The haiku of the soul becomes transparent through Manoshi Chitra Neogy’s Word Art. As an acclaimed poet who seamlessly and powerfully melds vision and poetry resulting in an alternative thought provoking and sensual art form, Wood Orchid. Coined and conceived in the vast sky country of New Mexico, her poetry becomes a sculpted tapestry of a visioned nuance of the art of word. Seeking to sculpt the echo of the soul, Neogy’s Word Art is the cry of the feminine mystique and the fire of the divine feminine. With the intention and attention to a conscious expression of one’s creative center, Wood Orchid captures and embodies the sounds and magical embrace of that inner vibration.
Wood Orchid is a collection of Neogy’s poetry, recorded in Prague in the early 2000s. While traveling in New Mexico, Neogy met a musician in Sante Fe who was interested in working with her. They began performing together, and he soon mentioned that he knew musicians in Prague. Including Richard Mader, who owned a studio. Scott Endsley, my friend and creative partner, offered to produce the CD. I was overwhelmed with joy and gratitude.“It was a magical experience and Richard was exceptional to work with,” Neogy recalls.
Together, there were five musicians taking cues from Neogy’s vocal phrasings. You can hear the oud, tabla, bass, gambri (a skin-covered bass plucked lute with three strings), shalm (a double reed woodwind instrument) and the precise pizzicato of guitar and cello weaving in and out of Neogy’s lyrics.
Wood Orchid CD Includes:
Angikam • Live in Love • Feather • Beauty (An Ancient Navajo Night Prayer) • Soul Maya • Gypsy • Ganesha • River • Wood Orchid • Broken Bird • I Walked and Walked • Lotus Flower
About the book:
It features the entire text of the fifteenth century Arabian sex manual translated to English accompanied by the liner notes for the Perfumed Garden album, and loads of adults only photos of Chitra Neogy.
About The Perfumed Garden:
A first-ever reissue of a Chitra Neogy’s sultry rendition of this fifteenth century text, complete with sitar, tabla, & bansuri!
After graduating from Calcutta University and Santiniketan with a degree in fine arts, Neogy moved to London and continued her studies in drama and film at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. As a way to make ends meet, she worked as a high fashion model and was introduced to photographer Marcus Harrison. Neogy’s voice piqued his interest, so he offered to record her.
With only a microphone and book in hand, Neogy recorded the album within a day. Little did she know, Harrison added instrumentation and shopped it around to several labels before signing a deal with Pulsar records.
After it was released in 1968, Neogy’s Perfumed Garden received critical acclaim, including praise from French ambassador Andre Malraux who wrote “I have never heard anything like this. Your voice is exquisite, layered and hauntingly sensuous.” Prestigious newspapers reviewed the album, one of which being the London Times, who compared Neogy’s enunciation to Lawrence Olivier, her range to Yma Sumac, and her sensuality to Eartha Kitt!
The Perfumed Garden CD Includes:
The Invocation • The Hymn of Praise • Advice to the Lovelorn • Woman is like a Fruit • The Encouragement of the Lusty Wife • The Blue Sari • Leilla the Flatterer • The Story of Mocailama & Chedja • Krishna & the Lovely Cowgirls
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