East Forest & Ram Dass - SouLand (Official Music Video) [Part 2]

This song "SouLand" (Feat. Laura Bird of The Mynabirds) is from the album "Ram Dass" by East Forest x Ram Dass. Released in August of 2019 it reached #1 on iTunes and #2 Billboard (New Age).

CD's & Double-vinyl available at: http://www.music.EastForest.org

East Forest was invited to Ram Dass’ home in Maui to join in conversation and record brand new teachings from the legendary teacher. After capturing these words of wisdom, East Forest returned to his studio in the high desert of Southern Utah to compose the soundtrack to beautifully support each songs’ subject. In these new recordings, Ram Dass’ words speak masterfully to the modern challenges that so many face with technology, dark thoughts, the nature of the soul, and so much more. The new East Forest record also features guest appearances from the likes of Trevor Hall, Stic of Dead Prez, The Mynabirds, and Grammy nominated artist, Krishna Das, all framing Ram Dass’ teachings with contemporary voices and cementing the 88 year old spiritual teacher into an echelon of relevancy and immediacy — offering a direct antidote for a highly polarized nation that is deeply in need of a universal voice of wisdom, connection and unconditional love.

CREDITS:

All music written, produced, mixed and engineered by East Forest (http://eastforest.org)

Ram Dass - spoken word (http://ramdass.org)

East Forest - Synthesizers, Percussion, Vocals, Drum Programming
Laura Bird of The Mynabirds - Vocals
Huntley Miller - Mastering

Director - David Altobelli (American Millennial https://vimeo.com/davidaltobelli)

Recorded at Boulder Rock Studios (Boulder, UT), The Map Room (Portland, OR) and Ram Dass' study (Maui, HI). All field recordings captured in and around Ram Dass' home on the island of Maui, Hawaii

With a deep bow to Neem Karoli Baba for his eternal guidance. Ram Ram. Additional gratitude to Raghu, Rachel, Kelly, Rita, Dasi Ma and everyone at Love Serve Remember; Tim, Isabelle and Rachel at N3W Level management; Girlie Action; Ron & Boulder Rock Studios and Steveo; Radha for her loving support; and Ram Dass for his endless inspiration.

Tim Cook - Executive Producer
Raghu Markus - Love Serve Remember Executive Director

"SouLand" LYRICS (Feat. Laura Bird of The Mynabirds)

It’s great to be in soul land
To identify with your individual soul
In the plane of consciousness
Which I call soul land
I go in to soul land
And in the soul
Is the witness
You witness the whole whole thing
I look around, what do I see
All my friends reflecting me
We do this dance, round and round
Never know what will be found
I can help you home
Witnessing your thoughts
Witnessing your incarnation
You witness your whole life
Soul land
You meet other souls
You meet your pod, soul pod
That have been with you infinitely
Soul land
And when you’re in your soul
You’ll find a doorway
Which leads into
The Atman
Don’t you want to come with me
You’re already here with me
And the Atman
Contains god
And you’re guru
Don’t you want to come be free
Soul Land