Jetsun Mila, by Éliane Radigue

Jetsun Mila

by Éliane Radigue

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$12 USD or more

	1.	Jetsun Mila Pt. 1 44:24
	2.	Jetsun Mila Pt. 2 39:56

about

Originally released on Lovely Music in 1987. Jetsun Mila is inspired by the life of Milarepa, a great yogi and poet of Tibet who lived in the 11th century. The story of his life as told to his closest disciple, Rechungpa, represents one of the most famous works within Tibetan culture. The Mila Kabum, or Namthar, has been translated into several Western languages, including English and French. Eliane Radigue's 84-minute musical evocation of Milarepa's life is in nine sections, with prelude, which correspond to major periods of the life of this famous yogi. The sections flow from one to the other without breaks, one giving birth naturally to the next. Performed (Arp synthesizer) and recorded digitally by Eliane Radigue.

Other Music's Michael Klausman review of the work: "Jetsun Mila eschews text in favor of a purely electronic treating of his storied life via nine passages that slowly and seamlessly flow into one another. Radigue is one of the most perceptually disorienting composers I've ever heard, her exploration of inaudible subharmonics and overtones has a way of physically changing the landscape of the room her music inhabits, and it becomes difficult to sort out what the reality is between what you're perceiving and actually hearing. Jetsun Mila is deeply meditative, with some passages conjuring the random patterns of bells blowing in the stark mountains and valleys of Tibet, while others have the sustained power and near violence of Tibetan ritual horns. Her genius is that she achieves those effects through allusion rather than mimicry, trusting in the listener's ability to pursue the truth just as Milarepa did with his inscrutable words of wisdom."

credits

released May 4, 2007

license

about

Éliane Radigue Paris, France

contact / help

Contact Éliane Radigue

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like Éliane Radigue, you may also like:

Occam XXV
by Éliane Radigue & Frédéric Blondy

supported by 5 fans who also own “Jetsun Mila”

Wauw … this is totally sonic drone heaven! Radigue hits me again! Beautifull latzijones
go to album
Everywhere at the end of time
by The Caretaker

supported by 5 fans who also own “Jetsun Mila”

Actually astounding and emotionally moving, creating a community that I have been proudly a part of for 2 years OrsonXD
go to album
Living Torch
by Kali Malone

supported by 5 fans who also own “Jetsun Mila”

My heart is beating slower and faster at the same time kwellou
go to album
Sonic Essences
by Angela Winter

With all proceeds going to benefit Ukraine, the latest from Angela Winter is a beautifully haunting work that centers the human voice. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 16, 2022
go to album
Wave Debris
by Diana Duta & Julia E. Dyck

An otherworldly release uses modulated frequencies, feedback, & field recordings to explore the sensation of unperceived natural phenomena. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 29, 2020
go to album
RADIANCE V: FOR FRANZ WRIGHT
by Stephan Mathieu

The fifth entry in the twelve volume limited edition RADIANCE Subscription Series, is a stark electroacoustic invitation. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 29, 2016
go to album
Femenine
by Julius Eastman

supported by 4 fans who also own “Jetsun Mila”

A crucial historical document. Intricate and lovely. Lord Dubious
go to album