released October 30, 2015
Created by RYT-certified instructor, Kimee Massie, BLACK YO)))GA is vinyasa style yoga set to drone, noise, stoner metal, ambient, industrial, space doom, and other traditional meditation music. It incorporates basic poses in a relaxed environment, while focusing on safe body mechanics. It’s a traditional class in practice, though darker than what you may typically associate with yoga.
Since 2012, the music for these classes has been a series of mix-tapes. This particular recording, however, was performed and created by the BLACK YO)))GA Meditation Ensemble, an eclectic group of metallic hippies and doomlords, headed up by Kimee’s husband, Scott Massie. This ensemble has produced a soundscape tailored to create a heavy meditative space in order to spread the benefits of yoga to people within their own art and music communities: people who may battle depression, anxiety, alcoholism, drug addiction, trauma/PTSD, phobias, dark passengers, etc.; those who may not feel they fit into the typical yoga classes; the people who, in all rights, may most need the balance and release of yoga to return to and lead rich, fulfilling lives.
You can’t fully appreciate the light until you understand the darkness.
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BLACK YO)))GA - "Asanas Ritual, Vol. 1"
Produced and Orchestrated by Scott & Kimee Massie
Directed by Joseph Stammerjohn, Eyes to the Sky Films
Assisted by Nick Prezioso, Jason Bender, and Chris Nicholson
Edited and Arranged by Joseph Stammerjohn
Cover Art by Chris Smith, Grey Aria Design Studios
Layout & Design by Kimee Massie, Fresh Coffee Creative, LLC
Filmed at the Outer Skin for the Inner You, May 31, 2015
Kimee Massie
Instructor / “Cult Leader”
BLACK YO)))GIS on Film:
Scott Massie, Chad Hammitt, Jennifer Johnson, Maggie Jones, Doyle Daigle II, Allie Nickel, Nick DeMaio, Rachel Johnson-Dissel, Forrest Vinson, Rob Hawk, Nick Noir, Paige Swiderski, Laura Thavenius, Liz Morrissey, Mark Bogacki, Danielle Commisso, Toni Morrison, Kiley Brady, and Simon Tobin (invisible)
All Music Written and Performed by
the BLACK YO)))GA Meditation Ensemble
Chad Hammitt – Guitar (7), Keyboard (2,3), Vocals (5)
Nick DeMaio – Guitar (2,3), Drums (7)
Adam Weston – Guitar (5,6,7)
Gene Fikhman – Guitar (5,6)
Nick Noir – Bass (2,3,7), Vocals (6)
Justin Bach – Bass (5,6,7)
Kelly Gabany – Drums (5,6,7)
Tom D’Andrea – Drums, Percussion (7)
Mark Palmieri – Cello (1,4,7,8), Vocals (5),
Danielle Commisso – Keyboard (5,6), Piano (7), Violin (2,3)
Dirac Delta – Synthesizer & Samples (1)
Mike Tamburo – Gongs (1,6,7,8)
Scott Massie - Singing Bowls (1,2,7,8)
Erika May – Vocals (3,6)
Allie Nickel – Vocals (5,6)
Tracks 2,3,5,6,7 Recorded at Treelady Studios, March 20-22 2015
Engineered by Dave Cerminara
Assistant Engineers: Liz Klehm and Josh Hirshar
Tracks 1,4,8 Recorded in Mark’s Basement
Engineered, Edited, and Mixed by Mark Palmieri
Additional Recording on Track 1 by Dirac Delta of Secant Prime
Additional Recording Throughout at Mark Palmieri, Chad Hammitt, Mike Tamburo, and Adam Weston’s Home Studios
All Tracks Mixed and Edited by Mark Palmieri with Scott Massie
Arranged by Scott Massie with Chad Hammitt and Mark Palmieri
Mastered by Zach Moore at HDdB Mastering
Released by
Screaming Crow Records
204 E. 8th Ave., Homestead, PA 15120 USA
Issued under license from Innervenus. All rights reserved
BLACK YO)))GA® is a U.S. Federal Trademark Registration
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