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Stephan Mikes -sitarist/performer/composer

Nada Yoga and Roots of Conscious Music

"Plenty of unplugged soloists fill rooms with auditory delights.

Xela Said, for example, can hunch over a guitar and turn your world

black as your heart quivers. But this acoustician stands (actually

he sits, in the lotus position, while playing) a world apart

from the standard electricity free dude or chick. after

decades of study,training, practice, and performance, Stephan

Mikés Plays sitar at

the master level, placing a karmic chapter in the book of cosmic

music. Barefoot and ponytailed, gentle but worldly, taught by the

best on the planet, Mikés first enters another realm with his

giant, stringed gourd-stick instrument across his lap. Then he

begins to play tunes from one of his CDs and takes the listener

to outer space and beyond. Musical Valium one moment, fire ants

in your eyes another, his is both tranquil and stirring music,

complex yet smoothly engaging. Playing sitar is extremely

challenging. Playing one a well as he does is as rare as a rabbi in

the Himalaya mountains" -- New Times Miami for "Best Acoustic

Performer"