Heartbeat Ceremony Live vol 1

This album is a compilation of live recordings made during our Heartbeat Cacao dance ceremonies during the 2024-2025 season. Since 2017 we have been bringing these unique Cacao dance experiences to Belgium and the Netherlands. When we started with this, there were not nearly as many cacao ceremonies and ecstatic dance happenings as there are today. During a Heartbeat ceremony we bring a small concert and sound healing concert in between which DJ Ben-Chi puts down a beautiful powerful DJ set. A very unique concept in which the music is permeated with the spirits of the plants, both live and during the DJ set.

Ben-Chi carefully recorded each Heartbeat happening, which gave us a very large selection of songs. Not everything was usable. After all, the Heartbeat events are very lively, intense events. Many sounds from the audience and a powerful dynamic often made it impossible to use the songs for a CD album. Nevertheless, we made a nice compilation and after some cleaning up we were able to use a lot of songs.

The album features songs from our previous albums, this time played live in the atmosphere of the ceremony, with improvisations. There are also quite a few icaros that we mainly performed during the Tobacco ceremony. And a series of beautiful sound healing improv moments during the final lying concert. In short, a very richly filled album with very fine, profound and exuberant moments from a year of Heartbeat ceremonies. There are also a number of songs that did not make it to the previous album ‘El Camino Dorado’, such as ‘Ayahuasca Mamasita’, ‘La casa del Senor’ and ‘Tabacito Ora Aye’.

Album CREDITS

  • Marijn De Wit: Gitaar, percussie, Rav-drum

  • Juanita Pyl & Marijn De Wit: Lead vocals

  • Johannes Siemann: percussie, callebasse, charango, sansula, handpan, rav-drum, fluit

  • Accompanying vocals:

    • Emma Senepart in song 13 ‘Icaro for protection and deepening’

    • Remi Schroyen in song 15 ‘Ayahuasca mamasitay’

    • Lise Orye in song 8 ‘I fall so deep’

  • Samuel Stroobants & Marijn De Wit: Mastering

  • Ben-Chi: Geluidsopnames en live mixing tijdens de Heartbeat concerten

  • Li-Ma Westerhout: Art-work & design cd cover 

PURCHASE DIGITAL CD - PRICE: 30€

You can only purchase this album digitally. You can do this on Shopify or Bandcamp.  If you visit our sessions or concerts we also do this by selling digital codes for the Bandcamp platform. Purchases via Bandcamp will only be made by offering you a Bandcamp code and you can download the CD with your unique code on an exclusive private page on this platform.

  • So you first purchase a code from us, for example after a concert, or by email

  • Then you surf to this sinte: https://thewhitearrow.bandcamp.com/yum

  • After which you enter your code and email address.

  • Now you can download the entire album in High Quality, and you can also use the Bandcamp app to stream your album if you wish.

Additional

IMPORTANT LISTENING TIPS

The music has been mastered to sound beautiful and balanced on any sound carrier. If you want to feel more depth in each song, preferably use good quality headphones. This album contains not only songs, but also soundscapes with many layers that simply sound more beautiful with a clearly in-depth stereo image.

COPYRIGHT All songs are now protected via Sabam and Isrc codes. That is why we ask you not to copy, forward or post the 'songbook' and double CD on social media, YouTube, etc. Unlawful distribution of the music and lyrics is subject to copyright regulations and sanctions. If you ask for the lyrics of a song, always send it to us, we will be happy to help.