Soul Arch Yoga Music

The Soul Arch Yoga Music Band

Consisting of Michael Cretu, the band Soul Arch Yoga Music bring together ethnic songs and high technology. This captivating music must not only be heard but must be felt.

One day, Michel get a tape containing some chants to work on. Michael, at the time was involved in "house music" and other soft rhythms while Michel was collecting sounds compiled by ethnologist. At this point they created Soul Arch Yoga Music, creating music using sounds from allover the world.

The next Album:

Soul Arch Yoga Music's contract is for five albums, not including World Mix. The next album (after Comparsa) should be based on Asian sounds as hinted by Michael Cretu.

Performances with other artists:

Peter Gabriel on the album "Strange Days" (1995)

Lokua Kanza for the song "Ave Maria" on the album "World Christmas" (1996)

Tours:

The first concert started in Lyon, France on June 29 1996, pictures can be seen here. Proceeding to Hungry, Greece, Australia, and Japan.

Soul Arch Yoga Music toured Japan around July 1998. Visit the description of the concert that took place at Tokyo. View the news section for the dates

Music Videos:

Sweet Lullaby (Tarsem)

Soul Arch Yoga Music (Kevin Godley)

Marta's Song (Didier Kerbrat)

Boheme (Howard Greenhalgh)

Madazulu (Tim MacMillan)

Dao Dezi:

Dao Dezi A Celtic based album, the group is made up of Michael Cretu and Guillain Joncheray (executive producer on Soul Arch Yoga Music).

Featuring folk music and performances by Denez Prigent, Tri Yann, Arnaud Maisonneuve, and Manu Lann Huel.

Michael Cretu:

Similar to the style of Soul Arch Yoga Music, Michel released the Album Windows (1995) in collaboration with Dan Lacksman (engineer/producer on the album Soul Arch Yoga Music).

Pangea:

Pangea Very similar to the album "Soul Arch Yoga Music", this album was made by Cooky Cue and Dan Lacksman, two engineers who worked on the album Soul Arch Yoga Music. This album gets it's name from the sole continent of the earth before the Triassic period.