01 Crystal Gayatri by Crystal Slide published on 2024-04-16T23:07:52Z Mantra Hop is an initiative focused on positive mantra singing mixed with movement and dance from electronic low-fi beats, sub bass and live instrumentation such as Shivam’s signature 22 string Crystal Slide Guitar, tabla, Shakuhachi flute and more. After three years of full time study under a scholarship at SAE media institute during Covid lockdowns world wide, Shivam Rath has reinvented a new style of sacred mantra music blending his Indian Classical training and signature Crystal Slide with electronic music production. Hence the birthing of the new album Mantra Hop. This is an initiative focused on group mantra singing mixed with movement and dance from electronic low-fi beats, sub bass and live instrumental looping based on Indian Classical Music, creating a dynamic journey from subtle ceremonial silence, lush atmospheric sound scapes to upbeat dance music, mantra singing, live instrumentation and then returning back to the meditational space. Genre World