Album Notes

This recording took almost one year to complete after the suggestion and introduction by my friend Diana Cooper, who communicates with Kumeka.
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Diana says:
'Kumeka, Lord of Light, is the master of the eighth ray, a new ray which has just started to shine down on Earth. It is the ray of deep transmutation, intended to bring about personal and planetary change in the New Age. The color of this ray is blue topaz. This mighty Being came from another Universe to help raise the frequency of our planet, which is now urgently needed.
Kumeka now works through millions of people at one time and seeks people of vision and higher light. This beautiful music will help you to connect with Kumeka and do your part in lifting the consciousness of humanity.'
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In addition to the guitars of Andrew Brel, the album features Becky Whiting on flute, Leo Sayer provides a vocal cameo and Pete Stone plays an improvised piano arrangement in his inimitable style.

About Andrew Brel:

Andrew Brel was born in Johannesburg and grew up through the height of the apartheid years before moving to London in 1985. He settled in Surrey where he remains with his family and the infamous miniature Schnauzer Wallace.

Andrew nurtured his passion for music from an early age and has taken this forward working as a musician, performing many thousand gigs as a guitarist/singer and as a producer developing recording skills through owning various recording studios through the years and working with a huge variety of talented musicians.

In 1989 Andrew founded the 'Bridge Recordings' label, producing many albums based on the 'two kinds of music' philosophy. There are only two kinds of music, good and bad. One constant in these productions was the use of real musicians playing in a 'live' context, rather than the cheaper and more commonly employed 'computer programmed' approach. Bridge Recordings was the first label to offer CD albums for sale on the internet in the UK. (1992.)

The most notable albums from the early period include the SAS Band albums (recording great artists such as Roger Taylor, Roy Wood, Paul Young and Tony Hadley) Leo Sayer's acclaimed 'Live in London' and Hugh Burns' solo guitar master piece 'Mindwash'. All of which continue to conjure ongoing international sales.

In 2000 a chance meeting with the English 'Angel' authoress Diana Cooper led to a commission to write music in the 'New age meditation' genre. In an unusual and remarkable seven day session, the album 'ANGEL INSPIRATION' was completed and very quickly became a best seller in the new age market.

Making albums based entirely on spontaneous improvisation arising from his own unique musical talent and compositional approach has led to an ongoing process of writing and recording in this emerging musical style.

With the successful reception of 'Angel Inspiration' a further two albums, MUSIC FOR KUMEKA and GOLDEN ATLANTIS followed, attracting positive critical and commercial feedback. 'MUSIC for KUMEKA' has sold in excess of 25,000 CD's, and approaching the same in digital downloads. Sales achieved without any marketing budget.

Most recently Andrew has completed three albums with renowned guitarist Hugh Burns. ANGELS AND UNICORNS, CELTIC INSPIRATION and 7 BACH Meditations. All of which have been featured in the Cygnus Review and are popular wherever people have an interest in wellness through music.

They are sold in the USA through New Leaf Distribution and CD Baby, In Germany through Silenzio, in the UK through New World Music, In Estonia through Valgusekar and in South Africa through Electromode Music.

Visit http://www.andrewbrel.com for more.