Indigenous Soul Movement
Alexis Holland / Dashmesh Khalsa
Description
Indigenous Soul Movement is a duo comprised of Dashmesh Khalsa and Alexis “Wayah” Holland. Together they deliver an experience that is inspired by and honors ancient indigenous cultures from around the world. They utilize a wide variety of instruments – Didgeridoo, handpan, crystal bowls, tuning forks, udu, vocal chanting, flute, tabla, cajon, other exotic percussion and more! Their goal is to unite and educate people through the power of sound to honor the truth of ancient cultures and the environment.
Our Individual Bio’s:
Alexis “Wayah” Holland is a musician, sound healer, yoga teacher, float consultant & polarity practitioner who has dedicated her life to discovering the phenomenon of how sound directly effects the human body. The instrument that inspired her first was the drum because of her Native American background. This led her to explore many types of sacred ceremonies that revolved around music. From there, she expanded her vocal range and learned how to play many different types of instruments such as the crystal bowls, tuning forks, handpan, didgeridoo, guitar and more! Her mission is to spread a message of inner and outer awareness.
Dashmesh Khalsa is a musician, producer, sound healer, and naturalistic philosopher who has worked with internationally renowned artists such as grammy award winning producer Bill Laswell, Steve Roach, Byron Metcalf, Toshinori Kondo, the Vendetta Kingz, along with many others. His first CD “Fusion” was released in 2008 which was mixed by and played on by Bill Laswell. In 2010 he co-collaborated with Byron Metcalf and Steve Roach to release the album “Dream Tracker” which was met with international acclaim. For the past nine years he has studied music traditions from around the world such as Indian classical Tabla, Australian aboriginal Didgeridoo, Japanese Taiko drumming, and West African Djembe. He has blended styles of music such as tribal, electronica, ambient, hip-hop, jazz, and other diverse styles thus defying traditional notions of boundaries and styles to create new hybrid genres. Dash’s driving philosophy is to transcend static notions of divisions, genres, and styles to bridge the difference between cultures and create more harmony where it may not have existed otherwise.
The Indigenous Soul Movement bandcamp and soundcloud will be up very soon, we are just in the midst of adding final touches to our album we will be releasing through both online venues.
https://indigenoussoulmovement.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/indigenous.soulmovement
https://soundcloud.com/wayah333
https://soundcloud.com/dashmesh
The videographer:
Corey Shaw
http://www.concepttorealityvideo.com/