Who were the Suns of Arqa?

New Suns of Arqa CD - SCARED SACRED

New Suns of Arqa album available very soon.

7 New studio tracks, mixed, arranged and produced by Wadada and Youth.

The musicians are:

Ragunath Seth
Johar Ali
Candida Valentino
Youth
Durga
DJ Guapo
Angel Eye
and
Michael Wadada

 

 

FREE DOWNLOAD OF TWO UNRELEASED SUNS OF ARQA TUNES

ONE IS MANY - Suns Of Arqa, live at Tours, France, 21st 0ctober 1997

BHOOPALI JOTI - Suns of Arqa, live & unplugged, Phoenix Theatre, Exeter, UK, 8th May 2004

Click above to download these free tracks.

 

 

 
Suns of Arqa are an ever-expanding collective of musicians, who, under the guidance of Wadada - produce some of the most eclectic and uplifting music you are likely to come across.

This site has information about all their recordings from 1979 onwards, some samples of audio, a calendar of live dates, news and much more.

Suns of Arqa CD's can now be purchased online!

SPECIAL - ALL CD's REDUCED IN PRICE. ALBUMS NOW
AVAILABLE FROM AS LOW AS £3.50!!

Click here to visit the shop.

 

 

New double compilation album - Through the Gate we go

20 tracks. Click here for a full track breakdown.

 

Hindu Pict DVD released on 6th November 2006

HINDU PICT chronicles WADADA’s mission to merge
Ancient Hindustani Music with Dub and contemporary dance
rhythms. Performances range from their debut gig, at the very first
WOMAD festival through to Glastonbury 2005 and Paris 2006.

Track listing:

1 CRADLE 2 COSMIC JUGALBANDI 3 SNELSON’S LAST STAND/PURE REALITY
4 HE DID NOT DIE 5 THE TRUTH LIES THERE IN 6 BASANT DHRUPAD
7 MICHEL-KI-MALHAR 8 NO DANGER HERE 9 QUETZALCOATL
10 GOVINDA’S HOUSE IN THE CITY OF NINE GATES 11 MAGICZNA MITOSC
12 STEPPIN’ TO THE MUSIC 13 PABLO’S LAMENT 14 ASTRAL CRAWLING
15 WADADA RAGA 16 BEYOND THE BEYOND 17 RHYTHM + RAAG TV Show
18 BHANGRA BEAT TV Show 19 TIM WHEATER interview 20 PRAGUE TV Show


 

Hallucinasia

Produced by WADADA and the Reverse Brothers
Tracks 1 to 12 mixed by the Reverse Brothers
Recorded Mumbai + New Delhi + Thessalonika

Raghunath Seth - Bansuri
Wadada - Bass Guitar
Johar Ali - Violin
Reverse Brothers - Keyboards + Programming


Alap-Joe-Jhala

This much sought after album, re-released at long last due to overwhelming demand.

Available September 2008


Big and Live - NOW AVAILABLE

BIG and LIVE was recorded 100% live,no overdubs,apart from the 3 extra bonus tracks featuring the legendary
JamaicanToaster PRINCE FAR-I remixed by NUCLEUS ROOTS. 12 tracks in all. The unique vocals of ANGEL EYE are complimented by guest appearances from the great DHRUPAD singer REBA BHADURI and CAT VON TRAPP.

BIG and LIVE is a return to the full organic sound of 70s dub, mixed with Hindustani 'magic' music. :

These albums and all available Suns of Arqa recordings are available now.  Click here for information about distributors in your part of the world, or for mail order information.

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Full Discography - Click here for a complete list of all the records that SOA have appeared on.

Want to know more about Suns of Arqa? Read The Story So Far which will fill you in on the band's background

Live dates
updated 17th February 2010

Pictures Of Suns of Arqa in performance

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