NONVIOLENZE SECOND ALBUM - SEASONS

SEASONS is an acoustic rock solo album featuring Shri Baratan on vocals and rhythm guitar. Composed and produced by Shri Baratan.

The compositions are unique and range from Acoustic pop to Progressive rock to Jazz to Fusion. The vocals are an authentic blend of universal styles augmented with an extensive octave range.

Nonviolenze’s 2nd album “Seasons”, consecrates each season with two songs – one for its birth and the other for its reincarnation

Green is the story of the arrival of Summer to fill the void of Spring that stole so many hearts with the colors and fragrance of its flora. A change of heart is in order as the carpet of green conquers the planet. Soon Autumn ends the reign of Summer and flaunts its garland of colors from Yellow to Red to Crimson and shades of brown but not for long. The Guardian of Winter announces its appearance by painting the mountains, valleys, and plains in White. Not far behind, the birth of Spring, clad in Pink melts the white into nihility and reignites the hearts and minds of the onlookers with its exhibition of flora.

The reincarnation of Summer erases the fading Pink and decorates mother earth in shimmering Emerald reflected in its rivers, lakes and ponds. The impatient eye of Autumn soon breaks down the chlorophyll revealing the glow of yellow Sapphire once again. Dethroning Autumn, Diamonds soon fall from the skies celebrating the return of Winter. The rain ushers in the grain and announces the advent of Spring again. Congregates the masses to celebrate Mardi Gras , the festival of harvest.

And so the story goes on and on and on….

NONVIOLENZE DEBUT ALBUM - GHOSTS OF WAR

Ghosts of War is a acoustic rock solo album featuring Shri Baratan on vocals and rhythm guitar. Composed and produced by Shri Baratan.

This unique solo album is a repertoire of 9 haunting melodies sure to captivate the hearts of listener’s and journey them into new psychological frontiers. With the artist’s DNA coded in it, this album is truly novel and reflects the soul of the self-made singer/songwriter.

Empowered with secular knowledge, Queen (Ego-Mind) (Track 1), suppresses her true nature and covets pleasure, prosperity and power. Flaunting her free will, she ignores the fundamental lessons of nature – execution of impartial and unconditional duty - as exemplified by the majestic Tree (Track 2).

Desire and greed clouds her vision provoking division. Politics hijacks religion. Doctrines that must unite divide mankind. Proliferate graveyards of the Ghosts of War (Track 3). From continuous division evolves the Matrix (Track 4). All eyes are on the fortune. Few hold the keys to the treasury. Multitudes stagnate within restricted borders unable to navigate the matrix or climb the pyramid.

The layers of division separate her from seeing the truth that “All is One” and that the cosmos is sustained by the mystic dance of the Electron (Track 5). Like Van Gogh (Track 6), can she unleash her skill to recreate within her earthly boundary? Abandon she must the fruits, on the banks of creation, for the next generation.

Life began with her Mother - the embodiment of Purity (Track 7). She must uphold the law of gratitude. “Mirror! Mirror!, What do you see when you look at me?” She asks. She must realize that the universe is a Mirror (Track 8) that reflects her thoughts, words and deeds. What’s inside is outside.

Now on the pillow of death while she awaits her Last Thought (Track 9), she’s scanning a lifetime of memories searching for the keys to after-life - the password to paradise.

MARCH 6 2017 NONVIOLENZE RELEASES I WELCOME THE WOUNDED

I Welcome the Wounded is a pop single featuring Aksh on piano, Shri Baratan on vocal and rhythm guitar, Joshua Ello on Violin, and Troy Warren Jr., on strings and synthesizer. Composed by Shri Baratan and Dev K.

The mind is but a bundle of thoughts. Memories ping-pong in the restless mind.

The psychologically wounded are unable to break free from the cycle of negative memories. Forever caught in the circumference of the negative mind, they wander the dark alleys of anger, rejection, pain and fear.

Life is a string of actions and consequences. One reaps what he sows and gets what he gives.

But who can explain the cause of an event such as the birth of a child in an abusive family?

Was he wearing the invisible garland of past consequences (Karma) when he disembarked from his mothers’ womb?

APRIL 14 2016 NONVIOLENZE RELEASES RETURN OF THE QUEEN

Return of the Queen is a progressive jazz rock instrumental single featuring Dev K on lead guitar, Shri Baratan on rhythm guitar and Greg Giacona on keyboards, synthesizer, electronic drums and bass. It was composed by Shri Baratan and Dev K.

"The Queen" is the ruler of the Mind and Ego. She rules and presides over the physical body.

Living in the castle of memories, she welcomes input from the senses and archive them in the endless library of the mind.

From thought to thought she skips and hops tirelessly through the day. Ever rejoicing in the game of pleasure and pain, she drags you deeper and deeper into the salty seas of memories.

Secretly you are held a prisoner and hostage in the Garden of Eden, which is, but an illusion.

It takes a life time or many to conquer the Queen. Every time you think you’ve captured her, She returns all powerful and reclaims her throne in the castle of memories.

JULY 31 2015 NONVIOLENZE RELEASES GIRL IN RAGS

Girl in Rags is a progressive rock single composed and produced by Shri Baratan. Lyrics by Vishy and illustrations for the video and cover was brought to life under the delicate hand of Aish.

Gender discrimination has persisted over centuries fostering unfair practices from dowry to deadly sati.

Social stigma based on color, caste, creed, marital status, have wounded the morale and psyche of women around the world.

Even in this information age, education and liberation of girls are taboo and domestic violence continues to rise.

Recent mass kidnappings and gruesome cirmes against females render distant onlookers helpless.

Liberation movements appear miniscule in the face of such gigantic evil.

But fight we must for salvation. Girl in Rags you’re not alone.

JANUARY 22 2015 NONVIOLENZE RELEASES STOP TALKING

"Stop Talking" is a twelve bar acoustic jazz standard with Dev K on the lead guitar and Shri Baratan on rhythm guitar.

The chromatic scales from Stop Talking reflect the stark difference between the musicians deeply immersed in the music and the listeners’ whose minds were fragmented by the various topics of gossip around the fireplace.

NOVEMBER 23 2014 NONVIOLENZE RELEASES GRAY

GRAY is a progressive rock single with Shri Baratan on vocals and acoustic guitar, Greg Giacona on piano, synthesizer, electronic drums and bass. Lyrics by Vishy.

Gray is an expression of injustice against the masses. It takes wealth, concentrated in the hands of a privileged few, to multiply wealth. The rich become richer.

Political promises are but shallow. Greed and corruption have become a global epidemic.

Legal fine print, bind and control the working man.

As inflation shrinks, affordability and basic needs elude many. Dual incomes are mandatory to feed the family. A hand to mouth existence is a luxury in society.

The law and enforcers of the law established to protect the people turn against them.

There is an uneasy growing sense of despair...

APRIL 14 2104 NONVIOLENZE RELEASES "INDIA"

INDIA is a jazz fusion instrumental composed by Shri Baratan and Dev K. It is a soulful melody in E minor uniquely crafted with harmonic chord progressions on acoustic guitar by Shri Baratan. The lead guitar work by Dev K begins slowly extracting the melody of each note and builds the melody to a climax as rendered in eastern Indian classical music. Greg Giacona is on keyboards, synthesizer, bass, tanpura, and electronic drums.

"INDIA" is a musical tribute to the world’s largest democratic country, India. It is an ancient land rich in its’ cultural diversity & mysterious complexities. India invokes a myriad of colors, languages, and religions.

Tanpura - a long-necked plucked stringed Indian instrument that supports and sustains the melody of another instrument or a singer by producing a continuous harmonic drone.

JULY 18 2013 NONVIOLENZE RELEASES OBAMA THANKS FOR COMING

Obama Thanks for Coming is a pop rock single with Shri Baratan on vocals and acoustic guitar, Troy Warren Jr on piano drums and backup vocals, Frank Debretti on lead guitar and Paul Killingsworth on bass guitar. Composition and Lyrics by Shri Baratan.

Obama Thanks for Coming is dedicated to the Civil Rights Trilogy - Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King and President Barack Obama.

The song encapsulates the journey of American Liberty over three Centuries.

The journey in 1776 with the Declaration of Independence, relentlessly persevered the 1800’s with Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and the historic Civil War. Guided by the eternal nonviolent dream of Martin Luther King Jr., in the 20th Century, Liberty reached her destiny on the day of the swearing-in of the 44th Presidency.