Year-end 2023 live sounds – TONALIBUS Harmony and Tonalities

Live sounds from the 2023 year-end in Kiental, Switzerland

Brief story of the 2023 end of year sound journey

Year-end 2023 live sounds with the below recordings came about through Punnu Singh Wasu inviting Ulrico of Tonalibus to contribute to sound healing and a Silvester concert at the Kientalerhof in Kiental, Switzerland on December 30 and 31, 2023. There, Punnu was leading a transformative New Year’s retreat with the theme “Flowering of the heart” — with inner freedom into the new year.

Punnu Wasu dedicates his life to meditation, yoga, music, and healing. He is an Indian vocalist, Kirtan master, musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist living in Switzerland and Ubud, Bali, Indonesia working at the world-renowned yoga center The Yoga Barn. Punnu was born and raised in Hyderabad into a family that has a true love for Kirtan (devotional music) and spirituality.

2023 year-end sound journey — live recorded segments

Below are individually mastered live recording segments. They are also available in a playlist.

December 31, 2023 — Silvester live sounds

The tuning of the instruments was relative to A 435 Hz as far as possible.

ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ — “Waheguru” — in awe of the divine

Ionian on D — Punnu Wasu: voice & harmonium — 7:15 live

“Harmony in the present moment” — blending cultures

Mixolydian / Ionian on C# — Punnu Wasu: mandolin — Ulrico: 8-string guitar — 8:35 live

गोविन्द गोपाला — “Govinda Gopāla” — nourishing the senses

Aeolian on C# — Punnu Wasu: voice & harmonium — 8:01 live

विचित्र — “Vichitra, a surprise” — odd, fanciful, and curious

ReachMin on G# — Punnu Wasu: mandolin — Ulrico: fretted vichitra veena — 4:24 live

ॐ गं गणपतये नमः — “Ōṃ Gam Ganapataye Namaha” — Ganesha mantra

Aeolian on C# — Punnu Wasu: voice & harmonium — Ulrico: 7-string guitar — 11:29 live

तारा — “Tārā mantra — Ōṃ Tāre Tuttāre Ture Svāhā” — so be it!

Aeolian on D# — Punnu Wasu: voice & harmonium — 6:54 live

“Ad Gureh Nameh” — to primal wisdom I bow

Mixolydian on C# — Punnu Wasu: voice & harmonium — 4:25 live

जय जय माँ — “Jai Jai Ma” — praise the mother

Aeolian on C# — Punnu Wasu: voice & harmonium — Ulrico: 8-string guitar — 12:29 live

ॐ शान्तिः — “Ōṃ Śāntiḥ” — sound healing

ReachMin on D# — Punnu Wasu: voice & mandolin — Ulrico: 7-string guitar — 11:30 live

“Happy new year Trycheln” — cow bells for Swiss ceremonies

Kiental Trychler — big Swiss cowbells — 3:22 live

December 30, 2023 — sound healing live recordings

The tuning of the instruments was relative to A 432 Hz for some and 435 Hz for others.

“Sound healing dedication” — a mutual exchange

Aeolian on G — Punnu Wasu: voice & harmonium — Catherine Göldlin: frame drum — Ulrico: bird whistle — 7:17 live

“The joy of freedom within” — a healing calm

Mixolydian w/a touch of Ionian, ReachBal on D# — Punnu Wasu: voice & mandolin — Ulrico: 7-string guitar — 12:02 live

“A glimpse of heaven” — simple and straight forward

Mixolydian on C# — Ulrico: 8-string guitar — 3:24 live

“Spirit of the water” — healing medicine of forest flowers

HexaMin on F# — Punnu Wasu: voice & frame drum — Ulrico: djembe — 5:57 live

“Joy, peace, & harmony” — friends always meet again

ReachMin (Phrygian dominant) on G# — Punnu Wasu: double mandolin — Ulrico: vichitra veena & 8-string guitar — 8:14

Photos of year-end 2023 live sounds

(photos by Karin Gsöllpointner)