,000[12] |
*sales figures based on certification alone | ||
2000 - More Chants and Dances of the Native Americans (Sacred Spirit II)[2] ( Italy #14, France #37, Netherlands #88)
| Track No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Intro: Gods & Heroes | 1:31 |
| 2. | Looking for north | 4:18 |
| 3. | Dela Dela | 4:41 |
| 4. | Land Of Promise | 5:47 |
| 5. | The State of Grace | 4:26 |
| 6. | Yane — Heja — Hee | 4:49 |
| 7. | A — la — Ke | 4:42 |
| 8. | May you walk in sunshine | 3:57 |
| 9. | The Spirit | 3:03 |
| 10. | O — Loa — Ki — Lee | 3:18 |
| 11. | That Noble Dream | 4:51 |
| 12. | The Sad Eyed Chief | 4:03 |
2003 - Jazzy Chill Out (Sacred Spirit Vol.8)[13]
| Track No. | Title |
|---|---|
| 1. | You're Gonna Love (feat. Tampa Red) (Theme from Vangelis' Ask The Mountains) |
| 2. | Bad Luck (feat. Lightning Hopkins) |
| 3. | Da Cool (feat. Anita O'Day) |
| 4. | The Roots |
| 5. | A New Dawn (feat. Carla Rums) |
| 6. | Last Nite (feat. Lightning Hopkins) |
| 7. | The Last Unicorn (edit) |
| 8. | Love Comes My Way (feat. Ella Fitzgerald) |
| 9. | The Sun (feat. John Lee Hooker) |
| 10. | Chillin' |
| 11. | Some Like It Easy (feat. John Lee Hooker) |
| 12. | That "rive gauche" - Vibe |
2003 - Bluesy Chill Out (Sacred Spirit Vol.9)[3]
| Track No. | Title |
|---|---|
| 1. | Driftin' |
| 2. | This Earth |
| 3. | Interlude: The Wide Open |
| 4. | Black Rain |
| 5. | Love Is Blind |
| 6. | Down In Louisiana |
| 7. | Interlude: The Loneliness of the Slide Guitar |
| 8. | That's Right |
| 9. | My Mother Told Me |
| 10. | Oh Yeah |
| 11. | Wasteland |
| 12. | Why |
References
- ↑ "Sacred Spirit". Radio King. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
- ↑ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – 1995". Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ↑ "French album certifications – Indiens Sacred Spirit – Chants Et Danses Des Indiens D'Amerique" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Indians; 'Sacred Spirit')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Suffy, Thom (14 October 1995). "Charly & Theo Sees 'Stars' On European Pop Charts". Billboard. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "British album certifications – Sacred Spirit – Chants And Dances Of T". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Chants And Dances Of T in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
- ↑ "September 17 & 23 releases". Universal Music Group. September 2014. p. 6. Retrieved November 24, 2019 – via Scribd.
- ↑ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 1996". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
- ↑ Suffy, Thom (17 February 1996). "Who's Selling Where". Billboard. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ↑ "British album certifications – Sacred Spirit – Scared Spirit Ii Culture Clash". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Scared Spirit Ii Culture Clash in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
- ↑ Pride, Dominic (29 August 1998). "Some European Acts Being Marketed As 'Brands' Instead Of Faces". Billboard. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ↑ Sacred Spirit at Allmusic
Other websites
- Sacred Spirit official site
- Sacred Spirit at Allmusic
- Nrk.no
- Virginmusic.de
- Archive.greengalactic.com Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Archive.greengalactic.com Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Home.global.co.za Archived 2017-10-23 at the Wayback Machine